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Originally Posted by Daox
How are you liking the i30 now that you have had it for about a month?
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It's a nice enough car, but with all it's electronic "aids" I find it a bit like driving by committee.
As I clock up more kilometres, I find myself turning off more and more of its automatic features. Who really needs auto headlights and wipers anyway?
Even the ECO mode is annoying. On this car it adjusts the engine output as well as gearbox shift points.
It's OK going to work (
down the mountains) but I turn it off on the way home, having to wait while the controller decides whether I really need extra power as I'm climbing drives me nuts.
I'm even finding the car coasts better with the electronic stability control turned off, although I haven't tried that enough to confirm if there's any real fuel saving by doing so.
The electric power steering felt very odd when I first got it but I find I've adjusted to it (or vice versa?).
Having a fuel economy readout is nice, but the phrase "liar, liar, pants on fire" comes to mind when it seems to not count being stopped at lights with the engine running as using any fuel.
Maybe I'm just too old to appreciate the "improvements" in motoring.
Pete.