From Canada

**December 14, 2009, 03:45:01**

Hi all,

Been lurking for a while since I got my Elantra Touring here in Canada (i30 CW in the rest of the world) on Sept. 18, and have found the info quite useful.

Cheers!

Michael

2i30s · **Reply #1: December 14, 2009, 08:09:25**

welcome from Australia

Dazzler · **Reply #2: December 14, 2009, 08:16:04**

Welcome Michael... are you happy with your car so far? (don't think you get the diesel do you?)

bumpkin · **Reply #3: December 14, 2009, 08:31:56**

Welcome Michael

SRT Metro · **Reply #4: December 14, 2009, 09:56:30**

Hi Michael and welcome to the club!

eye30 · **Reply #5: December 14, 2009, 17:30:31**

Welcome mvasseur (aka michael)

**Reply #6: December 14, 2009, 20:59:47**

Welcome

**Reply #7: December 15, 2009, 02:26:14**

Quote from: Dazz on December 14, 2009, 08:16:04

Welcome Michael... are you happy with your car so far? (don't think you get the diesel do you?)

Quite happy! And it drives well in the snow (Bridgestone Blizzak WS60). But up here we only get the 2.0L gasoline (euh... petrol for the rest of you) engine.

The car already has over 8300k on it. It's the 2009 GL w/Sport package (i.e., has everything except ESP, surprisingly enough).

I'll get a picture of the rear of the car and post it later so you can see what the Elantra Touring badge looks like (I like it!)

Cheers!

Michael

I30Racer · **Reply #8: December 15, 2009, 02:49:40**

Welcome from Luxembourg,Michael.

Good choice..Nice car.

P.S Last year,I was in Holidays in Canada (Calgary,Banff)..Beautiful Country

Surferdude · **Reply #9: December 15, 2009, 10:41:04**

Hi Michael, from the Sunshine Coast in Queensland.
Whereabouts in Canada are you.
I have a son and daughter-in-law and grandson in Mississauga. (Yeah I know. It's a big country.)
We've spent a a couple of pleasant trips there in the last few years and will be back again in (probably) October 2010.

**Reply #10: December 16, 2009, 00:18:56**

I'm in Gatineau, Quebec, just north of Ottawa, my nation's capital.

Myowni30 · **Reply #11: December 16, 2009, 05:29:38**

Welcome to the i30 forum. Lets see that badge

**Reply #12: December 16, 2009, 06:51:55**

A picture of the Elantra Touring badge is now my ID picture (at left).

Surferdude · **Reply #13: December 16, 2009, 07:14:17**

Quote from: mvasseur on December 16, 2009, 00:18:56

I'm in Gatineau, Quebec, just north of Ottawa, my nation's capital.

Thought that might be the case from your name.
I've been to Montreal a couple of times but haven't made it to Ottawa yet. Also want to see the east coast esp Nova Scotia.

Hemmi · **Reply #14: December 16, 2009, 22:02:42**

Hi Michael and welcome

Dazzler · **Reply #15: December 17, 2009, 00:17:52**

Hey Michael,

When I went to school (almost 40 years ago) we learnt a lot about Canada (Part of the Commonwealth and all) but doesn't get a lot of mentions in Aus these days..

Would be interested to see some photos and info in our random pix section if you are that way inclined...

From what I know it is a lovely place but very different from Aus in climate and Scenery...

**Reply #16: December 17, 2009, 03:09:00**

It's a very nice place, but the climate is tougher than most, if not all nations. Just have a look at the records set for my weather station at home (http://www.vasseur.ca/meteo/record.htm) and you'll find that this past year alone (the station's only been up a year) the temperature varied from 34.6°C to -32.8°C (that's not a mistake, that's MINUS 32.8°C). And just last week the province of Alberta has seen temps of -43°C.

Combine the above with the fact that we have a "to the tar" snow removal policy which involves copious amounts of road salt used each winter, and you have the worst possible conditions to own anything made of iron.

I have rustproofed the car, so I expect it to last as long as my last car, a 1996 Saturn SL2 w/231103km on the odometer when I handed it to the Hyundai dealership in September.

Cheers!

Michael

saunaman · **Reply #17: December 17, 2009, 06:23:39**

Hello mvasseur and welcome.

I think we share pretty much similar driving conditions, as I am also living next to the North Pole (Finland).

I'm pretty okay with the crisp temperatures (currently -16°C) but I do hate spreading salt on the roads - it literally destroys the car body in few years, rust proofing helps a bit. I think the amount of salt used here is somewhere around 50kg per one meter of road every winter. Salt is used mostly here in southern part of country, as it does not melt down the ice below -5°C temperatures but only makes road more slippery. Personally, would like to stop salting the roads and accept the fact that road may be slippery at +-0°C.

Do they allow studs for winter tires in Canada? We can have studs and I think it is the only way to get decent grip of the icy roads in southern Finland. Up north they can surely survive without studs.

Hemmi · **Reply #18: December 17, 2009, 09:48:53**

Wow that's cold guys

I live much norther than you guys but I don't see that kind of temps here, thanks to the gulf stream.

It's 6°C at the moment (09:45AM) and dark outside.

Dazzler · **Reply #19: December 17, 2009, 12:07:12**

People in the North Island (Mainland Australia) think Tasmania is a cold place (It is all relative..) where I live in the North west of the state it very rarely gets below 0c and seldom over 25c (we are lucky it is a pretty good climate - and no salt on the road ever

)

**Reply #20: December 17, 2009, 14:11:52**

Quote from: saunaman on December 17, 2009, 06:23:39

Do they allow studs for winter tires in Canada?

Some provinces do, and some don't. In Québec, we're allowed to have studs on our winter tires, and winter tires are mandatory between Dec. 15 and March 15. Some other provinces don't even require winter tires, as in Ontario just across the river. Not surprising they had a 60 car pileup 2 days ago when we had freezing fog.

Nick Riffed · **Reply #21: December 17, 2009, 14:43:46**

That looks very nice in red. 8)

Nick Riffed · **Reply #22: December 17, 2009, 14:47:13**

I always find it a bit strange how manufacturers can give the same model several different names around the globe. Why do that do that? does "i30" mean something rude in Canada?

**Reply #23: December 17, 2009, 14:57:56**

Quote from: Nick Riffed on December 17, 2009, 14:47:13

I always find it a bit strange how manufacturers can give the same model several different names around the globe. Why do that do that? does "i30" mean something rude in Canada?

They do that for 2 reasons, i think:

1. Don't call any car a wagon, since the manufacturers consider the term "detrimental to the North American market"

2. Hyundai wants to capitalize on the excellent reliability of the Elantra.

Nick Riffed · **Reply #24: December 17, 2009, 16:08:05**

Obviously the term "Wagon" isn't detrimental to the Australian market, Not that it's a term that gets used much in the UK but the manufacturers that use it here seem to do so in a slightly pretentious sort of way.

hipposniper · **Reply #25: December 17, 2009, 21:42:00**

Welcome from Devon in the uk