Yesterday I had the chance to rent a Smart Car to use for bringing home the groceries. The car is perfect for getting around Manhattan and I was able to fit five grocery bags in it with no problem. I can honestly say that if I didn’t consciously think about the fact that there were no parts of the car in front or behind me beyond the glass enclosing me, I wouldn’t have known the car was so small. For the most part when driving on the West Side Highway, I didn’t know that I was in a car that was so small and felt as if I could have been driving a Ford Escort. I didn’t even need to test out how tight of a parking space I could squeeze the little thing into because I found a spot on the street that could fit a “regular” car which would have fit two Smart Cars.