WOW! 50% failure ratio, not good.

 

There's nothing smart about those cars. They're great for the little city life, but hey, Dell Web's retirement communities are golf cart friendly! So why bother?

And I don't care what crash test ratings say, they are "in class" ratings only. So yes, compared to a golf cart they'll hold up great. Compared to a 7,500lb Dodge, no comparison. I mean heck, my bumper is at the back of the driver's head in 8 inches after impact. And side impact?! Common, you wouldn't survive a 20mph t-bone if it was with a stock height 4X4 truck of any kind. Well come to think of it, you might "survive" but you would want to "live" like that forever?

 

smart cars dumb drivers.

 

Impact has everything to do with inertia. The car weights nothing, so to hit it is like a bouncy ball, it just changes direction. Doesn't matter if you hit it with another car or a train, they just bounce off. The egg shape just takes up the shock. Unlike our beastly trucks, they just crumple up or bend.

Funny thing is a guy in a small town around here has one with truck nutz under it....LOL I just about cried laughing..

 

I drove one of the smart cars in Europe when i was there a while back...for a couple of weeks. They handle really well and i did see one hit a tree....(woman driving was trying to take pics and drive). They are made well for being as small as they are and they are cramped on the inside but for just driving around in the cities (not cities like Dallas) i think they are great. Highway driving i think i'd have to pass and stick with my truck. I felt how they were while i was driving one, when the wind was blowing, i can't imagine how it would feel when a semi roared by. I'm sure you'd have to have both hands on the wheel and do a lot of praying!!!!

 

Yes! I've been longing to see that! Thanks for posting, you made my day.

The smart car is good for congested cities so you can park them backward next to a curb. They're not that great for fuel mileage actually. Did you guys know there's actually a long waitlist for these???

And yes they're extremely safe! Here's the catch... Safe in it's "class." In other words, amongst golf carts and motorcycles, the Smart Car did really well in crash tests.

 

The ones I have seen on the interstate are roaring by the semi's .

 

Heck with the crash rating on those small cars. Whats the crunch rating when my CTD hits it?

 

I pulled up behind one of those things the other day at a stop light and honestly lost sight of it under my hood. I was afraid it maybe got stuck in my grill...

 

This whole cage bouncing off a truck thing is hogwash!! The "crumple" affect of modern vehicles is there for a reason. What happened to Dale E. when he hit a wall in a roll cage? Had that been a 'stock' car, he would have walked away ( yes yes, I know, but I'm talking about that single aspect of the crash - like crash tests demostrate). Why? Because the energy has to dissipate somewhere. So if you can dissipate energy in crumpling up the front of my truck before it gets to me, then I walk away unhurt. If I hit a tree and my truck doesn't crumple and the tree doesn't break then where does the energy go? That's right - ME. No thanks, I'll take having 8 or 9 feet of steel crumpling up behind me, when I get rear ended by another truck, rather than get throttled instantly into the intersection full of high speed cross traffic. Slow down deceleration or acceleration - that's the key in a crash. Get instant G force of accel or deccel and you are in much worse shape. Sure, you're legs won't get broken maybe, but your internal organs will not survive the rapid movement. It's the shockwave principle.

 

If you watch that video, the car stands up pretty well I'd say BUT, look at where the steering wheel ended up. I would not want to be between the wheel and the seat and I am fairly skinny. How much do they weigh? My quad puts more of a squattin on the back of my stiff sprung first gen.

 

I think that was a lure to try to catch some other guys...

Whoops maybe I should haven't said that

 

Were they attached to his rear view mirror? Anywhere else they'd be draggin the ground

 

Were they attached to his rear view mirror? Anywhere else they'd be draggin the ground

 

Beg to difer, click on the photo and look at the paddle door handle then look just in front of the door at the emblem. That sure looks like a F250 there to me.

I don't know much on 2d gens but I don't remember seeing any Rams with paddle door handles.