Mini to the max: Will the Smart car grow on U.S. drivers

[spdickey]

Originally Posted by Alan_Hepburn

Kind of hard to give them a VIN right now!

Here are four USA model VINs now on the boat to Baltimore per the clubsmartcar.ca forum http://www.clubsmartcar.ca/forums/vi...=159259#159259

WMEEJ31X68K027284
WMEEJ31X68K027351
WMEEJ31XX8K027529
WMEEK31XX8K027575

[paul c]

Can't remember the source, but in Germany the cheapest car to insure is a smart.

[DaveInTexas]

Originally Posted by SnakeFarm

Factoid. Motorcycle insurance is a LOT lower than car insurance.

Try looking up your CROTCH ROCKET Motorcycle. I had a friend on another forum that bought a Suzuki GTR or something like that because the dealer said it should only cost him about $650 to insure. Try $650 per month!!!

[RLove]

Originally Posted by DaveInTexas

Try looking up your CROTCH ROCKET Motorcycle. I had a friend on another forum that bought a Suzuki GTR or something like that because the dealer said it should only cost him about $650 to insure. Try $650 per month!!!

They have to charge that much in order to able to fully fund the death benefit in the short amount of time before it's needed.

Every biker I've known has said, "Sooner or later you're going to crash - badly". And, with the way the crotch rocket guys showboat on the roads it's inevitable that it will be sooner rather than later. I've personally lost one very careful rider, and nearly lost another - both mature, very experienced riders, both wearing helmets, boots, and jackets. I love the bikes, but I'm smart enough to know that i don't belong on one.

Back to your regularly scheduled thread.

[shack01]

Originally Posted by SmartShanna

"I don't know if I'd want to be on the [highway] doing 60 miles an hour and have a car run into me," another said. Gee, this person doesn't know if they want to be hit on the highway? Gosh, I thought most people wanted that whether big car or small.

Well, I can tell you for sure that you do NOT want to be run into doing 60 mph. Got hit in the back last year. The MINI was doing 60ish and the "impaired" driver was doing about 100. 10+ weeks in the shop and $11K later we were both back on the road, but not an experience that I could recommend.

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