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I think I might be crazy, but I really like the smart car.
We are currently a three vehicle family. My partner owns a 1995 Ford Explorer with only 60K miles on it. He took early retirement last year, and when he did work he was able to walk to his office. I drive about 50 miles every day and own two cars - my regular commuter is a 2006 Ford Focus, and I also own a 96 Mazda Miata as a "fun" car.
Here's the deal... my partner is 12 years older than I am and has trouble with his knees. It has become painful for him to ride in the Miata for more than an hour or so. This puts a serious damper on any weekend road trips with the fun car. We're members of the local Miata club, but don't find that we have all that much in common with the other members and really don't care for most of the runs they do. They tend to really push the limits (my partner says they drive like maniacs) and I don't feel like I'm really in their league as a driver.
I'm seriously thinking of selling the Miata. That leaves me with just the Focus as my primary vehicle. It's a great little car for what it is, but it just doesn't hit my "fun" meter like the Miata does. That's where the smart comes in...
I've liked these little cars ever since I first saw them in Europe several years back. I know they're not in the same league as a Miata, but they are so small and cute that they just scream "fun" at me. I'm pretty sure, too, that once they become available here there will be smart clubs. I'm betting that given the smart's nature they won't be tearing up the countryside in quite the way the Miata club does, either.
The thing is, I can't help but thinking that I must be nuts to even be thinking of selling a car that I really enjoy (even though I'm probably going to be enjoying it alone more and more) and trading a perfectly adequate two year old car for a tiny smart?What do you think? Getting another car and keeping one of the others isn't really an option. We live in the city and have already exceeded what we can park on our property. It would really make sense to get back down to a two car family once again.
Thanks,
Wil
P.S. I just made my reservation on Nov 20, so it probably would become a real issue until about this time next year at the earliest anyway, but I'm still thinking about it.
We are currently a three vehicle family. My partner owns a 1995 Ford Explorer with only 60K miles on it. He took early retirement last year, and when he did work he was able to walk to his office. I drive about 50 miles every day and own two cars - my regular commuter is a 2006 Ford Focus, and I also own a 96 Mazda Miata as a "fun" car.
Here's the deal... my partner is 12 years older than I am and has trouble with his knees. It has become painful for him to ride in the Miata for more than an hour or so. This puts a serious damper on any weekend road trips with the fun car. We're members of the local Miata club, but don't find that we have all that much in common with the other members and really don't care for most of the runs they do. They tend to really push the limits (my partner says they drive like maniacs) and I don't feel like I'm really in their league as a driver.
I'm seriously thinking of selling the Miata. That leaves me with just the Focus as my primary vehicle. It's a great little car for what it is, but it just doesn't hit my "fun" meter like the Miata does. That's where the smart comes in...
I've liked these little cars ever since I first saw them in Europe several years back. I know they're not in the same league as a Miata, but they are so small and cute that they just scream "fun" at me. I'm pretty sure, too, that once they become available here there will be smart clubs. I'm betting that given the smart's nature they won't be tearing up the countryside in quite the way the Miata club does, either.
The thing is, I can't help but thinking that I must be nuts to even be thinking of selling a car that I really enjoy (even though I'm probably going to be enjoying it alone more and more) and trading a perfectly adequate two year old car for a tiny smart?What do you think? Getting another car and keeping one of the others isn't really an option. We live in the city and have already exceeded what we can park on our property. It would really make sense to get back down to a two car family once again.
Thanks,
Wil
P.S. I just made my reservation on Nov 20, so it probably would become a real issue until about this time next year at the earliest anyway, but I'm still thinking about it.
