Canned Insight » trendy http://cannedinsight.wordpress.com Specific musings about general ideas Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:53:45 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/d7150d19bbfc92bb84d63a47b12752d2?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png Canned Insight » trendy http://cannedinsight.wordpress.com SmartCar Getting Plenty of Buzz http://cannedinsight.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/smartcar-getting-a-lot-of-buzz/ http://cannedinsight.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/smartcar-getting-a-lot-of-buzz/#comments Thu, 15 May 2008 23:17:46 +0000 nealg http://cannedinsight.wordpress.com/?p=5 ]]>

Candidly I will admit that I don’t have a driver’s license. In my defense, I really haven’t ever needed one. I grew up in a city, went to college in a city and now work and live in a city. And yes, I do realize that I need to get my act together and get a license in the near future, which perhaps is why I have been paying more attention to car news.

That being said, I have been hearing a lot about SmartCar. I find them appealing for two reasons: 1) I like trendy things and 2) I live in a city so if I were to get a car it would have to be a compact. Recently, SmartCar’s Fortwo model was tested by the US Insurance Institute for Highway Safety to rave reviews. BUT, I was immediately turned off when I found out that SmartCar was charging $99 to just get on a waiting list for purchase. I am sorry, but that is ridiculous.

So there you go SmartCar, you have lost one potential customer. I will have to spend my trendy dollars elsewhere… perhaps on a Prius or Mini Cooper.

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