I was confirmed to be getting a Brabus. Honestly, I do not remember the res number, but I reserved in April. My DDE for the Brabus is April to June 2009
I did not upgrade to a Brabus for one reason, fuel economy. I figured an upgrade to a sportier package would hurt the fuel economy and there are other cars I could buy if I wanted reduced mileage.
yes I think you may have figured wrong... I put an exhaust header and intake, 18" wheels, and sport suspension on my '03 toyota matrix (with full stock body kit) and it actually got a little bit better gas mileage. I could go from waco to dallas and back on half of a tank (about 200 miles round trip) got around 38 MPG on the highway compared to 36 with out the mods... IDK that's just my experience.
side note* one thing i did notice... when i went from the 15" steelies to the 18" TRD (rebadged Racing Harts i think) It did "feel" like it accelerated slightly slower (all though 1/4 mile times say otherwise...) barely even noticeable, but there. The car did however, feel more "solid". Especially on the highway. I shoulda paid more attention in physics.. I am sure we went over as to why these two things happened.
Hello All Smart Peeps, Just FYI
Original reservation # 1558 04/07/08 (White/Silver Cabrio)
Switched to Brabus 10/23 7:15pm cst. (Silver/Silver Cabrio)
Confirmed 11/19 via smart center call 4:27pm cst and email
same day 5:10pm cst.
Was informed from smart center to expect approx in April/May 09.
Cant Wait~!!
WOO HOO!!!! Looks like I did get a Brabus after all. (Orig. Reservation, Feb.08)
Received a configuration e-mail Tue. 11/18/08 to validate address/e-mail...however, it didn't say if it was a Brabus.
Later that afternoon, I received another e-mail telling me Smart made a mistake with the configuration e-mail....sorry for the inconvenience. (Rats)
Received a call yesterday from Smart Riverside telling me I still needed to configure my Smart..... huh?????
After several phone calls today from Smart Riverside,.... They (Riverside) just called again telling me the mix up was due to me being selected as a Brabus model and it had already been configured. My car is scheduled to go into production in Jan. 09 and I should get it about 30 days later.... expect it sometime in Feb.09!! (Big Grin)
Now.... maybe I can get the one I have sold before it gets here. (smile)
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