Motorway mile-muncher for £6K
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p4cks said:
Budget: £6,000
Annual mileage: 20,000 (90% will be motorway)
Must have: Adaptive cruise, automatic gearbox, DAB preferable, 60+mpg
Other: must be good on fuel, maybe a diesel?
Open to anything really, so any help would be appreciated.
You're going to struggle getting adaptive cruise on a 6k budget, also if you want Android Auto/Carplay/DAB etc I'd plan on fitting an after market unit in whatever you buy.Annual mileage: 20,000 (90% will be motorway)
Must have: Adaptive cruise, automatic gearbox, DAB preferable, 60+mpg
Other: must be good on fuel, maybe a diesel?
Open to anything really, so any help would be appreciated.
With you doing 20k a year you'll also want something with lowish miles for the age as well as low NVH, you won't see 60mpg with anything with a decent amount of (150+bhp 300lbft) go which makes the drive more relaxing too.
CLS350cdi You'll get mid 40's on a run add a remap & you'll be in the 50's:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202304266...
E220cdi Avantgarde will see you in the mid 50's:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202304286...
ZX10R NIN said:
p4cks said:
Budget: £6,000
Annual mileage: 20,000 (90% will be motorway)
Must have: Adaptive cruise, automatic gearbox, DAB preferable, 60+mpg
Other: must be good on fuel, maybe a diesel?
Open to anything really, so any help would be appreciated.
You're going to struggle getting adaptive cruise on a 6k budget, also if you want Android Auto/Carplay/DAB etc I'd plan on fitting an after market unit in whatever you buy.Annual mileage: 20,000 (90% will be motorway)
Must have: Adaptive cruise, automatic gearbox, DAB preferable, 60+mpg
Other: must be good on fuel, maybe a diesel?
Open to anything really, so any help would be appreciated.
With you doing 20k a year you'll also want something with lowish miles for the age as well as low NVH, you won't see 60mpg with anything with a decent amount of (150+bhp 300lbft) go which makes the drive more relaxing too.
CLS350cdi You'll get mid 40's on a run add a remap & you'll be in the 50's:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202304266...
E220cdi Avantgarde will see you in the mid 50's:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202304286...
GolfDragon said:
Automatic Golf Mk7
Adaptive cruise, DAB, economical (2.0TDi or 1.6TDi), although you might be in the lower end of the market at that price range.
If you can get one in budget, this is a good recommendation.Adaptive cruise, DAB, economical (2.0TDi or 1.6TDi), although you might be in the lower end of the market at that price range.
I went from the V40 to a Mk7.5 Golf now and find the Golf to be better. There's also a Mk7 owners group on Facebook with 20k members who are really helpful for any issues.
My mileage is 20-25k/year, nearly all motorway and I use adaptive cruise every day.
Laguna 2.0 dci auto:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202210070...
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202304266...
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202211061...
Comfy comfy comfy, used to get 70mpg out of mine on the motorway. Miss it.
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202210070...
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202304266...
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202211061...
Comfy comfy comfy, used to get 70mpg out of mine on the motorway. Miss it.
Bannock said:
Laguna 2.0 dci auto:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202210070...
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202304266...
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202211061...
Comfy comfy comfy, used to get 70mpg out of mine on the motorway. Miss it.
What kind of 'whole tank' mpg did you get?https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202210070...
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202304266...
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202211061...
Comfy comfy comfy, used to get 70mpg out of mine on the motorway. Miss it.
The combined cycle mpg and tax/co2 rating don't look encouraging?
The manuals are a lot more economical?
Surely if the OP is doing mostly motorway miles, changing gear isn't that onerous?
Anyway, OP aside, what are they like on the motorway? I'm looking for something that's quiet and unfussy at 'around the 70 limit' so it's not an unpleasant box to be in for a 300 mile day.
OutInTheShed said:
Bannock said:
Laguna 2.0 dci auto:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202210070...
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202304266...
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202211061...
Comfy comfy comfy, used to get 70mpg out of mine on the motorway. Miss it.
What kind of 'whole tank' mpg did you get?https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202210070...
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202304266...
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202211061...
Comfy comfy comfy, used to get 70mpg out of mine on the motorway. Miss it.
The combined cycle mpg and tax/co2 rating don't look encouraging?
The manuals are a lot more economical?
Surely if the OP is doing mostly motorway miles, changing gear isn't that onerous?
Anyway, OP aside, what are they like on the motorway? I'm looking for something that's quiet and unfussy at 'around the 70 limit' so it's not an unpleasant box to be in for a 300 mile day.
My MPG info is just what I used to see on the dash readout sometimes. Was very economical, 700-800 mile tanks IIRC. Long time back though, so can't recall any more than that.
Wouldn't hesitate to get another one if I need to do long commutes again.
Bannock said:
Quiet and relaxed on the motorway, very good seats. Like I said, I miss mine. I preferred being in it on long drives over a Volvo XC70 I used to wang up and down motorways occasionally, felt roomier, quieter and smoother overall.
My MPG info is just what I used to see on the dash readout sometimes. Was very economical, 700-800 mile tanks IIRC. Long time back though, so can't recall any more than that.
Wouldn't hesitate to get another one if I need to do long commutes again.
Thanks.My MPG info is just what I used to see on the dash readout sometimes. Was very economical, 700-800 mile tanks IIRC. Long time back though, so can't recall any more than that.
Wouldn't hesitate to get another one if I need to do long commutes again.
NordicCrankShaft said:
Absolutely no chance you'll see that from the CLS. I've just last week binned off a CLS 320CDI, doing 300 motorway miles a week I struggled to get much more than 35mpg and that was cruising at 65/70.
I have seen those figures tank to tank, my CLK320cdi regularly averaged 45+mpg & I wasn't doing any eco runs either. C G said:
Prius might do it, although no adaptive cruise.
I ran an Auris hybrid, which is just the Prius underneath.Sadly, motorway miles isn't good for hybrid MPG.
At a real 70mph (77mph on the speedo, as I found my Toyotas always overread by 10% which couldn't be adjusted) I struggled to hit even 50 MPG in the Auris.
In winter it was below 45 MPG as well. My Petrol automatic Golf averages 45 MPG on the motorway, so hybrid isn't much better.
p4cks said:
They're okay but I'd say one of these is a better option:https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202305067...
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