Knappster's Garage

[LWM]

What's the plan???

5 of the Level 8 Wheels ZX or 5 of the Black Rhino Keyhole/Black Rhino Imperial with 5 Goodyear Wrangler DuraTrak tires

[Matt]

Oh that's gonna be sweet!! I'm probably getting Duratracs for my next set too

[valpacer]

Nice work Knappster!

Dave

[LWM]

Nice work Knappster!

Dave

Thanks Dave, I would live to get some more information on your front bumper. I plan to make one for our WK shoppers.

[Doc in AZ]

here are a couple pix when jon left the smart at my shop because he had to "borrow" the xk to tow his trailer.... i have a BMW Isetta we're building and it makes the smart look like a luxury sedan in comparison.

[AJeepZJ]

I used to have one of these when I was litttle!!! They were so efficient, required no gas at all! I would get in the inside, and my dad would push me around in it all the time. They didn't see to have much battery life. Here's a picture of mine

[Budasac]

^ lol. At first glance I thought it was a Power Wheels. Ya know, the ones where you're head sticks out the top. Personally I think those smart cars are kinda dangerous on the highway with the vehicles we have here in the states. That Beamer you might want to keep on the sidewalk, although it does have some bad ass crash bars on the front. (or are they hooks to hang it on the wall when you're not using it?)

A guy around the corner from my parents has a new Mini and a classic Mini. The old one looks like my Go-cart from when I was 12 with a body kit on it.

[LWM]

Personally I think those smart cars are kinda dangerous on the highway with the vehicles we have here in the states.

Comments like this make me laugh, are you serious? Do you think you are safer on a motorcycle or in a vehicle built in the 70's or earlier? The smart has a four star safety rating, front and side curtin air bags and a nascar style roll cage built into it. I have seen many amazing videos of crashes and the smart does so much better than people give it credit for, I would take it over most other compacts any day of the week.

[CmmdrDan]

While that is true about the safety rating. It is still all about inertia. Your going 60 mph. That car stops you don't and since there aren't any crumple zones. I find it hard to believe you are coming out of it on top..

[Budasac]

No I definately don't feel safer on a bike. I know full well that if someone runs a light going 20mph There's a good chance I can lose a leg. (seen it happen) But at the same time I can't imagine there being much left of a Smart car that's involved in a highway speed crash with say a Ford Excursion or any one of the massive SUV's I see crowding the roads around here. Not to mention if I were to hit one in a utility truck or my E-350 SuperDuty while working. I wouldn't drive any sub-compact car around here. The other drivers are ****ing crazy.

Keep in mind my perspective. I live in one of the most populated areas of the country with arguably the most aggressive drivers on the planet.


And when you compare the Smart to motorcycles and "cars built in the 70's and earlier" it's absolutely safer. But I don't see many pre 70's cars on the road. When compared to the average car on todays roads (the one it's going to square off with in an accident) it doesn't look like it'll make it.

Even in my pre-70's Mustang I have a feelin the driver of the Smart would be eating my carb if we had a head-on. I know, I'd be embedded in the dash since there's no air bags or shoulder straps for that matter, but still better then havin' a big block engine on your lap.