2008 SMART FORTWO 451 Owner's Manual

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Permalink Reply by mr bad example on January 20, 2008 at 10:14am

i take delivery of my smart tomorrow, i can scan it into PDF format.

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Permalink Reply by Max Murray on January 21, 2008 at 7:12pm

That would be great!

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Permalink Reply by mr bad example on January 21, 2008 at 9:54pm

i just got home a little while ago, the manual is over 300 pages!!! yikes!!!

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Permalink Reply by mr bad example on January 23, 2008 at 3:45am

they don't offer a reader's digest version, man this is like the "war and peace" version of manuals!!!! this is my 7th new car and it's HUGE!!!! i mean other manuals are like 50-60 pages, 300+ pages is rediculous, and 75% of it is silly shit! it's supposed to be a smart manual, and 90% of it is like DUH!!!!!! if i was the editor, i could make it 30-40 pages, and still be informative....

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Permalink Reply by Max Murray on January 24, 2008 at 7:20pm

Holy cow! That's insane. Well, don't worry about sending it then. That's way too much hassle. I'll just have to wait and see it for myself whenever I can get my SMART. How do you like yours by the way?

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Permalink Reply by mr bad example on January 24, 2008 at 7:41pm

i only drove it last monday, about 60 miles... i have to sell my current car before i can get a parking permit for it at my condo. it was pretty cool, handles like a go cart, i'll probably go driving in it sunday. no radio and crutchfield hasn't gotta a smart to work on yet, smart has a "non radio friendly" panel in the dash where the radio should go, you'd think they'd put a standard size pop-out panel in it, but NOPE! speakers look like 6-1/2"s and the manual sez to unscrew the antenna before going thru a car wash.

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Permalink Reply by smartRRparts on May 7, 2008 at 10:38am

I'll attempt to upload the owner's manual.

Looks like it worked!

Attachments:

• 451_OWNER MANUAL_MY08_USA.pdf, 4.4 MB

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Permalink Reply by Ian Pellant on May 8, 2008 at 4:57am

Thank you very much classsicsmarts.

I've been hoping to find a copy of an owners' manual. My smart is still months away... by the time I take delivery, I'll now know more than the dealer (LOL)

Cheers, Ian

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Permalink Reply by SATO on May 8, 2008 at 1:14pm

its not hard to do so.....

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Permalink Reply by smartRRparts on May 8, 2008 at 1:22pm

Throw me a question you haven't had answered yet and I'll see if I can help.

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Permalink Reply by mr bad example on May 8, 2008 at 9:48pm

the manual is actually quite vacant on real details, sort of like a barack obama speach, a lot of words, no content! it doesn't tell you tire pressures, recommended fluids, etc... it does tell you the tire repair kit and battery are hidden in the passenger footwell (sneaky!)

for the most part, the manual is "blah, blah, blah". i could write a better manual and it would be 30-40 pages, not 300+! i already know more than smart associates (order takers) by owning the car and hanging out at owner sites like this one.

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Permalink Reply by Donna on May 8, 2008 at 12:54pm

Thank you so very much. We don't have our smart yet (can hardly wait) but this will certainly give us a head start on learning everything about this little car.

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