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Tourer_Guy · **December 18, 2013, 22:04:10**

Hi Everyone,

I just ordered my new i30 Active Tourer yesterday, turbo diesel 6 sp manual. Found this forum when googling for information about i30 fuel consumption, and was very impressed with the level of information and participation.

I should get my new car late January, and am looking forward to enjoying some of the ultra-low fuel consumption I've heard so much about!

Cheers,

Tourer_Guy

~ Angel ~ · **Reply #1: December 18, 2013, 22:04:10**

Hey Tourer_Guy

to the forum.

eye30 · **Reply #2: December 18, 2013, 22:05:52**

Welcome

asathorny · **Reply #3: December 18, 2013, 22:14:37**

Two excellent moves you've made...

Best club in the world...

best car (at the price) in the world

Welcome aboard

Tourer_Guy · **Reply #4: December 18, 2013, 22:18:41**

Wow - thanks heaps for the quick replies and the welcomes!

I'm getting out of a 2011 WRX, so I expect the new car to be quite different.

rustynutz · **Reply #5: December 19, 2013, 00:05:08**

Welcome Tourer_Guy!

Dazzler · **Reply #6: December 19, 2013, 00:31:24**

again! I found your other posts first

As you can see, we have members from all over.

Just Rick · **Reply #7: December 19, 2013, 00:58:32**

Asterix · **Reply #8: December 19, 2013, 17:24:02**

Hi Tourer_Guy

What a fine Christmas present, congrats on the new car.

The Gonz · **Reply #9: December 20, 2013, 05:06:20**

I suspect the most impressive difference you'll notice is the economy.

Tourer_Guy · **Reply #10: January 13, 2014, 04:12:05**

Update:

Just spoke with the dealer and I'm expecting to take delivery mid next week, probably Thursday, so only about 10 days to go until I receive the new car. The vehicle will be in the yard at the end of the week, but they need to fit the towbar, clean/detail it and perform the pre-delivery checks. As such I'll plan to take it for a bit of a drive on the weekend to start breaking it in. With my new petrol vehicles I've used a range of revs and speeds, but have avoided full throttle and also lugging at low revs - is the same process used for breaking in the diesel?

FatBoy · **Reply #11: January 13, 2014, 04:57:52**

From memory I think it is a similar process. It will tell you in your owners manual what the best method is. Sometimes you are hamstrung by what the local conditions are (when I picked up my car back in 2011 I was in traffic for 45 minutes in the pouring rain).

Dazzler · **Reply #12: January 13, 2014, 09:02:48**

Minimal running in required. Just don't flog it when cold and be gentle on the brakes until they bed in etc...

Tourer_Guy · **Reply #13: January 13, 2014, 19:46:33**

Thanks for that. I've always been a believer that you don't flog a cold engine regardless of age...

Tourer_Guy · **Reply #14: January 20, 2014, 02:56:03**

Update #2:

On the phone with the dealer and it seems it will be another week and a half before my new car is ready for delivery. It seems strange to me that they don't hurry up a bit, given I am burning rego on my existing car which is being traded in, and that they are carrying the cost of the new car while it is still in the supply chain.

Ah well, another 10 days to go...

Surferdude · **Reply #15: January 20, 2014, 05:47:34**

Quote from: Tourer_Guy on January 20, 2014, 02:56:03

Update #2:

On the phone with the dealer and it seems it will be another week and a half before my new car is ready for delivery. It seems strange to me that they don't hurry up a bit, given I am burning rego on my existing car which is being traded in, and that they are carrying the cost of the new car while it is still in the supply chain.

Ah well, another 10 days to go...

I'm not saying this is the case here, but when my son bought his Mazda 6 Sports in Sydney back in about 2003, the dealer told him it was coming off the ship on a certain day, would be transported to the importer and be with them within 2 days. One more day for PD and rego and he could pick it up. Then there was a delay of about 2 weeks. I worked out (but could never prove it) that they'd sold his car to a "regular" customer and allocated him one from the next shipment which was two weeks later.
I asceratined this einfo by covertly observing the yard at Hornsby, seeing the distinctive balck car there, then it had plate son it and was gone.
Coincidence that another black car turned up in the yard a fortnight later? I think not.

Dazzler · **Reply #16: January 20, 2014, 08:49:44**

Quote from: Tourer_Guy on January 20, 2014, 02:56:03

Update #2:

On the phone with the dealer and it seems it will be another week and a half before my new car is ready for delivery. It seems strange to me that they don't hurry up a bit, given I am burning rego on my existing car which is being traded in, and that they are carrying the cost of the new car while it is still in the supply chain.

Ah well, another 10 days to go...

That is a shame.. Wouldn't be the first time what Trevor has suggested has happened. Hope it is not the case though!

Tourer_Guy · **Reply #17: January 21, 2014, 02:51:44**

I wouldn't have thought it was happening, but it wouldn't be hard to check because the sales receipt has the VIN on it.

It doesn't matter so much to me, because the value of the trade has been agreed in writing and the longer they wait the less rego it will have on it...

