The StormTrooper
July 1, 2008 · Print This Article
I got the Smart back at the start of November in 2001. I had no original plans to actually get the car at the time, as I had a Rover Kensington which was running fine, and, was a decent car. It was only when I saw an advert in one of my local papers advertising a garage that was offering test drives of these ‘smart cars’ that I decided to go down and try them out. Naturally, curiosity got the better of me too, ending up in me just having to go for a test drive! Hehe! I arrived at the garage a couple of days later and stepped out into a ‘Formula S Smart’ – it was a ‘sporty’ model made by Andrew Moss from Colne Car Centre (who now has nothing to do with the cars).
As I got stepped in the car and sat in the seat, I was instantly impressed with just everything, the feel of the car, the driving position, the design of the interior, the look, just everything. It felt so comfortable – a lot more than my Rover. There was only one thing I found strange, not the fact that it was left hand drive, but where the hell was the clutch!!!! After a few minutes and me coming to terms with the fact that it had a sequential (‘Colin McRae’ – as I like to call it ha) gearbox, we set off down the road, taking it easy at first. I was really enjoying myself! I’ve only driven a few cars but this by far was the best ever! I was soooo chuffed! Ha! After a few minutes of driving the salesman told me to put my foot down – I certainly didn’t refuse! So I dropped it a gear and stuck my foot down. At first there was nothing, then “BLAAAAA” went the car giving me a kick in the process – that’s when I found out it had a turbo – which made me even more chuffed as I instantly started thinking 18 year old, turbo’d car - ‘dump valve dump valve dump valve’! ...
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