tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837430116521631858.post3322244165227426689..comments2024-01-18T12:20:32.559-06:00Comments on Eagan Daily Photo: Smarte car!Leif Hagenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17268045909244159357noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837430116521631858.post-41324048791677013742009-07-28T08:33:36.968-05:002009-07-28T08:33:36.968-05:00I saw a pink one in Verona, looked like a little f...I saw a pink one in Verona, looked like a little french fancy cake.margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07727534908302610374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837430116521631858.post-70223985055405481032009-07-28T00:15:45.768-05:002009-07-28T00:15:45.768-05:00I love tiny city cars like that (Toyota Iq and Sma...I love tiny city cars like that (Toyota Iq and Smart), but I'd be TERRIFIED to drive it in the States! When I remember driving a small sporty Saturn on I5 and seeing only huge rims right next to my head.... brrrr.... not to mention the number of times soccer moms in their oversized trucks didn't see me when changing lanes...Mirelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12812450418473577892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837430116521631858.post-38013426376773688322009-07-28T00:07:21.201-05:002009-07-28T00:07:21.201-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Mirelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12812450418473577892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837430116521631858.post-25162653281328497012009-07-28T00:06:54.032-05:002009-07-28T00:06:54.032-05:00If a car could be described as cute...this is it! ...If a car could be described as cute...this is it! lol. You could drive it and hug the planet:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837430116521631858.post-36590332785389618512009-07-27T07:59:53.480-05:002009-07-27T07:59:53.480-05:00I love seeing these little cars!I love seeing these little cars!Loishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10737705457021667861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837430116521631858.post-18258101805421288062009-07-27T04:57:09.647-05:002009-07-27T04:57:09.647-05:00I didn't know you had those in the US, too! Yo...I didn't know you had those in the US, too! You can park them perpendicularly to the curb!Sarettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15467303139294282551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837430116521631858.post-203413310317285942009-07-27T04:44:31.882-05:002009-07-27T04:44:31.882-05:00This is really beautiful !! Would love to drive it...This is really beautiful !! Would love to drive it..:)..<a href="http://www.unseenrajasthan.com/" rel="nofollow">Unseen Rajasthan</a>Unseen India Tourshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02181236800235013022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837430116521631858.post-55137197389589346622009-07-26T23:44:40.976-05:002009-07-26T23:44:40.976-05:00Good idea, although I can't see many Americans...Good idea, although I can't see many Americans giving up their SUV's and Hummers. <br /><br />That car's smaller than mine, and mine's small enough. Wouldn't want to be sitting in the back.BlossomFlowerGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00771668346318423898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837430116521631858.post-23403588755041365612009-07-26T23:29:58.816-05:002009-07-26T23:29:58.816-05:00When «Louis» lived in Paris, he often saw these ca...When «Louis» lived in Paris, he often saw these cars parked perpendicularly. They are made by Mercedes! Originally, the Smart was a joint project between Mercedes and Swatch Watch. The cars were going to have colorful, changeable body panels, like the changeable bezels on the Swatch watches. Just before the car was to go into production, Swatch pulled out of the deal. Mercedes made the body panels fixed rather than changeable and marketed the car as the Smart. It hasn't made money for them in Europe, and they were going to kill the car, but Dieter Z, when Mercedes brought him back to Stuttgart after pulling out of Chrysler, convinced Mercedes to market the car in the U.S. The Mercedes board nearly had Dieter Z committed - "All Americans buy are pickups and SUVs - then last year's gas price explosion happened. The Smart took off in the U.S., Mercedes kept the plant open and Dieter Z was tranformed from loon to hero....Louis la Vachehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09039777863022193315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837430116521631858.post-28200825028172741582009-07-26T21:07:27.496-05:002009-07-26T21:07:27.496-05:00Great! if i were you I huge then i drive it:)Great! if i were you I huge then i drive it:)icalhttp://zonderkop.blospot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837430116521631858.post-36324679462181293192009-07-26T18:14:39.160-05:002009-07-26T18:14:39.160-05:00I