This smart is now for sale. (Is it okay to tell you that here?) Details can be seen at  http://click.messages.autotrader.com/?qs=839d06998ddfec497fdd2b522ad6bb2e334c353b2337dae0f96e9b1e06f704def103fd0cba69f721. 

This is the smart that was featured in the NY Times on 6.15.08.

 

 

I just did some comparison shopping for insurance coverage, and I found a wide range of premiums among the various companies. I found that State Farm offered the lowest premium for my smart--actually the lowest by far!



When I first purchased my smart, in March, 2008, there was only one company offering coverage in my area: Liberty-Mutual. when my premium went up a bit after the first year, I called them to find out why. They told me it was the… Continue

On Sunday, June 15, the New York Times printed and article about us and our smart car, and smarts in the city in general. Here is a link to the online version.



One day, as I was getting in my car, I saw a piece of paper stuck under the windshield wiper. It was from someone who claimed to be a writer for the Times who was… Continue

I actually did this modification to my smart back in May, but I just got a chance to post it. So,as promised, here it is:



First off, I owe a lot of thanks to forfiveone, on the www.451s.com blog. He did the original research and used his smart as a guinea pig for this mod. To avoid a lot of duplication, I will give you the link to his original post, and then give you the overview of how my mod differed.



Here is forfiveone's… Continue