Toyota Iq

[brainiac]

Any Abers who have owned one of these? I've seen one for sale (2009, 58,000 miles, £2,000 in a private sale), and am wondering if it's worth pursuing...

[JimF]

It's a tiny mileage for a ten year old vehicle. Make sure it has a full service history and ask to see its most recent MOT. If both are fine, it sounds like a bargain.

[Buenchico]

See here:
https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/toyota/iq/owner-reviews
(Ensure that you click through all 4 tabs)

[brainiac]

Thanks for the replies. Good reviews at Autoexpress, and I like that there's no road tax!

[brainiac]

Has an MoT till next June, but, of course, I don't know of any 'advisories'.

[Baldric]

No idea, never drive anything with over 30K on the clock, and that's 30K that I've put there.

[douglas9401]

'Chuckles'.

[alavahalf]

Douglas .. I can see your shoulders going up and down.

[Baldric]

That's just wind.

[douglas9401]

Ahhhh, I wondered what was blowing smoke.

[pauln90]

If you know the reg number you can use this site to check the MOT history
https://www.gov.uk/check-mot-history

[alavahalf]

Last year on the wifes birthday we headed off to Brighton for a day out. While the women did what they do, I had a glance around a car sales showroom.
The only car that stood out was the black IQ. I knew she was thinking about getting a small car and this fitted the bill in every way.
She bought some shoes and I bought her a surprise car. The end result being the car hasn't missed a beat, everyone loves it, when we park it strangers often want to have a look inside and ask no end of questions about it. It does around 50 mpg. It is the 6 speed, 1300cc model and £30 road tax. Great town car that turns in a 21 foot circle, 3 point turns are few and far betwwen. Happily cruises at 70mph. Masses of leg room for two, but a litle crammed for four. Rear seats fold down and are usualy left in that position.
All in all we would definitely buy another, but remember it's a Toyota, it will last forever.

[brainiac]

Thanks, alavahalf. I've always liked the look of these cars, and can't understand why Toyota gave up on them after five years - they're much better-looking than the boring Aygo etc. Glad you had a good experience with it.

[ladybirder]

I love them, they're a good car but most of all they're cute;-)