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William. I do not recall there is a thread here for selling smarts by owners, but that does not mean there isn't one buried here. SCoA has a section for them for members; there may be some restrictions if you are not a current member; read the…

Oct 10, 2010

William Delgado commented on Cindy Patterson's blog post 'Yahoo... got my notice!'

Now that you have had it for a while - that is if you still have it - what are your thoughts?

Oct 10, 2010

William Delgado updated their profile Oct 10, 2010

William Delgado commented on jaybudder's blog post 'cracked a rim! Extended warrenty is useless since tire is fine...???'

How many other car mfg's specifically offer extended warranties on rims & tires? Especially right up front with the sale. Well it might be because the construction is faulty. Might, it is. If you run over a cigarette butt it jars you like…

Jan 24, 2010

William Delgado commented on Tom Robertson's blog post 'Mileage'

Gas mileage is very disappointing. How could I have been so dumb?

Jan 24, 2010

William Delgado is now a member of smart USA insider Jan 24, 2010

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I've been a smart owner since: January 16, 2009

Location: Reading PA

My favorite things about smart: My wife loves it

About Me: Purchased beginning of 2009 - wife really likes it. We get a lot of comments wherever we go.

My smart's name: wifey

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At 1:05pm on October 10, 2010, spicejax said…: FYI, http://www.smartusainsider.com/group/sellbuytrade

MJB

At 8:23am on October 10, 2010, GetSmrt28277 said…: William. I do not recall there is a thread here for selling smarts by owners, but that does not mean there isn't one buried here. SCoA has a section for them for members; there may be some restrictions if you are not a current member; read the rules.

http://www.smartcarofamerica.com/forums/f78/

At 5:27pm on January 27, 2010, Nicole Butler said…: William - I'm at the smart center Pittsburgh. We are in Pa but a distance away from you. I'm sorry to hear such dissappoint events with your smart. I'm not sure what is going on but I have not experienced such a thing with these cars. We have cars on our show room floor sitting for weeks and months at a time. I have never had to start the cars every hour. And they start up fine. It may be a small problem and easy to fix.

At 3:00pm on January 25, 2010, Daniel said…: I sure hope some one close to you will pick-up the smart maintenance and sales. You may also wait to sell your cabrio till the first nice spring days :) ... you will get more money :)

At 2:53pm on January 25, 2010, William Delgado said…: I think the only help that would change my mind would be if there was a dealership in PA and close to our city for service. This I do not think will happen anytime soon. Or, Smart takes back the car and refunds my money. (That would be nice however; I doubt this would happen) Thanks for the PA blog - doesn't seem to be much activity on this blog as I am sure many Smart buyers in my area are as upset as I am about no longer having a dealer.

Also, Western PA (Erie) is a 6-7 Hour Drive - They must have purchased their Smarts in Pittsburgh PA or Cleveland Ohio. No Activity on this blog either.

Roger Penske's Son has a Buick Dealership in our town as Penske has a major presence in Berks County PA. No Smart Dealership though

At 2:49pm on January 25, 2010, Daniel said…: once you joined that group, you can send a message to all at once about the sale of your smart.

At 2:43pm on January 25, 2010, Daniel said…: Here it is ....
http://www.smartusainsider.com/group/PUGs

At 2:39pm on January 25, 2010, Daniel said…: William, please put up some nice pictures, I am sure it will help you sell it. I personally would have given Jill a chance to help, but I understand your situation. My smart dealer is only 10 miles away, so it is easy for me to say, also I did not have any problem yet with my smart and I really do not expect it. Wish you all the best ... hey maybe you should join the smart group here for PA, I am sure they will help you sell it.

At 2:34pm on January 25, 2010, William Delgado said…: Daniel - Not sure what your situation is however; our dealer closed it's doors and there isn't even a Smart Dealer in the State of Pennsylvania - I will sell and take a loss whether the car is 100% mechanically correct as it is very inconvenient to travel to another State to get our car serviced.

At 2:28pm on January 25, 2010, William Delgado said…: Daniel,

I was being condescending - I'm sure our less than Smart car will find a home where hopefully it will be better appreciated. The key to unloading our car is to find a buyer who is relatively close to a dealership. With our dealership closing it's doors to Smart Cars, it is not feasible for us to travel to another State for service. Also, our Dealer did not totally go out of business they still have one of the largest Mercedes Benz dealerships in the country however; they did not see a future with Smart.

Smart will only provide us a jump start. The check engine light is on however; unless it is blinking they will not tow and told us to drive it to the nearest Smart Dealer. As stated previously, the nearest dealer is not near us any longer because they stopped selling and servicing Smart Cars. I think this is the root cause of most of my issues.

Smart USA and our dealer were so accommodating and couldn't be nicer when we purchased the vehicle - that changed real quick after we took ownership. We took possession of our Smart at the end of January 2009. The Dealer jumped ship December 31, 2009. We have very limited options as far as servicing the vehicle. I would caution anyone purchasing a Smart against it because of my experiences.