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January 2010 Blog Posts (7)

Tire Wear & Roof Checking

Is anyone else having these problems?



Tires - I recently had to replace my front tires at 20,000 miles due to cupping and excess wear on the inside. I had a four wheel alignnment performed ($99.95!?) which showed the front end only slightly out on one side, not nearly enough to have caused the wear. Could this be a design or specification problem?



Roof - The plastic roof panel has developed a "checking" problem all over. These are little cracks throughout the panel that… Continue

Added by Dave on January 27, 2010 at 4:43pm — 5 Comments

Ok, THIS guy needs sponsorship

Epic journey across the frozen tundra of Northern Canada... in a Smart ForTwo.



This guy has guts. (I SO couldn't do this... I hate cold)



Link Epic Smart Car Journey



Follow his adventure on Twitter: Matt St-Pierre





Spread… Continue

Added by Julie O. on January 27, 2010 at 12:42am — No Comments

Smart Stories from Julie's Garage - January 15, 2010

It happened. My nightmare. My Smart car, Maxwell, was hit.



On my way home from work on Wednesday, January 13th, I was in a line of cars waiting for a red light (I was 5th or 6th in line) when I looked into my rearview mirror and saw a car coming up behind me. I could see the top of the driver's head, which told me he was texting!



I watched in horror and realized he wasn't looking up to check the road. 'Crap,' I thought. 'He's not going to stop.'… Continue

Added by Julie O. on January 15, 2010 at 10:30pm — 10 Comments

Elizabeth

I took my purple smart car to a hand car wash in LA a couple weeks ago. It was the first smart car to go through their car wash. I could tell because the workers didn't know how to handel it exactly. They poked fun at how small it was and acted like they could pick it up. It was amusing. I think that the next time a smart car goes through their car wash they will not be so surprised. I'm just glad I was the one to pop their smart car cherry. ;-P

Added by Keyaira Rogers on January 12, 2010 at 3:50pm — No Comments

Tampa Smart Center

I just had my first flat tire, true to my luck it busted the rim at the same time. I though I was extremely fortunate because it happened in Tamps 4 Miles from the Smart Center, boy was I wrong. I guess I'm a little spoiled because I've dealt with the Orange Park (JAX) location and the facility Is impeccable and the service top notch but Not all Mercedes dealerships are built the same.

The Tampa Location looks and feels like a subway station in Manhattan and is far dirtier the service has… Continue

Added by Brian Ainsworth on January 7, 2010 at 5:56pm — 4 Comments

Changing Headlights

Has anyone had to change a headlight? Is it difficult?

Added by Hugo on January 4, 2010 at 12:30pm — 6 Comments

High Style

any one out there got one of the limited High style?

Added by david peach on January 3, 2010 at 6:27pm — No Comments

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