I had nothing good to say about Smart cars until I drove one and now I can honestly say it's the most fun I've had in any of the cars I've ever driven. It's economical, great to park and drives like a go-cart. I'm truly shocked you didn't get any comments about saying it's for the fairer sex...why should they have all the fun! 😂

I always find it interesting how many parts on a car have different names in the UK than what we call them here in the US. And the same thing applies to tools. I've had my Smart car for 7 years and I totally love it. More fun to drive than any vehicle I have ever had. It is a playtoy and I could never get rid of it. And lastly I am a retired mechanic and do all my own repairs and I find the car easy to work on unless you need to do something up underneath the dash. Then you have to remove a seat. It is hard for an old man like me to get in that position and when I do I can barely get back up. Loved your video Alan. You are very good with videos. Cheers!

I had a 2011 smart car come in as a part exchange on a van. It sat for a month and then I had no vehicle to get home in 1 day. And it converted me from laughing at people driving these cars to me getting 3 as courtesy cars. Yeah shocking. The paddle triptronic gearbox was fun it was like a go-cart. It's only a 1.0 engine but it happily sits at 85 Never got to see the fuel consumption as it was flat out everywhere lol. But great little cars. Great video 👍👍

Loved the video, I have just got rid of my 08 Smart car and bought a 2013, however, the 08 had 97000 miles on the clock when I did the trade in, the 2013 had 25000 when I bought it and since May, we have done over 3000 miles. The wife and I live in Somerset and we are out in the car most days I tend to get around 60 to the gallon and although we have a top speed of 81, it's nice when we do go on the motorway to watch all these high powered car owners faces when we overtake them, B.M.W. drivers hate it, and tend to make it known that they have a car that can do a ton plus, but for the wife and I its mainly country roads where this car comes into its own, and of course the weekly shop, Parking in a supermarket car park gives you plenty of room to park the trolly behind the car and not block the road for other shoppers. These are great little cars and to be honest, if they were to bring out a Smart electric with a range of 150 miles, I would jump at the chance. But for now, with road tax a zero and petrol at around £1.50 a ltr, I cannot complain, i don't even have to pay to go into London. So a good deal all round

So torque specs for that control arm is long grunt for the inner bolt and short grunt for the outer. Understood! 😁 Now, _aluminum will be very susceptible to galvanic corrosion in contact with copper, assuming that the two metals are also in contact with a common electrolyte (such as water with some ionic content.)_ . Eg. I've seen brass eat away on stainless - no less. But it took a long time. Perhaps that washer isn't OEM and could be the cause why the oil plug was stuck. And btw. When oil filters are fitted like that, it is a good idea to fill it with oil before screwing it on. In case you didn't know that. 😉

I have 4 of them and every time you get out of one you will have a smile on your face

Remember doing loads of brake pedal switches and covers on the Mk1 version, they made the cover seal out of wotsits so it used to let water in and kill the switch

Bush did ok across 15 years !!! Did enjoy that Alan. May have sold cars 18 years but I’m a noob trying mechanics. Helped. Thanks as ever for content. One day may tackle this level of job.

"open the oil filler cap to let gravity in" Priceless 😅

The oil drain plug is a new feature, as the original series 700cc engine did not have one and the oil had to be pumped out via the filler point! Great cars for towns...

You are correct. Sump cracks around oil drain plug well known for it. As you have it out, always replace copper washer as new they are softer copper which makes it easier to remove Had my smart 9 years, and I always use a vacuum pump to extract oil, as the sump is a nightmare to replace. Also noticed when you opened engine cover the insulation is hanging down can drop down on engine causing fire also well known, i like video keep up the good work.

Thank you I have to change the control arm on my daughters smart car so this was very useful research.

Official MPG is always different from real world driving, and it depends on how the car is driven. The Smart Club organised a drive from London Bridge (?) to Edinburgh Castle on one tank of fuel, the cars driving in convoy, and there was some fuel left. I have the next version of Smart, and the display gives an MPG readout, with 70+ for some complete trips with gentle driving (aircon turned off).

