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Very Bad Car Design
Dec 19, 2017 09:51:24
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jerryc41
Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
Apparently, people have been complaining about this design for years. This driver almost paid with her life.
https://jalopnik.com/smart-car-explodes-when-driver-fills-wrong-hole-with-ga-1821397404
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Dec 20, 2017 08:10:01
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allan catt
Loc: gillingham,kent,uk
Not so smart after all.
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Dec 20, 2017 08:53:48
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Yankeepapa6
Loc: New York City
jerryc41 wrote:
Apparently, people have been complaining about this design for years. This driver almost paid with her life.
https://jalopnik.com/smart-car-explodes-when-driver-fills-wrong-hole-with-ga-1821397404
I don't know if it's a design flaw or the person not paying attention and not acting responsibly.
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Dec 20, 2017 10:21:30
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jerryc41
Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
Yankeepapa6 wrote:
I don't know if it's a design flaw or the person not paying attention and not acting responsibly.
I sent this to a friend who has a newer version of that car, and the intake has been redesigned.
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Dec 20, 2017 16:12:22
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Thruxton
Loc: Indiana / California
That should no longer be a problem in the 2018 model Smart Car as they will all be electric. There will probably be no more Hyabusa 1100cc motorcycle engine conversions either which is truly sad.
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Dec 20, 2017 16:55:52
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James Slick
Loc: Pittsburgh,PA
Yankeepapa6 wrote:
I don't know if it's a design flaw or the person not paying attention and not acting responsibly.
Did you read the article and see the pictures. It is truly a bad design for the sake of styling. (if THAT word even applies to a SMART car😉).
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Dec 21, 2017 07:52:02
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Yankeepapa6
Loc: New York City
jerryc41 wrote:
I sent this to a friend who has a newer version of that car, and the intake has been redesigned.
Two ways to take the new design. It should have been different from the beginning or the need to better understand their client base.
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