After our trip to London in 2006, the desire to own a micro car was in full effect.  And when Penske Auto Group announced that they were importing a slew of them in early 2007, the race was on to get one.  We drove them at the smart car road show in late July and a week later put a reservation down.

Jen then had 7-8 months to decide all the options, colors and packages that she’d want the factory to specifically build for her.  March we put the configuration together on the web.  Basically she chose a fully loaded triple black Passion coupe.

Late September it arrived.  September 30, 2008 she took delivery...