Year: 2025
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Passing the MOT without a single flaw
The fortwo past its biannual MOT test today, flawlessly. After the last few garage bills, I must admit that I would have been a bit disappointed if it had failed, because I didn’t want to spend more money and time on repairs the next several months 😅 I chose to support Pava Bilsyn in Slagelse…
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Hanging out with the local Smartcars
Just needed something to keep us going on our crazy weekend roadtrip, and in front of the local store, I ended up in a long row of Smart Fortwo’s. I didn’t meet any owners, so I continued without greeting the local smart crowd.
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Limnos, Greece – The last place I had expected to see Smart cars everywhere
We have just come home from a week on the Greek island Limnos. This tiny island is far east in the Aegean Sea, close to the maritime border to Turkey. I was very surprised to see that there were Smarts everywhere!!! Even though the population is a mere 16.000, there was a Smart parked in…
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Off to the Smartcars garage on a flatbed
The other day the Fortwo’s Little diesel engine’s annoying quirks took another notch or two up the annoyance scale. It didn’t want to start, and when it did, it didn’t want to rev. In the end we did find some sort of agreement, and began moving towards home. However the engine went out twice when…
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Towing a Smart Fortwo
Before you can begin towing a Smart Fortwo, you have to find the towing eye. It’s hidden very well under the passenger footwell carpet. Fold the carpet back against the passenger seat, and the tow eye will reveal itself. Now you have to pry out one of the plastic plugs in the front (or rear…
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The Smart Fortwo gets itself a new battery
It’s time for a new battery in the Smart Fortwo. However I must admit that I’m impressed, as I find out that the battery is the original one, it left the factory with. The battery compartment is hidden away in the floor under the passengers footwell. To change the battery you must lift the carpet…
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The Smart Fortwo gets a new Mass Air Flow Sensor
I drove by the Smartcars garage after work today, to have the new Mass Air Flow Sensor installed in my Fortwo. This was ordered at my last visit, but since they couldn’t get one the same day, they were kind to borrow one from one of the other cars he had, so I could drive…
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Bad Mass Air Flow Sensor in the Smart Fortwo
My Smart has been coughing a bit lately. Hasn’t wanted to start, and has gone in emergency mode a few times. The issue was found in the mass air flow sensor. It also got a Oil and filter change, as there was less than 1000km left before service was required. I had a feeling that…
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A weird time of year morning frost and the roof down in the afternoon
It’s great that the afternoons are warm enough to get the top down, on my way home from work, but I’m soooo tired of scraping ice off the windows. At least the Smart Fortwo has so short a nose, that you can scrape the whole front window, without touching the the front bumper. Spring is…
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Test equipment for Smart cars
With the right test equipment, you can hook up to your Smarts computer. Here you can see live information, read/erase error codes and in some instances program and change the cars parameters. Simple OBDII testers With these you can read error messages, sometimes erase them, and see live data like RPM and turbo boost levels.…