He finally found the battery and was able to successfully jump the car.

I got fed up and called roadside service back.Īfter waiting for 20 minutes I hung up and went back to find the tech fiddling under the hood of the car. Nobody works on small cars like this.” Guy had no idea how to jump the battery… Heck, he couldn’t find the battery! He tore the back of the car apart.

He showed up, finally, and before he gets out of the truck, comments, saying, “Oh, I can’t work on this. Mercedes had hired a third party to come jump the car, assuming that would fix it. Over an hour later I called back… “Oh, he will be there in 10-15 minutes.” You already said that… Try harder.Ībout twenty minutes later my cell phone rang. Not good enough… Then they found someone to arrive in 10-15 minutes. I called roadside service and they said it would take them 45 minutes to an hour for someone to arrive. I can’t make this up… The car had less than 10k miles on it, and it wouldn’t start. I won $15 or so, so it was a good night! We got to the car around 10:45 that night but it wouldn’t start. We had dinner before the show and spent some time on the floor gambling. Anyway, I topped off and we headed to the casino. Right?! The tank on my 2009 is 9 gallons. It didn’t take long because the tank on the 2017 must only be 6 gallons. On our way to the casino I needed gas… The tank was half full when I left Mercedes, so it was time to top off. The car was fine and I had planned to drive it to Seminole Casino Hotel Immokalee on Saturday to see Paul Shaffer & The World’s Most Dangerous Band. Sign me up! They grabbed me keys to a 2017 smart and I was off to the races. We will give you a complimentary loaner vehicle over the weekend.” Awesome! I get to try the latest and greatest smart.

When I dropped the car off on Friday, my service tech said, “This won’t be ready until Monday. I haven’t had the car serviced since moving to Naples, so I made an appointment at Mercedes-Benz of Naples and took my car in for service. It just surpassed 70,000 miles, and it was time for another annual maintenance. It gets good gas mileage and I only need to get the oil changed once a year.

I was so impressed with the experience, I ordered one. They didn’t even have models for sale… It was all pre-order. It was 2009, and smart had just entered the market. I had just taken a Honda Civic for a test drive, and spotted a smart car dealer on my way home. If you didn’t know, I drive a 2009 smart fortwo.

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