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by WR1 Bro » Mon Jun 08, 2009 12:00 pm
I'm considering a sensible small economical vehicle for work. I wondered about a quad bike but that would be a bother on those wet days... I love the look of the Roadster but have not driven one... Your thought would be appreciated. I have seem this one
Smart Brabus Roadster for sale. 04 plate. 0.7cc turbocharged engine tuned by Brabus. Electric convertible softtop. Semi-automatic with F1 style paddle shift and tiptronic sequential gearbox. Full Brabus bodykit, 17" Brabus Monabloc VI alloys, Twin Center Exit Brabus Chrome Plated Exhaust, Heated leather seats and Turbo gauge, air conditioning, cd player & remote boot release. Expensive Clifford alarm. Incredible 55mpg petrol! low tax band, low insurance, and low depreciation due to rarity and demand. Immaculate condition with just 34,000 miles and full service history. £7500 ono
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by John Mc » Mon Jun 08, 2009 12:03 pm
Serious Question: Would you fit in it? What are you 6'7"?? You'd be like hightower off police academy!!
I can't see you in one of them mate...
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by Megaman » Mon Jun 08, 2009 12:08 pm
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by WR1 Bro » Mon Jun 08, 2009 12:13 pm
John Mc Tiddler (Dogging Expert) wrote:Serious Question: Would you fit in it? What are you 6'7"?? You'd be like hightower off police academy!! I can't see you in one of them mate...
Only 6ft3 mate.
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by p060064h » Mon Jun 08, 2009 12:59 pm
I had a quad for about a year 500cc Polaris troy lee it was so much fun even more so when it was wet every corner was taken sideways yet going reletivly slow.
I get 65mpg from my Clio and getting a remap soon so will be over 70mpg.
I do like the smart car though very nippy round town.
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by WR1 Owner! » Mon Jun 08, 2009 1:09 pm
WR1 Bro wrote:I'm considering a sensible small economical vehicle for work. I wondered about a quad bike but that would be a bother on those wet days... I love the look of the Roadster but have not driven one... Your thought would be appreciated. I have seem this one
Smart Brabus Roadster for sale. 04 plate. 0.7cc turbocharged engine tuned by Brabus. Electric convertible softtop. Semi-automatic with F1 style paddle shift and tiptronic sequential gearbox. Full Brabus bodykit, 17" Brabus Monabloc VI alloys, Twin Center Exit Brabus Chrome Plated Exhaust, Heated leather seats and Turbo gauge, air conditioning, cd player & remote boot release. Expensive Clifford alarm. Incredible 55mpg petrol! low tax band, low insurance, and low depreciation due to rarity and demand. Immaculate condition with just 34,000 miles and full service history. £7500 ono
realistically your looking at another car to be economical.. by spending £7.5k.. thats going to take you YEARS to save! running costs of two cars tax, fuel, mot ETC.. i dont think your going to save anything
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by John Mc » Mon Jun 08, 2009 1:20 pm
WR1 Owner! wrote:WR1 Bro wrote:I'm considering a sensible small economical vehicle for work. I wondered about a quad bike but that would be a bother on those wet days... I love the look of the Roadster but have not driven one... Your thought would be appreciated. I have seem this one
Smart Brabus Roadster for sale. 04 plate. 0.7cc turbocharged engine tuned by Brabus. Electric convertible softtop. Semi-automatic with F1 style paddle shift and tiptronic sequential gearbox. Full Brabus bodykit, 17" Brabus Monabloc VI alloys, Twin Center Exit Brabus Chrome Plated Exhaust, Heated leather seats and Turbo gauge, air conditioning, cd player & remote boot release. Expensive Clifford alarm. Incredible 55mpg petrol! low tax band, low insurance, and low depreciation due to rarity and demand. Immaculate condition with just 34,000 miles and full service history. £7500 ono
realistically your looking at another car to be economical.. by spending £7.5k.. thats going to take you YEARS to save! running costs of two cars tax, fuel, mot ETC.. i dont think your going to save anything
Bro is a millionaire Jonny.... he hides the fact by pretending to be a pikey
[Just incase this gets lost in translation, I am not slandering you, I know people can be sensitive to these harsh words.]
