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Caption Contest: Where No Smart......Edition

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We caught this beauty en route to the middle of California. When he saw our camera, this rogue Starfleet crewman hit the brakes as hard as someone driving a smart Star Trek edition can. 

So this is your challenge if you chose to accept it. There will be prizes. And glory.

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82 Comments

madfast says:

09:04 AM, 03/25/11

Our mission: To boldly go... faster than 30 mph!!!

lostboyz says:

09:06 AM, 03/25/11

set your phasors to funny

jkennedy293 says:

09:12 AM, 03/25/11

Warp factor 0.00000000000000000000000000001

opfreakx says:

09:21 AM, 03/25/11

Beam me up, Smartly.

bonzjr says:

09:31 AM, 03/25/11

Smart FourTwo Wishful Thinking Edition

snipenet says:

09:36 AM, 03/25/11

I've activated the hyper Garmin!

sk8nsanta says:

09:37 AM, 03/25/11

Cling-on!

dkgsx says:

09:37 AM, 03/25/11

Number One, I order you to take Smart number 2!

roadburner says:

09:39 AM, 03/25/11

Damn it Jim, I'm a doctor- not a pedal car driver!

Captain, the engine's puttin' out all th' power she can; if you ask her to go 55 she'll blow!

We are the Borg. You will be assimilated. We will add your underpowered crap car's distinctiveness to our collective.

Captain, paying $14,000 for a vehicle with the acceleration capability of a diesel Yugo is NOT logical.

bonzjr says:

09:47 AM, 03/25/11

"AND no back seat? Yes, honey, you may date THIS boy."

addicted2sp33d says:

09:57 AM, 03/25/11

"Have You Seen Me". If found, please contact Comic Book Guy, in Springfield.

mtakahashi says:

09:58 AM, 03/25/11

Rolling Birth Control

e90_m3 says:

10:06 AM, 03/25/11

They salvaged it from Veridian III and turned it to THIS????

Resistance is futile. The Green Collective will assimilate you.

ralphhightower says:

10:06 AM, 03/25/11

Seen on bumper sticker: My Other Space Ship is the Star Ship Enterprise

cruiserhead1 says:

10:13 AM, 03/25/11

Federation budget cuts

Star Trek: The Eco Frontier

"Spock, you're taking this 'Logical' thing too far..."

Finally, the Geek Squad has someone to laugh at!

trackwrex says:

10:20 AM, 03/25/11

Starfleet Command undergoes budget cuts

theace415 says:

10:22 AM, 03/25/11

Traveling at the speed of Smart!

questionlp says:

10:24 AM, 03/25/11

Mis-firing of a Photon Torpedo

Q!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is how Lore actually got back at Data.

DIS-ENGAGE! DIS-ENGAGE!

For once, let the Ferengis have it!

Damn it, I said impulse power, not impulse buy!

I wouldn't pay 5 bars of gold-pressed latinum for this.

Data, can you fix the problem with the replicator?

The perfect death trap, I mean shuttle for Tasha Yar!

jriz says:

10:29 AM, 03/25/11

"They salvaged it from Veridian III and turned it to THIS????"

I'm voting for you later today, buddy. Also kudos to questionlp.

gregnv says:

10:35 AM, 03/25/11

The Real GEEEEEEEK Squad

adamb1 says:

10:38 AM, 03/25/11

I'm giving her all she's got captain!

zim65 says:

10:47 AM, 03/25/11

WWWCD?--What Would Wesley Crusher Drive?

ergsum says:

10:58 AM, 03/25/11

Like the Kobayashi Maru, this was another "no-win scenario".

ergsum says:

11:01 AM, 03/25/11

Official vehicle of the "Redshirts".

deagle13 says:

11:02 AM, 03/25/11

"Very funny Scotty - now quit messing with the cloaking device"

"The next day the local Star Wars fan club was shut down for excessive hazing..."

fordescortgt says:

11:07 AM, 03/25/11

50 Year Old Virgin

ergsum says:

11:10 AM, 03/25/11

Set phasers on stunted.

ergsum says:

11:16 AM, 03/25/11

Dielaughingatem crystals.

fuel_on_fire85 says:

11:18 AM, 03/25/11

Nerd Alert, Nerd Alert!

ergsum says:

11:20 AM, 03/25/11

"The Trouble With Triple Cylinders"

rkr says:

11:27 AM, 03/25/11

la', ra'wI' DIvI lulIgh bobcho ghoS?
Hagh, Hagh, Hagh, Hagh, Hagh

"Commander, Federation Trash Module approaching"
Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha

adb4 says:

11:27 AM, 03/25/11

"Lack of space... the final frontier..."
"The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the Smart".
"Dammit, Jim, I'm a driver, not a skateboarder!"
"Just before they hit 55mph, I beamed the whole kit and kaboodle into its engine bay, where they'll be no tribble at all"

delhard says:

11:29 AM, 03/25/11

Mr. Scott... I need warp speed in 3 seconds or we're all really, really embarrassed...

cello_one says:

11:46 AM, 03/25/11

+1 Ergsum


Where... are... the TRIBBLES? In the engine of your car...

To BUY a Smart is to break all of the Ferengi Rules of Acquistion! What a Klingon...

Fascinating and Illogical!

I dinna ken, captain... I don't think she can take much more on the 405...

I was driving starships, while your great-grandfather was still in diapers!

