Smart Car vs. Suburban

[bjarvis]

Last May, while in Vancouver with kent4str, tdjohsn and rlegters, I saw a Smart Car for the first time. It's an amazingly compact bit of work. While I wasn't able to sit in it to judge fully, it struck me as being fairly roomy inside, at least more than I'd expect for such a tiny machine. I took some photos at the time, but the lighting in the garage sucked and I didn't have anything to show scale.

On Sunday, that changed.

As kent4str, cuyahogarvr, Woody and I left the Air & Space Museum in Dulles, VA, we saw another Smart Car, this one in the parking lot during daylight adjacent to a Suburban! What a comparison of scale!

	Smart Car vs. Suburban 01
	Smart Car vs. Suburban 02
	Smart Car vs. Suburban 03
	Smart Car vs. Suburban 05

I'm not sure I'd want to own one --kent4str probably wouldn't fit and there's no room for cargo-- but it's kinda neat.

Comments

[kent4str.livejournal.com]

I can't help it - sometimes I have to haul stuff, sometimes I have to haul people. We hadn't had the new SoccerMomMobile for three days and we'd already used it to haul 6 to dinner, then folded the seats down to haul the new BBQ grill for the trailer. It just makes sense for me to have it - especially since I commute via subway and it sits in the driveway most of the time, rather than burning fuel.

And it's not "justifying" - it's merely explaining...

[cuyahogarvr.livejournal.com]

As a recent "haulee" in the SoccerMomMobile, hear, hear. Quite comfortable and the bells and whistles are fabulous!

[moofedct.livejournal.com]

Personally I love my minivan. It's very comfortable to drive for me (I have a very hard time getting comfortable in the driver seat and that has caused me to not like driving for the most part) and you can haul, haul, haul. I have even curled up in the back and napped.