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Hi All

Im starting a new job and will be a fair bit of travel around the uk.

Looking for a motorway cruiser, comfort and fuel economy over performance tbh.

So far, am considering 520d (although I’m told may as-well get a 535d!) or Lexus is300h.

Budget around 25k

Pretty sure I want adaptive (auto speed up / speed down) cruise too.

Any ideas, anyone have either of those?


Cheers!

P.S would love an Audi, but it seems they hold their value much better than Beemer cruisers.

Depends on how old and what mileage you'd consider and how big your parking space is.
An Audi A8 with appropriate toys on would do the job well, though depending on age adaptive cruise wasn't always available or specified.
Remarkably cheap when a few years old, especially the smaller engine (3.0TDi) versions.

HPsauce wrote:Depends on how old and what mileage you'd consider and how big your parking space is.
An Audi A8 with appropriate toys on would do the job well, though depending on age adaptive cruise wasn't always available or specified.
Remarkably cheap when a few years old, especially the smaller engine (3.0TDi) versions.

Good idea, will check them out.

Think an SQ5 could do the job aswell?

A6 loon 3.0btdi Quattro. Or the A7 equivalents.

Eddie555 wrote:A6 loon 3.0btdi Quattro.

That’s what I’d be looking at.


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I had a 535d m sport and loved it. Was the E60 shape mind you and would have another again any day!


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Thanks chaps, keep the ideas coming!
For some reason ive kinda fell in love with an SQ5 for the moment tho..

Budget now 30k, lol

I had an e60 535d

Brilliant car, even more so after remap.

Much more engaging than any equivalent a6

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Sun Mar 04, 2018 9:38 pm

Thanks chaps, keep the ideas coming!
For some reason ive kinda fell in love with an SQ5 for the moment tho..

Budget now 30k, lol

Here’s a link to my old car which I returned a couple weeks ago. If you’re interested in it I’ll speak to them and get you a better price than advertised. It was a fantastic car and I looked after it well.

https://listers.co.uk/Used/Cars/Audi/Q5 ... tro/255467

Eddie555 wrote:

S4WON wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 04, 2018 9:38 pm

Thanks chaps, keep the ideas coming!
For some reason ive kinda fell in love with an SQ5 for the moment tho..

Budget now 30k, lol

Here’s a link to my old car which I returned a couple weeks ago. If you’re interested in it I’ll speak to them and get you a better price than advertised. It was a fantastic car and I looked after it well.

https://listers.co.uk/Used/Cars/Audi/Q5 ... tro/255467

Thanks Eddie,
Does it have adaptive cruise?

Thats a deal breaker for me...

No it doesn’t. I never really found the need for it. I drive a truck all day and I’ve only got standard cruise on that. Saying that I’ve never had it on any of my cars so can’t really base my opinion on anything. Have you tried a SQ5 yet. They are hilarious. They proper shock people. On motorway journeys you’ll get 40-45 mpg. Around town then it’ll be down to 23-30 mpg. On track I had it at 8-11 mpg.

Edit: They’re holding strong money at the moment because people say the new SQ5 is a downgrade compared to the old one. The new one just doesn’t do what the old one did. That’s the word anyway.

Eddie555 wrote:No it doesn’t. I never really found the need for it. I drive a truck all day and I’ve only got standard cruise on that. Saying that I’ve never had it on any of my cars so can’t really base my opinion on anything. Have you tried a SQ5 yet. They are hilarious. They proper shock people. On motorway journeys you’ll get 40-45 mpg. Around town then it’ll be down to 23-30 mpg. On track I had it at 8-11 mpg.

Edit: They’re holding strong money at the moment because people say the new SQ5 is a downgrade compared to the old one. The new one just doesn’t do what the old one did. That’s the word anyway.

I had it on my B8 RS and fell in love with it. As a pro driver im sure you are already hard wired to deal with these things but ive never driven long distances regularly before. Tbh, im also using it as an excuse with the mrs to get something fully loaded, lol.

Not driven an SQ yet, but done a lot of research. Was an awesome looking one up for 32ish, fully loaded but just missed out ;(

Think theyll be much difference between the standard 3L and the SQ? Have u driven both? On paper, doesn’t look like much.

This ones gone ;(

I just found a great car on Auto Trader:
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/ ... 2284155185

On busy roads these days I'd say adaptive cruise is almost mandatory, it make driving so much more relaxing (especially in traffic jams) and can also be a life-saver.
I've got 2 cars, one with standard the other adaptive and drive both with it engaged most of the time.
That said, the one with adaptive tends to get used for the journeys on really busy roads.

HPsauce wrote:On busy roads these days I'd say adaptive cruise is almost mandatory, it make driving so much more relaxing (especially in traffic jams) and can also be a life-saver.
I've got 2 cars, one with standard the other adaptive and drive both with it engaged most of the time.
That said, the one with adaptive tends to get used for the journeys on really busy roads.

Yep, exactly my thoughts, safety is a genuine plus.

Which car / model do you have the adaptive on?