Any small cars with Cruise Control?

[goodlife]

Looking for a small car ideally in insurance groups 1-3 that has cruise control. Can't seem to find any. Do they exist???

Budget up to about £3k. Reliability/economy more important than style/age/mileage. OMG. Can't believe I just wrote that... turned 40 recently so must be getting old.

The excuse is that I'll be using it for a few months to sit on French motorways at exactly 135kph, hence cruise control, then will be handing it over to 19 year old goodlife junior in Jan/Feb, hence needing to be insurance group 1-3 if possible.

Edited by goodlife on Wednesday 23 September 22:26

[StevenB]

if it dosen't have it as an option the audi A3 can be fitted with it

[wizzbilly]

my brother has a corsa its on 54reg 1.3cdti does about 70mpg aint that slow for engine size group 3 on insurance

he had cruise control fitted a vaxual for just over 100quid including labour and parts

brillant bit of kit imo and was handy on 1400km drive to germany happily sat at 110mph all way there without missing a beat , am used to big german cars and was quite supprised by this to be fair

Edited by wizzbilly on Wednesday 23 September 22:31

Edited by wizzbilly on Wednesday 23 September 22:33

[pbirkett]

Clio 172

Well, its only 14 insurance groups too high

Edited by pbirkett on Wednesday 23 September 22:34

[goodlife]

pbirkett said:

Clio 172

Insurance groups 1-3???

[pbirkett]

goodlife said:

pbirkett said:

Clio 172

Insurance groups 1-3???

See edit above.

I read your post after I replied.

Its a side effect of having 2 bottles of red wine.

[goodlife]

wizzbilly said:

he had cruise control fitted a vaxhal for just over 100quid including labour and parts

Great input. Hadn't thought of retro-fitting.

[catso]

My Sisters Fiat 126 was cheap to buy/run and had 'cruise control' (well a ring-pull attached to the throttle that stayed where you put it), would struggle with 135kmh though...

[wizzbilly]

god my spelling gets worse haha was ment to say had it fitted at the main dealer parts was around 35pound and labour was around 70pound worth while investment.

some models came as optniol extra but all the wiring is there for them anyway so its a half hour job to be fitted.

[Twilight]

how about this - http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1069204.htm

and then this - http://www.jkm.org.uk/performance/cruise.htm

HTH

[wizzbilly]

most vag cars can have cruise control fitted providing they have brake switches and pontemter in place which most newer ones do

around 40-45quid for stalk and around 5mins with vagcom to activate it which can be ownloaded free

[diddles]

First generation Mercedes A class. It should be fairly easy to find one for under 3K fitted with cruise. Most models are insurance group 5/6 though.

[topless_mx5]

wizzbilly said:

my brother has a corsa its on 54reg 1.3cdti does about 70mpg aint that slow for engine size group 3 on insurance

he had cruise control fitted a vaxual for just over 100quid including labour and parts

brillant bit of kit imo and was handy on 1400km drive to germany happily sat at 110mph all way there without missing a beat , am used to big german cars and was quite supprised by this to be fair

Edited by wizzbilly on Wednesday 23 September 22:31

Edited by wizzbilly on Wednesday 23 September 22:33

Is that the 90bhp version? I thought Vmax on those were 107mph. Quite surprised that it sat 110 comfortably.

Edited by topless_mx5 on Thursday 24th September 10:06

[ajprice]

A top end model Ford Ka?

[dave_s13]

The Fiat/Alfa group of cars seem to be pre-wired for it too.

I know for a fact that any Post 2002 156 has the wiring. The parts are about 70-100 quid and can be fitted in 10 minutes, no need to re-code anything either.

156 is based on the Fiat Stilo, another one to consider??

[sadako]

Smart cars had it as an option, I've not heard of anyone actually having it fitted though.

[Accelebrate]

A lot of MINIs have them, adding the multi-function steering wheel for £200ish when new adds cruise control.

I think the Cooper is about group 8 insurance though, the MINI One or diesel variations might be a bit lower.

[Moose.]

sadako said:

Smart cars had it as an option, I've not heard of anyone actually having it fitted though.

Yup, my mum's Smart Brabus Roadster has cruise control

[TheLurker]

wizzbilly said:

most vag cars can have cruise control fitted providing they have brake switches and pontemter in place which most newer ones do

around 40-45quid for stalk and around 5mins with vagcom to activate it which can be ownloaded free

Cost me about £80 to fit it to my ibiza. It is a bit more involved than you make out, and can involve soldering into the ECU. You also need the full version of VAG-COM, not the free one, but there are loads of people on forums who will help you out.

For that matter, have you thought about a bass spec ibiza / arosa?

[BigBen]

More or less all VAG cars have cruise control 'hidden' within them that can be activated and a stalk added for not much money.

Ben