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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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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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Visiting the Smartcars workshop
I’ve previously bought spare parts for my old Smart Fortwo coupe, from the garage smartcars.dk, but this is the first time I have used their garage. Actually I tried to contact them, back when I had issues with my Lambda sensor, but I couldn’t get hold of them by email. This time I had better…
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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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Why I use a Smart Car specialist!
I’ve been asked more than once, why I take my Fortwo all the way to SmartCars in Ringsted, 30 km away, instead of using one of the local garages, of which there are plenty of in this area. The question is often accompanied with a “…it’s a 15 year old vehicle, surely <Insert name here>,…
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New front suspension arms, new car
My Smart Fortwo has yet again, visited the Smartcars garage. This time after failing the vehicle inspection (as expected). It needed two new front suspension arms, and at the same time one of the engine mounts was in need of replacement. It felt like a dream when I got it back. The new rubber bushes…
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Visiting the vehicle inspection centre
I’ve been at the vehicle inspection centre today, or “Synshal” as they are called in Denmark It’s always “interesting” to get a new car inspected, without fully knowing it’s history. I didn’t expect it to pass, because the last few weeks, I have had a suspicion, that one of the joints on the sway-bar needed…
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Unresponsive throttle and low RPM
As mentioned at my last trip to the smartcars garage, it still had a few issues with cold starts. I was hoping that it would get better, and that it only was coke deposits, that needed to be burnt clean, after they fixed the other issue I had with it regularly going into limp mode.…
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Smart Fortwo Brabus Cabriolet (450)
I was pleasantly surprised today, when I handed over the keys to my own fortwo to smartcars.dk’s owner, and he gave me the keys to an undefined “petrol Smart, older model than mine”. I walked outside to the long row of Smart cars, and pressed the unlock button on the key fob, expecting to see…