Shaquille O'Neal buys smart car
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Standing seven feet and one inches tall and weighing in at 375 pounds, Shaquille O'Neal is one big dude. Must drive a big 'ol car then, right? Umm, not exactly. The Phoenix Suns star center has recently been spotted in his newest automotive purchase, a smart fortwo. Seriously. And, surprisingly enough, he fits! Don't believe us? See above for photo proof. Well, so he sorta fits. It's a good thing that Shaq opted for the convertible, as his head comes up several inches over the top of the windshield. Oh, and we can find no real proof that the door has ever completely shut with Shaq inside. Just sayin'.
Source: TMZ and Autoblog

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EDIT:Its hilarous, but there is nothing wrong with conserving the environment, ya?

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I agree but its awesome at the same time, imagine if he had gotten to hard top:o

Oh, and we can find no real proof that the door has ever completely shut with Shaq inside.

Well, smart/benz can make a bubble top for him. The doors, probably needs a wide bodykit on the left side of the car. Though, if he wanted to save gas, he would have gotten a Prius because everyone thinks it's gonna save the world AND he would probably fit in it. But he looks good in this car, everyone looks nerdy in a Prius.

But heck, look at those rims!!The smart is the new-gen pimpmobile.

I have a list of modifications that would help him to fit in there
1. get a Hummer
2. sell a smart ¬¬

:facepalm:

Smart cars are a scam. They are nothing but smoke and mirrors.

there's no way he gets enough leg room in that thing. He's just posing with the car, not driving it. Guys his size can't even fit in porsches

http://www.forumammo.com/cpg/albums/userpics/10062/GF2SPGNXZHLROULQFG7HXTVSGSERTOEN.jpg

He can't drive this properly.

I have a list of modifications that would help him to fit in there
1. get a Hummer
2. sell a smart ¬¬

I doubt he could get in through the doors of the H1. Its strange that a car is so big like H1, but the doors and the inner space is so little.

My father once driven in military H1 through the city somewhere in Afghanistan going 130km/h :D :D said lately that was interesting feeling :D :D

It's better than him getting another lambo and then chopping it.

Smart's have been getting popular around my area, I've seen a couple.

This is not for shaq though. His knees are next to the steering wheel. :p

Unless they make a Smart 2.5 for 2.5. :B

This thread does not deliver.

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I doubt he could get in through the doors of the H1. Its strange than a car is so big like H1, but the doors and the inner space is so little.


This is true......there isn't much room in the back seat for other things either;)

I watched a guy autocross one of those little buggers...damn thing was actually nimble, just slow as hell.

They are actually spacious cars. I'm a 6+ ft guy and i had no trouble driving one. neat little cars, just overpriced, girly, slow, and not so fuel efficient. A Camry hybrid gets what, 40 mpg? the same as a smart, but twice the size.

Smart cars are a scam. They are nothing but smoke and mirrors.
Agreed. I thought my truck was slow and it still beats the Smart by a country mile. Besides being horribly slow and unsafe, they lack space and cost way too much money for 2 seats and a 3 cylinder motor.

WOW the rims look stupid on that car.

I wonder if Shaq bottoms out the suspension with a passenger...

Agreed. I thought my truck was slow and it still beats the Smart by a country mile. Besides being horribly slow and unsafe, they lack space and cost way too much money for 2 seats and a 3 cylinder motor.
What are you talking about? It's as safe as an E-Class.

Agreed. I thought my truck was slow and it still beats the Smart by a country mile. Besides being horribly slow and unsafe, they lack space and cost way too much money for 2 seats and a 3 cylinder motor.
Yup. They get horrible gas mileage for their size. And they require premium fuel. If you are in the market for a car that will get above 40 mpg on 87 octane, buy a Honda Fit and keep your foot out of the floor. That is my take on this gasoline conserving marketing trend that corporations are shoving down are throats.

If he can fit and drive properly in it, I don't see why he shouldn't be allowed to drive it. He's making an effort to reduce the hippie smoke.

It'd be a smart place to store his Nikes in...

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What are you talking about? It's as safe as an E-Class.
I don't care what the car itself looked like after the crash. I saw that video too, and in reality the car may not be too bashed up but in reality the impact would kill the driver immediately. The E-Class weighs several times more than the smart. Which is going to move more when hit? The smart hitting the E-class is like hitting a brick wall, it doesn't move.

