Smart Car: The one that got away (video)
6th Gear
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It's called Smart for Two, not four two, and they're a lot tougher than they look. I think they're the perfect car for NYC, because you can drive like the one in the video. They fit almost anywhere, either in moving traffic or parked.
5th Gear
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I love that kind of traffic as long as it's moving. Having lived in NY when I was younger I know if it wasn't raining the pace would have been faster.
4th Gear
Joined: Apr 2007
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From: NYC!!
When traffic is much lighter, it is such a thrill to motor around the labyrinth of highways, bridges, and tunnels. Better graphics and background than any video game I've ever played. 
I need to start compiling my night drives, but here is an earlier video I made of my routine grocery run as captured by my old suction-cup to the speedo camera set-up.
I need to start compiling my night drives, but here is an earlier video I made of my routine grocery run as captured by my old suction-cup to the speedo camera set-up.
Thanks. Funny, I saw it refered to as FourTwo a while ago and that's what stuck in my head. Fortwo it is or is it Fort-Wo?
Who am I kidding? 
She knows.
2nd Gear
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Driving in NYC is a BLAST, especially in a MINI!!!! I like the Westside Highway, either way and the Cross Bronx - OMG in a mini, it's an adventure! FDR by Brooklyn Bridge is cool too.
Never have I been so afraid of being on a highway than in Boston MA!! They are insane!!! Saw a guy go in reverse on the highway because he missed an exit. That was just plain scarry!
And those SmartCars - Makes my Mini look like an Escalade. No thanks, they're just toooo small for comfort for me.
Never have I been so afraid of being on a highway than in Boston MA!! They are insane!!! Saw a guy go in reverse on the highway because he missed an exit. That was just plain scarry!
And those SmartCars - Makes my Mini look like an Escalade. No thanks, they're just toooo small for comfort for me.
6th Gear
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From: LI, NY
A couple of months ago when I was motoring in downtown Manhattan I got behind a Smart car, blue with gray highlights, for a bit. Gave him the thumb's up when I passed, he waved. Such a cool little car. They have got to be a joy to park in the city.
I went into Manhattan today to attend the Big Apple Bar-Be-Que Block Party in Madison Square Park. I parked my MINI on 25th Street a half block west of Seventh Ave, at a 13-foot curb in between two driveways into a storage company. Sweet. No one could park in front or behind me. Best space ever.
I love motoring in the city. My wife and kids call me cabbie insane. But with the MINI's maneuverability, it's so much fun. Of course, I've driven thusly over the years in a '75 Fiat 128, '82 Sentra station wagon, '94 Volvo wagon (good handling) and in the past year my wife's BMW 328xi.
CROC 411
I went into Manhattan today to attend the Big Apple Bar-Be-Que Block Party in Madison Square Park. I parked my MINI on 25th Street a half block west of Seventh Ave, at a 13-foot curb in between two driveways into a storage company. Sweet. No one could park in front or behind me. Best space ever.
I love motoring in the city. My wife and kids call me cabbie insane. But with the MINI's maneuverability, it's so much fun. Of course, I've driven thusly over the years in a '75 Fiat 128, '82 Sentra station wagon, '94 Volvo wagon (good handling) and in the past year my wife's BMW 328xi.
CROC 411I've been zipping around Manhattan on my bikes for over 20 years. The MINI is just about as much fun. Find a spot and just point-n-shoot!
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