Kangangeentsuku ezine ndathuthwa nguSmart Fortwo ukuya kwimeko efanayo. Isizwe esilumkileyo sabulisa sathi: wamkelekile kuhlanga.
Azikho iimoto ezininzi ezifana ne-Smart Fortwo, kwaye akungenxa yokuma komzimba ocacileyo. I-Smart Fortwo yahlukile ngenxa yezinye izizathu. Kukho iimoto ezimbalwa ezenza ingxelo ecacileyo yendlela ethile yokuphila kubanini bazo njenge-Smart. Uphawu oludityaniswe nefashoni, olunentsingiselo, lwasezidolophini, lwangoku kunye nayo yonke loo ntlalo-tech-gourmet-hipster-não-sei-das-quantas lexicon. Ngamafutshane, idityaniswe kuyo yonke into a guy onjengam, kumda we-30s, ngaphandle kokungabi namsebenzi okuninzi, ozelwe kwaye wakhuliswa kwimida ye-Alentejo, unobunzima bokucheba. Ewe Ndiyazi! Ayingabo bonke abanini abakrelekrele abanjalo, kuba i-Smart Fortwo kunye ne-Forfour entsha ibonakala ikholisa abaphulaphuli bayo yonke iminyaka… Kodwa nje ukuba le ndlela yomahluko icingelwe, kubalulekile ukuyicacisa.
"(...) elona ncomo endinokuthi ndilinike iSmart Fortwo entsha kukuba iziphatha njengeSmart yokwenyani edolophini kwaye njengemoto eqhelekileyo endleleni"
I-Smart Fortwo yahlukile kuba isisa kwinyani efanayo. Inyani apho abaqhubi be-Smart babulisa omnye komnye, bawangawangisa kwaye batshintshiselane ngoncumo. Ndidikwa kukukhwela iimoto ezahlukeneyo kodwa le damn!, le ithwele umahluko kubanini bayo. Ndiyaphinda kwakhona: ayingabo bonke abanini, ndidibene neesuti ezininzi ezinzulu. Kodwa kunqabile ukuba kube njalo.
Ndandisele ndibhale ixesha elidlulileyo ukuba ndiyifumene ihlekisa indlela abantu aba-Smart abaziphatha ngayo njengohlobo lwesizwe. Banamatheko, iintlanganiso, njl. Kwaye ngoku, okwesihlandlo sokuqala, ndahlala la mava ngaphakathi, xa ndingena esizweni. Ndaziva ngathi ndinguDavid Attenborough wokwenyani ofunda uhlobo olutsha.
Ndithi amava am mhlawumbi abenamandla ngakumbi ngenxa yokuba le Smart Fortwo yintsha kraca (yayingekabinayo i-100km egqunyiweyo) kwaye inombala ongaqhelekanga, andazi. Inyaniso yeyokuba ndifumene ubudlelwana novelwano endilufumene kwinqwaba yabaqhubi abakhetha iFortwo njengendlela yokuthutha behlekisa, ngokungathi bathi kum “wamkelekile eklabhu, oh newbie”.
Njengoko isihloko solu vavanyo sibonisa, bendingazukuyibetha ncam ibhola ngeFortwo. Ukongeza kokukhululeka kokupaka, ukuthembeka kwe-titanic yeenguqulelo ze-CDI kunye nokusetyenziswa, andizange ndisiqonde isizathu sokuba abantu 'bamanzi' bephantsi koxinzelelo lokunqunyanyiswa, ukucotha kwebhokisi yegiya kunye nokusebenza kakubi kwe-gearbox. isizukulwana sokuqala semoto engazange iyenze yayingabizi kangako.
Kwisizukulwana sesibini, izinto ziye zaphucuka kakhulu kodwa akwanelanga ukuba umbhali wakho wenkonzo atshintshe ingqondo yakhe. Mna ke, i-Smart Fortwo, ngaphezu kwayo yonke into, yayiyindlela yengxelo yomntu - ebizwa ngokuba yi-social-tech-gourmet-hipster-nantoni na.
