Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
Fan Mail Today I recieved my first piece of mail from a viewer.

I pulled it out of my mail box....no return address....not a good sign.
I open it up.....there is one single page of a New York Times with pictures of the Smart Car and how it sizes up to other things on an American Road...such as a mack truck, a hummer, a prius, a dodge ram pick up. Scribbled on the bottom...

"The NY Times does not seem to share your exuberance. The smart car appears to be vulnerable to even a good sized lawn tractor (I have seen one). When I go to Springfield to shop I always take my Ram Pickup. Many of "your drivers" need to be asylumized."

Ram pickup had an arrow weaving its way from the words in his scribble to the picture of the pick up.

So here is my thoughts on this piece of mail:
1) I like the made up last word.
2) What has he seen? A lawn tractor or a Smart Car?
3) No where in the NY times article does it mention safety....and yes being run over by a mack truck with a smart car would suck.....but so would being run over by a mack truck in a Ram Pickup. I think the article was portraying the petitness....not the safety concerns exactly. But I'm not sure cause half the article is cut off.
4) Does he intend to run Smart Cars and other small cars off the road with his Ram?
5) Why so much anger for the smart car and Springfield drivers?

This kind of made my day......unfortunatley it was not signed with a name. So I guess I can't write back. I think I would say "thank you for your interest in smart cars...Ben"