Demo Drive.......

[M3NN0]

Hej all,

Today I went for a demo drive in a black 2009 IQ.

The drive is not what I expected, after reading so many positive reviews on the WWW.

What I need to say is that it's the car itself in this case; I suspect that the car that I drove suffers of the above topic (EGR problems). The salesman didn't come with a good offer or a repair "before" sale offer when asked about it.

I'm a little bit sad that my first encounter with the IQ is not a joy. The steering felt "stiff" too, and on the highway it didn't feel steady in straight line driving, but thats up to wheel aligning I guess, or hope......

Is there someone on this fora that lives in the Netherlands, (preffered Rotterdam/Den Haag area)

and has a perfect IQ and will let me do test drive?

I really want to know how good an IQ can go, the one that I tried was not a good presentation.

Cheers, Menno.

[mhc]

Can't help with a test drive but i will say that the steering on the IQs i've driven has been very smooth and very easy, i can turn my wheel with a finger!

And the car should feel nice and stable, our's feels like a much bigger car and is quite happy on the motorway, it's certainly a lot more stable and insulated than our old Smart Brabus

Hope you find a good one and aren't put off by a bad test drive...

[M3NN0]

Thanx Marc,

The "stiff" steering must be a problem on the particular car then.

I'm not put off yet, in fact; if the salesman gave some kind of discount or solution on solving the EGR and steering issues....... Maybe I would cruise around in the thing allready.

Not in a hurry though, still got my Arosa TDI with a good MPG when trashed.

One day there will be a IQ that will suit me, and it may have issues (even the EGR ones) if the price is right.

I'm still open for a test drive in a perfect (ish) running IQ, makes comparing a tad easier.

Cheers, Menno.

[tarquin]

There was a recall for my 59 plate where the steering column had to be either " re-calibrated" or replaced. The symptoms for the recall are not known by me but it may jog others on the site

David

[craggle]

I think this was the issue David....

http://blog.toyota.co.uk/toyota-announces-voluntary-recall-of-iq-in-the-uk

Craig.

[tarquin]

Cheers Craig. So not stiff steering related. No help to our friend Menno then

David

[M3NN0]

Thanx for your input guys,

It's more that the steering was "sticky" (sorry for my cr*p english), like when you turned a couple of degree to left or right it would stay in that position and the car would go that direction. It was not selfcentering (?), so I was correcting it all the time to keep it in a straight line.

The steering on itself was light enough.

[IQ Old git]

My steering was very stiff and stodgy when I first got my car. I drove it the 100 or so miles home and hated every mile. The next day I checked the tyre pressures to find that they were all 20psi instead of 30+. !0 min with a foot pump cured the steering. The car had been serviced the day before I collected it. I also had the oil and filter changed as it had been filled with ordinary 10-30 sae oil and the filter was filthy. Try another car before deciding as they do all vary. Cheers Colin