Greener Hyundai i30 CRDi
1 Nov, 2007
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It seems Hyundai’s new i30 is more than just a one trick pony, posting incredible results at the Panasonic World Solar Challenge.
Not only does the i30 boast impressive styling for which Hyundai is becoming more known for in recent times, but by also becoming the cheapest way into a diesel car in Australia.
This is no ordinary diesel however, as the i30 CRDi has gone on to better its hybrid and diesel powered rivals to top the fuel efficiency stakes in the Greenfleet Technology Class at the recent Panasonic World Solar Challenge.
The i30 consumed just 3.2 litres of fuel per 100km, emitting just 97g of CO2 per km on the 3600km journey from Darwin to Adelaide.
Not only does this outshine the much-loved Toyota Prius, but even the leaders in diesel technology Peugeot and Audi - as well as a BioBike for good measure.
Additionally, Solar Challenge founder Hans Tholstrup demonstrated the efficiency of the i30 CRDi by driving from Adelaide to Newcastle via Sydney on less than one tank of fuel.
The 1.6-litre common rail diesel engine is a practical and affordable alternative to hybrid vehicles, with technology such as an Electric Assist Steering System to further reduce the consumption of an already efficient technology.
Starting at just $21,490 for the CRDi SX model, backed by Australia’s first 5 year warranty with unlimited kilometres, and Prius-rivalling fuel efficiency - need I go on?
George Skentzos
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November 1st, 2007 at 1:27 pm
Australia’s Best Warranty with Toyota inferior Warranty second best - now thats confidence and it is reflecting in JDPowers results in USA!
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November 1st, 2007 at 1:29 pm
Looks bland, but then again, were fuel efficient cars meant to be attractive? From what I’ve heard this new i30 is a great drive.
How does its size compared to other cars in its price league (i.e. Corolla, Lancer, Focus, Astra)? Is the engine powerful enough to match, lets say the 2.0L petrol at the normal driving rpm range (never driven a small diesel before)?
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November 1st, 2007 at 1:43 pm
Rest assured Bob, this is a Focus/Astra sized package, and if you’ve never driven a 2.0 turbodiesel (especially Hyundai’s) it’s time you did. You will have your socks knocked off. The only question is, how slow did they drive it to get such an astonishing consumption figure? Most people drive at 100-110, at which speeds the i30 would have to consume about 4.9 litres per 100km. There is no such thing as a free lunch.
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November 1st, 2007 at 1:45 pm
Impressive numbers.
Is this a Corolla sized vehicle, or a Yaris sized car?
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November 1st, 2007 at 1:45 pm
Sorry, I meant Hyundai’s 1.6 diesel.
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November 1st, 2007 at 1:58 pm
Do the math
Std. non diesel $2k less
Fuel 0.10cpl less
Cheers
F-0
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November 1st, 2007 at 2:11 pm
It’s actually $2.5k more for the entry level diesel.
Over 15000km a year, consuming an average of 3.0-3.5L less per 100km, @ .10 cheaper (1.2 vs 1.3) .. that’s
About $550 per year. Hmm, takes you about 4-5 years to recuperate the cost! Not to mention higher service intervals!
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November 1st, 2007 at 2:23 pm
yep but luckily/unluckily for me, however you wish to view it, i drive 35,000k’s a year atleast, so diesel helps! beleive me
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November 1st, 2007 at 2:27 pm
Yes I think this Diesel epidemic needs to be put in perspetive, it isnt that great and at the end of the day hybrids may not be the greatest YET but my investing into them it will provide a long term solution… Diesel is not the long term solution.
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November 1st, 2007 at 2:32 pm
why wouldnt diesel be a long term solution>?
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November 1st, 2007 at 2:34 pm
Very close Bob. I’ve gone to the trouble of actually working it out properly.
$18,990 2.0 petrol
170gm/km CO2
7.2lt/100km
unleaded $1.3690lt
Annual Fuel Bill=15,000km/(100×7.2lt)x$1.369lt=$1,478.52
$21,490 1.6 diesel
125gm/km CO2
4.7lt/km
diesel $1.4050lt
Annual Fuel Bill=15,000km/(100×4.7lt)x$1.4050lt=$990.53
Years to breakeven=$2500/($1478.52-$990.53)
=5.12yrs
Seems your assumptions about the fuel prices are incorrect. A quick check of Shell’s website reveals the spread between diesel and petrol at my local servo, in southern Sydney, is closer to just 4c.
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November 1st, 2007 at 2:38 pm
For anyone who’s interested the payoff period @ 20,000km/pa is only around 3.84yrs, much quicker than the Toyota Prius! If your doing more km’s than this annually diesel is definetely the way to go.
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November 1st, 2007 at 2:46 pm
and the major advantage over the hybrid cars is the diesel cars look normal….
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November 1st, 2007 at 3:01 pm
Tonyn oil isnt going to last forever, Diesel might look good in the short term but vehicles like Hybrids help develop technology to eventually have cars that dont require such fuel.
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November 1st, 2007 at 3:05 pm
Fantastic achievement. Hyundai’s come a long long way.
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November 1st, 2007 at 3:11 pm
Hybrids are not the be all and end all. Fact is the i30 is cheaper to buy and run and has better performance than the Prius. So the verdict is quite simply really.
There is still plenty of oil left in the ground, and more is being created. It’s the mislead environmental nazis that have the general public believe that CO2 is what’s the cause of global warming, and that’s if it’s warming at all.
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November 1st, 2007 at 3:20 pm
Even if CO2 isnt causing warming it still bad for your health and oil isnt lasting forever, we have past peak oil. Diesels are an improvement upon regular engines, but Hydorgen cell and Hybrids are the way forward.
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November 1st, 2007 at 3:21 pm
Good luck manufacturing hydrogen, especially with the water situation globally. Also, water vapour at ground level is a greenhouse gas in itself.
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November 1st, 2007 at 3:43 pm
hybrids still run on fuel, and if you look, the diesels were more fuel efficent in the world solar challenge, wouldnt that make the diesel use less oil than hybrids?
Sorry mate done lots of research on this as i am selling european diesel cars, diesels are more fuel efficent and better for the environment than a hybrid.
and whats worse is hybrids batteries are one of the mist toxic things in the world, there not biodegradable, so in 10 years ( or less) where are the batteries going to go… as toxic landfill…..
So a hybrid is not as green as we all think…..
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November 1st, 2007 at 3:54 pm
Toyota Paul, your making a mistake by lumping Hybrids and Hydrogen cars together. Both are completely different technology with opposing fuels and represent different approaches to solving climate change and reducing oil usage.
With regards to your arguments against diesel, hybrid cars rely on oil to power them as well so arguments concerning peak oil and the environment apply just as equally to hybrids as they do to low consumption diesels.
When taking into consideration the fact fuel consumption of the Hyundai i30 diesel surpases that achieved by the Toyota Prius and all with a lower manufacturing footprint if you were truly concerned about oil and the environment the i30 is the better pick.
