Hello from Istanbul
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My name is Onur and i've been owning a 2012 I30 CRDI 128 hp for a month. I decided to replace my 2003 Opel Corsa (for you it's vauxhall
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) after 9 years about a year ago and started looking into alternatives among C class hatchbacks. Current I30 hadn't been released back then and i was into cars like vw golf and new generation ford focus. When april came new generation i30 CRDI was tested by one of the online car magazines i regularly follow in Turkey and it was full of paises and also found superior to previous generation Golf which was believed to be the king of C segment. Then i started seeing the car in the showrooms and performing test drives and after seeing that its' price is about 20.000 Turkish liras lower than the full version vw golf tdi, i decided to buy it (20.000 liras is equal to 8500 Euros) and i ended up owning one
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. I believe i made the right choice and i will try to utilize the information given here and be a close follower and also try to contribute as much as i can
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