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Site SearchOne of the drawbacks of living in our area is the typical long commute to and from work. Many people commute in excess of 20 miles to and from work. My husband is one of the gang - he travels approximately 30 miles to and from our house to his work in RTP daily. Luckily, most of this commute is highway driving.
But there is hope beyond the scope of alternative fuel vehicles. Enter the smart car. The smart is an incredibly small vehicle, measuring in at approximately eight and a half feet long and five feet wide; it is a vehicle designed to seat two with minimal storage. But the smart gets around 40 miles per gallon and starts at a surprising $12,000 for the base model!
Check it out! I hope we'll start to see more mini vehicles like the smart around the Triangle. Can you see yourself driving one?
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May 23, 2008 3:20 p.m.
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May 23, 2008 3:04 p.m.
Majorme - I don't know about 6'6, but I do know someone who's 6'3 and he had no problem fitting in one. If so, however, the Toyota Yaris and Honda Fit both get just slightly less than the Smart, but with a tad more room. (Then of course, there are the hybrids.)
May 23, 2008 2:49 p.m.
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May 23, 2008 1:23 p.m.
May 23, 2008 12:50 p.m.
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May 23, 2008 10:40 a.m.
"...gets around 40 miles per gallon..." I wonder what the "around" means. If it really means 35, it's NOT worth driving this little bug, with NO protection from accidents & ALL the huge behemoths on the road today. It'd be like the wonderfully safe feeling bikers must have next to a 53 footer!!
If and when ALL vehicles become MUCH, MUCH smaller in size, then MAYBE I'd drive one. To glance at it, all I could think of was - YIKES - there's NO protection from anything else in them. You're like...on a bike....with a cover over & around you. That's it. They look like little bugs wheeling along. They're smaller than the original model beatle-VWs.
May 23, 2008 10:33 a.m.
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May 23, 2008 9:11 a.m.
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May 23, 2008 8:57 a.m.
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