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November 1st, 2007 at 4:22 pm
Just over at wheels website, check this quote from John Carey;
`…Yes, we`ve featured Holden frequently over the past 12-18 months. But we`ve done it to sell magazines (and we`ve got the circulation figures to prove that it`s worked) not to sell-out to an advertiser. John Carey, Associate Editor, Wheels\”
Okay, so exactly what kind of relationship do you guys have with Holden, Jesus Christ, what EXACTLY is going on over there. So you are reviewing for Holden fan boys and GM itself??? How in god`s name can you therefore present an unbiased review??? How much has Holden advertising revenues increased in that period??? You said more than you should have.
Some guy is going off at em about their camry/epica/sebring review, its good reading!
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November 1st, 2007 at 4:56 pm
COPY THAT JAMES!
The cars still have batteries in them to store electricity which has not been addressed on what to do with them as they have a limited shelf life.
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November 1st, 2007 at 5:34 pm
LMAO Max, you are bad!
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November 1st, 2007 at 5:38 pm
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!
A Hyundai is a Hyundai is a Hyundai Good cars but depreciate and deteriorate as quick as anything
Those cars vex me to no end
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November 1st, 2007 at 5:57 pm
Jason and Tonyn Im not that stupid, I know Hybrids still run on fuel… if you read one of my earlier posts I said its abot continuing to develop this battery technology so that one day they dont need the fuel. This development is helped by people buying hyrbids, not Diesels which as Ive said short term are great, long term dont solve the fuel problem.
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November 1st, 2007 at 6:09 pm
Yeap Diesels are overrated full on as still expensive and is not a step in the positive away from fossil fuels. Hybrids are step 1, Electric is step 2 and the newer ones will unravel when technology increases. Diesels are step -1.
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November 1st, 2007 at 6:31 pm
VW Golf Tdi owner here.
Here’s how to work out the Diesel Dilemma, for those still confused:-
Step 1, as I’ve said before, is put away your calculators. Nobody’s going to buy a diesel or hybrid car by crunching extra purchase cost against fuel savings bla bla bla. “Oh my God, it’s gonna take 5 years at 30,000 kms a year to recoup the purchase cost in fuel savings!!!”
That’s right! Therefore, you have to want a diesel for other reasons, and they may include, in no particular order:-
1. A desire to tread lightly on the planet, whatever the purchase cost.
2. Good fuel economy. See reason 1, above.
3. Turbo diesels’ low-stress, can-do attitude to hills and traffic gaps.
4. You even get to love their cheery, rattly, chug-a-chug nature within a short period, too, especially with their incongruous acceleration on boost.
So there you have it, folks. Have a particulates-emissions conversation among yourselves for a bit. I gotta take the puppy for a walk.
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November 1st, 2007 at 6:56 pm
City Driving = Hybrid
Highway = Diesel
Diesels provide very low range torque, probably one of the reasons why the i30 won (I’m guessing most of it is highway). On highways the Prius will use its petrol engine more hence the higher fuel consumption.
And to whoever said Hybrids don’t look like normal cars, pls look at Lexus and Honda. Hopefully soon we will see diesel Hybrids too.
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November 1st, 2007 at 7:12 pm
Spot on golfschwein. The best thing about a diesel after the intial extra cost of purchase (eventually recouped on re-sale) is having to refuel nearly half as often. Those dollars in your pocket on a weekly basis are the dollars you really notice.
Bubba Ganoush, where have you been living for the past 5 years, under a rock? Hyundai has left you in the 90’s.
Do some research on the resale value of a Hyundai Santa Fe SX CRD. One of the least depreciative vehicles on the market.
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November 1st, 2007 at 7:26 pm
Paul,
dont forget that hybrid electric motors will always need to consume some sort of fuel to re-charge the batteries in the first place.
yes you can plug them in but that would be worse for the environment
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November 1st, 2007 at 7:40 pm
Spot on call Stevo about Santa Fe. FACT
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November 1st, 2007 at 9:33 pm
Bob, I’d say Prius and Golf both cope well outside of your generalisation. As generalisations go, it’s a pretty popular one and I’m not knocking you.
But you wouldn’t find many Golfs on farms. The abundant torque means they’re a great city car, too. A congested stop-start run in mine, or a rev up to the shops might typically net 8.5l/100km. But a 20 minute drive to the old dears’ in the suburbs indicates 4.6l/100km, especially with a reasonable run of the traffic lights. It’s not so much highway running, as steady running that does the trick, like 70km/h in fifth at 1600rpm. At 100km/h in sixth, it’s doing 1950 rpm, just where the torque wave comes in.
All-up, it averages 5.7l/100, not far short of the claimed 5.5 for the 1.9 litre manual.
I can’t speak from experience, but I guess the Prius would still acquit itself well in the country (aerodynamics and gearing would see to that), but it’s absolutely at home in the city, I imagine.
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November 2nd, 2007 at 8:25 am
Yeap, above is most correct
UNFORTUNATLY nobody has mentioned THE fuel that Australia produces in bulk, is less than HALF the cost of ULP/Dsl. much cleaner and no need for high teck nonense like hybrids
The BEST fuel by million miles,,,,,,LPG!
Little Johnny even gives you $2000 back, HOW GOOD IS THAT
LPG Rules. Period.Full Stop!
Cheers
F-0
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November 2nd, 2007 at 8:28 am
Diesel is still a viable technology, even now in the twilight of oil, because of biodiesel. High oil yield hemp is the fuel source of the future.
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November 2nd, 2007 at 8:41 am
Frugal One,
mate i have preached LPG a million times too and i cant understand either why people are soooo focused on diesel.
an LPG large car would run at the same costs as these little rice burners
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November 2nd, 2007 at 9:03 am
Iam with ANDREW M….you are smart and everyone else is ???
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November 2nd, 2007 at 9:30 am
LPG - no bloody good when you want to cross the Simpson - diesel is the only choice there.
Little Johnny is real genereous with LPG rebates - yeah. After he put most of the country’s LPG installers out of business a few years ago, he backflipped and suddenly there was a $2000 rebate.
So the installation price for a gas conversion went from $2000 to $4000 overnight.
LPG is also a major pain due to the intrusion of the Gas tank in almost all installations. The tank is also very heavy.
LPG is useless for small cars such as Golf, I30, etc.
Diesel is the solution, Prius is crap.
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November 2nd, 2007 at 9:34 am
A lovely, big, shiny LPG tank in the boot of your Commodore reduces its load capacity to…I dunno, anyone want a guess? 300 litres? 350 litres? Say goodbye to your through-port or seat-fold option, too. And consumption blows out to 16l/100km, almost double the amount for a fuel that costs half as much.
Calculator boys, does it work for you?
Burn rice!
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November 2nd, 2007 at 10:15 am
GOLFSCWHEIN….maybe you do not understand that Downunder we have Ford Falcon in sedan form that has its tank located under boot with spare wheel put in boot taking up much smaller space then huuuuuge tank. I get 580kms from 70litres with my BA Falcon ute, my other half has BF and she gets about 610kms from similar tank. Yes consumption goes up much more in duel fuel which is why my motor is LPG only and offers better economy - so if Ford do it why cant others and both small and large cars. Do not be negative and sit idle going off old fossil fuels as YESTERDAYS OLD NEWS!
