re: #225 Anymouse

Well, we drove it last year.

When we took the car for its 40,000 mile service last week to Denver, I asked how come Mercedes hasn’t asked us to pose for adverts, since we’ve driven the darn thing all over North America. They are also aware that we hit a deer at sixty miles per hour (because we took it in to have it inspected). Deer totalled, car undamaged. Advert for the car being tough as well.

In addition, my wife and I haven’t killed each other being trapped in a Smart on the trips to Oklahoma, Arkansas, Saskatchewan, &c. That ought to count for something. /s

This time around they changed a part not usually changed in regular maintenance (the internal air conditioner vent filter). Turns out driving it on dirt roads all the time due to where we live clogs that thing. The air conditioner works much better now.

How does it ride? I’d assume a short wheelbase car might be a bit bumpy on rough roads. And how about gas mileage?

M-B really ought to use you in an advert. Most people figure a SmartCar is an urban commuter car, not a highway cruiser. You’d dispel that notion.