20k mile -£16k - Must have Adaptive Cruise and Heated Seats

[Sc0tchland]

Looking for a car for a friend,
20k miles a year
Manual or Automatic
Mainly motorway driving
As many MPGS as possible
Adaptive Cruise
Heated seats
Maximum budget - £16k

Do what you do best!

[anonymous-user]

What about passenger space and / or boot space?

Anyway, you could get a nice nearly new mk7 Golf for that money.

[Sc0tchland]

Open to suggestions on that, nothing specific

[Welshbeef]

How many cars have you driven with ACC for any notable distance?

I ask as your title states MUST HAVE

[Sc0tchland]

It's not for myself, but he states around 600 miles

[Gareth1974]

A Passat would be worth a look, this is a little over budget but I’m sure something similar would be attainable with a little shopping around https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

[ZX10R NIN]

You'll have to hunt but there are a few 2.2d Q50 Sports with adaptive cruise all have Heated seats 360 cameras etc but you'll have to hunt the ones down with adaptive as they're few & far between.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

[Lee540]

Last year I bought a 2015 Skoda Octavia VRS, 40k on the clock for £13k. I think all options ticked, inc. DSG, heated seats and ACC.

I’ve done around 14k since August, it has been faultless.

Plenty about, I had many to choose from!

Edited by Lee540 on Sunday 21st April 21:04

[xjay1337]

Seat Leon Cupra R for that??
Best all round sort of hot hatch-y type car.
300hp or so sorted.

[anonymous-user]

Lee540 said:

Last year I bought a 2015 Skoda Octavia VRS, 40k on the clock for £13k. I think all options ticked, inc. DSG, heated seats and ACC.

I’ve done around 14k since August, it has been faultless.

Plenty about, I had many to choose from!

Edited by Lee540 on Sunday 21st April 21:04

You say that but I’m looking for one with adaptive cruise at the moment and I can’t find one unless I go ore ref / nearly new!

[essayer]

mk2 Tiguan SEL might just be in range

[Lee540]

sotonjoe said:

Lee540 said:

Last year I bought a 2015 Skoda Octavia VRS, 40k on the clock for £13k. I think all options ticked, inc. DSG, heated seats and ACC.

I’ve done around 14k since August, it has been faultless.

Plenty about, I had many to choose from!

Edited by Lee540 on Sunday 21st April 21:04

You say that but I’m looking for one with adaptive cruise at the moment and I can’t find one unless I go ore ref / nearly new!

Shame.. the ACC is a good option but I rarely use it now, I find it annoying.

[Sc0tchland]

xjay1337 said:

Seat Leon Cupra R for that??
Best all round sort of hot hatch-y type car.
300hp or so sorted.

Miles per Gallon, not smiles per gallon unfortunately

[Sc0tchland]

Lee540 said:

sotonjoe said:

Lee540 said:

Last year I bought a 2015 Skoda Octavia VRS, 40k on the clock for £13k. I think all options ticked, inc. DSG, heated seats and ACC.

I’ve done around 14k since August, it has been faultless.

Plenty about, I had many to choose from!

Edited by Lee540 on Sunday 21st April 21:04

You say that but I’m looking for one with adaptive cruise at the moment and I can’t find one unless I go ore ref / nearly new!

Shame.. the ACC is a good option but I rarely use it now, I find it annoying.

it wouldn't personally be a deciding factor for me

[Shiv_P]

Gareth1974 said:

A Passat would be worth a look, this is a little over budget but I’m sure something similar would be attainable with a little shopping around https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

That looks.... really nice

[ZX10R NIN]

Lee540 said:

Shame.. the ACC is a good option but I rarely use it now, I find it annoying.

I have to agree in light motorway traffic it's handy anything above that & I don't use it.

[anonymous-user]

Lee540 said:

Shame.. the ACC is a good option but I rarely use it now, I find it annoying.

Previously had extended test drives in an S3 and GOLF GTI where I really liked the adaptive cruise and sort of made the decision that I wouldn’t purchase a VAG car unless it had the adaptive cruise. As somebody who has a standard cruise control with brake on their current car, it feels to me that the adaptive bit is the cherry on the cake as far as cruise control is concerned. To bad that virtually no new Vrs’s seem to get that box ticked by first owners!

Edited by anonymous-user on Monday 22 April 14:24

[Welshbeef]

Sc0tchland said:

Miles per Gallon, not smiles per gallon unfortunately

Why even consider the vRS if it’s genuinely miles per gallon not smiles per gallon?

Ideally your buy the Audi A2 / Lupe 3L 1.2 TDi

Or a used PHEV with 30miles on electric.

[mercedeslimos]

Best mate bought a 64-plated B8 Passat with ACC etc, hated the ACC, kept on beeping at me to brake, thought that was the point of ACC...

[Jamescrs]

I have to say I love adaptive CC, its without a doubt the best feature on my Volvo V60, first car i've had with it and I wouldn't buy a daily driver without it now.