On 7/18/07, Don Hanson <dhanson@gorge.net> wrote:
>
> Has anyone tried to fit a Smart Car into a vanagon?  Saw one today in
> downtown Lyle (pop. 300) Wa. and it looked like you could drive it right
> into a GL or a passenger van, cross ways in the slider door...
> Maybe you could put one onto the back receiver hitch platform on a
> Westy..and then you could pretend you are "normal" and have TWO vehicles
> to
> mess with when you go  "camping" or RVing, like most Americans seem to do
> now a days
> Funny lookin little dealies, but they look like they would get the job
> done for transportation, and keep up with the average speed of traffic on
> freeways in our big cities...I read somewhere the average LA freeway speed
> is 18mph, if you figure in all the time you spend on the freeway...The few
> times I've been forced through LA recently, I certainly think that
> estimate
> might be high..
> ciao,
> Don Hanson

Don,

Smart cars are 8 feet 2 inches long, 5 feet wide (excluding mirrors), 5 feet
1 inch tall. If you have a Singlecab, it would fit on the rear deck. Too
long for a Doka.

Saw Zap Cars show one off at the SF International Auto Show a few years back
on the back of an H1.

BenT