[s-cars] NAC: Smart Car = Cyclops Ecce Homo

[Mark Strangways]

I don't even think they are 19 K up here and we have had them for a few 
years.
Stupid looking little things, I always want to stand them up on the back end 
for some reason.

They make a ton of sense in the city, great for fuel, great for parking. 
Unfortunately there are those idiots that insist on driving them on the 
highways, and at top speed (about 120 KM/h).
I would not want to see the results of a tangle with an 18 wheeler at those 
speeds.

Mark
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From: <calvinlc at earthlink.net>
To: "Ian Duff" <iduff at comcast.net>; "chris chambers" 
<fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com>
Cc: "s-car-list quattro S List" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 1:51 AM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] NAC: Smart Car = Cyclops Ecce Homo


> My question is why in the heck would I pay $19k for something that sells 
> for
> like 6k Euros overseas?
> --Calvin
>
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> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Ian Duff
> Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 8:45 PM
> To: chris chambers
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> Subject: Re: [s-cars] NAC: Smart Car = Cyclops Ecce Homo
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> That's the one my BIL has. I'm looking for eye candy on the Cyclops
> Ecce Homo as an historic comparison.
> - -Ian Duff.
>
>
> On  28 Nov 2006, at 8:50:39PM, chris chambers wrote:
>
>> Is this the car you are talking about?
>>
>> http://www.thesmart.ca/index.cfm?ID=4720
>> http://money.cnn.com/2004/09/09/pf/autos/smart/
>>
>> The Smart from Daimler Chrysler?
>>
>>
>> --- Ian Duff <iduff at comcast.net> wrote:
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>>> So here's on aff-topic post...my brother-in-law in Baltimore got a
>>> new Smart fortwo as a mobile marketing canvas for his company. Pre-
>>> import, "provisional VIN", whatever that is. Pretty cool, REALLY
>>> small. Like you can park two nose to tail in the space my S6 Avant
>>> takes. Pretty good bit of kit, except the automagic transition. Lots
>>>
>>> of hunting, and takes about two Super Bowl commercials to shift.
>>> Handles well, pretty good acceleration for something you can carry in
>>>
>>> your backpack, lots of space given you must put it on rather than get
>>>
>>> into it. Not only that, but it's REAR WHEEL DRIVE. Don't they have
>>> laws against that these days?
>>>
>>> So, this brings me to my next virgin moment, I discovered a gap in
>>> the omniscience of the Internet, a first for me. I've always been
>>> able to find at least _something_ relating to my quest, but not this
>>>
>>> time. No pictures. Nothing. Nada.
>>>
>>> For you geezers in the bunch, from back when we had to get our
>>> vicarious thrills from actual printed magazines, no animation, no
>>> hyperlinks, actual print on paper, there was an infrequent comic in
>>> that paragon of automotive authority, Rod & Truck, about this little
>>>
>>> car, that reminded me of the Smart I drove. The little car was as (if
>>>
>>> not perhaps more) funny looking than the Smart, and was called the
>>> Cyclops Ecce Homo. Yep, that's for real. Made out of recycled Cinzano
>>>
>>> signs, active suspension, one honking headlight prolly brighter than
>>>
>>> those HID upgrades we've been discussing of late. Sort of the iPod of
>>>
>>> Minis. Functional, plus easy on the eyes.
>>>
>>> Now here's the bummer. Neither Google nor Yahoo can find anything
>>> online to show it, for me to email to my BIL. I was born at night,
>>> but not last night. However, in this case, I'm as clueless as a
>>> Luddite CIO.
>>>
>>> Does anyone out there know about this comic car, and know where it
>>> might be found online? Anyone?
>>>
>>> - -Ian Duff, Clueless in New Beige.
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