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Unresponsive throttle and low RPM
As mentioned at my last trip to the smartcars garage, it still had a few issues with cold starts. I was hoping that it would get better, and that it only was coke deposits, that needed to be burnt clean, after they fixed the other issue I had with it regularly going into limp mode.…
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Vehicle inspection in Denmark
A lot of countries have a system, where cars regularly have to attend some kind of vehicle inspection, in order to stay on the roads. Denmark is no different. Here we receive a notice about two months before we need to have our car inspected. Cars have their pollution levels checked, tested their brakes, the…
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A perfect day for a road trip!
I must admit that I usually don’t remove the side rails on my trips to and from work, but this afternoon they just had to come off. It was 23 degrees, the sky was absolutely cloudless, and there was no wind, so I trundled slowly home, soaking in the blue sky.
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Visiting the Smartcars workshop
I’ve previously bought spare parts for my old Smart Fortwo coupe, from the garage smartcars.dk, but this is the first time I have used their garage. Actually I tried to contact them, back when I had issues with my Lambda sensor, but I couldn’t get hold of them by email. This time I had better…
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Smart Fortwo Brabus Cabriolet (450)
I was pleasantly surprised today, when I handed over the keys to my own fortwo to smartcars.dk’s owner, and he gave me the keys to an undefined “petrol Smart, older model than mine”. I walked outside to the long row of Smart cars, and pressed the unlock button on the key fob, expecting to see…
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Smart Concept Cars
As most other companies, Smart has produced and shown a series of concept cars. Some to take the temperature of the audiences wishes and expectations, others just for show. A few of them have with modifications turned up in the dealers showrooms, for general sale. Smart Crosstown (2005) Hybrid Concept, unveiled at the 2005 Frankfurt…
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Little Turd
Many car owners name Their vehicles, some more creatively than others, like this small brown Smart fortwo, that has been named “Lille Lort”, Danish for “Little Turd”. When I came upon it, this afternoon, I was reminded of the scene from the movie “Romancing the stone”, that stars a Ford Bronco, affectionately named “Little Mule”…
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Biltema Speed Shine
Biltema Speed Shine Art. 37-836 is a handy spray bottle, that’s used to apply the product onto the wet car after a wash. After applying it, one panel at a time, you wipe off the excess wax with a microfibre towel. This was one of the more impressive products that I have tested from Biltema.…
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The plastic panels on a Smart Fortwo
The plastic panels on a Smart Fortwo are made of a special “PolyPropylene” (PP) compound called “Thermoplastic Polyolefin” (TPO). The exact type is created by Borealis Ag, and called “Daplen ED230HP”, and Daimler gets it manufactured at the Swedish company Plastal. Repairs Thermoplastic compounds can be repaired, and glossy surfaces, like the Smart’s body panels…
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A quick one day trip to Bornholm
I’m on a one day trip to Bornholm today, to pickup a few things, and to visit some friends. Took the trip from western Zeeland, across the Øresund bridge, and on to Ystad in Sweden without any stops. Unfortunately it began to drizzle every time I lowered the roof, so it was only down a…
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