Tag: Smart Fortwo 451
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Half a parking space, NO problem!
Drove by a shop today, where half of the parking spaces on one side were closed off for construction work š§š§š§ Kindly enough, the crew had left ample space for a Smart Fortwo, so while others were competing for the full spaces on the other side, with their SUVās and station wagons, I had a…
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New front suspension arms, new car
My Smart Fortwo has yet again, visited the Smartcars garage. This time after failing the vehicle inspection (as expected). It needed two new front suspension arms, and at the same time one of the engine mounts was in need of replacement. It felt like a dream when I got it back. The new rubber bushes…
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Visiting the vehicle inspection centre
I’ve been at the vehicle inspection centre today, or “Synshal” as they are called in Denmark It’s always “interesting” to get a new car inspected, without fully knowing it’s history. I didn’t expect it to pass, because the last few weeks, I have had a suspicion, that one of the joints on the sway-bar needed…
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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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A perfect day for a road trip!
I must admit that I usually donāt 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
Iāve 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 couldnāt get hold of them by email. This time I had better…
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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 āLille Lortā, Danish for āLittle Turdā. When I came upon it, this afternoon, I was reminded of the scene from the movie āRomancing the stoneā, that stars a Ford Bronco, affectionately named āLittle Muleā…
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Visteon Radio 9
The standard Radio on many Smart Fortwo’s, is the Smart Radio 9, made for Smart, by Visteon. The “Radio 9” came in two different versions. A VP6 model that only plays audio CD’s and a VP7 model that can play MP3’s from CD.The change from VP6 to VP7 happened together with the model year 2007-2008.…