RECKLESS 1…supply and demand with LPG to be sold at outlets will lessen when demand to buy LPG cars goes up. Howard comment is irrelevant - what is Rudd the Dud going to do (same same at best = lazy and not reactionary).
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November 2nd, 2007 at 10:20 am
Only costs me some $45AUD to fill up. While you buddy boys in your little Matchboxes and Sardine cans pay similar to fill up if not more? WAKE UP AND WATCH YOUR WALLET INSTEAD OF WORRYING ABOUT WHAT YOU “PERCEIVE” JOHN HOWARD DID! Obviously you must have some tiny bit of sense. Gee typo = that should be cents!!!!!!! LOL anything else you have to say is at the starting gates and I have run the race!
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November 2nd, 2007 at 10:28 am
The problem with LPG is it isnt must more efficient then normal fuel… its just cheaper. If everyone went onto LPG which I believe has less reserves then fuel per capita, then demand > supply and hello more expensive then regular fuel! Its good when you have fuel in action as a substitute good, not a long term solution. Hydrogen cell I think is the way to go given Honda and I believe BMW have already got it going, but Andrew.M I still think Hybrids have potential for development of purely battery celled vehicles… which if their source of power is from say Nuclear power or for the Greenpeace fairies Wind power etc… then it wouldnt be bad to the environment at all.
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November 2nd, 2007 at 10:32 am
ford doesnt put cylinders in the boot hence no taken up space.
the falcon gas consumption runs at around 15L/100k.
on highway (or crossing the simpson) gas consumption comes down by nearly 7L /100k!!!!!
a gas falcon wont cost $4K extra either
GAS FALCON
15L/100k @ 52c per litre = $7.80 per 100k’s
at 20,000k’s a year = $1,560 a year fuel cost
PETROL FALCON
10.2L/100k @ $1.20 per litre = $12.24 per 100k’s
at 20,000k’s a year = $2,448 a year
PETROL COROLLA
7.7L/100k @ $1.20 per litre = $9.24 per 100k’s
at 20,000k’s a year = $1,848 a year
HYUNDAI i30 CRDI
4.7L/100k @ $1.30 per litre = $6.11 per 100k’s
at 20,000k’s a year = $1,222 a year
as you can see only now has the small car market been able to lower the cost of motoring to that of the gas variant due to the introduction of the small diesels.
also to be noted that the falcon is a larger car too
also at the moment ford arent running an injected gas system which means the injected system next year will lower consumption and increase power to eqivalent with the petrol variant falcon.
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November 2nd, 2007 at 10:39 am
thats right paul consumption does go up but as i said before i saw your post the falcon is running on old technology.
its like the old carby petrol V the fuel injected petrol.
put some technology into it and you will see much better fuel figures and if you wanted to you would see power figures pass that of petrol equivalent.
as for supplies i believe we have a massive natural supply of it right here in OZ
yes gas like everything will go up in price but isnt the replacement fuel “hydrogen” meant to be 3 times the price of petrol or 7 times the price of LPG?
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November 2nd, 2007 at 10:53 am
Not sure if Hydrogen costs that much… if it did its only because small scale of production, less economies of scale, means higher productions costs. Mind you they give 0 emmissions LPG still harm the environment.
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November 2nd, 2007 at 11:05 am
sorry had a mental thing i should have said hydrogen is only double the price of petrol.
so how will higher production of LPG increase the price but higher production of Hydrogen lower the price?
yes i know Hydrogen absolutely shites on it for emmissions but shouldnt the ultimate solution conquer the other crisis aswell???? FUEL COSTS.
dont know about you but i would rather plant a box of trees (thats if you are worried about the environment) and reduce my fuel costs,
than not having to worry about planting trees but paying a lot more to commute.
also are cars the worst thing for the environment? im not saying they are good but should we not be concentrating on otherthings that are worse?
they say if everyone changed 1 lousy light bulb to a fluro then it would equate to taking 49,000 cars off the road.
so save $1,000’s on fuel or change a bulb to a fluro for a cost of $5 bucks
the automotive industry is a scape goat for the environmental problems
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November 2nd, 2007 at 11:06 am
oh yeah and hydrogen isnt here yet but LPG is.
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November 2nd, 2007 at 11:27 am
Its speculation in terms of price, LPG would obviously go up for sure (Demand > Supply) but Hydrogen cell I assume it would go down or at least stay level because as you said because it isnt here yet so to speak its price is high due to a lack of economies of scale, when things go into larger scaled production in general their price goes up, although I think it would still be mroe expensive then regular fuel… but I THINK I read that they actually get you further on the same amount of ‘fuel’.
As for cars well I think industry have the biggest impact… but given there are so many cars on the road reducing their emmissions is still going to have an impact… and if the technology exists to eliminate it, especially for private use (so more fuel for commercal use.. for example I doubt hydrogen cell would produce enough power for trucking applications), then it should be implemented. The way I see it, LPG is a good substitite good for regular fuel, it isnt the solution, its more just cheaper for consumers rather then providing a long term solution to the fuel problem.
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November 2nd, 2007 at 11:28 am
larger sacle production = prices go DOWN not up *
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November 2nd, 2007 at 11:43 am
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
well how come you dont apply the same theory to LPG?
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November 2nd, 2007 at 11:54 am
I dont know how htdrogen got brought in to this but anyway
the only thing that goes down in prices once production goes up or technology becomes old is plasma tellies.
consumable items such as milk, bread, and yep fuel
hydrogen would suffer the same fate.
with consumable necessities they have us by the “you know whats”.
every one whinges that it keeps going up but we still have to buy it.
the cost of hydorgen cars or the technology will come down but not the actual consumable cost of the fuel. yes you do go further on a tank too but it still wouldnt equate to the savings of an LPG variant.
double the price isnt speculation its a fact!!! i read it somewhere. there is no way that fuel cost will go down using another method. no way will the alternative fuel costs ever be cheaper than what it costs with the main scale unleaded thats in use at the moment.
im saying LPG is the better alternative than hybrids or diesels until such time we have a full scale replacement.
and that seems to be a while off
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November 2nd, 2007 at 12:12 pm
Andrew M, there is heaps of water around.. once a COST EFFECTIVE method of extracting hydrogen from seawater is developed, it is possible that hydrogen will be cheaper than fuel. it all depends on how efficient and resource intensive it is to extract the hydrogen.
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November 2nd, 2007 at 12:22 pm
yes bill i see that point im saying (in a long winded way i suppose) i find it hard to believe that we will pay 80c per litre again.
also diesel is cheaper to produce than unleaded yet we see diesel as the dearer product.
hydrogen isnt a matter of taking buckets from the sea and putting it through a purifyer though.
also i doubt the current hydrogen supply is taxed.
