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stoatsngroats

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A new Smart for us!!
« on: January 03, 2015, 05:53:58 PM »
My [OH] has had a ForTwo for nearly 5 years, but she has decided to change to this...


which we will collect soon!

She has said that I can drive it sometimes too! ;D

This will look fantastic next to my ForFour...


Live is for living! :)
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Re: A new Smart for us!!
« Reply #1 on: January 03, 2015, 06:14:15 PM »
Nice car. And the roadster isn't bad either  ;D
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Re: A new Smart for us!!
« Reply #2 on: January 03, 2015, 06:20:25 PM »
not bad - i do keep getting tempted but i just don't think they are fast enough for me :(

JJ
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Re: A new Smart for us!!
« Reply #3 on: January 03, 2015, 06:41:31 PM »
@scoobysook   ;D  The [OH] said.. "Oi!"   ;D

@ JJ - Sometimes speed isn't the only thrill available... (No doubt you'll disagree! :) ), but for  us, the roadster will bring some smiles! 

I'm thinking that both being Silver (Roady is SpeedSilver!), they're going to look fantastic together....   that's sounds a little An%l I know, but I have some OCD with these things! :)
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Re: A new Smart for us!!
« Reply #4 on: January 03, 2015, 08:26:42 PM »
Quote from: stoatsngroats on January 03, 2015, 06:41:31 PM
@scoobysook   ;D  The [OH] said.. "Oi!"   ;D

@ JJ - Sometimes speed isn't the only thrill available... (No doubt you'll disagree! :) ), but for  us, the roadster will bring some smiles! 

I'm thinking that both being Silver (Roady is SpeedSilver!), they're going to look fantastic together....   that's sounds a little An%l I know, but I have some OCD with these things! :)

@  stoatsngroats ..... I think your right , They'll look great together   ..... I still miss my Roadster  ( 10 years ago I had it , before the forfour ) , If finances  ( and a dodgy back ) allowed I'd still love to have one along sside my forfour ,

@ JJ .... on the subject of speed  , it's not just the top end that counts  ;) ...... point to point the Roadie takes some beating  , when I had mine it took quite a few " high performance " cars by surprise  , over the many years I spent in the motor trade I had the opportunity to drive some very tasty machinery and I have to say that handling wise and fun factor per BHP the roadster is up there with the best of them . 
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« Reply #5 on: January 03, 2015, 09:35:51 PM »
ah but you forget im coming from a vx220 which weighs the same and has 50% more bhp than a BRC ;)

VX220 0-60 = 5 1/2 secs
BRC 0-60 = 9 1/2 secs

still love the roadie though.

JJ
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Re: A new Smart for us!!
« Reply #6 on: January 04, 2015, 01:28:35 AM »
Quote from: stoatsngroats on January 03, 2015, 05:53:58 PM
My [OH] has had a ForTwo for nearly 5 years, but she has decided to change to this...


which we will collect soon!

Any chance you can 'collect' the photo link and put it back in ?   ;)
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Re: A new Smart for us!!
« Reply #7 on: January 04, 2015, 07:57:27 AM »
Done!
I'm still getting the hang of [img], photobucket, links, etc!  And after I posted this, I moved the image into a different folder.....  didn't even consider changing the link here... My goodness, I thought I was good with 'tech' stuff!

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Re: A new Smart for us!!
« Reply #8 on: January 11, 2015, 12:39:28 PM »

Together, at last! :)





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Re: A new Smart for us!!
« Reply #9 on: January 11, 2015, 01:06:56 PM »
A lovely couple. Am I right in saying the roadster has the same footprint as the forfour just much lower and abit more narrow?
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Re: A new Smart for us!!
« Reply #10 on: January 11, 2015, 02:50:47 PM »
Quote from: Scoobysook on January 11, 2015, 01:06:56 PM
A lovely couple.

Aw, thanks!, And the cars look great together too eh..? :)


Quote from: Scoobysook on January 11, 2015, 01:06:56 PM
Am I right in saying the roadster has the same footprint as the forfour just much lower and abit more narrow?
Well, when I took the pictures, I was surprised that the wheelbase looked MUCH closer than I had imagined - I thought the wheelbase on the Roadster would've been similar to the (now replaced) ForTwo.
I will endeavour to checkout the stats for this, and let you know.

Don't they look fantastic together though?

It's just a shame that the Roadie isn't mine! :)
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Re: A new Smart for us!!
« Reply #11 on: January 11, 2015, 03:03:55 PM »
ForFour:
Wheelbase (mm) 2500
Track width front (mm) 1460
Track width rear (mm) 1,445
Roadster:
Wheelbase (mm) 2360
Track width front (mm) 1357
Track width rear (mm) 1392

So the answer is 'No!'

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Re: A new Smart for us!!
« Reply #12 on: January 11, 2015, 05:11:01 PM »
Both have wider axles on the driven wheels
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