Re: [MBZ] Diesel smart

2015-08-19 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
On 18/08/2015 7:59 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: I'm pretty sure it wasn't. Why would the sheeple buy the pitiful 40mpg gasser when the diesel is available? It was available in Canada but I don't think the diesel is available any more. They did not stand up well to day to day use from

Re: [MBZ] Diesel smart

2015-08-18 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
-Curt From: Rich Thomas via Mercedes To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Rich Thomas Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 12:55 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Diesel smart Speaking of Pioi, I had to go to store this morning to get a paper since mine did not show up as usual. I saw a Tesla comin

Re: [MBZ] Diesel smart

2015-08-18 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
issan Leaf made when I drove it. Everything I'd heard/read said "nearly silent" and if thats true most people have an odd attitude to silence. -Curt From: Rich Thomas via Mercedes To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Cc: Rich Thomas Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 12:55 PM Subjec

Re: [MBZ] Diesel smart

2015-08-18 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
Speaking of Pioi, I had to go to store this morning to get a paper since mine did not show up as usual. I saw a Tesla coming through the parking lot, total stealth mode on those things. Dangerous, you can't hear them trying to run you down. I have had 2 close encounters in that parking lot,

Re: [MBZ] Diesel smart

2015-08-18 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
my numbers. -Curt From: David Bruckmann via Mercedes To: "mercedes@okiebenz.com" Cc: David Bruckmann Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 11:08 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Diesel smart All the first-series Canadian-market Smart cars were diesels. Then they ruined it with the second ser

Re: [MBZ] Diesel smart

2015-08-18 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
my numbers. -Curt From: David Bruckmann via Mercedes To: "mercedes@okiebenz.com" Cc: David Bruckmann Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 11:08 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Diesel smart All the first-series Canadian-market Smart cars were diesels. Then they ruined it with the second ser

Re: [MBZ] Diesel smart

2015-08-18 Thread David Bruckmann via Mercedes
All the first-series Canadian-market Smart cars were diesels. Then they ruined it with the second series by offering only the gas model, coinciding with the start of sales into the US market. Unfortunately the B-Class, which has been offered in Canada for about a decade now, was only sold in a

Re: [MBZ] Diesel smart

2015-08-18 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
This may be a gray market car. The only one I ever saw was at a Winnipeg dealership. They wanted $15k for it as a used car, IIRC. It may have been a cabriolet. In any case, the fuel economy is SICK and I would love to own one. On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 8:59 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < merced

Re: [MBZ] Diesel smart

2015-08-18 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I'm pretty sure it wasn't. Why would the sheeple buy the pitiful 40mpg gasser when the diesel is available? Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery

Re: [MBZ] Diesel smart

2015-08-18 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Was that sold via MBUSA, or special ordered from Europe? I had no idea a diesel smart was offered in the U.S. of A. - Max Charleston SC On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 10:32 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > mercedes built diesel DIESEL SMART > http: