G'day from Germany

really_tim · **January 15, 2011, 15:39:57**

I'm an Aussie just moved to Lake Constance on the Swiss, Austrian, German border.
Needed a new car for the Mrs and I to be able to fit in visitors with luggage, and economical enough to take road trips around the continent.
Jan '08 1.6 CDRi (85kW version) hatch fitted the bill just lovely. We pick it up Monday afternoon. No frills to this car - we had to negotiate to get the dealer to throw in (Hyundai in house at least) central locking! But ABS and ESP which is important for us who are new to driving on snow.

I'm interested to look into these easy tuning mods that seem to be explicitly chip tunings. What do they actually do and what are the side effects? To forums!

So cheers, see you around.

Myowni30 · **Reply #1: January 15, 2011, 15:50:15**

Hi really_tim,

Welcome to the i30 Owners Club

bumpkin · **Reply #2: January 15, 2011, 15:55:24**

Welcome to the club

Shambles · **Reply #3: January 15, 2011, 16:07:35**

Hi Tim,

to the forums

I just spent a short while looking up Salem, Salem Abbey, Schloss Salem and Lake Constance. Very nice indeed

eye30 · **Reply #4: January 15, 2011, 16:59:54**

Welcome really_tim

Opa_1 · **Reply #5: January 15, 2011, 18:33:08**

Hi really_tim and welcome.

You are living in a really lovely part of the world....

Surferdude · **Reply #6: January 15, 2011, 20:50:16**

Welcome Tim.
Us Aussies are everywhere these days.

Dazzler · **Reply #7: January 15, 2011, 20:57:47**

A big welcome Tim.. That model should indeed fit the bill..

Until someone answers your question about the chip tuning (I didn't tweak mine) feel free to use the search function as lots of threads and discussions on here about to pros and cons (A tuning box seems to be one of the most cost effective and flexible options from the look of it)

2i30s · **Reply #8: January 15, 2011, 22:00:44**

g'day Tim,welcome aboard mate.

i thought i30's were, all ,made with central locking.

Dazzler · **Reply #9: January 16, 2011, 06:29:15**

Quote from: 2i30s on January 15, 2011, 22:00:44

g'day Tim,welcome aboard mate. i thought i30's were, all ,made with central locking.

Different specs in different markets.. even our lowest spec gets remote central locking in OZ

2i30s · **Reply #10: January 16, 2011, 07:02:51**

Quote from: Dazzler on January 16, 2011, 06:29:15

Quote from: 2i30s on January 15, 2011, 22:00:44
g'day Tim,welcome aboard mate. i thought i30's were, all ,made with central locking.

Different specs in different markets.. even our lowest spec gets remote central locking in OZ

thanks dazz.

SRT Metro · **Reply #11: January 16, 2011, 07:43:09**

Hi Tim,
Welcome to the club!

really_tim · **Reply #12: January 16, 2011, 08:50:33**

Hey all,

Thanks for the warm greetings!

Yeah first thing I learned when shopping for one was the different specs around the world. For instance, the lowest spec i30 here doesn't come with Aircon, no ESP, no electric mirrors, and electric windows on the front only. But still the full complement of airbags from what I can tell.
Also, before (March?) 2010 they only had a 3 year factory warranty, only the newest ones come with 5 years now.

But in the land of Golfs and Focuses, I was pleasantly surprised at how popular the i30 is and how much it holds its value. We were just lucky to land one with the higher power (85kW) 1.6 diesel, aircon, and ESP at a price within our range.
The Germans seem to really respect a company that offers such an extensive (unlimited kms) warranty to back themselves.

Sheesh some epic threads on tuning options and I'm not through reading them all yet.
As an avionics systems engineer it offends my professional sensibilities to be playing with only parts (eg tuning box; hacking config tables of the ECU) of a system without fully understanding the impacts on the rest of the complete system. But on the flip side as a keen tweaker if offends my other sensibilities to not push the boundaries at least a little bit. It's not like my personal i30 is going to drop out of the sky and kill hundreds of people

And yeah it's a bewdiful part of the world here, can't wait to see it in summer. And much less underwater than friends and family back home - hi to anyone else from flooded Queensland!

Cheers all

2i30s · **Reply #13: January 16, 2011, 09:48:06**

excellent post Tim.

i learnt a lot about our great little cars from your post mate,i never realised how striped back a base model was in some countries. my cars are both base models and have every mod con you mentioned you don't get.

Seoul-mate · **Reply #14: January 16, 2011, 10:16:42**

Hi from the Sunshine Coat in Queensland Tim.
Fortunately the S.C. is not a one of the extensively
flooded sections of Qld, but still a very soggy part.

Russ

Ozbrum · **Reply #15: January 17, 2011, 14:42:52**

Hello and welcome Tim

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Just a cheeky but serious question ! Tim, How much cheaper is a top of the range Hyundai i30 complete with the most wanted extras compared to the popular 130 BMW ?

Cheers

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really_tim · **Reply #16: January 18, 2011, 17:45:21**

Quote from: Ozbrum on January 17, 2011, 14:42:52

... cheeky but serious question ! Tim, How much cheaper is a top of the range Hyundai i30 complete with the most wanted extras compared to the popular 130 BMW ?

Interesting question.
From the Hyundai website, the 85kW diesel Comfort (middle) model is €20,090
http://www.hyundai.de/downloads/prospekt/i30_modellprospekt.pdf

From the BMW website, the 85kW diesel 116d model is €24,950
http://www.bmw.de/de/de/newvehicles/_shared/pdf/pricelist/1_SH_pricelist.pdf?download=true

So it's 125% the cost of the i30 new. Second hand the difference is even greater, so for me it was a no brainer to go for the Hyundai. Controversial decision when living in Southern Germany, but ah well you get that

Ozbrum · **Reply #17: January 19, 2011, 09:47:34**

Thanks for that info Tim ......... interesting

I think here it would be about 200% at least or perhaps it sounds better to say you could almost buy 2 i30 SLXs (middle of range) for the price of the BMW.
Enjoy your car .... Cheers

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babis_xo · **Reply #18: January 26, 2011, 11:56:30**

Hi Tim and welcome!

The bmw 116i petrol 122hp (base model w/o alloys) costs here €25.000 :o
i30 1.6 petrol 124hp costs €15.000

Unfortunately, no diesel here...

Ozbrum · **Reply #19: January 26, 2011, 14:06:20**

Quote from: babis_xo on January 26, 2011, 11:56:30

Hi Tim and welcome!

The bmw 116i petrol 122hp (base model w/o alloys) costs here €25.000 :o
i30 1.6 petrol 124hp costs €15.000
Unfortunately, no diesel here...

Thanks for that bit of info babis

10,000 euro's is a lot of money difference, I think that's about $12,000 Aussie dollars, I'm surprice that the base model BMW doesn't have alloys yukko

. I'm not a diesel flag flyer .... petrol does me

.

Cheers

................... Sorry to have hijacked your thread Tim by this post

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babis_xo · **Reply #20: January 31, 2011, 22:00:08**

Quote from: Ozbrum on January 26, 2011, 14:06:20

Quote from: babis_xo on January 26, 2011, 11:56:30
The bmw 116i petrol 122hp (base model w/o alloys) costs here €25.000 :o
i30 1.6 petrol 124hp costs €15.000

... I'm surprice that the base model BMW doesn't have alloys yukko

I'm surprised that it has wheels mate