(i know LPG isnt either apart from gst)
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November 2nd, 2007 at 12:37 pm
Thats why I said it may drop below current prices IF a cost-effective method is developed. It is not a simple process, I’m well aware of that. There is currently no “hydrogen supply” that you speak of, well not in Australia that I’m aware of. It certainly is very scarce if it is around. The biggest problem with introducing hydrogen, or any new fuel type, is that petrol stations won’t want to provide it until there is the market to justify removing a fuel pump, and customers won’t buy a car unless they can fill up anywhere.
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November 2nd, 2007 at 2:40 pm
it works both ways.
it is dear at the moment, it is scarce, and there is also bugger all demand on it
once production goes up, with it will go the demand meaning it prob wont get cheaper
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November 2nd, 2007 at 2:46 pm
Andrew M and Naughtius Maximus, it’s cool. I’m aware that falcons have their tanks concealed under-boot, just didn’t think to put it in my post. I guess I was more focused on the less elegant solution that’s more commonly employed.
I’ve even seen Commodore & Falcon wagons with a big after-market LPG tank mounted just behind the rear passenger seat and that’s when I kinda shrug and say, “why bother?”
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November 2nd, 2007 at 4:29 pm
yeah i agree bubba
hyundai is korean for no resale
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November 2nd, 2007 at 4:55 pm
thats cool golfschwein,
on the other hand i wouldnt get a duel fuel aftermarket kit fitted either.
with duel fuel you have a compromise on tuning and THEN you lose boot space
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November 2nd, 2007 at 7:14 pm
Hyundai Hater, you’ve already been provided the facts, seconded by Naughtyius Maximus. You must have missed these comments…
‘Bubba Ganoush, where have you been living for the past 5 years, under a rock? Hyundai has left you in the 90’s.
Do some research on the resale value of a Hyundai Santa Fe SX CRD. One of the least depreciative vehicles on the market.’
‘Spot on call Stevo about Santa Fe. FACT’
And watch the rest of the diesel Hyundai models hold their value as well as any other Toyota/Honda/Nissan petrol.
(I know we are getting off topic talking about the i30!)
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November 2nd, 2007 at 11:14 pm
a hydrogen powered car
http://www.caradvice.com.au/91.....n-powered/
Queensland solar powered car *can be fitted with CNG for up to 500km range
http://www.epsa.uq.edu.au/inde.....p;pid=7452
more figures at http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~serl/UltraCommuter.html
Toyota Paul said “which if their source of power is from say Nuclear power or for the Greenpeace fairies Wind power etc”
well that is a pretty nasty thing to call the Danes. Over 20% of their electricity comes from wind turbines
http://www.scandinavica.com/cu.....e/wind.htm
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November 5th, 2007 at 11:02 am
Bubba Ganoush, where have you been living for the past 5 years, under a rock? Hyundai has left you in the 90’s.
Do some research on the resale value of a Hyundai Santa Fe SX CRD. One of the least depreciative vehicles on the market.’
Steve i have heard this similar rant before……in the mid nineties saying that they were a new breed of vehicle unlike the 80s variants but LO & BEHOLD Electrics failed and resale value deteriorated as the old saying goes you can only s___t in the same can so many times.
The only way you can get more money in resale for one of those things is to put a chocolate bar in the glove box
put a blade on it and would “possibly” make a good lawn mower but other than that a briggs and stratton motor has more reliabilty than a hyundai
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November 6th, 2007 at 10:13 am
I`ve been driving almost fifty years now and in that time I`ve owned two diesel cars, was very happy with both.
On the subject of LPG why not a small LPG car I know Hyundai makes LPG compatable small cars as do european makers why don`t they import them here?? a small car on LPG would be very cheap to run.
kris
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November 6th, 2007 at 11:45 am
oh yeah and BETTER RESALE
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November 19th, 2007 at 5:30 pm
Was quite interested in the diesel i30 until I read through the spec sheet and discovered they don’t offer cruise control on the diesel (petrol only!). Looks like I’ll hold off going diesel for now.
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November 25th, 2007 at 1:46 pm
I have just put a deposit down for an i30 SLX diesel. (1 month wait) I didn’t find out about the cruise control not available until after the contract was signed as I had only test driven a base model diesel and the petrol SLX with all it’s gadgets. I’m mad that I wasn’t told about it… but at the same time it’t a gadget I have lived without so far in my driving life, so I won’t really know what I am missing. I run approx 40k km/year with my work, so I figure the cheaper run/fuel costs will add up. A good mate is a bio-diesel guru so I plan to produce my own fuel where possible at approx $0.25/L cost.
I’m driving it away for $25k with a few extras on board. I’d have liked to bargain down a bit more but as they are not in stock it’s a bit hard to motivate the reps.
This will be my first diesel car, second Hyundai new car purchase. (Repeat business for a reason?
I’d recommend peeps to go take a test drive of this little car. It drives fab and I can’t wait (although I have to) till it’s my regular drive.
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December 1st, 2007 at 2:48 pm
Hello Suzii,
I’m also very keen on the i30 SLX diesel. Best price I can get in Hobart Tasmania is $29900 drive away with the Protectz safety pack. $25k drive away with a few extras is a sensational price, even if that’s without the safety pack. Any chance you could post the name of the Dealership where you bought, at that price I would fly over to the mainland and drive back, would still be thousands of dollars in front.
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December 1st, 2007 at 5:43 pm
Hyundai Lover.
I bought one of the very last i30 diesels in Tasmania, the SX model, and paid a total of $24,089 for it. I love diesels after buying my first diesel 8 years ago. Before this I used to be a LPG fan and owned many gas converted cars while living in Victoria when gas could regulary be bought for the third of the price of petrol, which made the figures very appealing, not so much nowadays I believe. A friend converted me to diesel after he owned a gas converted Landcruiser and traded it in on a diesel Landcruiser and I asked him why didn’t he stay with the gas converted car, his simple reply was that “diesel engines are better”, so I decided to make my next car a diesel to see why people say this, and have never looked back. They just tick over at the same old pace, never needing tuning and nothing seems to be able to stop them. I’m sure one day diesel will become obselete but at the moment it is a good way to go. The i30 was picked up with the gauge reading just under half and we managed to get 320 klm when we needed to fill up after the fuel light came on. The tank took 50 litres to fill and I set the trip meter to zero, the tank is now near enough to just under half again and we have travelled 650 klm’s on the new tank, so I believe we will achieve very close to a thousand klm’s on our first tank in mainly stop and start driving around the hills of Hobart and surrounding area. This will make close to 1000klm’s on one tank and without being used to the car, while also doing the speed limit, I’m sure I will improve on this. Cheers.
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December 1st, 2007 at 6:02 pm
Hyundai Lover.
I would also like to add that Hyundai have made a good quality thought out vehicle that is affordable to the average person and also has the power to handle any driving situation the average person comes across. Hyundai have made it possible for me to own one of these high performing diesels before I believed I could, can’t overlook that.
It is good knowing one can drive where he wants without having to worry about how much it will cost, at least for the time being. Cheers.
