See so many people looking to know if they should take the leap from GTI's Fords etc and I get it, Hyundais first go bla bla, but for all the cornering precision, balance, 0-60, stiffness braking performance talk I think there is a large group that reason you buy this car is emotive. Now I don't want an over indulgent thing but for me the joy of ownership of this car has been emotive for me so far.
1)- I wrote on a previous post that I look at owning the i30N as an early adopter pioneer thing, never done it before as I believed that version 2 of a product will be so much better as kinks worked out etc but a huge huge part of ownership of this car for me is being part of the Test dummy group and looking at the suggestions that people have here for it and seeing do they apply to me or will the next one have them. That and the uniqueness of the car, GTi great car everyone knows em. People see the N and they just want to fawn over it (or so has been my experience) and I just love the way Hyundai has brought the other manufacturers out of their comfort zone. Both cars are great cars but because Hyundai in my mind listened to the market instead of telling the market this is what they wanted they got my €€.
2)- There is a section of twisty 10 mile main road that has a great surface that I drive every week. The smile on my face for this as I push the car, all settings up, revs kept in the first orange bar of shift lights all the time so constantly popping. Little wobble here and there to remind you light car, pure driving joy.
3)- The pride I get in my little machine when I see change in someone who sees little noisy Hyundai and then are all over the settings screen in disbelief, performance etc.
Haven't had a car give me the emotional kick this one does, from an engineer that has to mean something. I would welcome you guys to add to the below, or even 1 word emotive responses.
1)- I wrote on a previous post that I look at owning the i30N as an early adopter pioneer thing, never done it before as I believed that version 2 of a product will be so much better as kinks worked out etc but a huge huge part of ownership of this car for me is being part of the Test dummy group and looking at the suggestions that people have here for it and seeing do they apply to me or will the next one have them. That and the uniqueness of the car, GTi great car everyone knows em. People see the N and they just want to fawn over it (or so has been my experience) and I just love the way Hyundai has brought the other manufacturers out of their comfort zone. Both cars are great cars but because Hyundai in my mind listened to the market instead of telling the market this is what they wanted they got my €€.
2)- There is a section of twisty 10 mile main road that has a great surface that I drive every week. The smile on my face for this as I push the car, all settings up, revs kept in the first orange bar of shift lights all the time so constantly popping. Little wobble here and there to remind you light car, pure driving joy.
3)- The pride I get in my little machine when I see change in someone who sees little noisy Hyundai and then are all over the settings screen in disbelief, performance etc.
Haven't had a car give me the emotional kick this one does, from an engineer that has to mean something. I would welcome you guys to add to the below, or even 1 word emotive responses.