Hi All well have not posted much for a while, but I'm still here & via my father I still get to drive an i30 when up Sydney at his place ( PD 2.0 Petrol auto ).
Well am almost ready to Move from my unit I just sold to another unit ( about same size but 1 hour closer to both Sydney & Canberra ) trouble is the Old HiLux 4wd tray back a bit hard to get in new garage, although the new garage larger, just a tighter turn into it. and I don't drive up through the bush on dirt roads & off road to visit my cousin like I used too ( still keep in touch ). plus the pushy group are planning more rides away ( two & three days ) so could not leave a mountain bike like mine on back of ute over night. I don't like van's as most are forward control, don't feel right to me ( I have driven my fair share of them when working ) & they use a lot of fuel. But have known a few people that owned and worked with those little VW caddy vans and they all liked them said how reliable & good on fuel plus ok to drive.
So while up in Sydney, I went trolling used car dealers
, I found one that is short wheel base, no windows & 1.6 TDI auto has a lot of K's up but it did them fast & has never had big loads in it . looks in really good almost new condition. dealer told me take it for a test ( on my own ) I was impressed with how smooth the auto shifted & how nice it drove. had my HiLux with me so said to dealer I'll put deposit & come back on the bus & trains to pick it up. because I'm so far down the coast public transport nothing like what u get used to in Sydney. I had to get up very early meet bus up the road at 4,30am
, then catch a diesel train , then swap to an electric train to Sydney, then swap trains to get to closest station to dealer, I phoned him & he came picked me up. left home 4.30am arrive near dealers 12noon. van was in like new he had it detailed really nicely. after all signing and $ hand over I'm off I filled up with BP ultimate Diesel 52L of it 60L tank he did not give me much fuel!! then I'm off home 300+ K about 4.5 hour driving. you can tell if it's a good fit if your first drive takes 4.5 hours non stop & you feel good when you get out at the end. fuel gauge was still up near full when I got home. I then showed my cat ( no wife ) & put my mountain bike standing up on its wheels in the back tied it down & drove down to Mystery Bay to my riding friends to show him. he likes it and that's saying something as he has a vintage Chevy V8 pick up he carries his mountain bike in.
well only time will tell. the little diesel ran well I did not drive it as hard as my little i30 CRDi manual and this has a 7 speed auto with two dry clutchs I think judging by the rev's at speeds this is a lot taller geared than my i30 was and it held 7th gear most of the way shifting to 6th on big hill's & 5th in towns. I noticed I could pull away from 4 cylinder petrol cars following me when we hit hill's & I was going easy.
did not use cruise control as I could not see it
. but looking at owners manual I found it, it is more like holden or GM use, the Hyundai use a cruise control more like what you find in Ford's, I like the Hyundai CC better but will see how this goes when I use it.