Dazzler · **Reply #18: January 21, 2014, 09:25:38**

Quote from: Tourer_Guy on January 21, 2014, 02:51:44

I wouldn't have thought it was happening, but it wouldn't be hard to check because the sales receipt has the VIN on it.

It doesn't matter so much to me, because the value of the trade has been agreed in writing and the longer they wait the less rego it will have on it...

If the Sales receipt has the vin on it, unlikely to do a switch.. Should be fine then..

They probably just dented it while moving it around and will take two weeks to repair and paint...

Edit: Excuse my sledge hammer wit!

Phil №❶ · **Reply #19: January 21, 2014, 10:41:06**

Tourer_Guy · **Reply #20: January 23, 2014, 01:58:41**

They're now saying Friday the 31st.

At least I've pinned them down to a date now. I'm wondering if maybe they really did need to fix a dent...

Phil №❶ · **Reply #21: January 23, 2014, 02:26:44**

What is their reason for taking a customer and putting them down the list for delivery. Time to start voicing your displeasure and remind them that this is very unprofessional behaviour.

Dazzler · **Reply #22: January 23, 2014, 10:38:17**

Quote from: Tourer_Guy on January 23, 2014, 01:58:41

They're now saying Friday the 31st.

At least I've pinned them down to a date now. I'm wondering if maybe they really did need to fix a dent...

Give it a very thorough once over just incase!

I wish I lived closer I'd be happy to come with you for the pick up.. My Stepdad had a car dealership with attached body shop when I was a teenager and I learnt to pick body repairs/repaints really easily.

I was only joking about a repair, but I'd be giving it the extra once over just to be sure!

Keep us posted. Only 8 days now!

Tourer_Guy · **Reply #23: January 24, 2014, 09:25:57**

Dealership rang today (a different person to who I had been dealing) to announce my car was now in stock and would I like to book a delivery date...

Next Thursday it is! And yes, I will check it over carefully!

Dazzler · **Reply #24: January 24, 2014, 10:35:36**

So you picked up a day (now the 30th)

Tourer_Guy · **Reply #25: January 24, 2014, 19:44:22**

Looks like it. Still, I'm sure it will be worth the wait. Saw a Tourer yesterday in the city and was immediately glad of my choice.

The only downside is that my wife has a bunch of jobs for me to do when I get the wagon!

Asterix · **Reply #26: January 24, 2014, 19:59:25**

Quote from: Tourer_Guy on January 24, 2014, 19:44:22

The only downside is that my wife has a bunch of jobs for me to do when I get the wagon!

...and it never ends....

Tourer_Guy · **Reply #27: January 27, 2014, 23:08:23**

Just spoke with the dealership, now officially locked in for 4.30pm this Thursday.

I'll post up some initial thoughts a day or two after I take delivery, then a longer review once I've had the chance to run a few tanks of fuel and do a few thousand kilometres.

Just Rick · **Reply #28: January 28, 2014, 00:22:18**

Quote from: Surferdude on January 20, 2014, 05:47:34

Quote from: Tourer_Guy on January 20, 2014, 02:56:03
Update #2:

On the phone with the dealer and it seems it will be another week and a half before my new car is ready for delivery. It seems strange to me that they don't hurry up a bit, given I am burning rego on my existing car which is being traded in, and that they are carrying the cost of the new car while it is still in the supply chain.

Ah well, another 10 days to go...
I'm not saying this is the case here, but when my son bought his Mazda 6 Sports in Sydney back in about 2003, the dealer told him it was coming off the ship on a certain day, would be transported to the importer and be with them within 2 days. One more day for PD and rego and he could pick it up. Then there was a delay of about 2 weeks. I worked out (but could never prove it) that they'd sold his car to a "regular" customer and allocated him one from the next shipment which was two weeks later.
I asceratined this einfo by covertly observing the yard at Hornsby, seeing the distinctive balck car there, then it had plate son it and was gone.
Coincidence that another black car turned up in the yard a fortnight later? I think not.

Give you the tip,if a dealer has a CASH buyer or a FINANCE buyer,the CASH buyer will get the car first every time and as you said if they have a regular buyer be it Trade or Private,who gets cars off of them on a regular basis,(eg: every twelve or eighteen months)THEY will get preference over a first time or one off buyer,sorry people that's how the game is played.

We were told by both our Dealers of Bruce and Cyril,our orders would be pushed through and we would be given preference,as we were paying cash for both,Bruce the second one we bought was shipped in from another dealer and taken from a finance customer.

As they say cash talks

Tourer_Guy · **Reply #29: January 28, 2014, 01:41:48**

I'm paying cash for my new car, it didn't seem to make much difference in this case though. I am, however, a first time Hyundai buyer.

It probably helps to keep things in perspective, though. I ordered the car on December 18, and will take delivery in January 30, just over 6 weeks later. The car was on the boat when I bought it, and there would have been shutdowns due to Christmas.

Hi - new guy here!