The turkey run: the Smart steps up
Dan Trent writes:
Having established a 403hp Evo on track tyres is rubbish (if amusing) in the snow yesterday I drove in with the Clio, the intention being to join the throng of French car nuts gathering at the Ace Cafe. But the Clio turns out to be rubbish in the snow too, having so much power it just spins its wheels no matter how gently you let the clutch out. So I bailed and headed for home and I got it up the big hill on the way home by sheer willpower alone I think.
In the meantime CJ had popped round and swapped the Evo for Peter’s Smart and when I woke to more snow this morning I thought ‘what the hell, can’t be any worse than the Clio’. I’d have stayed put but I had an important mission: fetch the Christmas turkey!
Turns out the Smart is in fact ace in the snow. OK, I needed a helping shove from the postie to get me out of my road but once up and running it was unstoppable, enjoyable even. It’s just a shame you can’t switch the ESP off because it shows a keenness to do lovely little 3mph drifts but the black boxes say ‘Nein!’
And the turkey? Well I made it to the butchers. But the turkey hadn’t, not yet at least. So we’ll have to wait on that one.
Dan
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Links:
Driving home for Christmas - the fun route
Look, I couldn’t resist
Long termer: Smart ForTwo Cabriolet
French revolution at the Ace Cafe
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Posted: December 22nd, 2009 under Long Termers.
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