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Old 06-23-2008, 10:24 AM   1 links from elsewhere to this Post. Click to view. #1 (permalink)
 
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After 1 week

I have had my 2mato now for a week and here are my impressions:
1)I haven't had this much fun driving a car since my '79 Renualt R5! I find all sorts of excuses to go out and drive.
2)Hated the "premium" sound until I found the loadness setting and turned it off. Now the speakers are OK. I will still upgrade the door speakers in the near future.
3)Only got 31mpg on my first tank praying it goes up, WAY up!
4)Stopped answering ?'s about my car from strangers. I now tell them to go to Loeber's and drive one.I can be crabby sometimes, ok, almost all the time.
5)Don't care for the quality of the plastics inside. Never really noticed it until I had the car for more than a few minutes.Still would not trade it for anything else though.
6) I LOVE THIS CAR!!!!!!!!!
7)Had it out on the highway yesterday up to 75mph and it felt the same as my Sentra at that speed.
8)I no longer find myself having to lift myself back up in the seat because I have slid down like on my Sentra.
9)Wish it had a solid sunscreen for the roof.
10)Would like some padding on the door armrests.
11)Prefer driving in manual mode.
12)Cruise control would be nice.( why I'm keeping my reservation and might trade in if it ever comes up, #1572)
13) Would like "shuffle" on the CD changer.I am using my MP3 to mix up the music right now but I forgot to turn it off yesterday so the battery went ka-put halfway home
14) I am very happy with my car so far! I give it a 4 out of 5!
Sounds like I am nit-picking but I'm not! Really!

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I also want to add:
roostertails in the rain on the freeway:woohoo
parking ANYWHERE I want instead of where the SUV gods tell me to park. I take all the little left over spaces at the ends of the street
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3)Only got 31mpg on my first tank praying it goes up, WAY up!
Welcome!

Our first from the dealer tank was 33 mpg. We went steadily up from there. We average 38-40 around the suburbs. Finally got out on the highway yesterday and got 45 (took 4.5 gallons to go 250 miles - gotta love that!)

My sister rode with me and commented how it felt "just like a regular car" on the highway. GRIN

Welcome to Smart ownership. I hope you love yours as much as we love ours!

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Welcome nonuro,

Good post, lots of insight. Some good observations I had not seen before.

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I take all the little left over spaces at the ends of the street
I do the same

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aslusers, if you drove 250 miles and only used 4.5 gals then your milege would be 55.55 mpg ?????
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aslusers, if you drove 250 miles and only used 4.5 gals then your milege would be 55.55 mpg ?????
Good catch Jim!

Oops!

It actually was 5.4 gallons for 246 miles!

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aslusers, now that makes since otherwise you really got GREAT mileage. All though 45 MPG is also very GREAT mileage. Have a GREAT day.
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nonuro, get over #4. You'll meet a lot of new best friends. I agree on #9 and 12...
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