Rare Sighting
I was driving into work Friday morning, at the tale end of a rainy night turned soggy morning, when it whizzed by.
Could it be?
I chased it down the road, trying to get a better picture.
Alas! It was too quick, zipping down the road as other, bigger cars cut in front of me. I thought I'd lost it, but then it got stuck behind a bus. Before I knew it, I sped by! And I thought, "Hmm. Drive sanely, or try to take a picture and wreck the car?"
I'm way too sensible.
But I kept the camera turned on, put it on the seat next to me, kept driving and waited.
And then, at the scary circle of doom on the edge of DC and Maryland, I got my chance and took it.
My first sighting of a Smart car in the wild!
I want one. Yes, I do.
Me too.
Posted by: l'empress | May 18, 2008 at 09:38 PM
So cute!
Posted by: Stephanie | May 19, 2008 at 05:43 AM
They look like "begging to be killed by someone driving an SUV on a cell phone" cars to me.
We saw one the other day too. I wonder if it was the same one?
Posted by: Sarah, Goon Squad Sarah | May 19, 2008 at 08:23 AM
They're cute, but my thoughts run along the same line as Sarah's.
Don't think I'd wanna be in front of a 'semi' either! ha!
Posted by: Kate & Jim | May 19, 2008 at 03:50 PM
i want one, too, and i haven't owned a car since 1991. as for the SUV, ha. smart cars are LOTS safer. the drivers are LOTS smarter, too.
Posted by: M.E. | May 19, 2008 at 08:30 PM
My husband has been wanting one of these for years. Almost went down to mexico to get one. It's not much bigger than a motorcycle.
Posted by: kitty | May 21, 2008 at 06:39 AM
LOL! My Santa Fe would eat that Smart car for breakfast.
It reminds me of the teeny Renault Le Car (also red) I drove in the early 1980s. This was all back-roads driving, so I didn't mind being in a very small vehicle. For highway driving, I prefer something a bit more substantial.
Posted by: Anne | May 21, 2008 at 11:11 AM
Holy Cow! I saw a black one in Gwangmyeong, a city just south-west of Seoul, on the same day you saw yours! Cuter'n a spotted pup, it was.
Posted by: ~ Sil in Corea | May 25, 2008 at 11:58 AM
There's a bright yellow one in the parking lot outside my office window (belongs to another building so I don't know the driver). I had to look it up online. Pretty cool - but I admit to being a tad scared of being squished too.
Posted by: Stefani | May 28, 2008 at 11:02 AM