MSN Autos review

[SmartCard]

"A Smart Choice...for some"

MSN review

Another so so review. "Small but useful" and of course the transmission and brakes are listed as minor quirks. Favorite rolleyes quote: "It shifts deliberately and feels more like a robot taking Driver's Ed than a proper automatic transmission."

[SmartAzz]

I can't help but find irony that an article published by MicroSoft Network, creator of buggy poor UI software, for having ' rough edges' or asking 'more of the driver than we think reasonable'

About that last statement too, first he laments about "gear-changing is becoming a lost art in North America" then he says the Smart's tranny is asking too much of the driver? Wha?

Also odd about the stilted groceries remarks , I can get more a week's worth of groceries in the smaller Mini boot, not everyone has a family of 10 or something

I know its impossible for any review to be subjective, but so called professional reviews should at least make an attempt to step back and share information without skewing it based on personal estimations so much (for example, share information on using the transmission best and how it works - and perhaps why they say it can't have a manual - vs simple judgments).

[Old smart]

Originally Posted by SmartAzz

... Also odd about the stilted groceries remarks , I can get more a week's worth of groceries in the smaller Mini boot, not everyone has a family of 10 or something ...

The deck of the trunk measures 39"W x 21"D. A standard brown paper shopping bag's footprint is 12" x 7". Thus you can place nine shopping bags in the trunk. If I were informed to put down the newspaper and go out and hump in nine bags of groceries I'd feel set-upon; that is at least five trips!

[StevenM1TX]

Originally Posted by SmartAzz

(for example, share information on using the transmission best and how it works - and perhaps why they say it can't have a manual - vs simple judgments).

Because for the most part the media is very simple and they think we are as well. Too much information just causes confusion in our little pea brains.