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December 4th, 2007 at 7:03 pm
Hello, for those interested I got 1001 klm’s on the trip meter when I filled up, this is the first full tank to be used on the i30. The tank took 45.4 litres of diesel.The warning light came on earlier than last time, maybe because of the hillier roads I was driving on at the time and I also noticed a slight slant of the driveway at the service station which may have prevented me from getting a total full tank, all the same I fulled up until the tank nearly overflowed. Going on these figures the car got 4.5 litres to 100 klm,s. Cheers
I am very pleased with this considering the hilly, windey roads we drive on and mostly doing short trips as well. I’ll let you know how the next tank goes. Wasn’t impressed having to pay $1.51 a litre for diesel compared to $1.37 for petrol but with this sought of economy and my preference for diesel, I can live with that. Cheers
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December 19th, 2007 at 10:46 am
Hello Suzie,
I am presently looking at getting the i30 diesel SLX and i was wondering which hyundai place you bought yours for 25k. Also what extras did you get thrown in as I am into the negotiating stage and am finding it hard to beat the price down.
Cheers
John
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December 23rd, 2007 at 1:22 am
I’ve driven a new Ford Focus TDCi turbo diesel…by jeezus the thing goes hard with the six speed manual!
I’ll be taking a new i30 for a drive next week to compare, and with the huge price difference and great warantee and backup, we might juste be swayed away from the Ford…
Seems strange to think we might have a car in the driveway where I could honestly say “Hmm, I need to nick up to my brothers place 300km away on the weekend…I might take the Hyundai instead of my Suzuki VL800 motorcycle…it’ll use less fuel than the bike…” LOL
My 2003 VL800 Volusia on the highway gets a steady 5lt/100km…
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December 23rd, 2007 at 8:49 am
Go for the Focus John, I have driven both and the Ford is more refined and better quality, your mates won’t pick you as much either, support a company that has supported us over the years, I like that you ride Suzuki I have a SV1000 naked version its a thumping bike fuel economy isn’t the greatest but a blast to ride….
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December 31st, 2007 at 8:32 pm
Gooday John. We paid $24,089 total. Our model is the SX, the most basic model but enough stuff in it to keep me happy. It has no cruise control that I know of but I would never use it with the windie roads over here and the only extra was the metallic paint job which was $300 and is part of the total price above. The salesman at Hobart Hyundai rang me after visiting their showroom and said he was keen to sell me a car and what would it take. It worked out a good price and I asked him “how come you are giving me such a better deal compared to last time” and he said “The sales people need to reach a tally of fifty cars to get our bonus and it is in our best interest to sell a few cars cheaper to get rid of them”.
I believe the fuel consumption figure in my other post may be out, because the gauge came off the full mark to quick compared to the time before so now I am doing a more careful and accurate economy figure. I have slowly fulled the tank this time until the liquid diesel can be seen at the very top of the fuel tank, where before I filled up quicker, until the froth of the diesel filled the tank making me think it was full but in reality it could still be quite a few litres away from full. On the tank I have now I have done 550 klms and I believe there is still enough to get another 550klms but won’t know of course until I do it. It is more klms than last time but the tank is fuller this time and I estimate it will take about 54 litres next time I fill it. I should have used most of the fuel in a couple of weeks and will post the figures then.
Have not driven the focus so can’t comment. To me, the focus would want to be exceptionally good for the extra dollars. I have no regrets with this car yet. I think it’s going to be a good little car. Wasn’t to happy to see petrol at $1.31 a litre and diesel 1.56 at our local bowser recently. Petrol has gone up since to 1.46 and diesel still at 1.56 and now I am a bit happier. Cheers.
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January 12th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
This has been a great read, thanks to all the i30 CRDi comments. I’m in the process of arranging a test drive here in Adelaide and hope to own within the next couple of months, although the dealer sites here don’t list the CRDi at all.
Any tips for negotiating? Any furhter word on the cruise control option? How does the i30 compare on internal space with the Focus, Astra, 407 and C4? Any wisdom on any other considerations, even colour choice?
Thanks.
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January 14th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
I am looking at a CRDI. Local salesman said that an aftermarket cruise contol ia available, but that they have not fitted one as yet. Does anyone know of an aftermarket cruise fitted, and how it worked?
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January 14th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
Jim,
We’ve ordered an I30 SLX CRDi with protectz pack (ESP and TCS). I enquired about the aftermarket cruise control but at around $900 fitted I decided I could do without the luxury. I was also worried about where and how the controls would be fitted. I was informed by the dealer that they wouldnot be on the steering wheel.
Incidently, we signed on the dottted line about 2 weeks before Xmas. Because we wanted the protectz pack fitted, we had to wait for a vehicle off the assembly line. I have been told the vehicle is on its way Adelaide from Melbourne by road at this moment. Can’t wait.
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January 15th, 2008 at 9:31 am
I have found out that AusCruise by Altron have a specific cruise for the i30 that is steering whell mounted. Indicative cost is $895. It also has options for multi-resume and speed alerts.
Anyone had one fitted, and are you happy with it?
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January 17th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
So I see most ppl are heading for the top option in the CRDi. Is it really worth the cost?
I thought I wanted the SLX with Safety Pack and body kit but maybe I’ll just go for the LX and keep everything very basic.
What does everyone think? Are the options good value?
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January 18th, 2008 at 11:30 am
I um’d and r’d about the base model v the SLX too. I liked the idea of the 16″ rims and lower profile tyres over the 15″ steel and standard tyres, plus the ESP and extra airbags. Considered adding the Protectz pack to the SX but then I liked the onboard computer in the SLX. So, you see, it all fitted together and out came the SLX despite the extra premium.
Latest news from the dealer is our i30 (white SLX CDRi) is not in Australia yet and we will have to wait until the next batch in Feb.
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January 24th, 2008 at 8:55 am
I picked up my SLX CDRi just last Monday (after having ordered it early Dec). Very happy with everything thus far. I went with the SLX over the LX, as I thought the upholstery looked a bit better (although the LX is far better in this respect than many other base models), the alloy wheels and the nice little trim features (ie nicer shift stick, color matched door handles etc).
I drove the Focus diesel, and it does have a whole lot more power, but was put off by the very average looking interior. In particular the big plastic thing which is used to adjust the stereo controls.
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January 24th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
With regard to recouping the extra cost of a diesel, did anyone consider the *rising* cost of fuel? An extra $2000 paid today for a diesel engine may actually actually pay off faster as the price increases.
All the calculations presented here did not consider this, which is not a criticism because it is difficult to do so. Perhaps someone with enough time on their hands could calculate a hypothetical number-of-years-required-to-recoup cost by increasing the fuel price by, say, 5%-7% per year. What would be the recoup time for an CRDi i30 over a standard i30 then?
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January 26th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
And the moment everyone has been waiting for. From one total full tank to the next the SX i30 1.6 diesel travelled 1128 klm around the hills of hobart and surrounding areas, most common speed was 80 to 90 klms an hr and sometimes reaching 100 and a bit over on good stretches. The car has plenty of get up and go, it surprised by keeping in 5th gear on some of the long steep hills.
