It was only a few days after discovering the magic words, I saw a B200 with all the extra packs and new I had found the car of my dreams.Īn old guy had listed a 2013 B200 CDI (diesel) with only 41,000km (that's 7000km a year folks), always serviced at the dealership and with all the trimmings - Comand Pack (12 speaker Harmon Kardon, DAB+, DSP), Driving Assistance Pack (Distronic Plus, Blind Spot Sensors, LDW), Exclusive Pack (Leather Electric, Heated seats with memory), Vision Package (Bi-Xenons, Sunroof). You see, ACC has a lot of funny names and I always thought Mercedes was out of my price range. The final car that very well nearly tempted me is the Holden Astra RS-V, has the tech including Android auto, won euro car of the year, initially had good pricing, but then when I was looking, I couldn't find a good price on one with an extended warranty.Īfter years of research, I finally discovered the magic words - "Distronic Plus". I nearly grabbed a Golf wagon in Tasmania to bring back to melbourne, and considered an Octavia but on further research found the ACC disengages at traffic lights because it is missing an automatic parking brake. For a while I was fascinated with the Skoda brand, seeing older Skoda Superbs which seem like great value for money. ![]() I even considered the minefield which would be a well-used Audi with lots of km. In my search, I also test drove the i30 SR Premium, the Honda Civic VTi-LX, and the Subaru Impreza with Eyesight. Mainly I was looking at used Golfs, but the newest Golf 7.5 Highline with Sound & Vision pack and Driver Assist was out of my price range without a big car loan. The wikipedia entry on ACC was my bible, trying to find an older car which had ACC to 0 km/h (stop-and-go) and not the used partial cruise where it conks out and disengages at 30km/h. With the search filters on carsales my nice to haves were leather seats, bluetooth, adaptive cruise, dual zone climate, brake hold and premium sound but ACC was always the dealbreaker. ![]() ACC with stop and go down to 0 km/h is a great technology with an active radar - allowing easy driving for long commutes and increased safety when glancing at screens in stop-start traffic as most drivers tend to do these days. ![]() As an admited geek who cares more about gigahertz than horsepower, I've wanted a car with adaptive cruise control for a long time, well before I could afford one.
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