Posted on 04/07/2014 5:28:02 PM PDT by RightGeek
Someone's been vandalizing compact Smart cars in San Francisco, flipping the tiny vehicles on their front and rear ends in the city's streets.
NBC Bay Area found four of the targeted Smart cars between Sunday night and Monday morning. Two were found in the Bernal Heights neighborhood on Anderson Street, and another was found a bit south on Sweeny and Bowdoin streets, closer to the Portola district. They were either sitting on their headlights, rear bumpers high in the air, or vice versa.
A fourth Smart car -- a small white one with a faded "Obama-Biden" bumper sticker -- was discovered Monday about 9 a.m. at Coso and Prospect avenues between the Mission District and Bernal Heights.
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The exact motives behind the vandalism are unclear. The diminutive cars are smaller and lighter than most vehicles. A Smart car weighs about 1,500 pounds; a Ford Focus S Sedan weighs close to 3,000 pounds, and a Hummer clocks in at 8,600 pounds -- definitely a heft that would pose a flipping challenge.
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My kids call the “rollerskates of death”.
In Ireland, after rugby games, folks would throw the little cars into ditches.
I know this is wrong, but I can’t stop myself from laughing.
Actually the diesel Smart does considerably better mileage than the diesel Jetta in Europe. Which makes sense since it weighs about 1200 pounds less. Daimler apparently decided not to spend the big bucks to “federalize” it for the United States of Obama.
And in the end it’s a win-win.
Some smug a-holes get their come-uppance, and hopefully the perp punks wind up in jail.
I wonder if this is a subtle shift to a “hot” class war in this country. The jobs situation is only getting worse and will only get worse. And it is growing exponentially.
“When the VW Bug was very popular in the 1950-60’s we would move the front ends up on curbs or whatever was handy.”
The Citroen 2CV was tailor made for this as well, it was even lighter than a VW. Alas, there weren’t enough of these gems in the States to make this a very big sport.
There are a few of them where I live, but they make no sense. Their forte is not really gas mileage. It is that they are small. But where I live, there is no real traffic, and parking is ample and mostly free. Now, if I still lived in Seattle, I can see how one might be worth it.
Meanwhile the car I have a blast driving to work every day would be worthless in Seattle. I’d have to get a significant distance away from the city to enjoy it. Where I am now, I enjoy it all the way to work (62 miles one way) every day.
In High School some friends and I lifted a VW in the parking lot one wheel at a time and put coffee cans under the tires.
The local Clown’s Union will be pissed. Somebody stop me!
Why, Lookie there, Ethel! That there smart car looks mighty dumb . . . don’t it . . .
In highschool one teacher had a bug. It was like a ritual putting it up on the sidewalk. She was good natured about it though.
“... a small white one with a faded “Obama-Biden” bumper sticker “
No reason to have that in the article other than to try to cast blame.
I’ll condemn this...as soon as I stop laughing. Urban Cow Tipping!
Hehe ... sometime in the '60s, my cousin and I maneuvered my aunt's VW Bug sideways in our driveway. The driveway was blocked on 3 sides by the garage, the house and bushes in a side yard. She had a bear of a time getting it out ... :-)
I think it’s very, very funny. I absolutely detest those cars - they are a death trap. At least they can be used to provide humor to some of us.
“My kids call the “rollerskates of death”.”
Well you would think so.
In my neck of the woods some chick managed to challenge a freight train with her Smart Car.... and the locomotive punted the thing like a soccer ball. She walked away with just scratches.
The funniest part is the comment section at the link. They are worth the read.
Sounds pretty dumb
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