Just ordered my smart fortwo!

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Permalink Reply by Ian Pellant on December 1, 2008 at 6:28pm

Yep,... got an email from smart Australia yesterday that the mhd is now available. It's not suitable for the turbo, but mhd looks like standard for the N/A engine. Same prices as previous. 209 price list downloads; main catalogue not updated yet (?).

I spent most of the weekend doing slow driving and lots of stops around town (trying to inventory old buildings). A hot day of 32C; air con on medium high. Worst fuel economy yet... 21 litres for 240 km... 8.75 lhk; (I'm a bit suspicious of that petrol pump being accurate!). Normal consumption is more like 5.5 lhk. mhd would certainly be good for that type of driving. A must have for urban delivery cars.

Stuck in city crawls, mhd is the way to go. Where I am the turbo is the better option, most of the time.

"Cannot wait!"... 'fraid you must. Typical wait in Australia is to fit the six month cycles (seems we get two major shipments a year). USA can be much longer.

PS: mhd gets an "mhd" badge on the rear... I'm still peeved that the turbo does not get a "turbo" badge...LOL.

see: http://www.smart.com/-snm-0135035552-1225014154-0000024419-00000000...

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Permalink Reply by 451 Kahn on December 1, 2008 at 8:41pm

You are lucky to get a turbo option.

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Permalink Reply by jonisme 1 day ago

Hahaha thanks. Yeah i am surprised that you kids didn't get the turbo option over there. Not even on the Brabus model? So disappointing!!!

I'm in Europe at the moment and there's tons of them here. In all honestly, i originally wasn't a big fan of them - and i am still a wee concerned with driving around in Australia where size = greatness mentality is rife. But driving around in Paris, I've realised the lunacy of needing to drive a 2 ton vehicle to carry 80 kilos of meat and bones around the city.

As for the turbo badging - i'm happy without one. I like my cars to be sleepers. :)

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