Smart Cars…How Smart Are They?

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  • #588988
    beacon
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    I’ve seen them around brooklyn and I agree they’re great for parking around here, but how safe are they? They look like toys not like something people should actually be driving..IMO

    #628669
    asdfghjkl
    Participant

    well i’ve never seen the smart car on the streets by me, but i’ve always wanted to drive a mini cooper!!!!!!!!

    #628670
    myshadow
    Member

    I drive a huge powerful car and if I cvs crashed into one of those, they’re seriously all goners.

    #628671
    beacon
    Participant

    What kind of SUV do you drive? Just curious I love big cars though the biggest car I drove was a mini-van!:)

    asdf

    You never saw one in yellow? They are really quite cute…

    #628672
    intellegent
    Member

    I think I’m changing my user name to ignorant.

    What is a smart car?

    #628673
    beacon
    Participant

    Go to Wikipedia…

    #628674
    brooklyn19
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    lol intell – you haven’t seen those tiny funny-looking cars around? lol i once saw one parked and there was a black hat on the dashboard. imagine a yeshiva guy driving one?

    #628675
    qwertyuiop
    Member

    intellegent-A smart car is an automobile with artificial intelligence (or “AI”) functionality. As automation technology has progressed, especially in the decades after the invention of the integrated circuit, more and more functions have been added to automobiles, relieving the driver of much of the mundane moment-to-moment decision making that may be regarded as having made driving tedious

    #628676
    myshadow
    Member

    It’s this tiny little car that fits two people and has a non existent trunk, it can park sideways though in between two cars and it mega fuel efficient. But theyr sooo dangerous. They drive really fast though

    #628677
    dunno
    Member

    those are the cutest cars ever!! do they only come in 2 passengers?

    #628678
    beacon
    Participant

    qwertyuiop

    Good job with the cut and paste. 😉

    #628679
    myshadow
    Member

    Dont think they can fit more than 2. google it

    #628680

    lol! theyre really cute but not very practical! one of the funniest things i’ve seen was a friend of mine who’s k”h 6 feet tall drive up along side me in a smart car!!! was rly funny! looked like her chin was in her knees and her head was going to come throuh the roof! theyre def cute and a big parking help, being that you can squeeze in anywehre, but practical…not really and safe… wonder?!

    #628681
    beacon
    Participant

    I would be afraid to drive on the highway with it… I’ll open a window and the car will turn… ;]

    #628682
    asdfghjkl
    Participant

    beacon: nope never by me!!!

    #628683
    squeak
    Participant

    Smartcar – Not very safe, a less than brilliant idea conjured up by some radical environmentalist who is no doubt safely cruising around in a Hummer and buying carbon offsets to assuage his “inner guilt” (the guilt is phony; it is only for justifying contradictory behavior to other people).

    We used to have the Yugo that was also built for fuel efficiency, and its size made it dangerous to be in.

    From the point of view of the people selling them, it makes sense to get yennem to cut back on energy usage because if yennem cuts back then there will be enough for ME.

    What is sad is that gasoline prices reach $4/gal and suddenly people are willing to compromise on their safety. No one would have thought of buying one of these cars in the 90’s when gas was $1/gal. In fact, until recently these cars were illegal in the US.

    #628684
    SJSinNYC
    Member

    The first time I saw these cars was in Athens – they are fantastic for places like Europe where the roads are tiny and cars have trouble getting through. These are also great for single people who don’t need much passenger/cargo room.

    In the US, the land of bigger is better, you would be crushed by an SUV without much trouble.

    #628685

    intellegent,

    you’re sure its not spelled egnorant? 🙂

    btw don’t feel bad, I also didn’t know what a smart car is. Just googled it.

    #628686
    qwertyuiop
    Member

    beacon-thanx

    #628687

    The Smart Fortwo (not a typo) has full-size seating for two adults. Its safety rating is excellent for a small car, and quite good overall because of its well-designed and extremely strong frame.

    It is highway-capable with a top speed of slightly over 80 mph, although stability is noticeably affected at that speed.

    The mileage is very good, but not spectacular at 33 mg city, 41 highway. The Prius and Civic hybrids get better mileage, and the Mini Cooper is only slightly lower. The Smart Fortwo diesel, which was sold in Canada got almost twice as good mileage, but is not available here.

    Parking is a huge plus with such a short (front-to-rear) car in congested urban areas with scarce parking.

    The car is made by Mercedes (a German company). The Mini Cooper is made by BMW (also German).

    #628688
    intellegent
    Member

    Brooklyn 19,

    I live in E”Y. NOt sure what’s going on in the U.S. I was there on Succos and didn’t notice them though.

    Are they like those miniature police cares?

    charlie brown,

    I think ignorent is better (but maybe I was supposed to put an “i” there? ignorint?)

    #628689
    brooklyn19
    Participant

    oh i didn’t realize. haven’t seen them in Israel, but they’ll get there. and no, they’re a little bigger than those tiny cars.

    #628690
    asdfghjkl
    Participant

    what cars do ya all drive????

    #628691
    brooklyn19
    Participant

    Depends on my mood. I’ve got a Ferrari, a Lamborghini, a Porsche, a Mercedes, and a Rolls Royce.

    :}

    #628692
    asdfghjkl
    Participant

    brooklyn19: wow seems like your rollin in dough!!!!

    #628693
    brooklyn19
    Participant

    if i were i wouldn’t be half the person i am now. and that’s a fact.

    besides, i’m single so it can’t be :}

    #628694
    Joseph
    Participant

    asdfghjkl, you must mean ”rolling dough” (no IN.)

    #628695
    brooklyn19
    Participant

    Joseph – It’s actually not. I’ve only seen it “rolling in dough” and “rolling in the dough.”

    #628696
    asdfghjkl
    Participant

    “rolling in dough” is what i say!!!!

    #628697
    Joseph
    Participant

    brooklyn19, yeah but when your bakin that Shabbos challo, you are ”rolling dough.”

    #628698
    brooklyn19
    Participant

    lol ok wow can’t believe i’m that slow… unless you really made a mistake and you’re trying to cover up with a joke…????

    #628699
    Joseph
    Participant

    start believing 🙂

    #628700
    brooklyn19
    Participant

    disgusting! i’m gonna go with my theory that you invented that later to cover yourself.

    #628701
    beacon
    Participant

    Well my Bentley is in the repair shop so I’m stuck with the Caddy… 🙁

    #628702
    squeak
    Participant

    Smart car = penny wise, pound foolish.

    #628703
    yros
    Member

    the smart car is very unsmart.

    #628704
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    what was that about AI

    #628706
    squeak
    Participant

    merely a wild guess at what “smart” car is.

    #628707
    intellegent
    Member

    asdfghjkl

    I’m beginning to think you are from tenessee or maybe kansas

    #628708
    asdfghjkl
    Participant

    intellegent: why do you think that??? p.s. send your husband my best!!!

    #628709
    intellegent
    Member

    ya all!

    you don’t know my husband.

    don’t try to fool me.

    #628710
    squeak
    Participant

    As if we know his wife….

    #628711
    nfgo
    Member

    To myshadow: Is there a mitzvah that requires drivers of big, powerful cars to drive more carefully, so as not to kill people who choose to, or cannot afford to, drive cars like yours? And which is bigger and more powerful – your car or you?

    #628712
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    sorry its not a mitzva. people like making everything into a mitzva

    #628713
    asdfghjkl
    Participant

    intellegent: lol well ya always talk about him, so it feels like i know him!!!!

    #628714
    RoshYeshivah
    Member

    This car is really cool only that with one baby you’re gone and i’m not sure about trunk space it didn’t look like there was any.

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