Izinsuku ezine ngathuthwa ngabakwaSmart Fortwo ngayiswa eqinisweni elifanayo. Isizwe esihlakaniphile sabingelela sathi: siyakwamukela esizweni.
Azikho izimoto eziningi njengeSmart Fortwo, futhi akungenxa yokuma komzimba ngendlela engaqondakali. I-Smart Fortwo ihlukile ngenxa yezinye izizathu. Zimbalwa izimoto ezenza isitatimende esicacile sendlela ethile yokuphila kubanikazi bazo njengeSmart. Ibhrendi exhunywe kumfashini, imfashini, idolobha, isimanje kanye nayo yonke lexicon ye-social-tech-gourmet-hipster-não-sei-das-quantas. Ngamafuphi, kuxhunywe kukho konke umfana onjengami, oseceleni kweminyaka engu-30, ngaphandle kokungenzi lutho, ozelwe futhi wakhulela ezindaweni ezivalelwe i-Alentejo, unobunzima bokugunda. Yebo Ngiyazi! Akubona bonke abanikazi abahlakaniphile abanjalo, ngoba i-Smart Fortwo ne-Forfour entsha ibonakala ijabulisa izethameli zabo bonke ubudala… Kodwa uma lokhu kuthambekela komehluko sekucatshangwa, kubalulekile ukukuchaza.
“(…) ukuncoma okungcono kakhulu engingakunikeza i-Smart Fortwo entsha ukuthi iziphathisa okomuntu ohlakaniphile wangempela edolobheni futhi njengemoto evamile emgwaqeni”
I-Smart Fortwo ihlukile ngoba isiyisa eqinisweni elifanayo. Iqiniso lapho abashayeli abahlakaniphile bebingelelana, beqhweba futhi bashintshisane ngokumamatheka. Sengikhathele ukugibela izimoto ezahlukene, kodwa le yehheni!, lena iphethe umehluko kubanikazi bayo. Ngiyaphinda futhi: akubona bonke abanikazi, ngithole amasudi amaningi abalulekile. Kodwa akuvamile ukuba kube njalo.
Ngangivele ngibhale esikhathini esidlule ukuthi ngithole kuhlekisa ukuthi abantu abahlakaniphile baziphatha kanjani njengohlobo oluthile lwesizwe. Banamaphathi, imihlangano, njll. Futhi manje, ngokokuqala ngqa, ngaphila lesi sigameko ngaphakathi, lapho ngingena esizweni. Ngazizwa njengoDavid Attenborough wangempela ofunda uhlobo olusha lwezilwane.
Ngithi isipiliyoni sami mhlawumbe besishubile ngenxa yokuthi le Smart Fortwo yintsha sha (ayikawuvali u-100km) futhi inombala ongajwayelekile, angazi. Iqiniso wukuthi ngithole ubudlelwano nozwelo engaluthola enqwaba yabashayeli abakhetha iFortwo njengendlela yokuthutha behlekisa, sengathi bathi kimi “welcome to the club, oh newbie”.
Njengoba isihloko salolu vivinyo sibonisa, bengingeke ngempela ngishaye ibhola ngeFortwo. Ngaphandle kokupaka kalula, ukwethenjwa kwe-titanic yenguqulo ye-CDI kanye nokusetshenziswa kwayo, angizange ngiqonde ukuthi kungani abantu 'bethwele amanzi' behlukunyezwa ukumiswa, ukuhamba kancane kwe-gearbox kanye nokudlalwa kabi kwe Isizukulwane sokuqala semoto engazange ihambe yayishibhile.
Esizukulwaneni sesibili, izinto sezithuthuke kakhulu kodwa namanje azanele ukuthi umbhali wakho wesevisi aguqule umqondo wakhe. Mina-ke, i-Smart Fortwo, ngaphezu kwakho konke, yayiwuhlobo lwesitatimende somuntu siqu - okuthiwa yi-social-tech-gourmet-hipster-whatever.
