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Date:         Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:53:56 -0700
Reply-To:     BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: smart car
Comments: To: Don Hanson <dhanson@gorge.net>
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On 7/18/07, Don Hanson <dhanson@gorge.net> wrote: > > Has anyone tried to fit a Smart Car into a vanagon? Saw one today in > downtown Lyle (pop. 300) Wa. and it looked like you could drive it right > into a GL or a passenger van, cross ways in the slider door... > Maybe you could put one onto the back receiver hitch platform on a > Westy..and then you could pretend you are "normal" and have TWO vehicles > to > mess with when you go "camping" or RVing, like most Americans seem to do > now a days > Funny lookin little dealies, but they look like they would get the job > done for transportation, and keep up with the average speed of traffic on > freeways in our big cities...I read somewhere the average LA freeway speed > is 18mph, if you figure in all the time you spend on the freeway...The few > times I've been forced through LA recently, I certainly think that > estimate > might be high.. > ciao, > Don Hanson

Don,

Smart cars are 8 feet 2 inches long, 5 feet wide (excluding mirrors), 5 feet 1 inch tall. If you have a Singlecab, it would fit on the rear deck. Too long for a Doka.

Saw Zap Cars show one off at the SF International Auto Show a few years back on the back of an H1.

BenT


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