# Anyone own or know owners of smart cars?

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-own-or-know-owners-of-smart-cars/47915>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [May 5, 2008, 7:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-own-or-know-owners-of-smart-cars/47915 "2008-05-05T07:59:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 41

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-own-or-know-owners-of-smart-cars/47915/41 "2008-05-05T14:53:08Z")

</div>

> [@theblue](#):
>
> what… I’m glad I still have joe blocked… that’s some stupid logic.
> 
> automatics suck in low powered cars because they end up hunting for gears all the time and also make even less power. (see all lower power european cars).

Um, what?

Manual transmissions deliver better fuel economy because they are lighter and provide less drive train loss. That is why you see manual transmissions in lower power european cars?

---

_[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-own-or-know-owners-of-smart-cars/47915)._