Kwakunjalo, kodwa ngiyayeka ukuba njalo. Lesi sizukulwane sesithathu iSmart Fortwo, esakhiwe ngokubambisana neRenault, sithathe igxathu elimangalisayo. Njengabanduleli bayo, ihlala isebenza futhi kulula ukuyipaka, kodwa ngokungafani naleyo, manje isiphatha kahle emgwaqeni futhi ikhululekile.
Kule nguqulo efakwe injini engu-90hp 0.9 turbo eno-gearbox oyi-dual-clutch iphinde ithunyelwe, hhayi emadolobheni kuphela kodwa nasemgwaqweni. Kuyadabukisa ukuthi ukusetshenziswa okuphakeme ngandlela thize, njalo ngaphezu kwamalitha ayi-6 - nakuba ukusetshenziswa okunjalo kungase kuhlotshaniswe nebanga eliphansi lale yunithi. Ngokulandelayo, u-gearbox we-dual-clutch nawo ubufanele imodi emaphakathi, esheshayo kunemodi ye-ECO kanye ne-radical encane kunemodi ye-SPORT.
Ngokuqhubeka nokuhlaziya okuguquguqukayo, ukuncoma okungcono kakhulu engingakunikeza i-Smart Fortwo entsha ukuthi iziphathisa okomuntu ohlakaniphile wangempela edolobheni futhi njengemoto evamile emgwaqeni. Kukhona okuthile okungenakufinyelelwa yizizukulwane ezedlule. Injini engu-90hp ingaphezu kokwanele kodwa ngifisa ukusho ukuthi inguqulo engu-71hp izoshunwa kakhulu.
Edolobheni, yilokho esikwaziyo. Kulula kakhulu ukushayela futhi ngokoqobo stows kunoma iyiphi imbobo. I-radius ejikayo incane kangangokuthi i-Fortwo icishe iziphendulele. Ngokuqondene ne-suitcase, kwanele u-99% wezidingo zansuku zonke.
Ngaphakathi, opulasitiki baqinile futhi izingxenye zeqembu lakwaRenault-Nissan azishintshi. Kodwa-ke, umhlangano awuyekethisi kakhulu futhi umklamo uphefumulelwe kakhulu. Uhlala kahle phakathi kweJalimane elincane elinama-French tics. Indawo yokushayela ibingangithandi ngokuphelele, kodwa kufanele kube inkinga yami ngoba bonke abangani bami ababeshayela i-Smart babethanda “ukugibela lapho” – hhayi abafana, i-Smart akuyona imoto yabesifazane.
Izinketho zokwenza ngokwezifiso, njengenjwayelo, zinkulu. Inqwaba yenhlanganisela yemibala yangaphandle ijoyinwa amathuba amakhulu angaphakathi, okwenza kube nzima kumaFortwos amabili ukuthi afane ncamashi. Intengo yale yunithi ayimemi kakhulu: ama-euro ayi-16,295 (yonke imininingwane yale yunithi lapha). Inani lapho umuntu angalindela izinto ezicishe zibe yimpoqo njengamalambu akhanya ngokuzenzakalelayo, isibonelo. Ngezikhwama zabantu abadla izambane likapondo, i-Smart Fortwo itholakala kuma-euro angu-10,950 ngenjini engu-71hp 1.0 kanye nebhokisi lamagiya okwenziwa ngesandla (ithebula lentengo lapha).
Ngiyavuma ukuthi ngemuva kokuhamba naye kulezi zinsuku, ngaqala ukuwuthanda lo mqondo. Mina nje, engithe angiyithandi iSmart Fortwo. Mhlawumbe ngolunye usuku ngizobuyela esizweni… Ngiphuthelwa ukuthola indawo kunoma yimuphi umgodi, ngichwensa phakathi kwethrafikhi futhi ngihluke.