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by WR1 Bro » Mon Jun 08, 2009 1:26 pm
John Mc Tiddler (Dogging Expert) wrote:WR1 Owner! wrote:WR1 Bro wrote:I'm considering a sensible small economical vehicle for work. I wondered about a quad bike but that would be a bother on those wet days... I love the look of the Roadster but have not driven one... Your thought would be appreciated. I have seem this one
Smart Brabus Roadster for sale. 04 plate. 0.7cc turbocharged engine tuned by Brabus. Electric convertible softtop. Semi-automatic with F1 style paddle shift and tiptronic sequential gearbox. Full Brabus bodykit, 17" Brabus Monabloc VI alloys, Twin Center Exit Brabus Chrome Plated Exhaust, Heated leather seats and Turbo gauge, air conditioning, cd player & remote boot release. Expensive Clifford alarm. Incredible 55mpg petrol! low tax band, low insurance, and low depreciation due to rarity and demand. Immaculate condition with just 34,000 miles and full service history. £7500 ono
realistically your looking at another car to be economical.. by spending £7.5k.. thats going to take you YEARS to save! running costs of two cars tax, fuel, mot ETC.. i dont think your going to save anything
Bro is a millionaire Jonny.... he hides the fact by pretending to be a pikey
FPMSL... Being green does not necessarily SAVE YOU money... but it might just help to save the planet. Sort of hoping the carbon footprint will cancel out some of the carbon footprint from our other cars...
Regards being a millionaire - I'm sure it was John Mc Tiddler (Dogging Expert) Tiddler (Dogging Expert) banging on about all the properties he owns up and down the country???
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by WR1 Owner! » Mon Jun 08, 2009 2:29 pm
Bro 1 Mc 0
as for the footprint thing.. i wouldnt bother. BUT if you want to be really green my astra is up for sale
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by John Mc » Mon Jun 08, 2009 2:32 pm
Just down South, only own 1 up north.
What % of time have you racked up on the boglett today Bro?
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by WR 1mposter » Mon Jun 08, 2009 5:13 pm
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by The Swede » Mon Jun 08, 2009 7:23 pm
WR1 Bro wrote:I'm considering a sensible small economical vehicle for work. I wondered about a quad bike but that would be a bother on those wet days... I love the look of the Roadster but have not driven one... Your thought would be appreciated. I have seem this one
Smart Brabus Roadster for sale. 04 plate. 0.7cc turbocharged engine tuned by Brabus. Electric convertible softtop. Semi-automatic with F1 style paddle shift and tiptronic sequential gearbox. Full Brabus bodykit, 17" Brabus Monabloc VI alloys, Twin Center Exit Brabus Chrome Plated Exhaust, Heated leather seats and Turbo gauge, air conditioning, cd player & remote boot release. Expensive Clifford alarm. Incredible 55mpg petrol! low tax band, low insurance, and low depreciation due to rarity and demand. Immaculate condition with just 34,000 miles and full service history. £7500 ono
Stu,
One of my friends has such car and I had the 'pleasure' of going out in it again last week in Zurich. I do not think you'll enjoy this at all.
It really crashes about badly and despite being really small, the chassis is not nimble and reactive at all. It is actually really slow in its reactions. Combine this with a really slow gearbox and you have one of the less pleasant cars to drive.
Go and try
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by RobinSherwood » Tue Jun 09, 2009 11:34 am
Stu,
We have had Smarts in the family since 1998. It depends a lot where you are going to drive it. If it is around town mostly then they are a great little car and more than capable of the odd motorway drive when needs must.
If you were going to be doing lots of A and B road driving then maybe it might not be such a good choice.
