What did you buy your smart for?

[jediknight36]

Why did you buy your smart for primarily for? Commuting, fun, attention that you never got as a child? Please vote! You can pick more than one option.

[JanetMermaid]

Every time I drive to Austin (usually 2-3 times weekly) it's a 100 mile round trip and $25-30 in gas (depending on the price any given week). The Smart will help me get there and back way more cost-effectively -- and it'll be fun, fun, fun to drive.

[bottlerocket]

all of the above

[saronian]

Great gas mileage (saving about $500 a year on commute)
No bridge toll with two in car (saving about $1000 a year)
No wait at toll plaza (waiting about 104 hours less per year in traffic)
Easier street parking (saving $1200 a year on monthly parking)

Low price, high efficiency. It was an easy choice.

[theguywiththelongestname]

I bought the smart for four reasons:

1. Lower fuel costs and operating costs compared to my Jeep Cherokee
2. Reasonable initial sticker price (passion + cool options < $16K)
3. Excellent quality engineering, excellent safety test results.
4. Innovative forward-looking personal transportation solution: in other words, I can put my "money where my mouth is" and help address some real serious and pressing ecologic/economic/societal issues in a meaningful way.

[bumblebee]

I bought mine for gas milage as I also have a truck. My truck gets around 18.5 mpg while the smart gets 37.5 mpg. I still have the truck (since I am so upside down on it). But it's nice to have the truck.

As for commuting, I've been switching between my smart and my truck to work on a daily basis. I do this because I want to keep the milage on my smart low so that I wouldn't feel too guilty going on a road trip and put a few thousand miles on her

I don't mind the attention I am getting. I am used to it. I was one of the first to have a MINI and I knew the attention I would get when I got my smart.

[MCMarathoner]

I looked over the stable and determined we were one inpractical two seater car too few . Actually, it's a style issue, this car has got it!

26.2

[DFWehman]

Gas, and to save wear on the 4x4. I live on a steep dirt road, so my Escape is important. A it nears 100K miles, my lil' pup will keep the Escape on the road longer! Also, most importantly, the smart was my admission ticket to this illustrious forum!

[jediknight36]

Originally Posted by saronian

Great gas mileage (saving about $500 a year on commute)
No bridge toll with two in car (saving about $1000 a year)
No wait at toll plaza (waiting about 104 hours less per year in traffic)
Easier street parking (saving $1200 a year on monthly parking)

Low price, high efficiency. It was an easy choice.

Wouldn't the toll plaza soultion be a toll tag? I just got mine!

[Big Panda]

Originally Posted by bottlerocket

all of the above

ok, i'll go along with that!