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Old 09-16-2008, 10:48 AM   #1 (permalink)
 
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A Smart First??

My son just used my Smart to take his road test for his driver's license at the DMV in Santa Monica , California. He passed. Is this a first?

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Probably. Congrats to him.

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Old 09-16-2008, 10:54 AM   #3 (permalink)
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My son just used my Smart to take his road test for his driver's license at the DMV in Santa Monica , California. He passed. Is this a first?
That rocks! Did he use the paddle shifters? What did the tester think?

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Old 09-16-2008, 11:01 AM   #4 (permalink)
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congratz. Only thing I was wondering is how the shifting was for the tester. LOL. If they thought it was weird shifting. Did you teach him the way our sales ppl told to drive or did he drive like you should drive. Sales person had me gas then let up for shift. But, from what I read, just put the pedal down and let the car do it's job.

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Old 09-16-2008, 11:25 AM   #5 (permalink)
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He probably just made a DMV employee's day.

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My son just used my Smart to take his road test for his driver's license at the DMV in Santa Monica , California. He passed. Is this a first?

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Old 09-16-2008, 12:12 PM   #6 (permalink)
 
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I can't remember when we last used the paddle shifters. The tester thought it was pretty far out. As far as the tranny goes, I'm just about at 14,000 miles on it , it smoothed out around the 3000 mile mark and it hasn't been an issue lately.

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I can't remember when we last used the paddle shifters. The tester thought it was pretty far out. As far as the tranny goes, I'm just about at 14,000 miles on it , it smoothed out around the 3000 mile mark and it hasn't been an issue lately.

Nice! That pretty much answers that question. Break-in milage plus learning curve of the tranny.

Thanks.

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Old 09-16-2008, 10:03 PM   #8 (permalink)
 
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My son just used my Smart to take his road test for his driver's license at the DMV in Santa Monica , California. He passed. Is this a first?

Can you just hear the DMV employee at the end of their day - - "guess what I rode in today........." Ha ha! Bet they smiled all the way home. Congrats for your son's new license!

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That's so awesome. I bet your son's test was the talk of the DMV for the rest of the week!!!

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