How many i30 seen in one day

Dazzler · **Reply #30: March 31, 2011, 08:43:05**

There are several around Devonport with eyecatching paintwork.. unfortunately they are usually on the move (or I am) when I see them so no photos yet..

A red hatch is painted with lollies (for a Confectionery shop) and another white hatch has Flames licking around the bottom of it (I think it is a rep for a gas company) and our main Electricity provider has fairly distinctive marking on theirs.. I will try and get some photos sooner or later

Ugly Mongrel · **Reply #31: April 10, 2011, 12:55:33**

New record today for the most i30s seen.

Took a trip up and back to the Sunshine Cost from Brisbane and saw 34 i30s. Not bad for one day.....

2i30s · **Reply #32: April 11, 2011, 10:30:03**

that's not a bad effort for one day.

Ugly Mongrel · **Reply #33: April 11, 2011, 12:52:25**

Quote from: 2i30s on April 11, 2011, 10:30:03

that's not a bad effort for one day.

You're right, 2eyes. I couldn't get over how many i30s there were. The tally included those I saw leaving Brisbane; those on the highway going to the Sunshine Coast; those I saw at Caloundra, Moffatt Beach, Golden Beach etc and then the ones I saw on the way back to Brisbane. They are like bloody rabbits

Ugly Mongrel · **Reply #34: May 15, 2011, 23:23:32**

Took a trip up to the Sunshine Coast on the weekend. Saw 31 on the way up on Saturday and 22 on the way back to Brisbane on Sunday.

Dazzler · **Reply #35: May 15, 2011, 23:28:09**

Reckon you should think about investing in an in car camera .. Would like to see that.. an interesting drive through that area too

.. Will probably get up to the Kingscliff / Gold Coast region either late this year or early next year, hopefully

Surferdude · **Reply #36: May 15, 2011, 23:58:43**

Quote from: Ugly Mongrel on April 11, 2011, 12:52:25

Quote from: 2i30s on April 11, 2011, 10:30:03
that's not a bad effort for one day.

You're right, 2eyes. I couldn't get over how many i30s there were. The tally included those I saw leaving Brisbane; those on the highway going to the Sunshine Coast; those I saw at Caloundra, Moffatt Beach, Golden Beach etc and then the ones I saw on the way back to Brisbane. They are like bloody rabbits

Wonder if one of those was mine.

Surferdude · **Reply #37: May 16, 2011, 00:00:21**

Quote from: Dazzler on May 15, 2011, 23:28:09

Reckon you should think about investing in an in car camera .. Would like to see that.. an interesting drive through that area too .. Will probably get up to the Kingscliff / Gold Coast region either late this year or early next year, hopefully

Dazz, I'm working on that for the Caloundra area. Still experimenting with camera placement though. Trying to get a slightly "side" view off to the left as well as the road ahead.

Dazzler · **Reply #38: May 16, 2011, 00:07:49**

Quote from: surferdude on May 16, 2011, 00:00:21

Dazz, I'm working on that for the Caloundra area. Still experimenting with camera placement though. Trying to get a slightly "side" view off to the left as well as the road ahead.

Sounds good Trev...I just remembered that my Panasonic point and shoot takes 720 HD vid so next time we are somewhere interesting with both cameras I will get Trish to drive and get two angles.. the straight ahead and some panning and side shots and try to combine them

Ugly Mongrel · **Reply #39: May 16, 2011, 04:59:10**

Quote from: Dazzler on May 15, 2011, 23:28:09

Reckon you should think about investing in an in car camera .. Would like to see that..

Might be a bit hard to film them all Dazzler as a lot of the i30s I counted were in carparks, at service stations, on driveways, up side streets etc. Also a lot were on the opposite side of a separated dual carriageway (Bruce Highway) and by the time I notice a lot of them have shot past and I only confirm them by the rear tail light configuration. With so many small hatches on the road, some look a lot like the i30 at speed.

The cars I saw included driving school cars, hire cars, fleet cars as well as private vehicles. In Caloundra on Sunday morning, I had counted six within five minutes.

At one stage on the way home on the Bruce Hway, there were three of us in a small convoy. I always wave madly when I see another i30, so if you saw someone in a white i30CW waving up the coast on the weekend, that was me

Surferdude · **Reply #40: May 16, 2011, 05:10:17**

Quote from: Ugly Mongrel on May 16, 2011, 04:59:10

In Caloundra on Sunday morning, I had counted six within five minutes.

At the markets were you UM?

Ugly Mongrel · **Reply #41: May 16, 2011, 05:25:17**

Quote from: surferdude on May 16, 2011, 05:10:17

Quote from: Ugly Mongrel on May 16, 2011, 04:59:10
In Caloundra on Sunday morning, I had counted six within five minutes.

At the markets were you UM?

Yep, went and had a look at the fare in Bullcock St

alan2938 · **Reply #42: June 08, 2011, 13:27:52**

I have seen a few Hyundai's around, but not many i30's.

Ugly Mongrel · **Reply #43: June 13, 2011, 04:47:20**

Took another trip to the Sunshine Coast over the long weekend. Here are the i30 sighting stats.

Saturday (travelling to Caloundra) - 15
Sunday - (out & about on the Coast ) - 28
Monday - (travelling back to Brissie) - 38

That's a total of 81 i30s for the weekend.

I'd have to say that red was the most popular color, followed by white. The Hatch outnumbered the Wagon by about two to one.

Dazzler · **Reply #44: June 13, 2011, 05:09:08**

Did anyone else add up those three number to check UM's maths?