Kwakunjalo, kodwa ndiyayeka ukuba njalo. Esi sizukulwana sesithathu iSmart Fortwo, ephuhliswe ngentsebenziswano neRenault, yathatha umtsi omkhulu womgangatho. Njengabangaphambili, ihlala isebenza kwaye kulula ukuyimisa, kodwa ngokungafaniyo nezo, ngoku iqhuba kakuhle endleleni kwaye ikhululekile.
Kolu guqulelo luxhotyiswe nge-90hp 0.9 turbo injini ene-dual-clutch gearbox nayo iyathunyelwa, hayi ezidolophini kuphela kodwa nasendleleni. Kulusizi nje usetyenziso oluphezulu noko, olusoloko lungaphezulu kweelitha ezi-6 – nangona usetyenziso olulolo hlobo lunokunxulunyaniswa nemitha ephantsi yale yunithi. Ngapha koko, i-gearbox ye-dual-clutch gearbox ikwafanelwe yimowudi ephakathi, ekhawulezayo kunemowudi ye-ECO kunye ne-radical encinci kune-SPORT mode.
Ukuqhubela phambili uhlalutyo oluguquguqukayo, ukuncoma okulungileyo endinokukunika i-Smart Fortwo entsha kukuba iziphatha njenge-Smart yangempela edolophini kwaye njengemoto eqhelekileyo endleleni. Into ngokuqinisekileyo ingaphaya kokufikelela kwizizukulwana ezidlulileyo. I-injini ye-90hp ingaphezulu kokwaneleyo kodwa ndizama ukuthetha ukuba inguqulo ye-71hp iya kulungiswa ngakumbi.
Edolophini, nantso into esiyaziyo. Kulula kakhulu ukuqhuba kwaye ngokoqobo stows kuwo nawuphi na umngxuma. Iradiyasi ejikayo incinci kangangokuba iFortwo iphantse yazijika. Ngokuphathelele i-suitcase, yanele i-99% yeemfuno zemihla ngemihla.
Ngaphakathi, zonke iiplastiki ziqinile kwaye iinxalenye zeqela le-Renault-Nissan azitshintshi. Nangona kunjalo, indibano ayiyekeleli kakhulu kwaye uyilo luphefumlelwe kakhulu. Uhlala kakuhle ngaphakathi kweJamani encinci kunye ne-French tics. Indawo yokuqhuba ibingandithandi kwaphela, kodwa inokuba yingxaki yam kuba bonke abahlobo bam ababeqhuba iSmart babethanda “ukhwela phaya” – hayi abafana, iSmart asiyomoto yamanenekazi.
Iinketho zokwenza, njengesiqhelo, zikhulu. Ubuninzi bokudityaniswa kwemibala yangaphandle kudityaniswa ngamathuba amakhulu ngaphakathi, okwenza kube nzima kwiiFortwos ezimbini ukuba zifane ngokuthe ngqo. Ixabiso lale yunithi alimemi kakhulu: i-16,295 euro (zonke iinkcukacha zale yunithi apha). Ixabiso apho umntu unokulindela izinto ezinyanzelekileyo ezifana nezibane zentloko ezinokutshintsha okuzenzekelayo, umzekelo. Kwiibhegi ezingatyebanga kangako, i-Smart Fortwo ifumaneka ukusuka kwi-10,950 euros kunye ne-71hp 1.0 injini kunye nebhokisi yegiya yesandla (itafile yexabiso apha).
Ndiyavuma ukuba emva kokuba ndihambe naye kwezi ntsuku, ndaqala ukuyithanda le nto. Ndim nje, othe andiyithandi iSmart Fortwo. Mhlawumbi ngenye imini ndiya kubuyela esizweni… Ndikhumbula ukufumana indawo kuwo nawuphi na umngxuma, ndichwechwela kwitrafikhi nokuba ngumahluko.