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Re: Today’s want
Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2023 10:31 pm
by jamcg
Sundayjumper wrote: Mon Nov 20, 2023 5:25 pm
I really quite enjoyed working on Gavster's Smart last week, so I'm eyeing this up for a bit of fun:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266521132626
Smoky but starts, runs and drives
Is the catch. It could easily be a totally borked engine. But for £400 it's super-tempting.
Surely an engine for one of these is only £20
Re: Today’s want
Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2023 10:57 pm
by Sundayjumper
Not quite but it looks like a Roadster engine (same engine but a more powerful tune) can be had for £250:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256291408396
Re: Today’s want
Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2023 11:06 pm
by nuttinnew
Sundayjumper wrote: Mon Nov 20, 2023 5:25 pm
I really quite enjoyed working on Gavster's Smart last week, so I'm eyeing this up for a bit of fun:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266521132626
Smoky but starts, runs and drives
Is the catch. It could easily be a totally borked engine. But for £400 it's super-tempting.
Sooo....
Re: Today’s want
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2023 12:02 pm
by Ascender
Sundayjumper wrote: Mon Nov 20, 2023 5:25 pm
I really quite enjoyed working on Gavster's Smart last week, so I'm eyeing this up for a bit of fun:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266521132626
Smoky but starts, runs and drives
Is the catch. It could easily be a totally borked engine. But for £400 it's super-tempting.
Back in the day we had Smart cars for courtesy cars on a few occasions and in the city they were an absolute hoot to drive.
Re: Today’s want
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2023 12:16 pm
by Sundayjumper
nuttinnew wrote: Mon Nov 20, 2023 11:06 pm
Sooo....
What do you mean ??
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Re: Today’s want
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2023 12:28 pm
by 240PP
Re: Today’s want
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2023 12:52 pm
by Jobbo
You could get two Fortwos on that trailer. Room for another?
Re: Today’s want
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2023 1:25 pm
by Ascender
Sundayjumper wrote: Tue Nov 21, 2023 12:16 pm
nuttinnew wrote: Mon Nov 20, 2023 11:06 pm
Sooo....
What do you mean ??
IMG_2926.jpeg
Brilliant!
Re: Today’s want
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2023 1:48 pm
by Beany
Sundayjumper wrote: Tue Nov 21, 2023 12:16 pm
nuttinnew wrote: Mon Nov 20, 2023 11:06 pm
Sooo....
What do you mean ??
IMG_2926.jpeg
You idiot
That said, for bimbling around town and generally being simple/cheap to work on....hmm....
Re: Today’s want
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2023 2:20 pm
by nuttinnew
Jobbo wrote: Tue Nov 21, 2023 12:52 pm
You could get two Fortwos on that trailer. Room for another?
My first thought - wasted opportunity
(My preference would be a Roadster Coupe, tyvwm).
Re: Today’s want
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2023 2:46 pm
by DeskJockey
Is the interior volume of the Smart bigger or smaller than the fuel tank of the Galaxie?
Re: Today’s want
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2023 4:22 pm
by Sundayjumper
Jobbo wrote: Tue Nov 21, 2023 12:52 pm
You could get two Fortwos on that trailer. Room for another?
I reckon you could, just. The bed of the trailer is 4.8m. The car is exactly 2.5m. So there's 10cm of overhang, the tyres would just about still be on the trailer.
I'm going to have to try it next time Gavster comes over.
Re: Today’s want
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2023 4:41 pm
by Gavster
Ascender wrote: Tue Nov 21, 2023 12:02 pm
Sundayjumper wrote: Mon Nov 20, 2023 5:25 pm
I really quite enjoyed working on Gavster's Smart last week, so I'm eyeing this up for a bit of fun:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266521132626
Smoky but starts, runs and drives
Is the catch. It could easily be a totally borked engine. But for £400 it's super-tempting.
Back in the day we had Smart cars for courtesy cars on a few occasions and in the city they were an absolute hoot to drive.
Having driven mine for a total of two days, I can confirm that it's absolutely hilarious driving one around busy London roads. I'm finding gaps in the traffic where I would never have seen them before, and parking has become a doddle. It feels like being a little kid who is running around the ankles of slow moving adults.
