Laugh of the day: SMART cars, any color you want!
July 11th, 2010

I sold new Chevrolet Trucks for many years in Colorado and Arizona.. I took one look at this photo and busted out laughing!
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Smart USA, the company that sells the ultra-small Smart ForTwo, is now offering customers the option to choose to have their car painted any color they choose.
Seriously. Any color. They mean it.
Red, blue, green, fuchsia, burnt sienna, cyan, lavender, turquoise with a hint of gold, plaid… you name it.
Customers will still be able to choose one of Smart’s six basic colors at no additional cost but, for $1,550 more, they can choose from a palette of 93 other colors as part of the brand’s “smartExpressions” offer.
The Smart ForTwo has been on sale in the United States since 2008. Despite fuel economy over 40 miles per gallon on the highway, Smart sales have plummeted in recent years. So far in 2010, sales are running more than 60% below 2009, which was one of the auto industry’s worst sales years.
Comment by American Grand Jury:
Isn’t this one of those cars that Obama was pushing at some town-hall meeting.. the wave of the future — GO GREEN!
Talk about a “death-trap.” Can I order mine in battlefield “camouflage” GREEN?











July 11th, 2010 at 8:58 am
“NO COMMENT!!”
July 11th, 2010 at 10:00 am
I used to be that you can have any color you want, as long as it’s black…They have just removed the word black…I would hope you can still get black, even though black is not a color…if you ordered a colorless car, I bet it would not be black, probably gray primer…No power brakes, or windows,
comes with a 1hp engine with a 27 speed transmission for ultimate gas savings, 30 mpg possible going down long steep roads in neutral…no radio or cig lighter, and a gray primer, non color, non paint job for greater economy…
July 11th, 2010 at 10:24 am
Well of course these little cars are cute but the fact is,their
gas mileage isn’t any better than many of the imported sedans
available.I recall speaking to an owner who said “when they can
guarantee fuel economy in the neighborhood of 60mpg then we will
talk again” Also the 40mpg claimed is not what this man found ?.
July 11th, 2010 at 12:54 pm
This is just what barry wants all of us to have—not for fuel economy–but for a death trap called population control!
Think outside the box!
July 11th, 2010 at 7:18 pm
I read an article just the other day about a carburetor that gets 60 to 200 miles per gallon of gas but thanks to the elites of the NWO they are saving it for when they reduce the world to 500 million.
Lucky us!
As of yesterday the world population was 6,854,901,988, so if they want to reduce us to 500 million that is an awful lot of us that they plan to exterminate. Maybe they will put us all in a very deep hole and we will become the next fossil fuel reserve!
July 12th, 2010 at 5:12 am
Per the following AP article, there is PLENTY of “thinking outside the box” going on! The implications here sound diabolical,IMO.
Cattle-based fuel runs Okla.-Texas passenger train
AP News | 2010-04-20 17:48:14
Amtrak starts yearlong test of beef-based biodiesel on passenger line between Oklahoma, Texas
Amtrak began an experiment Tuesday to let cows produce horsepower.
Officials from the railroad and the Oklahoma and Texas transportation departments launched a yearlong test to see whether beef-based biodiesel can efficiently run the Heartland Flyer passenger train between Oklahoma City and Fort Worth, Texas, and also reduce emissions.
“We can join energy (and) agriculture and protect the environment,” Oklahoma Agriculture Secretary Terry Peach said.
Tallow from Texas cattle — fat often used in soap or animal feed — is supplying 20 percent of the fuel for the 3,200-horsepower engine, the rest is standard diesel. Previous engine tests showed that those running the B20 mixture produced less carbon monoxide and fewer particulates and sulfates.
Biodiesel can react with rubber, however, so checks must be made for unusual wear that could damage the engine.
“At the end of this 12-month trial we’ll go back and look at the engine assemblies and gaskets and valves and make sure there’s no impact,” said Roy Deitchman, Amtrak’s vice president for environmental, health and safety issues. The railroad also will collect exhaust data.
In ceremonies at the Sante Fe station in downtown Oklahoma City, government and railroad officials announced the test as part of this week’s Earth Day events. A number of officials then boarded the train for a similar announcement later Tuesday at Fort Worth.
The Federal Railroad Administration gave Amtrak $274,000 to conduct the test with Oklahoma transportation officials. State governments help fund daily service to Oklahoma City, Norman, Purcell, Pauls Valley and Ardmore in Oklahoma and to Gainesville and Fort Worth in Texas.
“We use about 100,000 gallons of diesel fuel a year to move 84,000 people on the Heartland Flyer,” Deitchman said. “Twenty percent of that is now biodiesel.”
Biodiesel can be more expensive than traditional fuel but it reduces demand for oil and can result in lower carbon emissions.
Copyright 2010 AP News
July 12th, 2010 at 10:31 am
Aaahahahaha @ Bob. As I was reading this, I was thinking that my hubby, if he ever wanted one of those cars (which he wouldn’t) would probably ask for camouflage. Then I read your comment and cracked up. Holy cow, there’s 2 of you in this world.