I have a Brabus For Two Coupé sitting at my place at the moment (its my parents waiting to be sold) if you want to have a day tooling around in one to make your mind up if they are for you.
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by The Swede » Tue Jun 09, 2009 3:22 pm
I just imagine the sight: Stu and Megaman or Bbigman picking up a curry in the Smart...
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by WR1 Bro » Tue Jun 09, 2009 5:49 pm
The Swede wrote:I just imagine the sight: Stu and Megaman or Bbigman picking up a curry in the Smart...
You wouldn't look much better with your nervous driving position sitting bolt upright
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by The Swede » Tue Jun 09, 2009 7:05 pm
WR1 Bro wrote:The Swede wrote:I just imagine the sight: Stu and Megaman or Bbigman picking up a curry in the Smart...
You wouldn't look much better with your nervous driving position sitting bolt upright
True, it's not a car to be driven in anger especially as I spend my time looking at the sunvisor and te roofline
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by Yampiedog » Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:32 am
A little dearer but what about a Fiat 500 Arbarth?
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by WR1 Bro » Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:41 am
Yampiedog wrote:A little dearer but what about a Fiat 500 Arbarth?
Fiat my arse.
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by Kahuna » Mon Jun 22, 2009 6:20 pm
I've got a little C1 as a run about instead of using the CTR all the time. You can pick them up pretty cheap and it's good fun around town and not to bad on the motorway and returns about 450+ miles to a £35 fill up
I'd certainly have a look at one of those or the Toyota / Pug equivalents if you want some cheap motoring. Group 1 insurance and just cost £35 for a years RFL (apparently free next year)
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by SPIKE LIKE MIKE » Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:23 pm
"blackhawk" you know you love em...........
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by The Swede » Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:49 pm
Stu' just tyre-kicking again
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by WR 1mposter » Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:52 pm
The Swede wrote:Stu' just tyre-kicking again
He'd probably miss and hit the wheel
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by Yampiedog » Tue Jun 23, 2009 9:21 am
This must be going cheap and I know where it is!
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by POESY » Tue Jun 23, 2009 10:12 am
Yampiedog wrote:A little dearer but what about a Fiat 500 Arbarth?
About twice the price at the moment - but give it a year or so and that's exactly what i'd like to replace my little punto with
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by WR1 Bro » Tue Jun 23, 2009 10:58 am
POESY wrote:Yampiedog wrote:A little dearer but what about a Fiat 500 Arbarth?
About twice the price at the moment - but give it a year or so and that's exactly what i'd like to replace my little punto with
WTF
They are fugly
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by POESY » Tue Jun 23, 2009 12:19 pm
WR1 Bro wrote: WTF
They are fugly
If you ask a 6ft 3" fat bloke then yes that it the answer you will get.
However, ask a fit blonde bird and youll get a different answer
Getting my point ??!!
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by WR1 Bro » Tue Jun 23, 2009 12:42 pm
POESY wrote:WR1 Bro wrote: WTF
They are fugly
If you ask a 6ft 3" fat bloke then yes that it the answer you will get. However, ask a fit blonde bird and youll get a different answer Getting my point ??!!
You may well be a "bird"... but you ARE NOT a "fit blonde".
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by POESY » Tue Jun 23, 2009 3:13 pm
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by SPIKE LIKE MIKE » Tue Jun 23, 2009 6:36 pm
POESY wrote::lol: Strawberry blonde if you dont mind Well kinda strawberry grey now if i'm being honest
Easy now REX!!
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by WR 1mposter » Tue Jun 23, 2009 7:08 pm
WR1 Bro wrote:POESY wrote:WR1 Bro wrote: WTF
They are fugly
If you ask a 6ft 3" fat bloke then yes that it the answer you will get. However, ask a fit blonde bird and youll get a different answer Getting my point ??!!
You may well be a "bird"... but you ARE NOT a "fit blonde".
Not your type then Stu !
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