Smart Car

Smart easily carried on a trailer European Class C

chiefneon wrote:
Howdy,

We had a 2011 Smart Passion, and now a new 2016 Smart Prime the new 2016 is a much improved over the previous design. More comfortable, quite, and a much smoother ride over the ruff harsh ride like before. The new six speed trasmission is better also, along with the turbo engine makes for better driving. The 2016 Smart also now comes with a standard transmission which mabe better for towing. We do not tow ours but carry it in our Cyclone Toy Hauler.

"Happy Trails"
Chiefneon

Great post. Thanks for the info in the new smart. We are waiting for the 2017 Electric to replace one of our diesel burners. Then we'll have a 2015 electric and a 2017 electric. We love the diesels but once you've driven the electric the anemic little diesel is just a whole different world.

Feel free to post more on the 2016 prime. They are a great looking little car.

Howdy,

We had a 2011 Smart Passion, and now a new 2016 Smart Prime the new 2016 is a much improved over the previous design. More comfortable, quite, and a much smoother ride over the ruff harsh ride like before. The new six speed trasmission is better also, along with the turbo engine makes for better driving. The 2016 Smart also now comes with a standard transmission which mabe better for towing. We do not tow ours but carry it in our Cyclone Toy Hauler.

"Happy Trails"
Chiefneon

j-d wrote:
That Smart is probably the only car short enough to carry sideways.

It is, but not really legally. At 106" long it's 4 inches over the legal load limit of 102". It's unlikely that one would ever get ticketed for the oversize load but certainly possible.

John & Angela wrote:

Trackrig wrote:

John & Angela wrote:
Not sure about the Razor but the smart comes in around 1800 pounds. A little more for the electric.

A 2015 XP RZR dry weight (without any modifications like suspension lifts, off road lights and larger tires) is 1,379#. Then add a full tank of fuel for 69#s so it's getting close to a smart car.

Bill

Love to have a razor of our next trip to the Baja. It would fit perfect on our smart car trailer. Can they be licensed and road driven, obviously not for highway travel but traversing through towns to trails etc.

Don't know for sure on the Baja. I know in Cabo you can ride four wheelers on the street - don't know if it's legal, but everyone is doing it without any worry.

Go visit the little town of Conconully, Wa. It's in the upper middle part of the state and has a very nice state park on one of the two reservoir lakes there. You're legally allowed to ride four wheelers and snow machines in town (just behave yourself) and then go out on hundreds of miles or logging and fire roads.

I've seen side by sides and golf carts on the road in what I believe was Surprise, AZ.

Bill

Trackrig wrote:

John & Angela wrote:
Not sure about the Razor but the smart comes in around 1800 pounds. A little more for the electric.

A 2015 XP RZR dry weight (without any modifications like suspension lifts, off road lights and larger tires) is 1,379#. Then add a full tank of fuel for 69#s so it's getting close to a smart car.

Bill

Love to have a razor of our next trip to the Baja. It would fit perfect on our smart car trailer. Can they be licensed and road driven, obviously not for highway travel but traversing through towns to trails etc.

John & Angela wrote:
Not sure about the Razor but the smart comes in around 1800 pounds. A little more for the electric.

A 2015 XP RZR dry weight (without any modifications like suspension lifts, off road lights and larger tires) is 1,379#. Then add a full tank of fuel for 69#s so it's getting close to a smart car.

Bill

Not sure about the Razor but the smart comes in around 1800 pounds. A little more for the electric.

j-d wrote:
That Smart is probably the only car short enough to carry sideways. Did that Allegro Bus with the Smart on a lift, have a tag axle?

A red semi tractor came into the campground towing a big fifth wheel. It had a frame long enough to haul the fiver AND a Smart. The Smart was crossways on the tractor right behind the cab. They had aluminum ramps tucked away someplace and backed the Smart down from the passenger side of the tractor. Pretty neat! I believe that particular Smart was a diesel.

I don't remember if the Allegro had a tag axle or not. Here's another rig, without a tag axle, hauling a RZR that probably weighs close to a smart car. Note they're also pulling a toad or something. These pictures were taken in Quartzite - a good place to see anything.



And then in Tombstone we saw this. The Samari was narrow enough to allow him to carry a dirt bike on both sides of it. It was very interesting talking to him. I think he said he had over $60K several years ago into a pick-up truck he used previously and still wasn't happy with it. He dumped it and now has less than $50K into a tractor with more power, better brakes, more storage, other modifications and the Samari.



Bill

mgirardo wrote:

badbob1 wrote:
Ours is an automatic standard transmission.

BadBob

So is it automatic or is it standard? I've never heard of an automatic standard transmission.

-Michael

Good morning Michael. Its difficult for people in general to wrap their heads around this one as it is unique to North America but quite common in europe. So the label that badbob used is accurate in that it is an automatic standard transmission. Most refer to it as an automated manual but once you get past the labels in essence it is a standard transmission.......that shifts atomatically. The germans have their ways of doing things. :) Hope this helps.