morganskye | I haz a sikness

I haz a sikness

I've been feeling off all week. I think it's finally come to a head because I woke up this morning feeling ill enough to take a super-hot shower, but not sick enough to call out of work. Barry had me drink some vitC powder (which tastes better than it sounds), and sleep in a bit. I'm very glad I'm low maintenance. I was up and out the door on time, even though I got an extra hour in bed.

Anyway, I'll stick through work until my head finally explodes. I'm just glad this isn't even close to the flu I got after Katsucon. By the third day Barry was ready to drag me to the emergency room. >_<

In non-plague related news, I'm getting a Smart Car early next year if everything goes as planned. IF. Admittedly I'll be doing a lot of test drives with it, the Honda Fit, and the Toyota Yaris. As much as I'd love a hybrid, I don't want to break the bank. Sadly, what draws me to the Smart Car is how freaking cute it is. It has personality right off the lot. Other vehicles don't have that. I've had a dull car all my life. I want something flashy. It also doesn't hurt that it's well within my budget and gets 30+ MPG. I've heard a few bad reviews though. Apparently it only goes to 80 on the highway, which isn't a big deal since I don't do much driving there. It also has a problem on bumpy roads. I'm guessing since it's so small/low to the ground there isn't much that the shocks can do. I guess that's why the put some pretty sweet add ons, like leather, wicked sound, and heated seats.

I guess what I need to figure out is if the WOW factor is worth the ride.

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I hate the evil plague of d00m that has been going around. I'm almost better though, so thats a plus. :P

Hehe, those cars are so cute. I see a few of them every time I drive up to Gainesville, haven't seen any in my town yet.

It seems like half my LJ is down with something. What's weird is how long everyone seems to be hit. You've been sick for over a week now, right? Wild...

I know! There's a quasi-dealership in town. I really want to take one out now, but I don't want to tempt myself with something I can't have for a few more months.

Yeah, I started feeling sick last Monday. I'm still coughing a bit and having snot issues. My mom is on week 3 with it.

>_< That's not very reassuring. Has she gone to the doctor? For that matter, have you?

Oh, there is a reason why she's still sick. Her immune system isn't all that great because she has lupus and another blood illness already.

I'm absolutely terrified of doctors - so no, definitely not going to see a doctor. :P

Ouch! Poor lady. :(

I'm ok with doctors. It's more the expense that keeps me away. Just don't let that get in the way if you ever get super sick!

Is the Smart Car, the Smartfourtwo? I know it may sound like a silly question.

Yes. And the only silly questions are ones that involve bananas.

And Monkey poo....just the sound of it is funny. :)

Monkey poo is ALWAYS funny. I think there's a law on the books about it.

There's a Smart dealer a few doors up the road from us at work. Keep in mind that there is no storage space in the car at all. So you won't be able to use it for cons since I'm pretty sure you'd have costumes and stuff to bring. And it's only a two seater so that means you can't take a bunch of friends out either.

And it looks like death when driven on the road. Supposedly they are really safe...however, you are REALLY close to the front of the car when sitting in one. I've also seen them come pretty close to tipping over when going around a turn. (The husband was in the car with me and, literally, both of us held our breaths as the guy turned. Then we looked at each other and said "I totally thought that was going to tip over." )

I see them on the road a lot and I just wouldn't go near them. The Fit or the Yaris is better IMO.

Space isn't a big deal. Really this is a home-to-work car. What's going to happen is my man will get my current car (Nissan Sentra GXE), and then I'll get something to get me around town. When we go out of town we'll take my old car.

I'm going to be doing a LOT of driving before I say yes or no. I'm worried about it too. I'm wondering if they'll let me take it home for a day or two. A decent amount of dealerships will let you if you ask.

Smart car? Wicked. :)

It looks pretty fun, but I don't know if I could do an itty bitty car. I've never been a claustrophobic, but it's never too late to start. Looks awesome for home-to-work though.

Yeah, since I'm not doing much more than bumming around town with it, I figure it'll be ok. We'll take my old car if we ever hit the highway.

I'm fine with small cars. I like the feeling.

well at least you can drag race a ferrari and win...

Smart Car Vs Ferrari - More free videos are here

gah you basterd of a link WORK *baps*

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2269525587436577657&ei=qKDbSIWrLJPuqAKBhc26Bw&q=smart+car&vt=lf&hl=en

lol!! *dies* Yeah, I'm going to be racing for pinks yo! lol!

