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Ownership report: smart roadster 60 kW (2007)

Greetings, car enthusiasts! I hope 2010 was a great year for all of you, and I wish you an even better 2011! What I will post today is not a test-drive of some weekend rented car, nor a report of a big trip to the end of the world. No. Today I will report what it’s like to own a car, the very first car I’ve bought. As I previously explained, when I first wrote about the roadster, this wasn’t the actual life-dream materializing. My biggest passion was the first-generation Mercedes-Benz SLK (R170) in facelift-shape but, in a succession of events, I ended up with my second-biggest passion, the smart roadster. Almost two years later, I can only be happy with that. The little smart proved to be a lot more than just a fantastic-looking shape. It has such a strong personality that you just love or hate – it is impossible to talk about it in a cold way. From the experience I have so far, most people like to see it (you should see and listen to children!), then regret it for its lack of practic