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Wednesday, July 2, 2008 12:00 AM

Test drive: The Smart car is revolutionary

A car small enough to alter your relationship with the city.
Farhad Manjoo

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  • Tuesday, July 1, 2008 08:37 PM

    One Word: Rip Off

    I had a 1986 Toyota Celica that got 35 mpg highway/33 normal - automatic transmission. I loved that car - I knew the day that I sold it, I was making a mistake - and it wasn't the size of pebble and it sure didn't drive like one. That was one sporty normal-sized car. Sorry, but the auto industry can and has done a whole lot better.

    Oh, and Ken Erfourth, I had a Subaru Legacy Outback (1999) and it was an AUTOMATIC and it got 29 mpg. I have to have an automatic because of bad knees. A stick shift doesn't necessarily mean better gas mileage.

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