My trip the other day to Sheffield and back with detours probably about 80 kms (only saw 2 or 3 but roads pretty quiet being off tourist season)

Ugly Mongrel · **Reply #45: June 13, 2011, 07:46:59**

My Maths is far better than bumpkin's geography

Shambles · **Reply #46: June 13, 2011, 08:16:54**

Quote from: Ugly Mongrel on June 13, 2011, 07:46:59

My Maths is far better than bumpkin's geography

or even 3i40's geography

2i30s · **Reply #47: June 13, 2011, 09:41:19**

Quote from: Shambles on June 13, 2011, 08:16:54

Quote from: Ugly Mongrel on June 13, 2011, 07:46:59
My Maths is far better than bumpkin's geography

or even 3i40's geography

2i30's, thank you.

Ugly Mongrel · **Reply #48: June 13, 2011, 13:17:05**

Just goes to show that even the best of us make mistakes

2i30s · **Reply #49: June 13, 2011, 13:22:18**

Steve snr camouflaged that post quite well,but not good enough.

2i30s · **Reply #50: June 13, 2011, 13:23:08**

Quote from: 2i30s on June 13, 2011, 09:41:19

Quote from: Shambles on June 13, 2011, 08:16:54
Quote from: Ugly Mongrel on June 13, 2011, 07:46:59
My Maths is far better than bumpkin's geography

or even 3i40's geography
2i30's, thank you.

WylieCoyote · **Reply #51: June 16, 2011, 07:16:16**

What a difference a few days make... Went to Sunshine Coast and counted 3 only.. Must only go out on weekends, eh...

Ugly Mongrel · **Reply #52: June 17, 2011, 00:18:44**

Quote from: WylieCoyote on June 16, 2011, 07:16:16

What a difference a few days make... Went to Sunshine Coast and counted 3 only.. Must only go out on weekends, eh...

WylieCoyote, you may be right suggesting that more people travel to and from the Sunshine Coast on weekends, particularly over the Queen's Birthday Weekend.

I start counting from when I leave home in Brisbane and stop when I get back into my garage. I include all i30s I see travelling either north or south, parked in driveways, at shopping centres (oh, and Bunnings

) and driving in the Calounda/Kawana area of the Sunshine Coast. It isn't unusual to see five or six i30s within a 10 minute period in the Caloundra area. I've seen this more than once.

On the way back from the Coast on the Monday public holiday, I stopped for a coffee at the BP service station at Burpengary and counted a dozen i30s whizzing past going either north or south while having my coffee.

So yes, I agree with you WylieCoyote, you must get out more on weekends

Ping Eye · **Reply #53: June 17, 2011, 03:10:07**

A reply from a Touring owner. (Tom from Schenectady, NY, USA) I probably see on average two Elantra Touring's a week, which is pretty cool as I see it. I suspect I will see more in the near future, similar to when I bought a Santa Fe in 2001.

WylieCoyote · **Reply #54: June 17, 2011, 11:53:55**

UM, must admit that Wednesday and Thursday when I was on the road, there wasn't much traffic. It sometimes happens like that. Travel to Golden Beach often as we have lodgings there. See more around Brisbane on a normal day.

Surferdude · **Reply #55: September 14, 2011, 09:07:01**

Quote from: WylieCoyote on June 17, 2011, 11:53:55

UM, must admit that Wednesday and Thursday when I was on the road, there wasn't much traffic. It sometimes happens like that. Travel to Golden Beach often as we have lodgings there. See more around Brisbane on a normal day.

As I live at Pelican Waters and drive to and from Brisbane often, I've given up counting. There's so many it's distracting.I must say I've never noticed a difference between week days or weekends. There's certainly plenty which live here.
I dug this topic up because today I cameup behind an i20 on the highway heading south, just as he caught up to a Getz and an Elantra caught up to me from behind.
We're taking over.

Shambles · **Reply #56: September 14, 2011, 09:31:38**

Not a bad bump actually.

Still very rare over here; I'll see only 3 or 4 a week.

Strange demographic though... without a single exception I would say the i30 drivers I've noticed are in their mature years; I haven't seen one who looked under 50 y/o

meehalych · **Reply #57: September 14, 2011, 10:11:48**

The number or the cars I see on our roads varies from 0 to 3 a day on average, it is because Saint-Petersburg is a big city and this car is not very popular as there are some cheaper analogs such as KIA Ceed and Hyundai Solaris, the latter is getting very popular now and its hatch-back version looks like i30.

Surferdude · **Reply #58: September 14, 2011, 10:40:33**

Quote from: Shambles on September 14, 2011, 09:31:38

Not a bad bump actually.

Still very rare over here; I'll see only 3 or 4 a week.

Strange demographic though... without a single exception I would say the i30 drivers I've noticed are in their mature years; I haven't seen one who looked under 50 y/o

Yeah it's interesting. When we were over there last year I think I saw about three in two weeks.

The demographic here seems to be much wider - plenty of young women driving them as well as a pretty broad selection of guys. And oldies.

At least two others turn up at my surf spot with boards on occasionally.

diablo · **Reply #59: September 17, 2011, 04:03:58**

Quote from: Shambles on September 14, 2011, 09:31:38

Not a bad bump actually.

Still very rare over here; I'll see only 3 or 4 a week.

Strange demographic though... without a single exception I would say the i30 drivers I've noticed are in their mature years; I haven't seen one who looked under 50 y/o

I see mainly blokes from 40 to 80 driving them. I split the difference there being nearly 60. Gawd, how did I get that old.

There are more i30s than there were obviously but still not common. About a quarter of the ones I see are Bill Plant driving school ones.

The fairly similar Kia Ceed seems more popular with mature ladies. Maybe they prefer the firmer suspension when driving on cobbled roads.

I think younger people tend to stick with more traditional car types like VW and Citroen, whereas an oldster like me prefers value and reliability* above brand recognition and fashion.

* not had a problem yet anyway.