RE: Smart Roadster: Tell Me I'm Wrong
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heebeegeetee said:
Hi, do you have any more info on this car, please?
I put a few videos up on youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPabW9JVxgU&fe...
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I put a few videos up on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPabW9JVxgU&fe...
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Thanks. That 'busa engine certainly gets used a lot.
I put a few videos up on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPabW9JVxgU&fe...
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Thanks. That 'busa engine certainly gets used a lot.
This car is in my top ten favourite cars ever made and it's number two in the most underrated cars ever (in my opinion) with only the Honda NSX coming first.
It was light and responsive while not being too lacking in the usability and luxury department. It was well styled but not in your face. It had a superb little engine that give you the most smiles-per-gallon of any car at the time. It's cheap to buy these days, incredibly cheap to run minus services which can be steep.
And the thing that gets me is that if they updated certain parts like the gearbox, interior toys, lights etc and did nothing else, then released it on sale today: IT WOULD SELL!!
It was light and responsive while not being too lacking in the usability and luxury department. It was well styled but not in your face. It had a superb little engine that give you the most smiles-per-gallon of any car at the time. It's cheap to buy these days, incredibly cheap to run minus services which can be steep.
And the thing that gets me is that if they updated certain parts like the gearbox, interior toys, lights etc and did nothing else, then released it on sale today: IT WOULD SELL!!
Edited by Malachimon on Wednesday 1st October 23:50
I like mine. Did a hillclimb at Loton Park a couple of weeks back, I did alright in the rain.
Did a sprint at Rockingham 2 years ago and vied with a Clio Williams. I beat him 4 times but he beat me overall on the fifth run. I finished about mid way amongst the MX5s, MGFs, Clios etc, who were all in the higher group above me.
Did an economy run at the weekend, got 56 mpg with the roof down on nagdery, single track roads around the Cotswolds. In regular use it does 300 miles on a tank and takes 30 quid to fill up again.
Did a sprint at Rockingham 2 years ago and vied with a Clio Williams. I beat him 4 times but he beat me overall on the fifth run. I finished about mid way amongst the MX5s, MGFs, Clios etc, who were all in the higher group above me.
Did an economy run at the weekend, got 56 mpg with the roof down on nagdery, single track roads around the Cotswolds. In regular use it does 300 miles on a tank and takes 30 quid to fill up again.
BugLebowski said:
My brother had a roadster for about six months. Oh how we laughed and laughed
Yet you have a far more feminine, budget girly hatchback. That is more at home at the supermarket or on the school run. Or in poverty spec as an OAP mover in it's day. Didn't they even sell them in beige just for that purpose.300bhp/ton said:
Yet you have a far more feminine, budget girly hatchback. That is more at home at the supermarket or on the school run. Or in poverty spec as an OAP mover in it's day. Didn't they even sell them in beige just for that purpose.
the 205? sorry but the roadster is WAY girlier. Its the only car i've ever owned that strangers have laughed at. And i dont mind girly cars, i've had loads.Sycamore said:
I had one of these as a daily driver for a year or so.
The gearbox is beyond awful, but it was still good fun.
If you take motoring seriously they're not the car for you, but as a little go-kart run around they're alright.
I've said it lots. But if you really thought the gearbox was "awful" it was either broken or it was your driving style.The gearbox is beyond awful, but it was still good fun.
If you take motoring seriously they're not the car for you, but as a little go-kart run around they're alright.
I'm not trying to attack you on this. But I've spent a lot of seat time in a Roadster and I find it inconceivable how people have trouble with the gearbox. It works perfectly fine, however if you fight it and try and force it to do things it can't or won't. Then yes, it'll never seem right. But that logically has to be driver error.
EnglishTony said:
Drove 1 for about 30 mins. Couldn't get out of the thing fast enough. Ghastly. Friend of mine was interested in 1. She bought a 2nd hand Z3 instead.
Well I've driven one a lot and a large array of other cars. And could not disagree more. Maybe you could elaborate what exactly was "ghastly"? Or is it simply internet induced BS?Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff