Annette of Toronto has a blog called SCOOT, or Smart Car Owners of Toronto. The Smart car is a dinky (and cute) vehicle made by DaimlerChrysler that gets fantastic mileage. One owner reports getting 78 miles per gallon on a cross-country trip. Whether that’s U.S. gallons and Imperial gallons, I’m not sure. Still impressive, however.
One of the SCOOT members apparently has been getting his/her kicks on the Mother Road. Here are photos of a Smart car in front of the 66 Drive-In theatre in Carthage, Mo.
The site includes a report by Rich Helms of the Toronto Sun about driving a Smart car:
My favourite comeback for the negative comments about the car was in Long Island, N.Y., when gas was $3.50 to $4 a gallon. I was stopped at a light, and had the top down. A man pulled up beside me in a large older car, laughed out loud and in a booming voice proclaimed, “That is the stupidest car I have ever seen.” I turned and asked him if he had filled up with gas that day. “Yep, $70 worth,” he answered. I replied, “I filled up, too. Cost me $12. Whose car’s stupid now?”
As the owner of a Honda Insight hybrid who typically gets 55 miles per gallon in the city and 60-65 on the highway, I can relate.
If you ever want to know more about the smart car check out http://www.clubsmartcar.ca
I have driven my smart cabrio to 13 states now. My goal is 25 by the end of next summer