Clare

Im serious, what a complete nitemare mine has turned out to be.

I was supposed to pick up my Smart Roadster SpeedSilver on 05/11/04. I got a phone call on the 4th to tell me that altho it had been delivered from the PDi centre, on the way the electrics all packed up and the car will no longer run - caused by rain water getting into the ECU.

Some of you might remember the alloy on the pool car I got from work, well that was pool car No1.

Pool car 1: Smart Roadster Barabus

Went back as well over due a service, brakes were also shot to pieces

Pool car 2: Smart Roadster (standard)

Went back as roof was leaking, which made the car stink, also petrol gauge stopped working.

Pool car 3: Smart Roadster Coupe Barabus

This one actually lasted for nearly 2 weeks, went back Wednesday this week as had a all that mine had finnaly been fixed.

Picked up my Roadster on Wed afternoon, drove it for 5 mins and has warning lights come up all over the dash.
Took it back yesterday morning, got given:

Pool car 4: Smart ForFour

Nice car, drive ok but I dont have kids

Got a call yesterday afternoon, they found the fault with mine and its been fixed.

Went to pick it up last night, the fault was fixed, tried to drive it away and the petrol gauge stopped working

So im now in:

Pool car 5: Smart ForFour
Same as Pool car 4

Im so glad I havn't had to fork out the £15k+ that these things cost.

Im not the only one who has had problems, and the rumour is that they are going to stop production for 6 months whils they fix all the ones that have already been made

Zetec Andy

Do as my uncle did with his mondeo, contact head office and demand a brand spanking new one.

Nath

That wont be a lot of good if thats wanked as well.

Who and where actually make them out of curiousity?

mattbibs

nightmare!!

Zetec Andy

I thought they were part owned by mercedes

Spiky

iTrader: (1)

did you not read the post AT ALL


she works for company that makes them

RobS

iTrader: (3)

cant buy 1 cos cant fit in 1

Stavros

Spikey, unless you KNEW she worked for em, youd not think she did....

"The pool car i got from work" doesnt mean much, could be any company with one of them toy cars as a pool car...

Unless im missing summat?

Nath

I havent got a clue Andy. I thought it was as well, but maybe there made its some Botswanan's goat herders back yard, hence the build quality ...

Spiky

iTrader: (1)

clare works for daimler chrysler

daimler chrysler make smart cars.


sorry never made it clear

Clare

Yep, they're made in Germany by DaimlerChrysler AG, then brought into the UK by DCUK, who co-own my Company with DCS...... all very confusing lol

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not bieng funny but they are hideous anyway, obviously working for them you got a superb deal i assume? i personally would rather use a mountain bike than drive a smart of any description and i belive on the road the mountain bikes the safer option sorry not my cup of tea

Mike Rainbird

iTrader: (3)

Like I need telling that, even if they were trouble fee . Girl's car .

Zetec Andy

it doesnt say anything in the first post about that

Clare

Just to clarify things........... im not buying it.
I work for them so i effectively 'borrow' it for 9 months at an extremely good price then hand it back.

Mike - I agree, the Roadster is a girls car (apart from it being RWD) but the Roadster Coupe is most definately a blokes car.

I took the Coupe to the Beds RS meet earlier this month and the amount of blokes who said they liked it and wouldn't mind one was shocking!

JohnnyB

No I disagree Clare all smart cars ARE Faggot wagons end of story

Stavros

Me thinks they were just being nice.

Or they a bunch of ass loving hairdresser faggots.

Id like to take one for a blast to see what they like (with a disguise on so nobody saw me), but a pink MX5 is more manly than one of them things

CraigN

lol Jim thinks its a "faggot waggon"

Jim must have owned one then

Spiky

iTrader: (1)

do remember "keith" is in the beds group

think that might explain things

Stavros

When did jim say that?

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lmao @ faggot wagon sorry im not convinced

Ginge !

oi i love that barabus smart car, fooking shit, got more attention than miy car and does 125mph , shame ya need a 10mile run to wind it up to that


but id deffo have one




but then i prefer my escort tennis cabrio to my saff, just the saff is more usable for the baby