My family & our two 2008 Smart stable (yellow Pure & blue Cabrio) live an hour west of Chicago, out in the cornfields, in DeKalb, IL. We are enthusiasts when our Smarts can be run reliably & safely. Both run fat tires all around. Yellow has been parked since last September for a fuel leak, not addressed by the fire-based recall, so I'll have to own the issue for now, I'll try to pull the belly pan yet this month & figure it out. The blue one has been hanging out at ISU / Normal, IL campus on & off last couple years. We'd probably join an annual area outing if it fit our schedule. Would happily meet with any interested others. Don't know that we'd be excited about joining a club. Nice to note Miss M is around here. There are maybe another 3-4 Smarts locally owned. Toxotes: PM me if you have something in mind, so we can try to plan whatever it is.