weelliott@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
turned on the Etch-A-Sketch and wrote:
> On May 8, 11:12 pm, edz...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Ed Zorm) wrote:
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>
> I'm willing to bet just abotu everyone in here has. They've been on
> the road in Europe since 1998, and in the news in America for years.
> They've even been im****ting them into the states for a good while now.
> At least a year. I believe it is Penske-the racing guy-guy is
> distributing most of them, but not sure of that. They're made by
> Mercedes, originaly designed by swatch-- the watch people-- and the
> name means Swatch Mercedes ART.
>
> I'm sure you could find more at Wikipedia.
>
> The mileage on them isn't all that great though. They can be beat in
> mileage by any hybrid, VW TDIs, toyota echos, and a few other frugal
> cars that have much better utility, more passenger capacity, and more
> crumple zone. They are very good at avoiding passenger compartment
> collapse. But since nothing is there to absorb energy, the sudden
> deceleration would dislodge your internal organs and generaly do bad
> stuff to you in a decent crash.
I think I ran over a few of them the other day in my Avalanche.
Not sure, though.
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