Howdy fellas 
My first post in this friendly forum, however in anticipation of "my" N I think I've read through most if not all existing freds already
So what have I picked up a couple days ago:
What's the story behind this car, why did I pick it?
As it turns out, I was without a car for almost 3 years now. Before that, I had an M240i. Yes that engine was a real killer but the rest of the car didn't quite cut it for me. Too perfect and smooth, idk. So now with starting a family (35 y. old), and current crazy gas and heating prices etc., we wanted to have 1 single car that can accomplish all of the following:
Now why Phantom Black? To be fully honest with you guys, I wanted a grey N. Either Micron Grey or Dark Knight. But, you all know how it is with availability of new or hardly used cars at the moment. And I really needed a car, since we just moved house. So, after couple weeks I saw the "perfect" N for a reasonable price and readily available for us to pick up. So the trade-off was either to go with this one "despite" it being black, or go with a grey N and sacrifice on the seats or the pano roof etc. And as we plan on keeping the car for 3-5 years, we went for the fully equipped one and as it turns out, black suits the car quite nicely it will get 19" black winter rims soon as well.
First impressions:
What has been done / will be done to the car: obviously for our "multi purpose vehicle"
and also due to cost reasons, I don't plan on making a real track tool out of this.
Mods:
Some initial pics in next post 
My first post in this friendly forum, however in anticipation of "my" N I think I've read through most if not all existing freds already
So what have I picked up a couple days ago:
- New FL N Performance Hatchback in Phantom Black (10km)
- "Fully equipped" = DCT, N Light Seats, Assist Package, Pano
- Located in Northern Germany close to Hamburg
What's the story behind this car, why did I pick it?
As it turns out, I was without a car for almost 3 years now. Before that, I had an M240i. Yes that engine was a real killer but the rest of the car didn't quite cut it for me. Too perfect and smooth, idk. So now with starting a family (35 y. old), and current crazy gas and heating prices etc., we wanted to have 1 single car that can accomplish all of the following:
- Daily commute / shopper / all season car incl. winter and often parking out in the open
- Comfortable to use for my wife (automatic gearbox, rear camera etc.) while still being a sexy car - she had an Abarth before
- Long Autobahn trips for holiday and family visits
- Occasional Nordschleife Touristenfahrten 1-2 times per year
Now why Phantom Black? To be fully honest with you guys, I wanted a grey N. Either Micron Grey or Dark Knight. But, you all know how it is with availability of new or hardly used cars at the moment. And I really needed a car, since we just moved house. So, after couple weeks I saw the "perfect" N for a reasonable price and readily available for us to pick up. So the trade-off was either to go with this one "despite" it being black, or go with a grey N and sacrifice on the seats or the pano roof etc. And as we plan on keeping the car for 3-5 years, we went for the fully equipped one and as it turns out, black suits the car quite nicely
it will get 19" black winter rims soon as well.First impressions:
- yeah baby. Compared to the M240i, this is an emotional car!
- Even though we take the 1000km running-in-period very seriously, already feels great to drive and has ample power
- The black painting by Hyundai is really not the best. Paint clouds all over the car and while de-batching, I gotta be honest, did manage to do some micro-scratches to the painting although I was really careful. Will be treated with a nice polishing soon and surely go away through this. But really gotta be careful with that Phantom Black
- N Light Seats are super comfy and fit me very well even though I am nearly 190cm tall. Pano roof no issue at all!
- Surprisingly lot of space in the car
- Music sound system and interior quality is OK for us. Surely not premium but tbh I expected worse from reading all the forum freds so was actually positively surprised
- I've not yet gotten used to the fact that you have to press the throttle pedal quite heavily to actually get the car rolling in first gear after a stop, e.g. traffic light; will take some time for me to adjust. Would prefer if already a gentle pedal press would be enough to get the car rolling.
What has been done / will be done to the car: obviously for our "multi purpose vehicle"
and also due to cost reasons, I don't plan on making a real track tool out of this.Mods:
- Done: black Hyundai logo badges front and rear
- Done: N side skirt stickers
- Done: debadging "Hyundai" and "i30"
- Done: wireless Carplay (Carlinkit)
- Done: LED reverse lights (Link)
- Done: black carbon "start engine" button (Link)
- Done: red door lock covers (Link)
- Done: black wheel bolt covers
- Will be done: frameless plate holders
- Will be done: black carbon key fob cover
- Will be done: Eibach 15-20mm
- Will be done: Rallyflapz mud flaps (probably "ShortieZ")
- Might be done: black "N" logos front/rear
- Might be done: carbon fiber interior parts (Faserschmiede)
- Might be done: Stage1 software tuning (MTT?)
- Might be done: More aggressive brake pads
- Might be done: front spoiler lip with flaps
- Might be done: oil cooler (still unsure)
- Might be done: Wagner intercooler
Some initial pics in next post
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ofc I don't yet have long-term experience but today it worked absolutely flawless. Fixed it with double-sided tape above the USB socket. Very quick automatic connection (~15 seconds after ignition or engine start), no hickups, stable connection, good music streaming, did not recognize any change in audio quality. Buttons on steering wheel still work. Auto-reconnected after I left the car for 2 hours and got in again. Very satisified so far, but lets see how it goes in the long-term.
Immediately exchanged them with black weights.