Damn it Jim, I'm a commuter... not a racer...

benska says:

11:48 AM, 03/25/11

Ludicrous Speed

cello_one says:

11:50 AM, 03/25/11

His on-going mission - to explore strange new cities, to seek out a new social life, new hobbies... to boldly drive slowly where no one has driven slowly before!!!!!!

benska says:

11:53 AM, 03/25/11

A Piece of Shatner

csubowtie says:

11:55 AM, 03/25/11

"We've been spotted, initiate evasive maneuvers and activate cloaking device!"

joemt says:

11:57 AM, 03/25/11

Vulcan observation: 'This does not bode well for the humans’ space program.'

Smart and space program: Mutually exclusive.

Even a burro can dream of being a race horse.

csubowtie says:

11:58 AM, 03/25/11

He seems to be proud of his lifestyle. Did you have a borg or a girl in your car that caused him to perform evasive maneuvers?

funkymunky says:

12:39 PM, 03/25/11

"Houston, we have a nerd."

tmanz says:

12:41 PM, 03/25/11

finally, something the Borg won't even assimilate

streetsidestig says:

12:46 PM, 03/25/11

Engage. ...I said engage.

bigbuddha520 says:

12:46 PM, 03/25/11

The all new, all electric, U.S.S Enterprise Smart Escape Pod!

sherief says:

01:07 PM, 03/25/11

Don't worry, we're safe, the Borg won't want to assimilate this.

sherief says:

01:08 PM, 03/25/11

We're headed to the Delta Quadrant...so no one I know can see me driving this thing.

sherief says:

01:08 PM, 03/25/11

Please state the nature of your vehicular emergency.

sherief says:

01:09 PM, 03/25/11

You know, No. 1, this new Enterprise is a real piece of No. 2

sherief says:

01:15 PM, 03/25/11

So ugly LaForge took his visor off rather than look at it.

sherief says:

01:17 PM, 03/25/11

Full speed, Mr. Data! 1/32 impulse!

sherief says:

01:18 PM, 03/25/11

So ugly even Klingons are like daaaaaamn

sherief says:

01:19 PM, 03/25/11

Thanks, Q. Really funny.

joshmeyer says:

01:19 PM, 03/25/11

When I was a kid, I swore I'd have a space-car by 2010 and I'll be damned if I'm not going to have it!!!

vigilante_dr says:

01:29 PM, 03/25/11

OH GOD! Please don't take my picture, I'm not in uniform.

joemt says:

01:31 PM, 03/25/11

2nd attempt, 40 minutes later:

Vulcan observation: ‘This does not bode well for the humans’ space program.’

Smart and the space program: mutually exclusive.

Even a burro can dream of being a race horse.

benska says:

01:32 PM, 03/25/11

My Other Spaceship is a Razor Scooter

sherief says:

01:44 PM, 03/25/11

You think is bad, you should see the Defiant...

sherief says:

01:46 PM, 03/25/11

So what are the Borg driving? A Nissan Cube, of course.

e90_m3 says:

01:51 PM, 03/25/11

Enterprise-D is capable of FTL travel. Sorry, I'm not referring to "faster than light".

sherief says:

02:04 PM, 03/25/11

comes standard with Holo-glovebox

e90_m3 says:

02:05 PM, 03/25/11

Scott Bakula has been seen around LA in a Yugo with "NX-01" stickers all over it.

estreka says:

02:32 PM, 03/25/11

Romulus, kill me now.

e90_m3 says:

02:40 PM, 03/25/11

A man is only worth the sum of his possessions. This man is worthless.

e90_m3 says:

02:41 PM, 03/25/11

Smart--to boldly buy what no one has bothered to buy before.

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02:55 PM, 03/25/11

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sherief says:

02:56 PM, 03/25/11

I think Ascii Picard Facepalm wins.

theunbeliever says:

03:11 PM, 03/25/11

The seats of the Two outweigh the seats of the Mini.

e90_m3 says:

03:14 PM, 03/25/11

"I think Ascii Picard Facepalm wins."

That is total ownage.

ergsum says:

03:20 PM, 03/25/11

It's a spatial anomaly, Captain.

ergsum says:

03:30 PM, 03/25/11

Proof that Smart is relying heavily on Fleet sales!

ergsum says:

03:38 PM, 03/25/11

Have you discovered the frozen Khans of this vehicle?

chirsch3 says:

11:24 AM, 03/26/11

Won't live long and prosper if he gets closer to that semi

chirsch3 says:

11:25 AM, 03/26/11

beam me up God, i'm about to be flattened by this semi

chirsch3 says:

11:27 AM, 03/26/11

Will someone call William Shatner and get this guy a room so he can land?

chirsch3 says:

11:32 AM, 03/26/11

Shatner working for Priceline

SMART working for Enterprise Rentals

Whats next?

trickettson says:

11:59 AM, 03/26/11

Kirkfan1062 on the way home after date with trekgirl31

It will have to do until he gets a bigger garage... in his parents basement.

I guess his Mazda Millennium "Falcon" was in the shop

bstudebaker says:

04:52 PM, 03/26/11

karbuff says:

11:50 AM, 03/27/11

Swerving to avoid a bird of prey that just hit the windshield...

I have a solution...

ergsum says:

03:11 PM, 03/27/11

"Make it slow!"

ergsum says:

03:15 PM, 03/27/11

"Acceleration is futile."

blueprint1 says:

09:50 AM, 03/28/11

"Lack of space ... the final frontier"

"Aye...Sorry Cap'tain, I can't fix this bloody transmission"

Ergsum on his way to Edmund's to collect his last caption-contest prize.

"I'm ... responsible...for justanotah..life out here"

...and just after we took this pic a giant thumb squished the Smart.

For some reason, female driver had this fuzzy aura around her.

aleclance says:

11:22 AM, 03/28/11

"Federation ship Enterprise, surrender and prepare to be bored"

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