The tank took a total of 56.2 litres when I filled it. It needs to be filled slowly near the top or else you get a whole heap of froth clicking the pump off early. That,s important if you want to do a serious economy check.
My first tank load I posted here, I believe now is not accurate because of this frothiness but I can assure you that this one is. The fuel light came on about 30 klms before filling up. I don,t think I would like to risk driving for much longer than this considering it is supposed to be a 55 litre tank.
So 1128 klm’s on 56.2 litres of fuel is 4.98 or near enough to 5 litres to 100 klms, still pretty good for me.
This is the base model and it has every thing I want, if I traded it in one day I’d probably go for the base model again. Cheers.
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February 16th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
I just two weeks ago picked up my new i30 slx crdi and am delighted with it. Two days later I drove it from Canberra to Melbournre and back and averaged around 5.5l/p100. This was with 4 adults and luggage sitting around 115klm for most of the trip. once run in, I expect to get even better. I actually am a sales consultant for hyundai so there may be a element of bias, but i honestly dont believe there is a tubo deisol out there that offers the performance, value and quality that this car offers in this class, jap, euro or otherwise.I have also installed an after market cruise and it hasnt missed a beat. I had my car slightly lowered and put a set of 18″ alloys on it and can assure you, it turns heads,even if it is because of the unusual clatter of the diesol engine. As for the debate on fuel economy and savings, I traded down from a large V6 averaging around 13l/p100 so am using about half that in diesel with only slighly less performance and vertually half the running costs!
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February 17th, 2008 at 7:58 am
James,
I have a similar i30 as you with a ESP fitted. I am interested in knowing what aftermarket cruise control you have had fitted and what the cost is. Any details would be appreciated including where the contols are fitted.
Sounds like are getting the kind of fuel economy you should expect. We get ours when the next boat load arrives at the end of the month. It’s been a bit of a wait.
I will be driving mine to work on the open road (100kph limit) and doing around 800km/wk. There are no town limits or spped restrictions between my home town and my destination town. This should be the perfect situation to judge just what the i30 CRDi is capable of.
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February 27th, 2008 at 6:31 pm
I wrote a post a month ago and notice it is not here so I’ll write in brief what I wrote then, don’t know what happened.
My i30 got 1128 klm’s on 56.2 litres of fuel driving mainly hilly windy roads at about 80 to 90k’s an hour and sometimes hitting 100+ on open stretches. No decent long trips in this time, just short trips (15 to 30 klm’s average), shopping,school, etc.
This is a fuel economy of 5 litres to 100 klm’s.
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February 27th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
Nearly Pirus economy less the cost and bullshit! Will look at one for my next vehicle.
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February 27th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
Bob, Have you picked up your car yet? I had the cruise fitted by a local moter electrician though i have no idea who makes it. It is a simple plate with 3 buttons that sits above the steering wheel hub. Not real pretty but it does the job just fine. It cost me $900 which seemed a lot but that is apparantly becase the i30 has electic throttle or fly by wire rather than a cable throttle.
Sound like you are getting acceptional fuel economy mr Hyundai lover. I reset my trip computer after my trip to melbourne and have since averaged 6.5l/p100. That is driving in city conitions though i acknowledge that canberra peek hour traffic is rather tame compared to say Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane.
What does hurt is paying $1.47 per litre. Why is it that there seems to be some competition for petrol prices but not for Diesel? Petrol seems to change dramaticly in price, day to day ,week by week but deisel remains pretty much the same!
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February 27th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
James,
No news of the i30s arrival as yet. All the family is getting a litttle testy and wants it to arrive. We have a Getz as our main car until the i30 arrives when the Getz will be our second car.
The trip computer is the same price as one I found on the web and sounds like the same controls. I have heard that you can have it fitted to OEM controls but I don’t know how expensive they would be.
I wonder how accurate the trip meter computer is on fuel consumption. Has anyone done a test? Where I live (country SA), diesel is 148c while petrol is 143c (ethonol blend is 140c).
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February 28th, 2008 at 6:29 pm
Hi Everyone,
At last we have good news. Our white i30 CRDi SLX with Protectz pack arrived yesterday on a cargo ship now berthed in Adelaide. Hopefully we’ll take delivery of it late next week. It has been a three month wait.
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February 29th, 2008 at 7:14 am
We live in Northern Tasmania and are also patiently waiting for our moonlight blue i30 CRDi SLX to arrive (due 6th March). Would have liked cruise control but can’t justify paying $900 for an after market add-on. Have been getting sensational fuel economy (around 6 ltrs per 100km) and great reliability from our 2 year old 1.6 Getz owned since new which is just being traded on a New Nissan Tiida for my wife to cart our 2 new grandkids around in. Only issue with Getz was size of boot. Great driveability etc..etc..
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March 13th, 2008 at 12:12 am
Any more updates?
I dont get the delay?
On drive . com they have 63 diesel powered i30’s for sale?
Cheers
F-0
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March 13th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
Hi F-O
Wasn’t going to be practical with a trade-in to get rid of (2002 Elantra) to go through drive.com. Shipment to Tassie has had some delays but is now likely to show up in next day or two (then needs pre-delivery) As it happens might be able to change my colour choice from moonlight blue to silver or white now I have got the Wife her own new car.
The diesels have huge waiting lists in UK so can’t see drive.com having 63 sitting around for long.
Had a sit in a black SR while following up my order today pity they don’t come in a diesel as I prefer the wheels and the seats are pretty smick too.
I know you’re a corolla man but you really should test drive a Diesel SLX.
Cheers,
Dazz
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March 13th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
P.S. Went to the drive.com website. could only find 2 SLX manual diesels (one had 280kms the other 3800kms - both Vivid blue) plus a handful of SX models - dont know where the others went!
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March 13th, 2008 at 8:45 pm
G_Day Dazz,
Your long wait for the car will be worth it. Had my i30 CRDI slx for 5 weeks now and have already put 3500 klms on it and only filled it 4 times.
I am surprised to here that there is stock available as Hyundai are taking only retail orders and dealers can NOT top up there stock levels. How do i know this, I am in the industry.Also, Why do you want to change colours? The moonlight blue is a great colour. Its a bit different from a lot of the common blues on the market. The vivid blue is nice but every manafacturer has their own version. The car does look good in silver granted.
Lastly, good on you for supporting your local dealer because in return, the will look after you.
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March 14th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
Love the “pen name” Thanks for the encouragement. The moonlight blue was my wife’s choice of colour. I wanted silver and she relented at the last minute but the dealer forgot and wrote out the docket for the moonlight blue. The MB looks good in some lights but Hyundai uses the silver in most of it’s adverting and I imagine it will be the most popular colour also from experience it’s the best for hiding the dirt.
