Hi Julie. We are producing a video for the Sundance Channel featuring real people who love their Smart Car and live in NYC and lead a very interesting exciting life.  We would love to talk to you and see if you might be interested in being in the video...it will air on television this fall.  Please contact me as soon as possible at 212.706.8200.  Thank you very much.

Got my car last Thursday and love it.

Hi Julie!

My name is natty and I see you're a fellow NY'rker like me. :)

anyways, I've been trying to find more participants from NY 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

Julie, Just thought I would let you know I finally go my email and configured yesterday... They say it will be a 4 to 5 month wait.

I surely DID freak. I still can't believe we didn't find any permanent damage. I had just gotten off the phone with my father & he called right back to say we better get home because a tree just fell on my car. The truth is, I thought he was talking about my Solara and all he said was a tree was leaning "over" it not ON it.

Everything else is going well with the car. I'm about 50 miles from 1000 miles. It really is a blast. And I LOVE the heated seats these days.

Julie from what I've read on a couple of websites both of the problems your having are very common problems. In fact my gas gauge doesn't work right either. But I did find if I full the tank very slowly and stop after the first time it clicks, the gauge will show full. The correct fix is to have the sending unit in the gas tank replaced by the dealer under warranty. It's a know problem that they stick and don't read correctly.
Now for the second problem with your shifter. Take it to the dealer as soon as possible! Some of the shifters that came off the assembly line were not lubricated properly. It will eventually get stuck altogether and will have to be towed. It just requires the dealer to remove the top of the shifter and put some kind of lubricant in it. Don't wait too long on that repair.

Yes, I'm still loving it. I'm looking forward to the Cape May meet & greet on Oct. 5th. Right now my gas icon is blinking for the first time. We're trying to keep track of MPG & I think we're right around 40. We took it to OC MD for a wedding last weekend. We only saw one other smart on that trip. I'm starting to see more around this area all the time. I hope we can meet up at one of the events sometime soon. We'll have to keep a look out for one in Northern NJ.

So now that we've had our cars for a little while now how are you liking it? I enjoy mine more as time goes by. I do have a few electrical gremlins but sure the dealer can get them fixed.

Check out my posting on the Smart Cabrio Discussion Forum about care for the convertible top. Found out what products the manufacturer recommends for care of the top.

Drive smart,
Bob

Julie, love the pixie dust sticker =) I have a Tink sticker in the rear window and a Tink floormat. I find the she says "cute" just like the car does. Keep smiling while driving.