u/Auxweg

Spotted walking through my neighbourhood in vienna - austria.

I have seen and can recognize many things, if at least the brand and model based on logos. But this one had nothing on it. Absolutely no logo, no brand name, no model name, nothing. I tried googling and even attempted my luck with some ai systems (which was even less useful) but there was not a single hint to be discovered…

What have i witnessed there? My 5 yo son nags me daily what it is and i failed to research…

Finally part of the fanclub :)

This i3 joined our family as a long term rental car. Its an second hand 2022 120ah dark grey with roughly 33.000km on the clock.

Initially we never planned to have a permanent car. We just didnt see any reason to, public transport here is splendid and we have bicycles and motorbikes.

I had one of these i3 as a short term rental a few years ago and it has ever been the only one the wife actually really grew fond of.

Last december i got an offer from my company that i simply had to give a shot. We pay 70€ per month, this includes rent, insurance, servicing, tires, workshop, everything except electricity. In addition on my companies ground i can charge for free while im at work.

Downside is, im limited to 5.000km per year and that price only limited to the first 12 months. But since we only occasionally zoom around the city, that might just do it for starters. So we ordered it. If we like it enough, we can expand the contract indefinitely for 250€ to 350€ per month but then also depending on our choice between 5.000km and 15.000km per year, if we dont, we just give it back no questions asked. And if we really REALLY love it, we can permanently adopt that specific one at the end of a contracts life cycle.

Getting it was mighty chaotic.... initially i was promised a delivery time of 3 weeks. But then there were holidays... then vacations of the technicians preparing the car... then they lost the plates... then they lost the legal papers (which was by far the biggest time eater due to all the legal work required)... then they had to change the tires again once more and after what has been 20 weeks we finally got... the wrong one delivered at first, which they had to exchange for the correct one. And that one? Came with an spare screw neatly bolted into the left rear tire and no washer fluid in the windscreen wipers, how nice!

Will be fixed free of charge because tires are part of the monthly deal.

But, now its here and we love it and we are happy! Fits us 4 and our dog easily.