smartnhappy

"When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear." Mark Twain

I, too, will be a Smart owner for 20 years by mid year. I own and drive my '05 Passion daily, which I bought new. Just under 150kms currently, but I don't pile on the kms like I used to. I've owned 2 other Smarts, but as investments, not as daily drivers. One was also a BRABUS Canada 1.

"The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge." Bertrand Russell

"I don't drink water. Have you seen the way it rusts pipes." W. C. Fields

"Don't let one cloud obliterate the whole sky." Anais Nin - author

"Kindness gives birth to kindness. Sophocles

"He who loves not wine, women and song Remains a fool his whole life long." ....old German saying, thru Johann Strauss II

"Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great." John D. Rockefeller

"I give myself very good advice, but I seldom follow it." Lewis Carroll

"In a crisis, give help first and then advice." Aesop

"Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone." Charles M. Schulz

"Rejoice with your family in the beautiful land of life." Albert Einstein

"Remember....that love weighs more than gold." Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon - writer

"We don't make mistakes; we just have happy accidents." Bob Ross - painter

"A smile cures the wounding of a frown." William Shakespeare

"I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year." "A merry Christmas to everybody! A happy New Year to all the world!" Charles Dickens

"If you don't know where you're going, any road will do." Lewis Carroll

"Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears." John Lennon

"Luck is believing you're lucky." Tennessee Williams - playwright Happy Friday the 13th.

"Live your life and forget your age." Norman Vincent Peale

"A good conscience is a continual Christmas." Benjamin Franklin

Success, sort of. Turn signals work fine after 3 weeks. Now I have only one 'fog' light, being used as DRLs via Glenn.'s mod. Bulbs are LED so probably not burnt out. Might be socket connection or wiring screwed up when front assy loosened for new turn signal bulb (see above). I'll pull centre grill to see what I can, when I get a chance, Busy time of year.

"Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise." Sigmund Freud

Toyota iQ will not be a North American model. Too bad. Even in IT form, it seems as it might succeed here IMHO.

Lots of Facebook postings about the 'redesigned' Toyota IQ (no mention of Scion). Reported available as gas powered.... 1.0L turbo churning out 75 hp with a CVT. Some conflicting info plus test drives are popping up. It's similarity to the Smart is unavoidable due to the similarity in sizes. Anyone have thoughts or opinions pro or con. I'm sure Toyota have addressed shortcomings in the previous model. Also see lots of posts on the 2025 Smart. Available as an EV or turbo gas. It looks good. Again, thoughts or comments. No info on availability of either brand in Canada (Smart highly doubtful). Anyone hear otherwise. I love my '05 Smart but it's painful to concider replacement with what's offered in Canada. Maybe I'll just fir handles to the Tridion for the pawl bearers.