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Old 05-24-2008, 01:44 AM   #1 (permalink)
 
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Hello, a bit over a month ago my wife had called Seattle SMART Dealer on a thursday to see how many more months it would be until she could start to dream about her reservation becoming a reality, we we thinking latter '08 or event into '09. The young man there asked what it was my wife was ordering, and when she told him, he said he had on that matched every thing she was looking for except the leather seats, would she like to come up and look at it. Saturday 3/29/08 my wife took possession of her "orphaned" red & black passion. If anyone sees a little bit overweight blond in her 50's driving a red & black passion, please ask her to call home. Thank you.

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Old 05-24-2008, 04:43 AM   #2 (permalink)
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awchief - I'll keep my eyes open!! Welcome to the forum!!!!
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Old 05-24-2008, 10:39 AM   #3 (permalink)
 
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This is Mrs. AWChief... Just for the record, I am a little round grandmother and look like the Michelin man in drag. With that image firmly fixed in your mind, I have to say that I have had more handsome young men chasing me into stores and around parking lots than I've had since I was thin and cute. They want to know about my car and usually take up about 15 minutes of my time. I get the thumbs up, while driving and at stop lights I get the "roll down your window" sign and questions until the light changes... All of these events are accompanied with a big smile. Does an old ladies' heart good. The only down side to my little car (which our granddaughter named Fred) is that when driving down the freeway I find myself boxed in while people gawk at me, this usually means that I am a bit paranoid feeling as though 45 mph on the interstate may result in my becoming a hood ornament for the HUGE penile extensions (4 wheel drive, king cab F350 Duely) that are dogging me to stare. I also find that men in the expensive sports cars seem to feel intimidated when they find that I can keep pace with them, to the point of them driving carelessly to justify their justify their expensive, gas guzzling, flashy car. Overall, the experience has been very positive and I encourage any empty nester to give it a good look, my gas bill to run back and forth to work for a week is $28 instead of $75. Plus I am darned cute pumping the gas and get to visit with more handsome men.

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Mrs. AWChief,

You wouldn't happen to be from Pasadena..perhaps originally, would you?
I feel a Beach Boys song coming on... ;) (okay, it's Jan and Dean, I now know...but many people think it was the Beach boys...)

"... But parked in her rickety old garage
Is a brand new shiny red Super Stock SMART!"

heheh

-eric

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Old 05-26-2008, 12:26 PM   #5 (permalink)
 
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Have fun with your smart car, they do attract a crowd. It took me just over 45 min. to get away from our local donut shop this morning. I also found out thru a friend that on our towns web site there were people posting siteings of my car. I went on and there are 3 pages of people talking about my car. One person did tell another person that he knows the route I take to work, and another guy says he might see if he can follow me to get more info. Talk about being strange seeing people talking about tour car and trying to track it down.
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Welcome to the forum, Chief and Mrs.

Got mine 2 weeks ago...
Lots of gawkers, especially at Trader Joes. Had 2 women in a Mini zip right up to my parked rear end. Uh oh, here comes trouble. Nope. Just asking questions.

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Got mine 2 weeks ago...
Lots of gawkers, especially at Trader Joes. Had 2 women in a Mini zip right up to my parked rear end. Uh oh, here comes trouble. Nope. Just asking questions.

Doc
& I believe I accosted you in the Costco parking lot a couple weeks ago! You mentioned having a '91 Saab already, so didn't get a convertible smartie. Nice to see you here I saw your other post about am radio problems. Now I'm worried when I get my smart, I won't be able to listen to the Mariners game. Hopefully there's a fix soonishly.
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