Paddon and co driver John Kennard finished ninth after the final day of the German Rally yesterday.
''It's good to get to the finish and the result doesn't really reflect the positives we can take out of this weekend and the amount that we've learned,' Paddon said.
''This is all obviously information and data we can use to improve on tarmac in the future.''
Having been the quickest of the four Hyundai drivers during Friday's shakedown run, Paddon and Kennard came through Saturday's eight stages to hold eighth place overall in a close fought top 10.
They were encouraged by their pace relative to Hyundai Motorsport team mates Dani Sordo and Thierry Neuville.
After eight stages, the New Zealanders were just over 20sec behind Neuville in fifth place. Both Sordo and Neuville have much more experience on tarmac than Paddon and eventually finished this year's event in fourth and fifth place respectively.
Sunday proved unexpectedly challenging, as the Kiwi duo contended with a turbo related technical issue on all nine stages of the event's longest day.
The lack of power was particularly frustrating on the iconic Panzaplatte, with its hundreds of junctions. Despite losing the best part of a minute, they persevered to complete all nine stages and reach the finish placed ninth.
With the Hyundai i20 WRC back to full power for yesterday's final four stages, Paddon concentrated on gathering as much information as he could about the different skills needed to drive fast on tarmac.
''Tarmac requires a different mind set and different driving style,'' Paddon said.
''The grip levels are a lot higher and you've got to be very smooth with the inputs into the throttle, steering and brakes.
''Also, the speeds are a lot higher, so it's a lot harder to drive faster while being smoother. You don't want to be going sideways and you really need to be balancing the car on throttle and brake, and sometimes even coasting.
''We knew coming into the rally that we'd have to lower our expectations a bit because we still have a lot to learn on tarmac. We've been close to our team mates, we've had some good splits, some good stages ... at times a little bit inconsistent and we know we have a lot to work on.''
Paddon drops one place, to 10th, in the WRC drivers' championship standings as Hyundai team mate Sordo moves up to ninth position.
Paddon will return to New Zealand briefly before heading to Australia for the September 10-13 round of the World Rally Championship.