Re: Today’s want
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2023 5:04 pm
by Jobbo
Careful you don't say on PH you like it and incur the wrath of some bloke who found the gearchange a bit slow 15 years ago so has to tell everyone how wrong they are to like it.
Re: Today’s want
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2023 5:10 pm
by nuttinnew
Gavster wrote: Tue Nov 21, 2023 4:41 pm
Having driven mine for a total of two days, I can confirm that it's absolutely hilarious driving one around busy London roads. I'm finding gaps in the traffic where I would never have seen them before, and parking has become a doddle. It feels like being a little kid who is running around the ankles of slow moving adults.
What was it like on the motorway? In normal traffic out of town do you have to clog it everywhere just to keep up?
Re: Today’s want
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2023 5:11 pm
by 240PP
Gavster wrote: Tue Nov 21, 2023 4:41 pm
Ascender wrote: Tue Nov 21, 2023 12:02 pm
Sundayjumper wrote: Mon Nov 20, 2023 5:25 pm
I really quite enjoyed working on Gavster's Smart last week, so I'm eyeing this up for a bit of fun:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266521132626
Is the catch. It could easily be a totally borked engine. But for £400 it's super-tempting.
Back in the day we had Smart cars for courtesy cars on a few occasions and in the city they were an absolute hoot to drive.
Having driven mine for a total of two days, I can confirm that it's absolutely hilarious driving one around busy London roads. I'm finding gaps in the traffic where I would never have seen them before, and parking has become a doddle. It feels like being a little kid who is running around the ankles of slow moving adults.
Not sure how the dimensions compare but my mate had a Cinq Sporting in London in the late 90s and I concur with your findings. Dead end roads with bollards blocking the end? Just fold the windows in
Re: Today’s want
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2023 5:17 pm
by Gavster
nuttinnew wrote: Tue Nov 21, 2023 5:10 pm
Gavster wrote: Tue Nov 21, 2023 4:41 pm
Having driven mine for a total of two days, I can confirm that it's absolutely hilarious driving one around busy London roads. I'm finding gaps in the traffic where I would never have seen them before, and parking has become a doddle. It feels like being a little kid who is running around the ankles of slow moving adults.
What was it like on the motorway? In normal traffic out of town do you have to clog it everywhere just to keep up?
Like trying to help a drunk student walk home
It was a bit windy which made the car really choppy and it’s obviously a bit skittish at high speed anyway. Performance was fine because mine’s the top end one so I could get up to 80 on the motorway and had enough power to not hold people up.
Re: Today’s want
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2023 5:19 pm
by Gavster
240PP wrote: Tue Nov 21, 2023 5:11 pm
Gavster wrote: Tue Nov 21, 2023 4:41 pm
Ascender wrote: Tue Nov 21, 2023 12:02 pm
Back in the day we had Smart cars for courtesy cars on a few occasions and in the city they were an absolute hoot to drive.
Having driven mine for a total of two days, I can confirm that it's absolutely hilarious driving one around busy London roads. I'm finding gaps in the traffic where I would never have seen them before, and parking has become a doddle. It feels like being a little kid who is running around the ankles of slow moving adults.
Not sure how the dimensions compare but my mate had a Cinq Sporting in London in the late 90s and I concur with your findings. Dead end roads with bollards blocking the end? Just fold the windows in
Exactly! There was a gap between a van that was loading and the traffic queue which I could squeeze through to get onto the bus lane, but no-one else could. Had a good lol watching them stuck there.
Re: Today’s want
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2023 5:27 pm
by nuttinnew
Gavster wrote: Tue Nov 21, 2023 5:17 pm
Like trying to help a drunk student walk home
If only there were step counters then we could have discovered just how much farther it was back from the pub than going. It sounds like a newer way to relive driving a T2.
Ah, I thought yours was fewer horsepowers.
Narrow cars in traffic
(and that's coming from a wideboi A2, 1,673 mm (65.9 in) v 1,510 mm (59.4 in)).
Re: Today’s want
Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2023 5:42 pm
by Sundayjumper
nuttinnew wrote: Tue Nov 21, 2023 2:20 pm
(My preference would be a Roadster Coupe, tyvwm).
I do rather like the idea of one of those now, but they seem to be a lot more expensive than the ForTwo. Coupes are more rarer / more expensive than the convertibles.
