We sold it, deciding to put more miles on the Smart. We live in southern Minnesota where I90 & I35 cross.

We drove to Winnipeg to pick up 4 snow tires that had been shipped to one of the Club Smart Car members for us - a little over 1000 miles round trip. 

It was new to the customs agents on both sides of the border and gave both a chance to joke about its size.

At least 6 or 7 times people in passing cars took pictures with their camera phones.  Once a car flew by me, a mile or so up the road it was stopped on the shoulder, after going by it pulled out and gradually pulled up behind - then around and then slowly passed again. The passenger was taking pictures all the time and waved as they continued on. There were lots of "thumbs up" from younger people, some could be seen mouthing "cool" or similar.

One night at a motel we parked next to a Freightliner tractor. Early the next morning as I was "packing" (our 2 so-called overnight bags) another guest came over saying he had seen it the night before and wanted to find out more about it. In our conversation he said he wouldn't want to be hit by "that thing" in such a little car. I asked him to point out something else in the parking lot he'd like to be in when hit by a semi. I mentioned that might be the difference between and open and closed casket funeral. And, that I may have a better chance to be missed than he would.

I enjoy not taking any negatives seriously.  I'm not out there selling Smarts - I might be if I wasn't already retired; however, that might be an enjoyable part time activity if Penske sets up any nearby dealerships.

Another evening we stopped to eat, coming out a trucker at the next door station came over.

We must have talked for nearly a half hour. I drove up the road to another station to fill up. 

While there he pulled in and said "Do you mind?, I just have to take some pictures of it." 

People frequently made comments about its size, being a half car, etc.  My reply - I went to a half price sale, next time I'm going to look close at what that gets.  I just wish the car had been about half the price it was.

Frequent comments were (and are here) "we've seen them in Europe, didn't know there were available here", "where'd you get it ", "is it electric ", "where's the motor", "can you drive it on the highway", "how fast does it go". On the trip I could just reply - we drove down from MN or we've been in Memphis, etc. 

I tell people with the short wheel base it does have a more pronounced bounce on bad roads but we haven't experienced that many that made it uncomfortable.  Also, a strong side wind requires more effort to steer due to the light front end - that needs to be about 30+mph to be very noticeable.