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Old 06-09-2010, 01:04 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Good for a chuckle: smartcar ad

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Old 06-09-2010, 01:07 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Old 06-09-2010, 11:01 PM   #3 (permalink)
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...just before the collision, the little car is heard to snicker: "...this is gonna hurt ME more than YOU!"
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its like a battle of urban midgeted to one way streets and a 300 yard ride to work versus a guy who is driven to drinking to death needing a bigger machine and feeling guilty over it.

the drama. I get it..oh so "sex and the city" climactically genius...coming from me and my hick background, I have no clue how I had the mind to catch on..but I did.

Now if I can turn a 1781cc subaru into a m1009 capability...
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Old 06-10-2010, 06:33 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Black car to Silver - "So, Smart arse, how much money have you lost for MB so far ?"
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Arragonis: true. Currently fuel is too cheap in North America to spur sales of that car, which is in a lonely class of its own.

Ad's still funny though.
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Old 06-11-2010, 04:06 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Rumour central still keeps popping up the "MB to kill Smart" thing every now and again.

I loved the coupe, have they killed that one ?
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chuckle, I love people flooring those midget rides in San Francisco. It cracks me
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Scion is due to spit out their micro car the iQ sometime next year. I have seen and driven both and the iQ may just put the nail in the coffin for the smart car...

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