It's a Two Car Garage Again...

Ok, maybe one and a half. Well, I'm finally driving around in my little car after a year long wait for it's delivery date. I just love it. It's a tiny little car but when you are in it, you FEEL big. Lots of headroom and large front window and sun roof. Needless to say, it's getting lots of attention wherever I go.

My interior photos turned out bad. I'll try to take a few of those later when the sun isn't making harsh shadows and thus some icky photos.

Wicked Smart....

I saw this Smart Car ad and HAD to put it on the blog. Certainly when I get a Smart car I can feel GOOD about this!

I'm sure this will be me when I get my Smart Car...

A Few More...

Here's a few more pictures of the Smart Cars. More commentary in my previous blog.


Black Smart they had on display in the Mercedes Dealership.


Here is a back view with the tailgate down. Just enough room for some groceries or a piece of luggage.


The tridion safety cell of the Smart.


Tom's saving my place in line while I snap some photos. I think we got there at a good time. As we were leaving, there were lots of people coming in.

Smart Car Test Drive

Neighbor Tom and I had a good time going for a Smart Car test drive today. I've loved these little cars ever since I saw them all over Europe. So when I learned you could do $99 reservation for one--when they become available in 2008--I immediately filled out the online reservation form.I played around with the colors on the website and gave a preference for red with gray side trim. So I was very happy that I drove one with those colors. Tom drove a blue convertible. The convertible tops were very cool. We got to see a person before us opening and closing the top.

We got there shortly after the test drives were to start and there was already quite a few people waiting in line. Even more when we left. We didn't have to wait very long and we got to wait in the nice cool Mercedes Dealership. And no... I was not the only goober to bring a camera. There were lots of people with cameras and channel 12 News was there as well.

The Smart was a fun drive. I didn't use the automatic setting and instead used the paddle shifters. My Smart representative was impressed by my shifting ability. He said most people are scared to try the paddle shifters. It was super easy though and the car automatically shifted down when I started to slow. That was cool. There was a surprising amount of room in the driver's seat and I immediately felt comfy driving it. Overall, it was a fun day and Smart did a wonderful job with tons of people who were very happy to answer questions.






Here's Tom in the blue convertible Smart.


Getting ready for my Smart Drive.


Here's the red Smart I drove. I took a full photo of it as this will likely be my color combo.