Yup. They get horrible gas mileage for their size. And they require premium fuel. If you are in the market for a car that will get above 40 mpg on 87 octane, buy a Honda Fit and keep your foot out of the floor. That is my take on this gasoline conserving marketing trend that corporations are shoving down are throats.
Ya that's pretty stupid too. If they used a larger CC motor I wouldn't be surprised if it got BETTER fuel economy. You must need to have your foot into it all the time to get moving at a decent pace. The smart's 0-60 time is about how long it takes my truck to accelerate when using part throttle, and again my truck feels slow. And this is coming from someone who never really drove anything with over 200hp. lol

I don't care what the car itself looked like after the crash. I saw that video too, and in reality the car may not be too bashed up but in reality the impact would kill the driver immediately. The E-Class weighs several times more than the smart. Which is going to move more when hit? The smart hitting the E-class is like hitting a brick wall, it doesn't move.


Ya that's pretty stupid too. If they used a larger CC motor I wouldn't be surprised if it got BETTER fuel economy. You must need to have your foot into it all the time to get moving at a decent pace. The smart's 0-60 time is about how long it takes my truck to accelerate when using part throttle, and again my truck feels slow. And this is coming from someone who never really drove anything with over 200hp. lol
Oh is this why they got a high safety rating.

Yeah right, would you test crash that or an E-Class

Since the Smart is 'safer' I guess you'd pick that

The car may be strong in accidents, but people aren't

The 4-2 has less space then the trunk of my KIA, prove me wrong

actually, you'd seriously be surprised how much space there is in a smart fortwo... although im not saying a 7.1'' bloke could easily fit in! jesus... lol

Yeah right, would you test crash that or an E-Class

Since the Smart is 'safer' I guess you'd pick that

The car may be strong in accidents, but people aren't

The 4-2 has less space then the trunk of my KIA, prove me wrong
The funny part is that the smart car would do better in a crash then your KIA.

Yeah, that's why my 4.5 meter KIA, weighting 1490Kg, and having 11 airbags has got a 5-star rating (front and side) from EURONCAP
Compare that to the 4-2
You'd be surprised how dumb you sounded:D

I have no idea why you guys here hate KIA so much :|

The funny part is that the smart car would do better in a crash then your KIA.

it wouldnt, though. in a way, yes - the smartcar would 'look' better (i.e. it'd hardly crush), but that's because of the super-strong steel shell it uses, which in turn absorbs less energy from the collision. the kia, however, is designed to crush and crumble to absorb the energy from the crash. when you crash in a smart car, less energy is transferred through the body, and more is gonna be transferred through you - imagine braking softly (the kia), and then braking harder (the smart) - that's what im talking about, more g-forces put on your body.

all this crap that they say about their 'tridion safety shell' absorbing the energy as well as not deforming is a load of crap. you cant defy physics, can you?

Regardless of the safety rating of the car (and assuming that Shaq could actually drive the car for any period of time, or that a smart could generate any real 'speed'), I think he's in serious trouble if he rolls the thing. He's not the low-center-of-gravity type, so it's possible, and it'll be all forehead contacting the pavement.

Yeah, that's why my 4.5 meter KIA, weighting 1490Kg, and having 11 airbags has got a 5-star rating (front and side) from EURONCAP
Compare that to the 4-2
You'd be surprised how dumb you sounded:D

I have no idea why you guys here hate KIA so much :|
And you'd be surprised at how much I laughed at that retarded statement.
it wouldnt, though. in a way, yes - the smartcar would 'look' better (i.e. it'd hardly crush), but that's because of the super-strong steel shell it uses, which in turn absorbs less energy from the collision. the kia, however, is designed to crush and crumble to absorb the energy from the crash. when you crash in a smart car, less energy is transferred through the body, and more is gonna be transferred through you - imagine braking softly (the kia), and then braking harder (the smart) - that's what im talking about, more g-forces put on your body.

all this crap that they say about their 'tridion safety shell' absorbing the energy as well as not deforming is a load of crap. you cant defy physics, can you?
Actually, the tridion safety shell does deform at numerous locations that would absorb the impact. It's design is complicated that in a crash, you would still be able open the door at a collision - very convenient for the rescuers.

Also, the Tridion safety shell is suppose to transfer the force AROUND the cabin and to the rear so that the passenger has a better chance of surviving. Trust me, you would better be off in a smart car than a KIA.

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WTF!? LOL!!!!!! That is the most random post man... seriously.

Hey thread, tell me how my ass tastes
lol what a random ass post
Oh is this why they got a high safety rating.
Would you trust it? Sh1t man I wouldn't. Smart is a gimmick in every way, what makes you think the "safety rating" isn't some made up crap too? Look, there's no crumple zones in that car, I mean you can barely fit in it as it is. What part of the car would move? Are you saying the force transfers to the back and the back crumples and nobody feels the impact in the cabin? rofl


Regardless of energy transfer, there's no crumple zone to ease the impact, to slow YOU down. You die.

