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The Smallest Production Cars Ever Built Make Modern Compacts Look Huge

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Luckily I'm driving the electric car as last time I got gas it was 80 bucks to fill up my Miata I'm hoping to take most of this car and combine it with another smart to make 1 good little car.

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the way fuel prices are going it might be worth it to just get it running and to get it to a dealer and get a proper reliable key made it will only hurt for a few days

“Life has no limitations, except the ones you make.” Les Brown - author

If any one has an antenna I could buy let me know they are hard to find!

“Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.” Francis Bacon

Changed the oil, filter and air filter for Julia's Canada 1 today.

I think they're formally using the "Hashtag 2" nomenclature.

The concept #2 was shown at the Peking auto show this week. The production vehicle will be revealed at the Paris auto show this fall with delivery in Europe 2027Q1. There are no plans to bring it to the US so Canada is probably off the table too. The range is about 300km but it has fast charging (10% to 80% in thirty minutes or so). The estimated price is out of this world though at £20-25k or roughly $40-50k CDN. more details at these links including a video: https://uk.smart.com/en/models/hashtag-two/ https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a71098692/smart-2-concept-revealed/ https://www.evworld.com/article.php?id=674&slug=smart-2-review-the-electric-fortwo-successor-finally-gets-it-right

#2 - if it's brown, flush it down. (sorry not sorry)

https://uk.smart.com/en/models/hashtag-two/ The world premiere of the smart #2 will take place at the Paris Motor Show on 12.10.26. With sales planned for 2027. According to Autoblog, it will have 186-mile range and DC fast charging.

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My daughters smart, the Canada 1 BRABUS, was in a collision in 2020 when my son was driving and the left side headlight was damaged and replaced with a used one from a wrecked 2005 smart that had been in the sun for too long (crazed yellowed lens). So not long after she got the car and it was being stored outside as it is now, the light began to leak in the rain. We had spare minty lenses and today we changed it. The shocking thing is that four of the 7 plastic clips that hold the lens on - the ones on the top of the car - had basically turned to microplastic dust and there was no recovering them. So: what to do? Answer: make my own clips out of thick wire. The rubber gasket was coated lightly with clear silicone and the lens was temporarily clamped to the tight position and then wire was tied over the lens clips and then they were tied tight and the vice-grips released. After wiring, the lens-to-housing gap was filled with clear silicone too. The end result was satisfactory:

Yeah I'm gonna try and borrow an antenna from a working car and see if I have better luck.

none... i have no idea why it would do that but maybe swapping out the ignition antenna reading loop with a used one if you can find one (im guessing theres one near the ignition like my volvo has) or keep tinkering with erase and teach functions and hope it works one time or maybe try adding extra keys

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And here is the car running! If I can learn the key this is a huge win https://youtu.be/zrAyKfpTj0g?si=Gp7yTK_PCbxI4EEm

So I bought one of the Delphi 150 from AliExpress thanks to the tip from LooseLugNuts. Good news is I can connect software run through the key programming and get by the immobilizer and the car starts! Bad news is it says key learned 0. So everytime I'd want to start the car I need to run the fob learn again. I'm assuming my key antenna is bad and that's why I never actually learn the fob to the sam/ecu. Anyone else have any ideas?

Install and free tools! Thanks Glenn! Lol

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