Have been extremely impressed with the Tiida we have just got for the wife have tinted the windows and have a set of flash allows coming from B-J t/mart (only $92 each) so the sedan we got will even look half decent. It is zippy, frugal, comfortable, quiet, roomy and nice to steer (very underrated!) at $17990 with $1000 free fuel a real bargain…
Cheers,
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March 14th, 2008 at 7:59 pm
DAZZ -
Woops brainfade, i meant www . carsales . com . au, 63 diesel i30 in different trims for sale.
Hope you enjoy yor new car, have not tested it checked it out and it looks very well made and engineered
cheers
F-0
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March 14th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
DAZZ 2 -
Yes the Tiida is a outstanding buy with the offer that Nissan are doing.
Just it looks odd and *she* does not like it…groan!
Cheers
F-0
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March 14th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
Tiidas at $13990 plus on roads. That is about the same price as a Getz. Hard to top that for value
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March 15th, 2008 at 5:27 am
Hope thats a typo ET, our deal was $17990 plus ORs (around $19300 drive away + $1000 BP Fuel Card (they forgot to activate mine - GRRR)they will be getting a call this morning.
Doing a comparison on Red Book the list of features for the Tiida looks thin but in reality you dont miss out on much that can’t be cheaply added. The brakes work OK with ABS although rear Discs would have been nice, as would MP3 playback in the audio and the wife misses audio controls on the steering but we all lived without them until a couple of years ago.
See ya
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March 15th, 2008 at 7:21 am
hey short & stout - was that a typo “flash allows” or is that why you needed tinted windows. hehehe..
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March 15th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
Hi Frank,
Yep it was a typo. Talking of tinted windows the factory tints on most vehicles are way too light don’t you think. I used to like the days when you could apply a really dark after market tint (probably dangerous) but the 35% max rule seems a bit”light on” so to speak…
Cheers,
Dazz
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March 15th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
Hey Dazz, maybe it costs a bit more to get the cars to Tassie but have seen Tiidas advertised here, A.C.T for $13990 pluss on roads but that is without fuel offers.
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March 16th, 2008 at 3:33 am
Hey Eyma,
$13,990 eh… I didn’t really want to know that. Oh well now we have 2 x brand new cars intend hanging onto them a while. Didn’t expect to have good re-sale on the Tiida as there are a lot of Tiida rent-a-cars on the roads down here which will eventually hit the market relatively cheaply. Hoping the i30 diesel will have a better resale than most previous Hyundais. Praying it will arrive and be ready for delivery before Easter (only 4 days). If it’s as good as the test drive was and the blogs then I expect to keep it at least 4 years anyway. Currently driving a 2 year old loaner Ve Commodore Omega) from the Dealership (the’ve sold my trade!)Not as good a car as I would have expected. Like the looks and ride and get up and go. Floaty on the highway,is thirsty and has cheap looking interior…
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March 17th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
Good news at last. SLX CDRi has arrived at our Hyundai Dealer. Agree with Eyma Teapot Moonlight Blue is a nice colour so will stick with first choice. Getting Towing Kit as part of deal so will be Thursday when take delivery (just in time for Easter - yippee) Probably have a 1000km up by Easter Tuesday. Will give an update on economy, driveability etc for anyone thats interested then…
P.S. THERE WAS A PETROL SLX AT THE DEALERSHIP WITH TWO FLIP REMOTE KEYS, MY DIESEL ONLY HAS ONE. HAS ANYONE ELSE GOT TWO KEYS FOR THEIR i30 WITHOUT PAYING EXTRA?
Will post this on all three i30 blogs to see if i get any feedback…
Cheers,
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March 17th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
Thats good news Dazz. Glad you stuck with the Moonlight blue. My wife I were tossing up between the Moonlight blue and steel gray and in the end went for the grey.
We only got one remote but ordered a second one for around $400. Ouch!
We are overall very happy with the car. My only concern is that the fuel economy after 3500k sits at 6.5lp/100. Granted my wife drives it mainly to and from work in busy trafic but it has also done a couple of decent road trips with reasonable loads though. Its ironic that i should complain about the fuel ecomomy when my previous car, a 3.3l Hyundai sonata used to sit at around 12.5lp/100.
Can any other I30 owners offer any feed back on what sort of economy you may be getting?
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March 18th, 2008 at 4:14 am
Hi There Eyma,
I’ll be disappointed if we only average 6.5lp/100kms as that is probably what were were getting from our Getz which we just traded on the Tiida. Haven’t done an official test of Tiida economy yet but after the first 1000km (only took about a fortnight)think it would be just over 7ltrs per 100km overall with a mixture of 50/50 city/hwy driving. The grey looks good in the i30 but didn’t consider it due to risk of it blending into the road would recommend driving with the lights on as much as possible (at least you can’t leave them on by accident.
Ciao for now
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March 18th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
Dazz,
We have a Getz 1.6 Click as our second car and an i30 CRDi our main car. We’ve had the i30 just over a week and the Getz since Dec 07. I agree with your figure of 6.5 for the Getz, but we are finding we are getting 5.3 max in the i30 (average travelling at speed limits and smooth acceleration. If I drive really carefully up to 100kph without the AC I can get sub 5 figures, the best being 4.4 (driver only, travelling at about 90kph on flat road).
Bob
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March 18th, 2008 at 6:33 pm
Hi Bob,
Thanks for that, did you only get one key with your i30?
When you say max of 5.3 (do you mean worst result?)if so that’s got to be pretty good for a tight new engine with reasonable performance. Are you happy with the CDRi so far, any interesting observations? Have you tried a usb flash drive in the console yet and if so does it resume at the last song playing or go back to the beginning each time you start the car?
Regards,
Dazz
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March 18th, 2008 at 7:53 pm
Dazz,
Oops, forgot to mention the flip key. No, we only got one flip key, although the sales person did give us an “I” key fob she got at the launch of the i30 back in October.
I was surprized when I opened the boot, lifted the floor and found a matching 16″ mag wheel and tyre rather than the 15″ steel rim and tyre that was described in the brochure and on the Hyundai website.
Bob
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March 18th, 2008 at 8:33 pm
Bob,
Thanks for that. That alloy spare wheel is a bit bizarre, because I’m almost certain the demo model I drove only had a steel spare wheel so we’ll just have to see on Thursday if we are lucky too. All sounds a bit haphazard.. 2 keys for some/toss in the odd alloy spare wheel (makes life interesting I guess!) Lots to play with when we take delivery, for instance can you just chill the glovebox with the air if you dont want to chill the cabin as well (my wife isn’t a big fan of air con in the car unless its a scorcher of a day)
Anyway good luck with your vehicles and thanks for the feedback.
Dazz
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March 18th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
Sorry Dazz, (or should I say your wife)
No, you can’t cool the glove box without running the air-con. I’ve been training wife to use the climate control auto function and just varying the desired temp. When the selected temp gets close to the outside temp, the aircon selects outside air rather than inside. When the selected temp gets very close to outside temp, the mode changes to face and feet. I assume the direction of the air into cabin changes again when the climate control begins to heat. It would also heat the glove box when the system heats the cabin - interesting idea. It has been so hot here in SA lately that I havent thought to much about the last idea. Oh, by the way, you can close off the glove box vent.
