[elantraelite]

Firstly the sale of our FD Wagon went well. The new owners were thrilled with the condition and it was their second i30. Their other is an FD Diesel Hatch with over 300,000km on the clock. They drove over from QLD all the way to us in VIC to buy the car and it sold within 5 days of being listed online with car sales.

Overall there was more than 20 enquiries with all very keen to put a deposit down before seeing the car! Advice I'd pass on to anyone that owns an FD wagon in diesel and manual... They're rare as hens teeth and people want them! Even though our dealer has said twice now that manual cars take loneger to sell. Not TRUE!

Anyway, we're loving the new PD! Brilliant car and the   petrol turbo with the 7 speed DCT are well matched together.

The only gripe we have is the navigation unit interrupting the music with a notification, then the sound to the from speakers disappears until it is reset. We'll hopefully get that shorted out at the next service

I thought the deal we got was pretty sharp.

Purchased for $34,990 (driveaway)
With
- Tint
- Mats
- Cargo liner
- Full tank of fuel
- Black plates

Since purchasing we have added these!

I would have thought someone would have snapped these up already!

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[The Gonz]

Very cool. Congrats, guys.

[John B]

Good one. 

[nzenigma]

Congratulations on the quick sale and your new PD. Go Enjoy   

Overall there was more than 20 enquiries with all very keen to put a deposit down before seeing the car! Advice I'd pass on to anyone that owns an FD wagon in diesel and manual... They're rare as hens teeth and people want them! Even though our dealer has said twice now that manual cars take loneger to sell. Not TRUE!

 

I am interested in the above. While I don't know the condition or sale price of your wagon, I have to agree with "our dealer".
As you may have picked up, I am a huge fan of  the diesel manual i30. But my experience leads me to believe that in Australia there is an extreme resistance to manual vehicles and a preference for automatic. THAT is why they are rare as hen's teeth!!!!

20 enquiries in 5 days indicates popularity and a very fair or under priced car. Were these 20 enquiries verbal or text?
When you first advertise you will get a flurry of messages from local or overseas scammers and local Indians/other commission dealers.

[elantraelite]

We sold the car for $7,000 with 165,000km. All genuine enquires the trend was that they were older people from the country that do high mileage.

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[Hati]

...sold within 5 days of being listed online with car sales.

Overall there was more than 20 enquiries with all very keen to put a deposit down before seeing the car! Advice I'd pass on to anyone that owns an FD wagon in diesel and manual... They're rare as hens teeth and people want them! Even though our dealer has said twice now that manual cars take loneger to sell. Not TRUE!

Well, over here in W.A. (Perth metro) I had my manual (6 speed) CW diesel FD on Carsales and Gumtree plus two forums for over a month and had ZERO (not one) enquiry. Mint condition, superbly looked after with extras. Nobody was interested. Had to sell it for a pittance just so it doesn't cost me in rego, depreciation and insurance.

What was the reason you chose the SR? The Elite (or Premium for your model) is the same price and spec except for the highly economical (and reasonably punchy) diesel engine. Oh, and you can get the beige interior with the Elite
I drove both and while the SR was nice, the Elite was very refined, had to listen hard to hear the engine...

[nzenigma]

Thanks for that. Next time I have one for sale I'll promote it as: ' will suit old fart living near or beyond the black stump.' 

[CraigB]

Congratulations on the new car the gallery needs more photos of the PD models

[nzenigma]

Well, over here in W.A. (Perth metro) I had my manual (6 speed) CW diesel FD on Carsales and Gumtree plus two forums for over a month and had ZERO (not one) enquiry. Mint condition, superbly looked after with extras. Nobody was interested. Had to sell it for a pittance just so it doesn't cost me in rego, depreciation and insurance.

Sorry to here that. My experience in Metro Queensland has been the same .
 Often time of the year is a factor, people buy when the sun is out, not in the dead of winter. Also not during an election period .
The influence of the news is generally overlooked.
When I was selling used cars on a grand scale I could gauge the day's prospects by looking at the front page of the local rag newspaper. Bad news = No sales. Without exception!!

[Dazzler]

Wow! interesting to hear the difference between WA and Vic especially as the i30 is super popular in WA.

Congrats on the new PD Dean! Awesome. I haven't had that issue with my speakers (thank goodness) maybe a glitch in the software (hopefully an easy fix)

@Hati

I think the dealers are pushing the SR pretty hard. I didn't get a chance to see or drive any up spec diesel PD's down here. I may have been tempted if I did as the lighter interior would have appealed and also the economy of course. Although I am extremely happy with my SR.

[Hati]

I think the dealers are pushing the SR pretty hard. I didn't get a chance to see or drive any up spec diesel PD's down here. I may have been tempted if I did as the lighter interior would have appealed and also the economy of course. Although I am extremely happy with my SR.

I went back to the same dealer (and sales person) we bought both the FD and the Accent from. He recommended the diesel, especially that unlike "normal", it doesn't cost any more. Win win

[Dazzler]

I think the dealers are pushing the SR pretty hard. I didn't get a chance to see or drive any up spec diesel PD's down here. I may have been tempted if I did as the lighter interior would have appealed and also the economy of course. Although I am extremely happy with my SR.

I went back to the same dealer (and sales person) we bought both the FD and the Accent from. He recommended the diesel, especially that unlike "normal", it doesn't cost any more. Win win

And it's a proven unit. 

[elantraelite]

Thanks Dazz!

Really happy with the i30. I do agree with what you said on another thread about first gear being a bit relaxed. The 1.6 definitely has some get up and go!

I drove the diesel with DCT and thought while the 1.6 CRDi is a brilliant engine, the 1.6 petrol was very quick and also delivered great torque like the diesel.

The only reason of go the diesel is for the fuel economy. Given we've now got the Santa Fe CRDi, we were happy to try a petrol again.

My partner really likes the two tone interior of the diesel i30

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[MIY]

Congrats! May you enjoy it without any unpleasant incidents!

[Intergalacticwolf]

Congrats, man! It's a great car. I'm a bit envious of your sunroof and cooled seats haha. Hope you enjoy many years of trouble free motoring from it.

I also found the Navi announcements annoying so I muted everything except for the speed camera chimes. But even then, I got the volume way down on the chimes too so driving isn't so bothersome anymore. Hope you find a setting that suits your comfort.

[elantraelite]

Well it's probably about time I shared some photos of the new beast.

Just had its 1,500km inspection... Pretty disappointed with Frankston Hyundai's service. Got treated like a second rate customer because we bought it from Essendon Hyundai.

And they wonder why we didn't buy the car from them!

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[Dazzler]

Thanks for the photos, looks great. They have no idea, do they on how to build a relationship!