KyotoCar Posted February 8, 2006 Posted February 8, 2006 KyotoCar is pleased that Doris Day & Gordon O'Connor, the new Ministers for Public Safety and National Defence, have picked KyotoCar's smart to be the protype car for the new CRRAP force (Canadian Rolling Response Auto Patrol). smart Selection Reasons: high visibility; its cuteness - evoking surprise & laughter, not immediate hostility; its provenance - our soldiers will be proud to drive an M-B; its compactness (more on the Hercs, no need to rent the Russian Antonov AN-124-100 Ruslan at $1 000 000 a flight); lightness - will not set off pressure-sensitive ordinance; size - will make IED detonators a very small target. These last two features will allow the CNRs (CN - Canadian; R - Responders) to avoid installing heavy & expensive armoured-plating on each vehicle, though a CD packaging company has been contacted for an alternative wrap [see below, bullet-proof windows]. Drawbacks: Including slow M-B servicing, inadequate cupholders, & no side visors, they were to be discussed with D-C, & are considered to be offset by the economical cost of each vehicle. The thin windows will be bullet-proofed with a tough lightweight new clear material developed by a DVD packaging company. This will include as well the coupe's glass top, which will be refitted as a strengthened, ejectable canopy, left over from the Avro Arrow cancellation by a previous Conservative government. [The cabriolet model was rejected for its lack of a back window with wiper - no proper rear suveillance.] Towing of the DART water-purification unit & medical supplies are to be carried in the smartOldBuddie (sOB), specifically selected for its size & design compatibility with the smart [see attached photo]. Other necessary trailers & equipment-holders may have to be purchased {see attached photos], as well as sOCITTOEM vehicles (smart Overland Creations Implimenting Tough Terrain Offroading Emergency Measures) [see attached photo] for emergency off-road situations. Submissions are being sought for Canadian, UN, & NATO paint jobs & graphic designs. Members of this forum are invited to submit designs, as long as they are first subjected to peer scrutiny on this thread. It is expected that this decision will ensure the survival of the smart label, and may even resurrect the smart Roadster, for both troop R&R and low-level fence penetration across borders. The Minister of International Trade, David Emerson, is expected to give this a vogorous, liberal pitch, as well as to suggest Vancouver as the site of the first smart manufacturing facility in Canada, appointing Belinda Stronach as his liaison head for this job. A great honour! - though I'll try to get Doris to 'reform' the name CRRAP... Rumour has it other smart military vehicles are in development. - Gary, Stonemason RCAF Museum Trenton, ON Quote
smartzuuk Posted February 8, 2006 Posted February 8, 2006 I do believe it was CCRA with the P added in by the media to make CCRAP, but I digress... you could be on another plane entirely... Quote
KyotoCar Posted February 8, 2006 Author Posted February 8, 2006 Thanks! I'll meet the Conservatives there, I'm sure... By the way, it's called "satire" - no need for interplanetary transfer. Now, on with the photos. Quote
100MPGUS Posted February 9, 2006 Posted February 9, 2006 You guys have no sense of humor. I loved it. Is this a real picture? If it is, WOW http://www.clubsmartcar.com/index.php?showtopic=12459?thumbs/t_smartrutgerhauer18wheelmotorhome_207.jpg Quote
smartzuuk Posted February 9, 2006 Posted February 9, 2006 That really is Rutger Hauer's home on wheels. I have another picture to add: If you like that, I'll find another... Quote
42Kruiser Posted February 9, 2006 Posted February 9, 2006 It appears the roadster comes with nicer options than the fortwo Quote
KyotoCar Posted February 9, 2006 Author Posted February 9, 2006 Godzuucks, Keith we all know it's RH's trailer - it says so on the photo I posted. But you can use your imagination - you voted for the Green Party, so you must be able to. Gut the bus, and stuff the DART in, ripping out all the excess luxuries, which you can sell on the black market to buy tents for refugees flooded out on the Wet Coast of Canada... I do enjoy your picture - Keith tanked. Now, back to our military modifications of the smart, dedicated to Duck, a self-professed "militaryduckjock" (Huh?). His avatar suggests he's ready to waddle over to one of Doris's Seadoos. Some more photos of military mods, & one predicament for a military duck: Quote
smartzuuk Posted February 9, 2006 Posted February 9, 2006 You guys have no sense of humor. I loved it. Is this a real picture? If it is, WOW Quote
FormerEnthusiast Posted February 9, 2006 Posted February 9, 2006 <-- Why don't these emoticons say what's REALLY on my mind??? Eddie Quote
Duck Posted February 9, 2006 Posted February 9, 2006 I do have a sense of humour... I just don't understand what pictures of smarts with trailers has to do with Kyoto or who any of the people are in reference in the article... -Iain Quote
smartzuuk Posted February 9, 2006 Posted February 9, 2006 <-- Why don't these emoticons say what's REALLY on my mind??? Eddie Because you should just tell us instead? Don't save it up. Quote
IMSMRT Posted February 9, 2006 Posted February 9, 2006 these have all either appeared in other places on the forum or have been linked by the poster. Sure beats filling up server space with the images themselves. Help eliminate, stamp out and abolish redundancy! S Quote
smartzuuk Posted February 9, 2006 Posted February 9, 2006 There's no rules against posting stuff here if it's smart related. A new BOD may change that if they wish. Etiquette may indeed suggest that repetitive topics are undesirable, but who am I to say? (I once did try to say... by the way...) Quote
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