Hah they're roller skates! XD The thing I wouldn't like is the lack of space. Same issue I had when I went to go see the Yaris (my mom recommended I go check one out, so my sister and I went to go look, and were laughing at it in the car). I ended up getting a Chevy Aveo. Its one of the least expensive cars out there right now, its VERY roomy for being a small car (roomier than my Grand Am, and that car was bigger), lots of trunk space, very good gas mileage (30-something mpg). I heart my Aveo **nodnod** and I believe it costs about the same, if not a little less, than the roller skates. ;)

The Aveo is on my test drive list. It's cute too, but I heard it doesn't have a lot of power. What do you think?

The only issue I have with it power wise is trying to speed up really fast on the freeway, but other than that initial acceleration, its fine. The only other problem I have with my car (which I don't know if they changed it or not) is the cup holder XD It took us a while to find it, but its one that you have to push a button and it pops out, and its not very stable. There's also one in the middle a little behind the front seats that works fine (though I think its more for whoever's sitting in back). My sister was also a little worried at first because they have the button for the flashers positioned weird, its like on the passenger side next to the radio about knee height, and she was afraid that it would be easily bumped since she has long legs, but we haven't had any problems.

Seeing that my only issue is the cup holder, that tells you something. ;) I've had my car for almost a year and I love it. **nodnod** I've got my payments down to just over $200 a month too (granted its for 6 years, but hey, its low monthly, and thats what matters, right?).

Low payments are nice. ^_^

So basically the problems are really superficial. That's good to hear. Thanks!

I've never been really impressed with the Smart line, mainly for reasons detailed here:

The Smart ForTwo's big selling point is going to be fuel economy. For the current version, the company estimates a combined city/highway fuel mileage of about 40 miles per gallon, according to DaimlerChrysler. (The 60 mpg figure sometimes reported is for the diesel-engine version.)

The Toyota Yaris, which seats four and costs thousands less, gets an EPA-estimated 37 miles per gallon.

I'm also generally more inclined to buy Toyota products over anything with the Chrysler name on it, thanks to years of dependability testing.

YMMV.

Well, the article is 2 years old, but I see your point. Btw, the Yaris is now $13000 and doesn't come with all the features that the ForTwo comes with.

It's going to come down to test drives in all honesty.

I saw a yellow Smart Car last week when I was driving home from work. It zipped through an intersection, and I just laughed and laughed and laughed. I don't even know why it was SO damn funny, other than the thought of "Holy shit was that a pregnant yellow roller skate?!?" Well, yellow cars make me laugh anyway 'cuz I think yellow is like the ugliest color EVARRR. So, like, the driver was all "Hey guys! I really like this Tinymobile, but I don't think it draws enough attention. Can we make it BRIGHT-ASS yellow? THAT'LL ADD ME SOME FLARE!"
But then I felt kinda bad for that dude in the Smart Car 'cuz he's gotta go up against the LEGIONS of douchebags in SUVs and Hummers who are talking on their cellies/sipping a frappu-cappu-al-pachino/yelling at their spoiled douchebag kids. Srsly, there's TONS of those people around here :(

The Yaris is super cute; I think when my car conks out (hopefully a good long while since it's an '04 Corolla), I'll get one of those. But I am SO glad I get good mpg in this thing because finding gas in GA right now is a MEGA pain in the ass. I heard a co-worker go out at lunch yesterday and said she waited in line for 40 minutes, it took 15 minutes to pump 5 gallons of gas because it was so slow, and then that was all she got because the gas station ran out of gas. AND every station I've passed this entire week has had lines backed up onto the main road.

Ok, I kinda got off on a tangent. At any rate, *shakes fist* FRIGGIN' DOUCHEBAGS IN THEIR FRIGGIN' SUVS!!

LOL!! It's not too bad here, but there are still a healthy amount of jerks on the road. It's a nationwide epidemic! And I'm totally in the flair catagory. I want my ForTwo to be pumpkin orange. Booyeah!!

We don't have a shortage issue here, but the price is still ass high. I think the only reason why we're ok is because we're a major port city.

Ummm...why would you need to drive more than 80 miles per hour on the highway when most federally regulated highways have a max speed limit of 70?

If anything, I think there's people that need a car that can only go so fast because they're NOT Dale Earhart Jr. and they DON'T know how to control a speeding car!

^_^ I know. I'm just listing all the pros and cons. I rarely drive over 70 even in the car I have now. Barry calls me Granny because of the way I drive. lol! Besides, you get better gas mileage if you drive under 60.

I totally understand, but I'm just saying that whoever stated that as a "con" in the first place needs to re-evaluate their life.

Ah, gotcha. ^_^

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