[abou]

Hello !
Here are my feelings after 5 months and 10,000 km driving my 1.4 petrol i30...

Nothing wrong with the car and the engine : good quality, just a car without worries 
The ride is very healthy, despite the small torque and power (the variable valve timing helps !). It's a great car 
I just encountered two defects : first is a vibration in the roof light (I could have looked at that but with music on I don't hear it), second is a exceeded fall time of the engine speed when changing gear from up to down... According to Hyundai this is normal. It is not unpleasant but clearly this is not a sport way of driving  ; after all I didn't bought that car for sport...
Next report for 20.000 km !
Regards

[Gibber]

I too have the 1.4 and have covered 11,000 miles. Could you tell me what the fuel consumption is on average?

The second problem you have is to do with the engine or gear box?

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[Shambles]

Nice feedback Abou

[asathorny]

Good news Abou...  I am sat here waiting for your next report   

 

[abou]

Glad if you liked it  I wish I have more things to say but it's not easy for me to translate it...
Average fuel consumption is exactly 7.3 L/100km (I let you translate in miles  ) on computer, for an average speed of 55 km/h since the origin.
When full of petrol, it have 620 km remaining (as you can see on the picture, more than 3/4 of fuel and 500 km remaining) and I can really do more than 700 km, so in reality fuel consumption is close to 7.5
I mostly do speedway and small roads (we have much pretty small and fun roads in France too)... pretty average for a 110 hp petrol engine and a weight of 1300 kg 
Regards

[abou]

Sorry Gibber I didn't saw your second question at first 
To my experience the second "problem" is linked to the engine, but now with fuel injection systems it will not be easy to check...
I'm not sure how to explain : I have the feeling that when changing from 2nd to 3rd gear (by example), the time it takes for the engine to pass from 3000 to 2000 rpm is too long.
It is not a problem when driving slowly (the most of the time, chlidren powered), but when I want to have a little fun of by myself on small roads it is not pleasant...
Same thing when descending gears but I often have the old reflex of "double clutch" (we say like that ?) so I compensates...
Did you encounter the same feeling ? According to french dealer it is normal and it corresponds to sales target (I can believe that by the way : cool and confortable car at nice price is good enough )...

[Dazzler]

Thanks abou... very interesting 

[Gibber]

Hi abou,

My consumption is around 43mpg or 6.6l per 100km. I think the car being so light means I can almost drive it like a diesel using little rpm. As you, I usually have my children on board!

I will check this weekend how the rpm drops on changing gear but not noticed a problem. If I am enjoying the driving I don't let the rpm drop below 3000 on gear changes!

And yes I understand double clutch.

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