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Title: Learn to drive in an i30 - 600 car fleet deal
Post by: Lorian on June 02, 2010, 17:42:04
600 i30s for a UK driving school - a great order

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http://www.motortrader.com/industry-news/car-dealer-news/30173-hyundai-wins-driving-school-fleet-deal.html
Title: Re: Learn to drive in an i30 - 600 car fleet deal
Post by: bumpkin on June 02, 2010, 18:54:12
 :D :D :D

I know of two independent instructors in Aberdeen who use the i30 CRDi :cool: :cool: :cool:
Title: Re: Learn to drive in an i30 - 600 car fleet deal
Post by: SRT Metro on June 02, 2010, 22:33:13
 8) 8)
Title: Re: Learn to drive in an i30 - 600 car fleet deal
Post by: Shambles on June 02, 2010, 22:43:22
A great deal for Hyundai UK.

Tony Whitehorn, you owe me a pint :P
Title: Re: Learn to drive in an i30 - 600 car fleet deal
Post by: Dazzler on June 02, 2010, 23:03:49
Gr8 news .. the CRDi is an easy car to drive too  :mrgreen:

It is a huge win for Hyundai because a certain amount of young drivers would have to be suitably impressed by their driving experience to buy a Hyundai or even an i30 going forward...
Title: Re: Learn to drive in an i30 - 600 car fleet deal
Post by: eye30 on June 03, 2010, 11:30:58
I learnt in a mark 1?, new shape, Ford Escort
Title: Re: Learn to drive in an i30 - 600 car fleet deal
Post by: bumpkin on June 03, 2010, 11:52:47
I learnt in a mark 1?, new shape, Ford Escort

You mean a MKIII??

The MK1 was produced from 1968-1975 suffix F-M
MKII 1975-1980 suffix M-W
MKIII 1980-1986 suffix W-Y prefix A-D
MKIV 1986 - 1990 prefix E-H
MKV 1990-1995 facelifted in 1992 prefix J-N
MKVI 1995-2000 prefix P-W

Title: Re: Learn to drive in an i30 - 600 car fleet deal
Post by: Dazzler on June 03, 2010, 12:00:58
I think Lester is about my vintage (so he probably means a Mark 1)  :cool:
Title: Re: Learn to drive in an i30 - 600 car fleet deal
Post by: eye30 on June 03, 2010, 12:06:53
I learnt in a mark 1?, new shape, Ford Escort

You mean a MKIII??

The MK1 was produced from 1968-1975 suffix F-M
MKII 1975-1980 suffix M-W
MKIII 1980-1986 suffix W-Y prefix A-D
MKIV 1986 - 1990 prefix E-H
MKV 1990-1995 facelifted in 1992 prefix J-N
MKVI 1995-2000 prefix P-W





First. Thanks for making me younger, made my day, but I past my test in 1970 so that would be mk1.

Had to do hand signals as part of the test.  
No not the 1 finger signals but turn left, right and straight on.
Title: Re: Learn to drive in an i30 - 600 car fleet deal
Post by: bumpkin on June 03, 2010, 13:35:07
That was what I thought, it was "new shape" which threw me, what you should have said was original shape :wink:

Happy memories of Roger Clark beating the MK1 to death around the British forests come flooding back :D :D
Title: Re: Learn to drive in an i30 - 600 car fleet deal
Post by: Hemmi on June 03, 2010, 13:41:21
Thats great news :cool:
Title: Re: Learn to drive in an i30 - 600 car fleet deal
Post by: agentr31 on June 06, 2010, 07:26:50
LOL eye30 were your hand signals like the ones mom and dad had to use back home (zimbabwe) where you flap your hand for slowing down, arm straight out and finger pointing for right, arm straight out and hand rotating counter clockwise for left, "flapping" your arm for slowing down??? LOL

when we were back home a few of the "locals" were using hand signals still... but 99.9999% of the time it was chaos LOL
Title: Re: Learn to drive in an i30 - 600 car fleet deal
Post by: eye30 on June 06, 2010, 13:27:58
eye30 were your hand signals like the ones mom and dad had to use back home (zimbabwe) where you flap your hand for slowing down, arm straight out and finger pointing for right, arm straight out and hand rotating counter clockwise for left, "flapping" your arm for slowing down???

Spot on

A few weeks ago I was on a road which had just been closed due to an incident.
The Policeman on duty was stood at the X roads directing traffic left and right.

I automatically gave an internal hand signal, as opposed to hand out of the window, that I wanted to turn left - right arm bent left across chest, hand open flat on chest.  
He just looked at me perplexed.

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To be honest I don't think he knew what that signal was.

Good job I didn't give him a straight on as I think I was saying "How"!

(http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr292/eye30/1%20May%202010/car-ahead.gif)
Title: Re: Learn to drive in an i30 - 600 car fleet deal
Post by: bumpkin on June 06, 2010, 19:47:48
Even though I learnt in 1987, many years after the orange indicator signals became standard, it was still part of the UK test to learn and understand the hand signals :D :D
Title: Re: Learn to drive in an i30 - 600 car fleet deal
Post by: i30sean on June 07, 2010, 00:28:03
I learnt in 1983 in a Datsun sunny, not discimilar to an i30  :lol:

i30Sean
Title: Re: Learn to drive in an i30 - 600 car fleet deal
Post by: Lorian on June 07, 2010, 07:21:47
I learnt in 1983 in a Datsun sunny, not discimilar to an i30  :lol:

That's worthy of being banned :exclaim:
Title: Re: Learn to drive in an i30 - 600 car fleet deal
Post by: i30sean on June 07, 2010, 20:17:37
LOL

i30Sean
Title: Re: Learn to drive in an i30 - 600 car fleet deal
Post by: bumpkin on June 07, 2010, 21:17:01
LOL

i30Sean

Oh you think he's joking do you :question: :question:

bumpkins moderator finger hovers precariously over the big red ban button :twisted: :twisted:
Title: Re: Learn to drive in an i30 - 600 car fleet deal
Post by: Lorian on June 07, 2010, 21:33:58
If it had been a Datsun 120Y it wouldn't have been quite so bad  :wink:
Title: Re: Learn to drive in an i30 - 600 car fleet deal
Post by: bumpkin on June 07, 2010, 22:01:58
 :lol: :lol:
Title: Re: Learn to drive in an i30 - 600 car fleet deal
Post by: i30sean on June 08, 2010, 10:00:39
When I think back I actually first drove a "Plastic Pig" Robin Reliant van in light grey as i could drive this on my bike licence  :lol: :lol: :lol:

i30Sean

PS for those not from UK that the van in only fools and horses!
Title: Re: Learn to drive in an i30 - 600 car fleet deal
Post by: Surferdude on June 08, 2010, 10:09:02
I learnt to drive in a Vanguard Spacemaster.  :eek:
Title: Re: Learn to drive in an i30 - 600 car fleet deal
Post by: eye30 on June 08, 2010, 18:52:56
When I think back I actually first drove a "Plastic Pig" Robin Reliant van in light grey as i could drive this on my bike licence  :lol: :lol: :lol:

PS for those not from UK that the van in only fools and horses!

When I think of these I always see in my mind the doll inflating in the back
Title: Re: Learn to drive in an i30 - 600 car fleet deal
Post by: Surferdude on June 09, 2010, 01:13:59
When I think back I actually first drove a "Plastic Pig" Robin Reliant van in light grey as i could drive this on my bike licence  :lol: :lol: :lol:

PS for those not from UK that the van in only fools and horses!

When I think of these I always see in my mind the doll inflating in the back

Now that's a scary mental image.
Not going there. :rolleyes: :lol:
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