Ok MMF1 maybe my KIA would be in worse shape then the the 4-2 after a crash
But I would still be alive in my KIA, and you wouldn't in your beloved 4-2

PS: you didn't deny that you sounded dumb :D

Hey thread, tell me how my ass tastes


ROFL! Worst freestyle ever. How did this man first CD went Platnium... X_X. Worst CD I ever heard, next to that ***got Chingy...

Lol don't dis shaq diesel! He'll shaq-fu your ass to steele ville in a kazaaming instant....

Anyway, smart cars are like on 3 year back order, if I could get one at a dealership I would simply because my girl has an aveo, and smarts look 30x better imho. Although I could see her aveo with somenew bmw pewter paint aloys and tint

Hey thread, tell me how my ass tastes
LOL :lol:

Weird posts in SCF lately! :D

*Raises eyebrow*

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:smt021... No, he's going to use his Shaqurkin!!!!!!!!!!! Then, hes going to get raped in the corner! I played the game... He better stick to selling his piss samples for 6-figures...

The Smart Car is becoming EXTREMELY common these days. Every day I'm out on the road (not driving, sadly), I notice there's more Smarts out on the road as time passes. Apparently, gas prices are beginning to rape people's logic to save money.....

I bet he can pick it up all by himself.

Ok MMF1 maybe my KIA would be in worse shape then the the 4-2 after a crash
But I would still be alive in my KIA, and you wouldn't in your beloved 4-2

PS: you didn't deny that you sounded dumb :D
You don't make any sense.

If your KIA is in worst shape, your chances of surviving is lower. Please double check what you're trying to do/argue.

Smart 4-2

Look how much stuff get's into the cabin:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju6t-yyoU8s


KIA cee'd

Look at how the cabin stays intact:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2h0NNwXC_Q

Thats the old 4-2, the newer one is a lot safer than that one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz-s1sIoLhU

It is better then the old one, but not everyone buys brand new cars

But it still is pretty small, and as you can see, in the first crash it bounces to the right for a car length, doesn't sound a lot but:
-if you crash in 4 lane road, you bounce to the lane on your right, and BAM!! an 18-wheeler hits you :D

In the side crash, look at the neck of the guy
If he was human, he would have severe neck damage

And what if the head on collision would have been at a greater speed ??
Would the Smart bounce to the side, or would it become a plane ??

It is better then the old one, but not everyone buys brand new cars

But it still is pretty small, and as you can see, in the first crash it bounces to the right for a car length, doesn't sound a lot but:
-if you crash in 4 lane road, you bounce to the lane on your right, and BAM!! an 18-wheeler hits you :D

In the side crash, look at the neck of the guy
If he was human, he would have severe neck damage

And what if the head on collision would have been at a greater speed ??
Would the Smart bounce to the side, or would it become a plane ??
What you're saying is ALL subjective.

What you're saying is that your KIA hits a car and bounces off and at the same time, a boeing 747 does an emergency landing right on top of your car and your car gets crushes.

It's just ALL subjective.

Chances of being hit by a car are bigger then being hit by a plane

None the less, it's still subjective and you cannot argue about something that can or cannot happen.

If you go sideways in a four lane straight road the chances of getting hit are enourmous

If you wanna proove it, take an RC car and send it passing through a road like that
It is gonna get hit one time or another
Now, I do believe that the 4-2 is actually bigger then a regular RC car

You're still not proving any point.

Yeah maybe I don't, but at least I proved that the cee'd is safer then the 4-2
You didn't

WTF??? LOLOLOLOL


You didn't prove anything. And in english, anything means EVERYTHING so you didn't prove that your KIA is safer. Period.

Just because the Smart would be in better shape that doesn't mean it's safer. In fact, the more crumpled up the car looks after the crash, the more it slowed you down before the impact. (provided it isn't crumpled to the point where you got crushed of course). But they used to build race cars as ridgid as hell, and the car was fine in the crash but the driver was dead because there was nothing absorbing the impact. That's why F1 cars fly apart so easily these days because they build the bodies to absorb impacts. Case closed, a 700lb vehicle will never be safer than a 2 tonne vehicle, especially with no crumple zones.

^^ I can prove you wrong.


Those Chinese SUV's are heavier than the smart, much larger than the smart, but the crash test seems to speak for itself.

Exactly as Venom said, you're just being a badge whore on this one MMF1, just because the smart is in the same family of MB doesn't mean it's good

It's overpriced, you've gotta admit that and it's ugly, and it's not safe to passengers

Who cares if the car stands well the crash if you're dead

Exactly as Venom said, you're just being a badge whore on this one MMF1, just because the smart is in the same family of MB doesn't mean it's good

It's overpriced, you've gotta admit that and it's ugly, and it's not safe to passengers

Who cares if the car stands well the crash if you're dead
First of all, I'm not being a badge whore, second of all, I never said it wasn't overpriced. Third of all, it's safer than your KIA. Period.

