>>Don't look now John. I hear your fuel is going up and I've read a couple of pieces in the news here about Americans abandoning their cars and becoming more Yerpeen. Doing crazy stuff like walking and cycling and wanting to live near where they work. You may be American but you kids will be ours :-) (though cleaner)
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>I've seen a Smart two days ago. Here, in my street. Worse: it was bright yellow, so far from the only permissible metallic gray. This world can't last.

What did you think of them ?

I think they are a bit too small. Also over here they are a bit of a status symbol and people tend to drive them quite fast which is not very economical.

Yes car colours. Ford said any colour as long as its black but we seem to have ended up with metallic grey instead. I leave the roof rack on my car so I can find it in car parks.