On 01/29/2014 04:57 AM, brucedp5 wrote: > > > http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/In-Gear/2014/0122/Taking-the-cheapest-electric-car-in-the-US-for-a-test-drive > Taking the cheapest electric car in the US for a test drive > By John Voelcker, Guest blogger January 22, 2014 > > Want a cheap, small, eco-friendly convertible? You're in luck: the 2014 > Smart ForTwo is the smallest, shortest plug in electric car sold in the > country. But the question remains--what does it feel like in the driver's > seat?
I picked up a 2013 last Saturday and I gotta say it's a blast to drive. The ride's a little harsh and the very short wheelbase does interesting things on our frost-heaved roads, but it's still a lot of fun. The interior is amazingly spacious and it doesn't feel like a tiny car at all. Except at a red light when the car behind me pulls up close and seeing a grill in the rear view mirror only 4 feet behind me is a little unnerving. EPA range is 68 miles. In the cold--it was 8F this morning--the car claims it will go 44 miles and that seems to be fairly accurate based on my last 4 days of driving. I leased it for 3 years. Out of pocket was $283 and a $124/mo. My only complaint is the exceedingly bare-bones radio. I miss Sirius and I need to put in a hands-free bluetooth phone interface. --Rick _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