I can't believe it was only £40 for that full built up arm. If it were mine I would have changed both os and ns just for extra peace of mind, that's just a personal choice though. Cracking video 👍

Finally Alan has a replacement for his old van😊

I like those air filter housings with clips, much easier than screws on my Ford.

Nice to see u back it makes a change working on something different I bet you enjoyed it really 👍

Good see ya back in the garage😊

Hello Alan , quite nice to see something different. Not sure about these but they do look easy to work on. One thing is for sure i would rather drive one of them than a electric car. Can we see more of the mx5 please 😊

Nice little runabout for Monny!

Great smal cars ❤

Thanks Alan. This clip was definitely from left field, but I enjoyed watching it

It would appear the swing arm that the chassis and engine ride on in the rear would have a good use for smuggling donuts or French bread rolls!!!!

Interesting video alan...good motor fur you getting to work & back

Was good to meet u the other week I was the one with the ford transit mk7 2.4 with the tinted windows

enjoyed this video so i have subscribed, keep em coming.

Ref sump plug…. The very early versions didn’t have sump plugs. So later in life no one knew how to drain the oil, so it got missed and caused early engine failures, mainly due to chains failing. So I’m sure they’ve made up for it with a massive sump plug on a tiny engine.😂😂

Hi Alan glad to see you back on the channel.A different car on the channel for a change.l personally think that this car is both unsafe and ugly.A very informative video as usual.

Looks like it would make a good boat anchor.

my friend had just been promoted to service manager at a posh garage, +she had just started a new mechanic that week. she gave him one to service. 3hrs later, nobody knew where he or the car were. turned out they do not jump very well, he was dead in the upturned wreckage in a field on the back-road of the dealership, next to the dip/hump bit. he was found by another mechanic she had sent out to look for him, that poor sod was off work for weeks. not the best start to your new position...

I have to admit. I'd like to try how these drive. Reminds me of Suzuki Carryall Van I once drove. Scary and funny as sh*t and felt like your feet are in same place as headlights. He had to align our shoulders to close doors. Tried to clock 0-100km/h, but we shutdown to clock at around something like three minutes and 95km/h and concluded that it's best it doesn't go any faster, what deathtrap. It was easy to change tires though as other could just lift it from the wheel arch for the job 😂 I don't know, I have some twisted perversion for Japanese Kei cars. They're....hilarious, though I've never actually owned one 🙂 Back to this Smart. That fuel consumption is quite disappointing as that thing can't weight that much. Though I suppose it has quite much squares looking from front. I wonder how much speed affects consumption. Likely quite much.

Go like sh*t off a shiny shovel! I used to do a countryside paper round in one, I opted for one of these to do it in, 300 papers, 30 miles and could do it 40 minutes quicker in this car rather than a ford fiesta! great little car!

I live in Central london , my 2008 Smart 451 does 10 miles per ltr including 50% of the time I am not moving, on the motorway 15 miles per ltr @ not hanging about, although the 999cc engine slows on the hills.

Great channel alan..👍

Like your assistant very nice

Good to see you dismantle stuff that is rusted. Gives us amateurs hope. What a strange trade in a Smart car for a Mondy Mk 3. I have a Mk3 estate which is about four times as long as that car. I would not look at that pile of crap.

You are surrounded by beautiful women Alan, what a hard life 😍

Some data suggests up to 60 to 85 mpg. I think it depends on the engine and model.

thanks for the nice video! Moni has got some serious competition now:). what about the check engine light? will you make another vid on that?

I love them when they first came out but I have heard that the automatic gears are a bit Jerky it would be good if you could take it for a test drive and give us your opinion of how it drives

Try and do a oil hange on the older smart car fourths as they don't have one you have to suck the oil up where the dip stick is

Good morning Mr mondingo man lol 😆 Nice seeing you work on something different Alan 👍🏻 And two pretty girls now to look at now lol 😆😍

What a cracking car 😂

I've always wondered on smarts as most cars they say undo the wheels by going opposite to the wheel nut youve taken off, but on a smart is it clockwise or anti clockwise?

