Welcome Andrew,

Finding a B4 with factory cruise will be fun. As they didn't come with cruise.

Good luck hunting.

-Michael

welcome
check out this thread about the gurgle, was about my old car but my new one (a b4) does it slightly too, reasonably common. and my b4 clutch pedal squeaks too.

http://www.ozliberty.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4858

benn

ps Ive got after market cruise control as well, there's a few around with it. it does an ok job but can struggle on hills an stuff where a bit of boost comes on, then ya go over speed and it drops back then gives it throttle so ya get more boost and over speed again and so ya surge back an forth. on the flat though its good.

Welcome to the club!

welcome and good luck with your searching.

look for a car with some sort of aftermarket ecu tune , because as you found out they tend to ping a lot ,and destroy them selves . aftermarket tunes eliminate this problem .
or even look for a rebuilt motor with a tune, obviously the owner has been through the ping and destroy scenario and learned the hard and expensive way and you could very well take advantage of this. a fresh motor that doesn't ping and has more power than standard.Win win
plenty around in that category, if i was to buy a b4 again that would be the way i'd go.
to buy a stock standard b4 now would mean to buy a car that most  likely has been pinging every time the weather got above 26-28 for the last 5 years or so,loose loose.
that's my opinion anywaygood luck with the hunt
p.s don't look at write offs