Smart car 2 seater. Drove it for work for about 6 months. You’re a target for bullies, the wind is scary, lorries sometimes can’t see you and they can get to 90, which is interesting.
I can live with all that, I’ve driven vans and lorries that were in much worse condition. I had a Morris van that was so crap it’s engine seized trying to do 50.
No, the Smart car was the worst car mainly because I’m 6 6. It was like being a sardine driving it’s can. I could do it, but it was not a pleasant experience.
Porsche measures their automatic gear changes in milliseconds. Smart measures them in geologic time scales.
I truly don’t understand why they didn’t put a CVT in those 2nd generation cars (the ones sold in North America). It’s the perfect application! Small car, not a lot of power, efficiency minded.
If the smart car was made today it probably would have a cvt. But an extremely budget car back then, cvts weren’t as common.
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