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  • Stephen Gatlin, Ph.D.
  • Member Since Jul 21st, 2009

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The Cheapest Cars in the World {Asylum}

Aug 24th 2009 6:10PM A SMART car is about 12-18 thousand. I love mine. All I can say. Very high gas mileage if you drive the speed limit (a curiosity) and as safe as any small car. Plus they are made by Mercedes in France, and mine has given no trouble whatever over the past year.

Review: 2009 Smart ForTwo - Undone by a Dud of a Tranny {Autoblog Green}

Jul 20th 2009 10:45AM I'm entirely used to liking and buying and enjoying cars that the so-called pros don't like. I shall eagerly buy a FIAT when they come to the US, which I hope is soon. I'm tired of all cars being regarded as crap because they're not one of the chosen few. If you take official advise, one should drive nothing but a Japanese car. Well...I don't like them. I think they're globally boring. And I won't buy one. A German car? Not really reliable and really expensive.

I have a SMART passion that I commute with. It works fine. The transmission (always on automatic) does not bother me. I have spent NO money to maintain it (a service every year or 10,000 miles). Driven carefully, the car get 35-38 MPG in suburban driving. And I don't feel unsafe in it. I don't feel cramped. It zips about with ease, even aplomb. So, dear reviewer, take your 10, 000 pound SUV or whatever it is you drive and ------ it.