Bob
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March 19th, 2008 at 5:40 am
Hi Bob,
Thanks for all the info. Tandy have a little cooler/warmer that plugs into a 12V outlet on special for $19.95 I might be better getting one of those.
What do your friends think of the i30? I didn’t buy ours on looks (not a huge fan of the rear styling) but I think the looks grow on you a bit. There are a few SLX and SR models zipping around Devonport in Tassie where we live now and I think with the alloys and driving lights etc..they look pretty snazzy. The Imprezza which looks similar got caned for its sytling when it came out but that is growing on me as well.
Cheer,
Dazz
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March 21st, 2008 at 10:38 pm
Gooday James, Have managed to get over 1100klm’s twice with just me driving with the car empty of luggage and passengers. I try to drive in a smooth type of fashion without quick acceleration and very rarely go over 100 klm an hour. Even though I mainly drive short distances, there is not much stopping because of traffic lights etc and the speed limit is often 80 and under on my main journey.
When my wife came back from holidays she is the one that mainly drives it now and the consumption has gone to around 1000klm’s and sometimes under for a tank load (approx 54 litres). The difference I believe is she drives faster than me and uses the brakes 6 times more often than me. I think sitting on 95 or less instead of say 110klm would be quite a saving in fuel.Was impressed with your Canberra to Melbourne figures.
Who knows how accurate the digital klm readings are though. Will have to find a road to test it on.
Diesel now 1.60 at our local service station 20 minutes from Hobart. Apperantly years ago diesel was a lot cheaper than petrol for quite a long time, then it all changed for some reason. I remember when living in Melbourne, Premier Kennett put it up 4 cents a litre for some reason. Maybe the powers that be envision too many people converting to diesel power and cheap travelling and are working out ways to stop it. Cheers.
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March 23rd, 2008 at 7:20 am
Hyundai Lover,
As mentioned on another blog on this site, I am currently waiting on feedback from Hyundai about their support for an i30 Owners club (three working days before someone will get back to me) If successful and I can get enough members I plan to try and negotiate for say a 4 cents per ltr discount on fuel for i30 club members (diesel and petrol) from one of the fuel companies - it’s got to be worth a try!
Dazz
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March 23rd, 2008 at 8:45 am
will aus be getting the i30 wagon?
they have it in uk and europe and it looks very good.
would sell well here too
cheers
F-0
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March 23rd, 2008 at 10:10 pm
Dazz,
As fellow i30 owner, would be interested in any progress you make towards a owners club.
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March 25th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
Hi Eyma,
Hyundai politely refused to offer any support or incentives for an i30 club (apparently they don’t support any clubs world wide). However, I’m prepared to take the risk of giving out my email address here (dazzling_darryl at hotmail dot com) for expressions of interest for a club which I would be happy to administer.
We would be able to share info like the fact that Sunland now make an i30 dashmat (code E36 i think) which is a different code from the current Elantra one? With enough members (once the i30 takes off) still quietly confident of negotiating some deals on “our” behalf.
Have done over 1000 km since picking up the i30 on Thursday at 4.30pm and sitting on 110kph (by my GPS - about 115kph by the speedo) with 2 up and luggage equiv to a 3rd getting around 5.4 l/p 100km or close enough to 1000km out of a tank - i can live with that!
All up (taking everything into account) the i30 is now the best car i’ve owned (the first one to beat the Australian built 1991 Nissan Pulsar SSS - which got many rave reviews at the time) Also had a 1993 SSS Bluebird (with the head up display) a couple of nice Hondas, several Lancers including an early GSR with a motor as smooth as silk…and a 1990 Seca CSX.
Still happy I didn’t pay the extra $990 for ESP even if I did get flogged for it on another forum!
Cheers,
Dazz
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March 29th, 2008 at 7:19 am
In todays TheAge newspaper they have a test on the i30 CRDI
Its compared to 30-something diesels
It got 3.5 star score [as did the VW Polo]
The FIAT Punto BEAT IT and got a score of 4.0.
The FIAT has std. cruise-control, and trip computer, quality euro tyres, better economy,4 extra air-bags [total 6] also its safer as its a 5-star NCAP rated.
Better looking to boot.
WELL DONE FIAT, YOU WON! @$23,990 its only $2500 more for vastly superior Euro quality.
Back-in-your-box-Hyundai!
Cheers
F-0
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March 29th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
F-O
(thats not a greeting thats an order!)
Nothing wrong with Hankooks or Kumhos and I doubt the fiat would be as well finished or as reliable as the i30 and the Warranty (3 years i’m guessing)
Don’t know why you are on this forum F-O isn’t anyone pasionate enough about Toyotas to start one for them?
Cheers,
Dazz
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March 29th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
Whoops - Sorry lost it for a moment.
F-O (and anyone else who’s interested) go to the Hyundai website, click on i30 then on compare down the bottom. Add Fiat Punto 1.3 ($23,990) to comparison allow plenty of time to read and scroll down for all the extra features/benefits of the i30SX diesel over the “equivilent” but dearer Punto.
Back in your box F-O
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March 29th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
F-O
Mate, i havent seen the article so am going in blind but in response to your claims. I am with Dazz, nothing wrong with the tyers. I have the Kuhmos on my Slx and find them grippy in all conditions and they dont create excessive road noise.
Better economy, Well dont forfet that the punto is a smaller car with a tiny 1.3 engine versus a 1.6 so you would exspect it to be more fuel efficient wouldnt you?
In regards to air bags and trip computer, for just a few bob more than the punto you can get the slx model with 6 airbags and trip computer and more.
As for your claims of superior euro Quality, take a look where JD Power rate Hyundai NO.3 vs any euro brand and that puts that argument to rest also.
No contest, I30 wins by knock out first round.
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March 29th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
oops ,
Minor correction. Porche rate no.2 in the JD power ranking and last i checked these are made in europe and not thailand or south africa.
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April 13th, 2008 at 12:06 am
Gooday Dazz. Sounds like a top idea, I believe there are Govt incentives in Europe for people to go diesel, over here seems the opposite. Will email you with my support, like you said “worth a try”.
Agree with you on the Hyundai, they are a good car. I haven’t showed anyone that hasn’t been impressed with the inside build of the vehicle with all the intelligent little compartments. This car has a look and feel of quality not cheapness. Filled up to-day after getting 1090 klms on about 54 litre of fuel. My partner did half the driving so I was pretty impressed with that figure. Cheers.
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April 13th, 2008 at 6:09 pm
Hyundai Lover,
You’re obviously very careful drivers think I’m getting just over 1000km to a tank which I am still happy with (only done 2100km).
Don’t forget to visit Hyundai Forums if you haven’t already lots of positive comments and shared information.
Cheers,
Dazz
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June 21st, 2008 at 9:50 am
all I thought I had to do was check out a few car yards, read the specs brochures, take i my current car for appraisal,get the best price and bingo selection made easy!!….The I started to