Motorway mile muncher with radar cruise

Motorway mile muncher with radar cruise

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Shabaza

Original Poster:

270 posts

105 months

Yesterday (17:41)
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Hi all,
With a new job role, my yearly mileage will be going up to 15-20k.
The company car on offer is electric and I really don't have time to hang around and wait at public chargers.
So the plan is to give it to the Mrs and take custody of her car.
It's a 2017 Skoda Octavia petrol but it's missing the bit I want. It doesn't have ACC aka adaptive/radar cruise control.

I want to replace it with something of similar size or bigger, but has to be auto with said radar cruise control.

Mpg doesn't matter within reason (35-40mpg+) as I can claim mileage back.
Needs to be ULEZ friendly

Budget is circa £6-8k

Other than a Passat of similar vintage, is there anything else anyone can recommend

Leggy RX450 SEL is even being considered

shtu

3,716 posts

154 months

Yesterday (19:10)
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Depending on the car, £500ish may get adaptive cruise fitted, contact a few of the retrofit companies and see what they say.

Earthdweller

14,469 posts

134 months

Yesterday (19:18)
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If the company is providing you with a vehicle to do your job why would they pay you mileage to use a different vehicle ?

RayDonovan

4,995 posts

223 months

Yesterday (19:24)
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Can you claim mileage back against a car they don't provide?


Shabaza

Original Poster:

270 posts

105 months

Yesterday (19:24)
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shtu said:
Depending on the car, £500ish may get adaptive cruise fitted, contact a few of the retrofit companies and see what they say.
I have started looking into this, but also leaning towards something with a torqueier engine in a man maths sort of way

Earthdweller said:
If the company is providing you with a vehicle to do your job why would they pay you mileage to use a different vehicle ?
It's not a company car per say, it's a lease I can get for myself or family member. Perk of the job

Caddyshack

11,914 posts

214 months

Yesterday (19:26)
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Be careful with radar cruise. The one on my Range Rover is brilliant BUT it locks on to cars and you slow down at times when you want to pull out and overtake. Some systems cancel the radar when you indicate to overtake but mine doesn’t. I wish it had 2 versions radar when happy to bimble and non radar when you want to bowl along at 70+ and not have it keep braking as you come up to cars.

Phunk

2,021 posts

179 months

Yesterday (19:48)
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Skoda Superb from 2016ish had it as standard

SAS Tom

3,553 posts

182 months

Yesterday (19:49)
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Superb of a similar age?

I think all but S trim comes with ACC.