A New Toy

2008-08-02T09:00:00.000-07:00

Well, I was getting tired of paying through the fesnarus for gas (and if you’ve ever had anything through your fesnarus, you know how painful that is…).
After mondo research I ordered a smart fortwo (supposedly it’s officially not capitalized…) in April; it arrived in mid July. I was fortunate in that this one had already been pre-ordered by another dealer (with coincidentally the same colours and options I was looking for) so my dealer in Mississauga had it redirected. Otherwise I would have been waiting until September or October, apparently. If you think that’s bad, I’ve read that Americans are waiting between 16 and 22 months to take delivery.

With the top down..

And from the front...

I figured it’s kind of a pre-mid-life-crisis car (okay, I’m technically post-mid-life, but still pre-crisis; consider this a pre-emptive strike). If I can avert the need for a $80,000 sports car convertible by going with this tiny fuel-efficient car, I figure I’m ahead of the game.
Speaking of fuel, this thing takes premium unleaded only (unfortunately); earlier models ran on diesel but that was also limiting their entry into the U.S. market. Supposedly once the engine has finished breaking-in (1,500 km) it will get between 40 and 50 mpg (or whatever that is in L/km).
And since this is the GTA it’ll have to deal with winter. I’ll order my snow tires in the fall (the dealer told me that all four of them can fit inside the vehicle sans passenger, making transporting of tires a little easier)… and I guess I’ll be leaving the roof up for over half the year.

With the top up...

More, I'm sure, to come...

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