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[thebitterguy]

Good day. Lunch w/ pyat, most of day was spent doing testing for software at work, and running Karaoke in the lunch room.

After work, went to sign papers and test drive my Smart. Drove very nice. It's bigger than you think. Got a lot of looks driving it. When Snra & I stopped to switch (so she could drive for a while) a guy in the Tim Horton's parking lot started asking me questions about it.

Of course, it turns out it won't be here until February. Crap.

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[dogbreathcanada.livejournal.com]

Had to smirk at this feature:

The two crash boxes at the front and the rear serve as crumple zones. In collisions up to 15 km/h, they ensure that the tridion safety cell remains undamaged.

15km/h??!? So the passenger is only truly safe in a parking lot collision? Nice idea in the "green concept", but it looks like a total death trap.

[nottheterritory.livejournal.com]

So what I really want to know is, what's the pick-up like? Also, I want to see it!

[thebitterguy]

Undamaged. They showed crash tests, and they're no less survivable than the average motor vehicle.

I mean, I haven't heard about the roads of Europe running red with their victims.

Yet, at least.

[thebitterguy]

It picked up significantly better than I expected it to. You should be able to see one at your local Mercedez dealership.