Alan where i work we just replace the arms, for easier and the OEM arms are cheap anyway, not worth just changing the ball joint. we also re track them after wards. and yes the back bolts are a pain in the arse sometimes. wow 45-55mpg, my 2019 Mazda 2 1.5 sky active is getting 44.1mpg and it is thrashed to an inch of it's twice daily coz it's gutless (90bhp and 85nm of torque) but it's my baby and i actually love the little car coz it's handling is actually pretty good.

The sump plug had probably never been removed and at previous services I guess they just sucked the old oil out through the dipstick tube.

Awful things Alan I had a pizza delivery job over 20 years ago and we had two of these I could never get on with it, I remember the boss reversed and hit a lampost one evening and he repaired it with expanding foam 🤣🤣🤣

My dad always told me to put grease on the oil filter rubber seal, but i only put oil on. But i might try grease because ive had a few get quite difficult to get undone

I guess I missed something... what was with the engine light staying on?

Specified 65 Nm tightening torque for sump bolt is quite a lot 😅

Alan what might come as a suprise but they did a brabus version of these aswell I know somebody who had one rare and interesting car

Im glad it had an engine in 😂 but what do they drive like?

Tyler your new cameraman Al 😂

Mine does 50mpg, but big smiles per gallon

Oooooh. All posh now with a camera man😂👍🏻

Hi Alan, any chance of you doing another live chat with Khen. Would be good to see how her life is going. Cheers, Martin H.

I wonder what the previous owners were doing with the car....

Very interesting one Alan,does it take two women to keep you in check now 👸😂😂

luv it

DeDion rear suspension setup

Only 3 wheel bolts !! That's a bit scary 🙂

Alan, why do we buy our fuel in Litres but use it in Gallons?

A friend of mine had one and gave me a lift one day , I can honestly say it was the most uncomfortable car I’ve ever been in , with the seat all the way back I still had my chin on my knees almost... 😳

Dobra prace

Nice to see Moni making an appearance she would have cracked that sump plug off with a proper bar Mmm I wonder whom has a young teenage so for ideal first car Ideal for tip runs. Someone must have made a camper car on KZfaq

You think the NA is funky? Better drive one of the rockets with 120hp :D Knocks down the clutch in no time and without a limiter good for almost 200km/h :D I call mine the „cannonball“ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Alan old version mk1 smart i t was better with mileage semi 6 speed gear box, ;-) You drive this car like on the horse ride ;-) always lifted front up 😂

Well Smart car will obviously be a light car so less wear on suspension.

When you said smart car I thought until seeing the engine, it was going to be an electric vehicle. Given the state of the vehicle I hope you didnt over pay on the trade in.

Looks like a grand in swap with broken screen. Be cheap at that Alan

they are Mitsubishi 3B1 engine

Maybe its easier to remove sump nut whilst hot

The airbag and crumple zone is your FACE in one of those things, would genuinely rather own a 10 year old French car (just).

My Ford Kuga Diesel does 45 mpg 🤣 .

I LIVE IN SCOTLAND were this car was new itll be crusty below with road salt hmmmm Alan

Smart car is cute. Monica is cuter??

300 for bits plus labour..... car was nearly a write off 🤣

YOUR GONNA HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER ONE OF THESE FOR THE OTHER FOOT 😂YOU ARE ONE FOOT AWAY FROM BEING IN A MOBILITY SCOOTER FROM THIS CAR

You get about 35 to 40 if your lucky and they are crap engines go timing chains

Not much for using a torque wrench are you

You have never had anything to do with these cars? Piece of advice. Keep it that way. They are bloody awful. Reliability isn't their strong point. I bought one for my daughter and it had horrendous CANBUS issues and kept cutting out. No one could resolve it and having done some investigation online it appeared to be a common problem that no one had fixed so I got shot of it

Viewers are too busy putting their towels out😅

You really are not much of a cameraman Please slow down. Some of us would actually like to view it

@21:10 65Nm for a sump plug!!!! That's why it was a bugger to undo it then. :)