Picked up my Hyper Silver SLX CRDI yesterday
. Fantastic car so far. Really like the colour now that I've got it. I think with I full palette of colours to choose I would have ended up picking the same. It's a little be chameleon like, depending on the light it can look light or dark (think that is way a lot of the pictures don't really caputre it well).
Dealer was great too, got my mats, ipod cable, 12months rego and 1/2 tank diesel. Service department gave me a free map book too, nice touch. I thought the box of diesel gloves in the glove box was funny. Haven't needed to fill up yet to see if I need them though.
Sorted out insurance for only $2.30 per month more than my old car (2002 Hyundai Accent) so pretty happy about that.
Love the acceleration, seems much quicker than the specs. Getting use to the diesel rattle. Only noticeable cold. Seems to be a burning type smell after driving it, I don't know if that is because of the diesel or just because it is new. Fuel economy has dropped from 25.3L/100Km when I picked it up to 7.9Km, hoping it will go lower although the acceleration is hard to resist.
Was very pleased to find the ipod interface is fast and responsive, much better than the Sony head unit I had in my previous car. Think I read somewhere that a song would go back to the beginning after turning the ignition off and on but I found it picked up right where it left off, very pleased. It's also not too bad on gapless playback (playing two songs where there is no gap, eg. Dark Side of the Moon). Although not perfect, it's better than what I expected. Can't believe one review I read said the stereo was "suprisingly poor for a current model", I think it's fantastic, display is great and superb Ipod interface. Probably needs better bass but I listen to a lot of vocals and acoustic music anyway. The dark feature to turn off the stereo screen is good but it's a bit of an oversight that the climate control screen doesn't turn off too.
All in all very happy with my purchase and don't regret one bit not buying the other car I had on my radar (Ford Focus XR5).
