Raising my hand to be counted!

[escapePod]

As of Saturday (3/14) I became another new owner of a Smart Passion! I had an EXTREMELY wonderful experience at the dealership (hi to Joe the salesguy in Bloomington, MN!) and even likened it to my prior experience as an Infinity owner. Having the purchase (and post purchase) experience be great makes a HUGE difference in the enjoyment of the car, at least I think so.

I've got one quick question - I haven't yet found mention of it in the manual, or with select keyword searches on this site. On either side of the dome light there are small vents... what are those? Speakers? Microphone? Air? I'm befuddled.

Anyway, I'm glad to be here and am considering the meetup in town on 3/20, hopefully schedules will allow.

[GetSmrt28277]

Welcome!

Enjoy and pitch in.

[rfernatt]

Welcome to the family of smart and SCOA! Enjoy that new ride! I don't think the vents are anything but air circulation for the dome light, but perhaps someone here knows better.

If you're interested in tracking and sharing your fuel mileage, we can always use a few more smarts on Fuelly.com.

[TMACK]

Man, you sound psyched!
Know what? You ain't seen nothing yet.

Welcome to the forum!

Now for your first disappointment: I haven't a clue, but will check on my Passion in the morning, (the vent question).

Tom

[rfernatt]

And, don't forget to join the gang in Kansas City this June for our first National rally:

North American Smart Cars

[chieftmc]

Originally Posted by escapePod

As of Saturday (3/14) I became another new owner of a Smart Passion! I had an EXTREMELY wonderful experience at the dealership (hi to Joe the salesguy in Bloomington, MN!) and even likened it to my prior experience as an Infinity owner. Having the purchase (and post purchase) experience be great makes a HUGE difference in the enjoyment of the car, at least I think so.

I've got one quick question - I haven't yet found mention of it in the manual, or with select keyword searches on this site. On either side of the dome light there are small vents... what are those? Speakers? Microphone? Air? I'm befuddled.

Anyway, I'm glad to be here and am considering the meetup in town on 3/20, hopefully schedules will allow.

Welcome

And yes, they are just circulation vents (hooked to nothing !!)

[mvaldes]

Congratulations on your new smart and welcome to the forums! We look forward to hearing more from you.

[escapePod]

Thanks all!
Just empty vents for the dome light, eh... hmmm... I'll have to take a look at things in the morning, wondering if I could route a mic up there for hands free cell phone use.

And yeah, TOTALLY PSYCHED! My boy too (he's six). He immediately indicated a purchase of a matching "shiny red" booster seat was required. We now have the biggest smiles of all when we go out on our "daddy & son date nights" :-)

Also ordered an ecometer - the boy's job (too give him something to do) will be to let me know if I fall too far away from economical driving.

(I can't wait for morning to drive to work!)

[rfernatt]

I forgot to mention that I'm a pod too!

[jetfuel]

...welcome to the asylum...here everybody is nuts about their cars...join in the conversation...if you find something cool...exciting...fun or just plain crazy about cars or just life ..share it with us so that we can tell that you are nuts as the rest of the guys here...

jetfuel...only sane guy here...