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New i30 Diesel Auto

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Offline steve c

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Finally, after two months of waiting, I got my Active diesel auto.

The dealer threw in window tinting to make up for the wait, and I decided to add aftermarket alloys to replace the standard steel rims.

I wasn't sure about the black rims at first, but the salesman convinced me that they would look good with the dark metallic grey and darker windows.

Gotta say, I LOVE the diesel/auto combination. Just wow.
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Congrats Steve, Looks great (Yep, the little 1.6 Diesel is a cracker)

Be nice if you could host a bigger picture via Imgur or similar... :whistler:
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Thanks. I'm new to this site, and merely uploaded as per the attachment thingy here. Not sure how to do Imggur .  Also, size of pics seems to be limited to 25 kb each. Drats.
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Hope this works!

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Mmm. It seemed to work.

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Last one. Promise.

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 :ta: Looks good!
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That is a nice looking car.  The tinting with the colour and the wheels go well together!!


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Nice  :goodjob2: :goodjob:
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Thanks. I saw a range of colours of i30s at the dealership and settled on the grey.

Due to the car being waaaay overdue, the dealer threw in tinting. I wasn't going to bother, but the but it's great.  The guy at the wheel place (Bob Jane, for those in Australia) had a strong view that the black wheels would look good. I REALLY doubted him, but glad now I went with his suggestion.

Actually, when I took the car in for its first service, the guys in the service department remarked on it too.
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Another happy diesel owner!

Love the torque of the diesel, the auto would have quite a bit of punch with over 300 torque and the 7 speed

You choose well getting grey, perfect colour to keep clean and doesn't show light swirl marks like other colours



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To be honest, I thought the raves about diesel torque were all hype. I have a favourite hill - in between Toolern Vale and Gisborne, Victoria - which is about 5km long, and it gets quite steep at the crest.

The 'little' diesel doesn't even change down from 7th gear. Frigg'n unbelievable.
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 :D :goodjob2: :happydance:
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Brilliant alloys :D


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To be honest, I thought the raves about diesel torque were all hype. I have a favourite hill - in between Toolern Vale and Gisborne, Victoria - which is about 5km long, and it gets quite steep at the crest.

The 'little' diesel doesn't even change down from 7th gear. Frigg'n unbelievable.
Throw a camper trailer weighing a tonne behind it and it can still climb a hill in 5th gear (got an 09 FD i30)

Sinclairs Rd in Rockbank has a pretty good dip...that was pretty fun

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Ha! I go down that dip every week on my way to visit my parents in Sunbury. Yup, it's steep!
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Brilliant alloys :D


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Tapatalk is adding stupid extra sig thingy now..  :crazy1: (I must try and turn it off!) :evil:
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That is one nice looking car.   :goodjob2:
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