DCist: Mayor Fenty Got a Smart Car

Mike Licht

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:48:34 -0500

Seen the new custom paint job on Mayor Fenty's Smart Car? http://notionscapital.wordpress.com/2008/06/24/mayor-fentys-smart-car/

foz

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:37:42 -0500

GhettoBurbs, your comment had me laughing out loud for a good minute. nice one.

Mike Licht

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:16:17 -0500

Why does Mayor Fenty's Smart Car have the words Fleet Feet painted on the sides above the "swoosh"?

TimmyTucker

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:44:04 -0500

@Boondoggle Yeah, my bad. I wasn't going to preface the quote at first. But I was worried that those living on a deserted island for the past 15 years and those having Comcast wouldn't get the reference, seeing as how neither gets a reliable television signal.

voteprime

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:36:49 -0500

Fenty's not that tall. There's something about how he appears on TV that makes folks think he's tall, but when you see him in person, he's clearly just average height. His dad is a little guy, too.He's actually only 3 apples high.

mrmoonpie_dc

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:33:55 -0500

Fenty's not that tall. There's something about how he appears on TV that makes folks think he's tall, but when you see him in person, he's clearly just average height. His dad is a little guy, too.

boondoggle

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:30:00 -0500

@TimmyTucker Around these parts we don't often introduce our Simpsons quotes. Just paste 'em up and let 'em fly. Loved that episode though. Top quality.

erahk0

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:13:54 -0500

I hear the shop modified the floor panel to offer an auxilary method of getting around in case - just like the flintstone mobile - he runs out of gas.

NotInTheCoolCrowd

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:08:19 -0500

I read this morning that the city paid for the car. So he won't be toting the fam' around.

HCE

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:54:27 -0500

I wonder if we'll see him and his new husband cruising up and down 17th Street in that thing, with the top down.

RJ

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:51:42 -0500

"that uses as little gas as humanly possible" Umm Hybrids get much better mileage than the Smart Cars; 33/41 mpg vrs 40/45 mpg, plus you don’t have to use premium fuel and you get a trunk.

FnA

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:50:21 -0500

Aww, TimmyTucker beat me to it! :)

rsplatpc

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:42:32 -0500

I bow before the photoshopping skills

PhysicalChallenge

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:41:01 -0500

So who's game for picking his car up and turning it sideways in his parking spot?

GhettoBurbs

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:36:14 -0500

I applaud Mayor Fenty's environmental sensibilities. It frees up more parking space for my Canyonero.

McGillicuddy

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:30:44 -0500

the Smart is incredibly roomy so he should fit in there just fine, but probably not with his wifey and offspring. i think this is more of a publicity gag than actually trying to go green. it's a new toy basically, cuz all the cool kids got 'em. i think he should have gone for a Segway.

Sommer Mathis

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:25:46 -0500

I neglected to credit DCist's own Matt Sedlar for his photoshop job there. Thanks, Sedlar!

TimmyTucker

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:24:21 -0500

That pic reminds me of one of the best Simpson's episodes... 22 Short Films About Springfield Very Tall Man: (lifts Nelson out of the sewer by his head) Do you find something comical about my appearance when I'm driving my automobile? Nelson: Yeah. Very Tall Man: Everyone needs to drive a vehicle, even the very tall. (turns Nelson to face the car) This was the largest auto that I could afford. Am I therefore to be made the subject of fun? Nelson: I guess so....

Vaughan

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:23:05 -0500

agreed on all points, monkey. i heart DCist's photoshopping skillz. gives a girl something to smile about while working through budgets on a friday afternoon. that might be the saddest statement evar. yeah, i heard the smart car's mileage isn't that great. would the helmet ruin fenty's baldy aerodynamic gains though? do

snowprincess

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:21:53 -0500

Smart Cars are the cutest little things. I am definitely thinking about gettin one. They are all over Paris, London, and even Edinburgh.

IMGoph

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:20:15 -0500

amen, yonas. the funny thing is, given what the fentys probably do with hauling their kids around, you know he's not going to be able to use that car to haul the spawn around. i know he knows how to bike to work, but i guess he doesn't want to be sweaty when he pulls up to a community meeting at the top of a hill.

monkeyrotica

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:19:23 -0500

Best. Photoshop. EVAR. The mileage on the Smart Cars ain't all that great. Real world mileage in DC stop-and-go traffic with the AC on is probably closer to 30-35 MPG. He'd be better off getting a TDI Jetta. The diesel Smarts (available in Canada but not here) get closer to 70 MPG. If he really wanted to go all eco-friendly metrosexual, he'd just buy a Vespa. His head's about as aerodynamic as they come.

Moose

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:18:05 -0500

But, but, there's no room for his security detail in there. Unless he's hired "Mini-me" as his new bodyguard.

yonas

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:15:37 -0500

Nice! Go Adrian! Although I think an even stronger statement would have been to not get a new car at all.

voteprime

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:14:36 -0500

I wondered how you got access to such an up-close and personal shot of Mayor Fenty's new car so quickly, until I realized that he got the convertible Smart Car so your photo must be photoshopped. Aha! Gotta wake up pretty early in the morning to pull a fast one on ol' voteprime.