Well.. after the ballache with the smart car having 3 cracks in the turbo manifold it has been off the road since the day after i got it... how pissed off was i that the guy was that much of a prick he failed to mention this when i bought it and trading standards are about as much use as mushy peas...

so.... mummy to the rescue she paid for my new turbo bless her as i unfortunately dont have £500 hidden away so the smart car will be on the road shortly all the panels are being painted soon... having them the same colour but getting rid of the scratches etc and having some glitter put in the laquer... wingmirrors colour coded, eyebrows are being painted silver then next on the list is to get the chip to turn off the traction control, get it chipped, brabus alloys and a new exhaust

Why are you getting the traction control disabled? It's not just traction control, it's ESP stability control too, and in a car that has the same centre of gravity as Russel Grant on a barstool it needs all the help it can get to stay shiney side up!

top gear did an article on these, where they raced it around their track.

It did gambon and suffered a really really bad case of understeer. You could see the wheels were turned and it just carried on going straight.

I'd listen to barrels, he knows his shit about mercs

Cant you report the guy to Ebay Saz?

Sarahb xx

I've had Smarts at various different angles and it's not a nice place to be! They are very understeery yeah, because there's squat front end grip 'cause the weight's all in the rear. Stick with the ESP, they made it non-switchable for a reason.

i can sort you out with a real turbo if you want

You'll blow this one too yea nutter lol

the turbo was already cracked

i cant report him to ebay as we settled off of ebay

the idiots tried delivering it to my mums yesterday even though it clearly says my address grr... they said it should be with me tomorrow so i got a nice job of trying to fit the bloody thing myself

surely chris will fit it ?

Al, it's been apart this long because Chris was doing it!

Poor girl wants to drive it before it becomes tax exempt!

Sarahb xx

the car has been apart since alanman, clare, carl and cindy came to visit which is going back a few weeks now... i've driven the car for one day since i've owned it... the turbo has arrived this morning... if i left it to him it will still be in its box in 6 months time

time to get your hands mucky then Saz!

Sarahb xx

i see


in that case make a start and if at any point you get stuck or whateva come on here and start asking questions and im sure everyone will chip in and help if they can

he said he'd fit it today for me... came home, still in the box... claims there were no bolts to do it... i shit you not the bag on the table with the bolts in is huge and they were on top of the mail that he's bloody opened... need to get cracking with it early in the morning...

sounds like hes become one lazy ass mofo lol


make him do it tomorrow

You still never Answered the question about removing the traction control?