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Smart Car, Smart Relationship Marketing

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133 Smarts Invade San Francisco - World Record?

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June 28th - Bay Area Smart Meet at Infineon Raceway

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Pat Craven replied to DavidV's discussion 'Smart Car, Smart Relationship Marketing'

Smart needs to update their web site more often. I started going to it in I think in 08. It hasn't changed much then. Smart needs to go to the Mini website. There they give you a vision of how cool and fun it is to own a Mini. They do clever…

Mar 10, 2010

DavidV replied to DavidV's discussion 'Smart Car, Smart Relationship Marketing'

Just a quick update to note that the other day I received letter from Jill Lajdziak, President of Smart USA, acknowledging my blog entry above. I mention this not just because I'm flattered (I am) and appreciate the gift she included (thanks!)…

Mar 5, 2010

DavidV replied to DavidV's discussion 'Smart Car, Smart Relationship Marketing'

Thanks! For those that are interested, here is the follow-up companion piece: http://www.tendocom.com/view/bigger-isnt-always-better-1937]Bigger isn’t always better | The Tendo View -- DavidV

Feb 26, 2010

Fred replied to DavidV's discussion 'Smart Car, Smart Relationship Marketing'

Interesting take on the 'smart' strategy. Thanks for sharing it with us.

Feb 23, 2010

Smart Car, Smart Relationship Marketing

http://www.tendocom.com/view/smart-car-smart-relationship-marketing-1917"Relationship marketing done well should build brand affinity. The goal is to facilitate both word-of-mouth evangelism and a propensity for repurchase. But like Maui’s scenic Road to Hana, the journey is often more interesting than the destination. Take the Smart car, for example...." -- DavidV See More

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I've been a smart owner since: January 30, 2008

Location: Menlo Park, CA

About Me: I own a WORKS tuned Smart with the following mods:

Smarter Engine Performance Package (air intake and exhaust combo)
Smarter Performance Handling Package (matched springs and swaybar)
Smarter Brake Lines
Rial 15x6 Wheels with General Exclaim UHP Tires

My smart's name: Smartie

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"Screaming Cow" smart car vs Fiero (June 28th WORKS Infineon Meet)

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At 6:02pm on April 8, 2009, Natty said…: Hi David!

My name is natty and I see you're from my home state of Cali (although I'm currently living in NY right now). :)

anyways, I've been trying to find more participants from the Menlo Park area to take my Smart Car owner survey. This is for a marketing strategy plan that I have to do for one of my classes at Fordham University. It'll only take a few minutes and my group and I would really love to hear from you. :)

Just copy and paste this link onto your browser.
http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?p=WEB228ZJB97SR7

Thanks so much!
natty

At 4:27pm on July 21, 2008, smartwest said…: Menlo Park....isn't that the home of the Telsa? Have you seen one in action?

At 2:02pm on June 21, 2008, DavidV said…: The intake and exhaust made a noticeable improvement in gas mileage, that was more or less offset by the reduced gas mileage from the bigger/stickier wheels and tires. The suspension had no discernible impact on mileage.

So, with what I have on done to the car so far, our Smart seems to be back to getting virtually identical MPG to what we saw when it was bone stock, but with added acceleration and dramatically improved cornering/braking capability compared to before.

I hope this helps.

-- DavidV

At 3:19pm on June 20, 2008, Txharleyman said…: So with all this stuff
Smarter Engine Performance Package (air intake and exhaust combo)
Smarter Performance Handling Package (matched springs and swaybar)
Smarter Brake Lines
Rial 15x6 Wheels with General Exclaim UHP Tires)

how much better gas mileage/performance do you get, and do you consider the expense (I won't ask how much it cost) worth it?

Thanks for your reply. Allen Ray