Hi Volks,

I think of the Smart as a 4-season motorcycle.  It's compact, fuel
efficient and adequate for at least 65% of my transportation needs. I
can't fit a family of five inside one, but that really only accounts
for around 10% of my driving, if that. I used to ride a motorcycle
about 8 months of the year as a commuter vehicle until I changed jobs
in 2000 and my employer supplied a late-model 4-door sedan.

A Smart and a VW bus would cover 100% of my transportation needs.
Unfortunately my employer prefers the 4-door.

Happy Trails,

Greg Potts
1973/74/75/77/79 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"
www.pottsfamily.ca/westfakia
www.busesofthecorn.com

On 25-Oct-06, at 7:17 PM, Anderson,Chuck wrote:

> It still looks like a rolling coffin to me. My "other" car is a Mazda
> Miata and that's small enough.
> Chuck Anderson
> '86 GL
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> Behalf
> Of misemefein
> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 3:28 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Smart Car Crash
>
> The New York Times reports today that the Smart Fortwo will be
> available in the United States in early 2008.
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/25/automobiles/autospecial/
> 25drive.html?_r=1&ref=autospecial&oref=slogin
>
> E Morrison