The Mayor's new wheels....

[7rider]

Fenty's new buggy is a Smart Car.

I'm still not convinced the car is as "smart" as it tries to pretend to be (I'll take a better-mileage-getting Honda Fit over this any day), but props for the drop top.

[Zen]

Awww...so cute!
It looks like a shoe for a baby giant.

I wanna see him in it. When you take the top off, where do you put it? Did you take that photo?
I worked across the street from there for 15 years

BTW, nice avatar photo

[7rider]

If you go to the hyperlink I posted, it brings up the WTOP article.
There is (on the left column) a photo gallery of pictures (the one I posted was lifted from there). There's a picture of him in the car there....and smiling like a teenager with his first car! Not sure where the top goes. It actually looks like a hard-top - remove it and store it -- probably in the house...as there likely isn't room in the hatch!

And thanks for the comment on the pic...and I feel so....so...so alone!

[juliemcd]

very interesting--there is actually a Smart car dealership right around the corner from Spokes Etc. in Alexandria, and my fiancee and I dropped by right after I purchased my bike. I agree, I would have to do some research that the mileage/price is worth it, but coming from someone who has been driving a 1995 unairconditioned Monte Carlo around for the past few years, being in such a small car felt wonderful. Although would this accomodate a bike rack?

[tulip]

They are cute and novel, but the mileage isn't great; somewhere I read they get about 30mpg. They are good for parking in places that normal cars can't park, though. Bikes are better at all of the above.

I saw quite a few in France recently, and they do make a convertible (soft top).

I'd also go with a Honda Fit or a Toyota Yaris hatchback over the Smart. Better price, better mileage, more room.

Too bad the Mayor's new wheels aren't of the 2-wheeled variety. That would make a statement!

[HillSlugger]

I think if you put a bike and rack on the back it might tip over!

[Possegal]

Too bad the Mayor's new wheels aren't of the 2-wheeled variety. That would make a statement!

This mayor has the 2-wheeled variety, there is a thread in this section showing him out for his cycling run with a local team. He bikes a lot actually. Just guess sometimes even the mayor needs a car to get around in.

I've seen one driving on 270 before and I just think driving one in the little roads in France, where I first saw them, looks fine, but on 270, I think I'd be a little afraid of the other cars. Would someone in a Hummer even see this car?