really admire the gutsiness of the people who dr...I really admire the gutsiness of the people who drive these cars. My 2nd post ever was entitled Itsy. It was of a smart car with that license plate. Thanks for visiting my blog today and providing the name of the spider.Antjashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05032661963227386912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837430116521631858.post-75264253799924240792009-07-26T17:26:00.010-05:002009-07-26T17:26:00.010-05:00...or possibly get a green bike and hug that one i......or possibly get a green bike and hug that one instead!? ;)stromsjohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524397187094481360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837430116521631858.post-80002941848958606182009-07-26T17:15:52.334-05:002009-07-26T17:15:52.334-05:00I like those cars because I guess they are easy to...I like those cars because I guess they are easy to park around the city.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837430116521631858.post-9007642893305995282009-07-26T15:13:26.670-05:002009-07-26T15:13:26.670-05:00We first saw these things a couple of years ago in...We first saw these things a couple of years ago in Paris. Now, we have them in Ocala amidst all the huge SUVs and Pickyups!<br /><br />They are cute. Probably just the thing for getting around easily and energetically and efficiently and enlighteningly in Eagan...Lowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15305748075301453010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837430116521631858.post-38530747224177314992009-07-26T15:03:02.382-05:002009-07-26T15:03:02.382-05:00Wear it!Wear it!Curlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15795795668889685782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837430116521631858.post-28017687204674030602009-07-26T14:32:51.039-05:002009-07-26T14:32:51.039-05:00Nice post Leif. My car is a Smart car! But not l...Nice post Leif. My car is a Smart car! But not like this example.<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wo3JJUPaCVs/" rel="nofollow">Smart Roadster Clarkson test drive</a> I have a blue roadster coupe. PaulLeeds in Yorkshire photography - Paulhttp://www.yorkshiredailyphoto.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837430116521631858.post-70890537279549779742009-07-26T12:10:55.946-05:002009-07-26T12:10:55.946-05:00Nice car, you could park it everywhere... Hug it!Nice car, you could park it everywhere... Hug it!VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10186211344492845052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837430116521631858.post-83776896404522734322009-07-26T12:04:53.165-05:002009-07-26T12:04:53.165-05:00Hug it, give it a big cuddle!Hug it, give it a big cuddle!Rob Siemannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09106961534201033583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837430116521631858.post-11149485573922107872009-07-26T10:43:16.579-05:002009-07-26T10:43:16.579-05:00Soo cute! I'd want to hug it too!Soo cute! I'd want to hug it too!Layrayskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12611645887727037084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837430116521631858.post-877164368667183942009-07-26T09:28:29.381-05:002009-07-26T09:28:29.381-05:00it sure looks cute to me, but i always wonder if i...it sure looks cute to me, but i always wonder if it could really stuff me in, cos i'm quite a huge one.. haha!![SK]https://www.blogger.com/profile/01863360136363789539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837430116521631858.post-45297573040148926832009-07-26T08:26:10.758-05:002009-07-26T08:26:10.758-05:00What ever you do, don't get hit in it.What ever you do, don't get hit in it.B SQUAREDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12510619553483917078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837430116521631858.post-19737594245445163892009-07-26T08:09:47.760-05:002009-07-26T08:09:47.760-05:00There are many around here but I'm a bit claus...There are many around here but I'm a bit claustrophobic so I think I will never be inside one... :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15783877262954668959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837430116521631858.post-44160334213304521852009-07-26T07:25:11.869-05:002009-07-26T07:25:11.869-05:00Kawairashii!
可愛らしい!
Cute!Kawairashii!<br />可愛らしい!<br />Cute!Nori Katayamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09374486783828700916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837430116521631858.post-6482514968224464652009-07-26T06:44:38.522-05:002009-07-26T06:44:38.522-05:00Great for parking. We see so many of these here. G...Great for parking. We see so many of these here. Great for an island. Give it a hug.Jane Hards Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17162628972166464736noreply@blogger.com