Smart Roadster

[Cath]

http://www.smart.com/smart/images/roadster/roadster_ausstattung_brabus_highlights.jpg

http://www.smart.com/smart/images/roadster/roadster_steckbrief.jpg

http://www.smart.com/smart/images/roadster/galerie/roadster_galerie_08.jpg

http://www.smart.com/smart/images/roadster/galerie/roadster_galerie_07.jpg

Opinions?

[SteveDunn]

Housemate has one, very fun to chuck through country lanes, gives him near on 45mpg and has pigeon noises as standard. If i needed a town car or something, i'd probably get one :thumbs:

Downside: Crap on motorways, very noisy with roof down :)

[Johnny]

Looks ugly

Wouldnt have one

Great fun to drive though

Overall

Have more respect for it than a TT

[arry]

buy Evo mag - they did a good review of the Brabus version last month.

Can't remember the exact text but it was something along the lines of "fine if you like it"

[RADS_S13]

not my cup of tea but I can see the appeal :indiff:

[Cath]

I only ask as someone at work has bought one - not my choice of car but i still want to look at it - catches my eye :wack:

[JB]

They're :ghey:

:nod:

[gaz.thomas]

:ghey: but still a bit :cool:

Gaz
-x-

[Sx Drifter]

raced one... beat it

nuff said really

[JB]

raced one... beat it

nuff said really
Not really fair competition for a S12, 13 or 14 is it though :no:

[Cath]

raced one... beat it

nuff said really

another opinion but there are lots to take into account and saying the above depends on a lot of cicumstances

driver
conditions
road
sensibilty

not saying this car is fast at all i'm just saying you can't assume things by just thinking you won a race

[Jezz_S13]

it's a 82bhp, 3 pot, 698cc hairdryercharged lump.

Of course you beat it.

[DaveyBoy]

Its a girls car like the StreetKa, but I'd imagine that it would be more fun to drive, but I just wouldn't!

[Yak]

Imagine the enbaracement if you failed :eek: :wack:

[Cath]

Its a girls car like the StreetKa, but I'd imagine that it would be more fun to drive, but I just wouldn't!

not necessarily :p

[JB]

another opinion but there are lots to take into account and saying the above depends on a lot of cicumstances

driver
conditions
road
sensibilty

not saying this car is fast at all i'm just saying you can't assume things by just thinking you won a race
I regularly get beaten by Corsas and Saxos. Doesn't mean their cars are faster than mine, just means I have no interest in breaking the 30mph limit unlike their brainless, feckwit owners.

[DaveyBoy]

not necessarily :p

Well, I personally would laugh at a bloke driving one. Would expect him to be very gay! :ghey:

[Cath]

I regularly get beaten by Corsas and Saxos. Doesn't mean their cars are faster than mine, just means I have no interest in breaking the 30mph limit unlike their brainless, feckwit owners.

thats what i meant sorry

[JB]

thats what i meant sorry
I know, I was agreeing with you :thumbs:

[ATrull]

:ghey: car

so many better ways to waste money ;)

[Cath]

isn't the price tag for these about 17k?

[Genjuro]

If its 17k then anyone buying one must be mad. Its not really my thing, i imagine it might be a fun town car but i'd rather buy and old Suzuki Cappucino and up the boost a bit. :thumbs:

[Rob-S13]

17k -

I'll take the skyline over there! the one with the hugh turbo :wave:

[2 Black Lines]

Allegedly a minor problem with water ingress around door seals, but cure seems to be okay on affected cars, some cars being replaced because of it tho. :eek:

[FullMetalGasket]

Deffo a :ghey: car :rolleyes:

Probably does handle like it on rails, but I just couldn't bring myself to get one... ever :no:

I'd sooner be seen in a robin reliant. :wack:

[JB]

I'd sooner be seen in a robin reliant. :wack:
Well let's face it, you've been blown away by them in the past (and by mopeds) so it's hardly surprising you aspire to one :wave:

[FullMetalGasket]

Well let's face it, you've been blown away by them in the past (and by mopeds) so it's hardly surprising you aspire to one :wave:

Glad to see you back on form JB, I've been getting worried that this moderator lark has gotten to you :p

[ATrull]

I saw one outside victoria station today.

They look like someone tried to combine the citroen c2 and a modern tvr then make it plastikier.. and shit.

the exhausts were litteraly bouncing along on the ground, too.

[Aitch]

I bet Leon likes them - wedgy, plastic, underpowered and shite - just his thing. :rolleyes:

[GmasterT]

I bet Leon likes them - wedgy, plastic, underpowered and shite - just his thing. :rolleyes:

LOL & :ghey: ! (I jest, I jest)

Seriously though, If I could ever get into one it would have the same performance as a unicycle with a flat tyre...

I very much dislike any cars that rely on a lightweight+small engine means fast therory...
A. They are Generally plastic
B. They have shite engines

Why bother with a turbo'ed lawnmower engine when you can drop in a proper one?! :confused: (And make it a proper car! :whip: )

[arry]

the words of EVO mag:

Do you "get" smart?
Do you think the original Smart Car was;
a) an intelligent answer to the sludge of urban traffic, or
b) a silly motorised version of teh child's little tikes car?

Do you regard the new Smart Roadster as;
a) a fantastically cool sports car for the Gatso generation or
b) an expensively large Nike Air Max with lawnmower motor in the heel? :wack: (i liked this analogy)

If you answered b) to both of these questions, turn page now - there's a ferrari coming up soon

:D

[Dave H]

They are ok, I've driven one recently and they are not that fast but great fun to drive, speed isn't everything you know folks!