Seriously........Smart Car racing?

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  1. ScottinBend

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    Reminds me of the old Renault LeCar series......:biggrin5:


    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXLFcFpW4ec]2012 Smart Cars - 4two Cup - Round 2 - YouTube[/ame]
     
  2. Dave.0

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    Hahahahahaha it's like lawn mower racing down South.
     
  3. Crashton

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    I love it. All racing is good! :D
     
  4. eMINIparts

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    Looks like more entries than the last B-Spec race I watched.
     
  6. DixonL2

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    Lawnmower racing is faster, and lawnmowers handle better.

    We had a Smart demo at a Mini autocross. I liked the interior and the radio. The handling, however, was the most abysmal of any motor vehicle I've driven, except maybe the 27' UHaul van. Maybe. On the highway it was positively frightening, and the less said about how bad the transmission was, the better.
     
  7. Zapski

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    Is it my imagination or do they both over and understeer at the same time?

    There's some pretty weird behavior in some of those corners.
     
  8. UKCoopeR

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    There is one that comes some local autoX events, a perennial back marker that looks like it is about to topple over :eek6: but the driver has fun at least
     
  9. DixonL2

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    In stock form, they never oversteer. They plow, mercilessly, at 20MPH. Anything more and they feel like they're tipping, only they don't have enough traction to do so. The trans shifts about 5 minutes after it should, except when it doesn't, which is often, or later, which happens more, and the smoothest Smart launch from a standstill start compares poorly to your 16 year-old son with size 13 feet during his first foray with a standard transmission.

    In short, despite a reasonable dose of styling panache, they are simply and utterly awful vehicles.
     
  10. Alan

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    Way to channel your inner Clarkson!
     
  11. BRG_Paul

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    I think it's funny to hear the announcer say the Smart cars are "thundering" into a corner. Thunder?? Don't think so. More like Squeak...
     
  12. Winston

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    This is awesome! You can go to the fridge for a cold one, and not miss a thing!
     
  13. DneprDave

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    Hayabusa Smart Car!

    [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV4HdsDZX6c]Smart with hayabusa engine - YouTube[/ame]

    Dave
     
  14. Johngo

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    The Smart Fart Series? Fart rhymes better than car... :)
     
  15. Way Motor Works

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    Now that would be cheap racing. 100k and you could almost have a 10 car team.
     

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