Crazy reactions and comments about your SMART?
We've all gotten them-What's your favorite? Just yesterday at a light a guy in a pickup looked at TINIBNZ and said "That really scares me!"- I asked him if he was afraid I might hit him and crush his truck! The best reaction I get is from little kids- they smile and wave- I think they respond to a car that seems 'kid size"- although it IS 5 feet longer than a Little Tykes !
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Permalink Reply by Sharon on -
The strangest I got was from a gas station guy who said that he would NEVER drive a car with only 3 lugnuts. First, I didn't realize that it only had 3 lugnuts on the tires, and secondly, I don't care. Yes, Kids smile and wave, truck and bus drivers give me a thumbs up all the time, others point and obviously comment to their car mates, and whenever I stop, I get all the usual questions.
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Permalink Reply by Victor on -
#1 most common: Is it electric?
#2 what's the MPG
#3 It's so cute!!
#4 Bugs me. It just seems so dayumed RUDE. About once a day someone I've never set eyes on before will ask what it cost me. I've usually given them the base price and said options cost more.
Today, climbing out of my car at Wally World, I hear a guy at least 50 feet away shout to me,
"Hey! What's one of them thangs cost?"
(Many of the locals do not have the word 'those' in their vocabulary.)
I shrugged my shoulders and said I didn't know, while walking away. Was I more rude than he was? I don't know and I don't care.
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Permalink Reply by Jim Yedor on
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I get asked all the time about cost- I just say $11,500 to $17,000 and then tell them "but they're sold out for 18 months". When someone says "I'd hate to get hit by an SUV in one of those" I reply that I don't plan on getting hit but it IS a Mercedes, has a race care type safety cage and a Five Star crash rating- But they can't hit you if they can't see you!"- That one works as well.
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Permalink Reply by Victor on
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Jim, I think you need to raise your upper limit a bit. Mine was $18,230 not counting tax, delivery, dealer prep, etc. If the person is reasonably polite (unlike the guy at Wally World), I'd rather just give the starting price plus extras answer. Like you, I'd rather stay generic than to give out the specific price of my ride.
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Victor- Mine was around $18,000 but I figure that whatever you say doesn't matter too much- I hand them a brochure-my dealer gave me about a hundred-and let it go at that. That's only for someone who seems genuinely interested. Let's face it- if you don't know what a SMART car is at this point you're not getting one for at least 18 months- and if you really have to have one an orphan or an EBay car is in the $20s. I now see a SMART a day here in the OC so they are starting to show up but they are still a curiousty to most people.
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Permalink Reply by Steven Villatoro on -
I've posted this elsewhere, but it fits the topic so will summarize. During the past eight months, two reactions have stood out above the others.
1. Shortly after buying my smart, I was the first car at a stoplight, and a new Ferrari was next to me. People crossing at the intersection were going crazy over the smart, including taking pics, waving, etc., while the Ferrari next to me received NO attention! When the light changed, the Ferrari owner took off like a bat out of @#$%.
2. Just last week, I was again the first car at a stoplight, and the car across the intersection was loaded with people. They flashed their lights, and started waving from all windows. Suddenly, all four doors opened up, everyone got out, and started jumping up and down while yelling, "smart! smart! smart!"
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Permalink Reply by TnT 0604 on -
I met one of my MINI Cooper friends for lunch and we parked next to one another in the traditional way - nose out. She went out to her car because she had left her cell phone in it and the crowd that had gathered started asking her questions ! ! She couldn't believe it ! She was just parked next to me. The only thing the two cars had in common was the color and the way they were parked.
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Permalink Reply by Victor on
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I've heard the common list of questions multiple times. But, today I heard a new one!
At first I misunderstood, and thought the guy asked me, "Where do you put the beer?"
I started to explain there was plenty of room for groceries in the back, when he interrupted me and (this time I understood) he asked again, "Where do you put the DEER?"
I said I don't hunt, and that he might want to take his truck for hunting.
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Permalink Reply by Valerie on -
OK - I was driving through a construction zone with like 8 cars behind me. The guy with the big STOP sign walked into the road in front of me and stopped traffic. I assumed a construction vehicle was pulling out or something . . . but no. He walked over to my car just to ask the usual questions about it! That was his only reason for stopping the entire line of cars!
Also have had many people take pictures with their phones while driving OR I have come out of a store only to find people standing around it taking turns getting their picture taken next to it!
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Permalink Reply by TnT 0604 on
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Yesterday a woman in a Focus rolled her window down to tell me that my back wheels were tilted at a funny angle and I should probably have that checked out. I told her it was the natural toe because the engine is in the back. She didn't look happy - I think she was trying to find something wrong.
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