New Member From Sweden (Due To Lack Of Iq:s In Sweden) - Warning - Lot

[aferiksson]

Hi all!

I don't know if you usually post introductory presentations of yourself, but I'll do it anyway.

I've owned quite a few cars since I got my drivers license back in 1985, and most of them were junk. Some were fun, but still junk (such as my Renault 4 and SAAB 96). Back in 2000 I was commuting between Uppsala and Kista in Sweden in an old Mazda 323 (from 1986) - commuting by train was cheaper, but added two hours of travel time each day. The old Mazda of course broke down totally one day, and I decided to get a new car. I settled for this Skoda Octavia 1.6 SLXi Elegance:

Skoda Octavia SLXi Elegance by afeman, on Flickr

It is a really nice car (I still own it), but after getting a new employer where I had to travel more in the line of business I decided to get a new car - another Skoda (Octavia II 2.0 TDI Elegance DSG):

Skoda Octavia 2.0 TDI Elegance by afeman, on Flickr

This new Skoda was a great car in many ways - more comfortable, low fuel consumption and it looked better. I owned it from since it was new in 2007 to until two weeks ago. The main reason I wanted to get rid of it was that the AC broke down and the warranty was gone - that cost me a smaller fortune to fix, and I hate when cars start doing that. So I went looking for another car.

Since my kids are almost grown up, and I still have the old Skoda, I went looking for a small car and found out about the IQ. It doesn't really make any sense since it's so small and cost quite a lot, but I wanted it. I found a demo car not too far from where I live, went there and traded in my Skoda!

Toyota IQ IQ3 2010 by afeman, on Flickr

The above image shows my IQ with mud flaps I just mounted :)

Toyota IQ IQ3 2010 by afeman, on Flickr

And this image shows the IQ with my newly created dent in the passenger door (and the old Skoda in the background). I hate the dent, but at least I no longer have to worry about the first damage ... Unfortunately I'll have to wait another six weeks to get the door fixed :/

Anyway - that's me. I got here since pretty much all IQ:s in Sweden are run as company cars, and the Swedish Toyota club is only interested in Supras, Celicas and such. I live in Uppsala which is the fourth largest city in Sweden, and have not yet seen another privately owned IQ ...

[Jan&tone]

Welcome to TOC Anders...

[aferiksson]

Thank you! The IQ forum seems to be at least a bit alive here. In Sweden pretty much all IQs are covered in foil and advertisments - everyone has to drive a Volvo estate. To be fair there are quite a lot of the triplets though (aygo, C1, 107), but they are too ugly and not very special, so I never even considered them...