^^ I can prove you wrong.


Those Chinese SUV's are heavier than the smart, much larger than the smart, but the crash test seems to speak for itself.

What do you mean it speaks for itself? The only way it could speak for itself is assuming the less damaged car is the safer one. Not true.

First of all, I'm not being a badge whore, second of all, I never said it wasn't overpriced. Third of all, it's safer than your KIA. Period.

You are being a badge whore, you're comparing just the makes and not the models

It's not safer then my KIA, until you prove to me it is
And stop saying 'crash test'
While we're talking about crash tests, my KIA got a 5 star rating front and side
I don't remember how much the 4-2 got, enilghten me

And I do know that a 5 star rating it's the best a car can get
SO explain how could the cee'd be unsafe

And what you're saying can be turned around and I can say you're a KIA badge whore.


P.S. I don't like the smart car but it doesn't mean it's not safe, and that does not make me a badge whore. Learn the definition.

I'm not a KIA badge whore, and why do you hate KIA so much ??

Why, just give me a freaking reason and I'll tell you if you're right or not, cause after all I own a KIA and I know much more on my car then you do

You can't really be a KIA badge whore... I mean Mercedes-Benz is a "badge" name. It's famous like Ferrari or Lamborghini. You pay for those names. How can you be a KIA badge whore when it doesn't even have a "badge" name?

will you stop arguing about something so stupid, Kia has 5 star Euro NCAP and so does the Smart, they both protect the driver and passenger(s) on a similar level, so just end this.

The Smart is safe.. for its size that is:p

Hang on a second, I'm confused here.

How did a basketball player/bad rapper buying a tiny inefficient car warrant a thread?

@ Venom 1000 Euro NCAP isn't rated for the size of car, it rates all the cars the same way at the same level. 5 star NCAP is the highest so they both achieved the maximum available. Its mainly rated by how much it protects those inside but the 5/5 is only given if the car is also less harmful to a pedestrian if in accident like a soft bonnet or a certain shaped front end to do less damage to someone's internal organs, limbs as well has the skull.

I still don't understand how the Smart can be safe. I want a very technical article. Doesn't look very safe. lol it actually BOUNCED BACK http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZs1QuHerTU

Hang on a second, I'm confused here.

How did a basketball player/bad rapper buying a tiny inefficient car warrant a thread?
Hey good point man. Wtf are we talking about anyways? lol

because mmf1 and Leka-S are arguing that about the Kia Ceed and Smart fortwo. which is rather pointless.

and video you posted is of the Old ForTwo which is a lot more unsafe compared to the new one.

The new one would still bounce back, thanks to its low curb weight, causing serious whiplash.

I'm not being a badge whore, I'm just sharing my experience with a car
But you all get on me cause you hate KIAs for no reason

At what point did I hate KIA's? HOW? Is trying to prove a point that a car is safer than yours make me hate KIA's? WOW... I don't know what they teach up there but damn.

He's assuming you hate them because he feels it's ridiculous to even propose that a Smart is safer. That's what I'm seeing.

just wondering, but has anyone ever thought of using Shaq's carcass as a tool shed when he's dead?

seriously, those bones should be big enough to make a moderate sized, well, shack

no?

*sigh* i didn't think so...

Holy freaking crap.

http://img37.picoodle.com/data/img37/3/8/16/f_ThreadDirecm_8d75ec1.jpg (http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/3/8/16/f_ThreadDirecm_8d75ec1.jpg&srv=img37)

A congrats goes out to Shaq for getting the "trendy" car of today. Too bad he isn't up to par with other centers today. He breaks down more than any MB product ever could.

Hey, it's still relatively on topic. We're still talking about the Smart.

will you stop arguing about something so stupid, Kia has 5 star Euro NCAP and so does the Smart, they both protect the driver and passenger(s) on a similar level, so just end this.
Actually the Smart fortwo and forfour both achived 4 stars in the Euroncap where as the C'eed has a five star rating. Also the Smart City coupe has only got 3 stars.
Here
http://www.euroncap.com/carsearch.aspx?make=e17ea43b-216c-4508-9a1e-7175b61ac0f2&class=a18a311b-f3c5-47a8-92a7-15e294350858
http://www.euroncap.com/tests/Kia_Cee%27d_2007/297.aspx

I'd say the Kia is the safer car.

Finally someone to back up my version :D