When are you going to do the mod that allows you to attach 2 golf bags to the back?

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You need an exoskeleton roll cage on that thing like the rock crawler jeeps, but then you would need that 'busa motor to move her.

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It looks like really nice work - excellent theme

I just don't get Smart Cars though.

lol, thats all i would use this car for...

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I agree. Lets hope none of us are hit by a semi.

You have to remember that those crash test results were into a solid barrier. In real world crashes where the Smart is typically outweighed by just about everything on the road with 4 wheels it does not rate so well.

Here is an example of the IIHS crashing a Smart and an MB C class;

Mercedes C class versus Smart Fortwo: After striking the front of the C class, the Smart went airborne and turned around 450 degrees. This contributed to excessive movement of the dummy during rebound — a dramatic indication of the Smart's poor performance but not the only one. There was extensive intrusion into the space around the dummy from head to feet. The instrument panel moved up and toward the dummy. The steering wheel was displaced upward. Multiple measures of injury likelihood, including those on the dummy's head, were poor, as were measures on both legs.
"The Smart is the smallest car we tested, so it's not surprising that its performance looked worse than the Fit's. Still both fall into the poor category, and it's hard to distinguish between poor and poorer," Lund says. "In both the Smart and Fit, occupants would be subject to high injury risk in crashes with heavier cars." In contrast, the C class held up well, with little to no intrusion into the occupant compartment. Nearly all measures of injury likelihood were in the good range.

Here is the whole article on micro car safety.

IIHS news release

Wow - talk about a 'glass-half-empty' crowd ... someone does some cool mods on a very cool car, and all you people can get out of that is rant about the safety? Just because we all drive a momsy girls-car of an SUV doesnt mean we have to behave like it.

Anyways - keep up the good work, poleposition I wish I had the talent and money to do a car like that

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PolePosition,

I see in your sig that you have an E70 4.8, so you're obviously a well-rounded driver and not "married" to the Smart car cult!
Just wanted to point that out for the benefit of the other readers who our out to crucify the Smart.

The important thing is that you're having fun with your modding, and I think it looks very clean and tasteful. No ghetto or "ricer" feel to these mods, very nicely done.

As for safety, it's a "relative" concept, and everyone has a different threshold for what is safe. I, personally, would not "feel" safe in the Smart nor would I want my loved ones driving in it. It would simply come out on the losing end to 90% of the vehicles on American roads. But if one is goint to preach about safety, then motorcycles are a more obvious problem. I'd rather be enveloped in the Smart's safety cage (however small it may be) than have no safety cage at all. A helmet and leather jacket aren't going to pass an IIHS frontal offset test!

poleposition,
Pretty well done, imo...looks pretty titz for a midgey car.

I rolled by one the other day on I-40, (I was riding my
GoldWing), and I think my GW is longer, .

Considerable dough spent, I would bet, but everyone
has their own bag.
GL,mD

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