countryboy

With a baby, dog and all the stuff that goes with them, wouldn't an Octavia estate be a better choice?

Running the engine hard from day one won't kill it, just make sure it is fully warmed through before you give it the beans. When I was working in agriculture I got a brand new tractor, 1 hour on the clock. The first job I did with it was with a machine called a power harrow. Any one who is in the know will know that is a power hungry implement. For the first 10 hours of it's life, it was on that job running flat out producing full power, within an hour there was smoke pouring out from under the bonnet from the paint burning off the exhaust manifold. The only problem I had with that was with the injection pump after about 3 months. Apart from that, I never had a spot of bother over 6500 hours of use, never had to top up the oil between 200 hour services. Ian

If you like giving the car a bit of work then go for it, running in nowadays is more about varying the load and speed within certain limits to allow components to bed in. Ian

You can now get a Dacia Duster with an automatic gearbox.

It does sound like you have the correct detachable set up for the tow bar, however whoever had it fitted did it the cheap way and had the electrics set up using the bypass relay method. This is by far and away the most inferior way of doing it. The only way you can have the ESC etc. working is by having a correct vehicle specific wiring kit fitted and coded to the car. This will then give you all the functions Graham lists. Why not have a look through this to give you an idea of what is going on:- http://www.philtaylortowbars.co.uk/towbar-electrics/4559476642 Ian

Why not have a look at this:- http://www.skodaparts.com/product/yeti-spare-wheel-tool-kit-fwd-2010-2017-50321 Or try Gumtree, on a quick look there seems to be a few spare wheels on there and you just need to find the raised floor and polystyrene mouldings. Ian

You probably have 17" wheels fitted to your car, the markings on the tyre sidewall will tell you. The spare in the Yeti is referred to as a spacesaver and has the restrictions on it because it is a different size to those normally fitted( 205/55 R 16 if I remember correctly). I have a spare in my car, there is a different boot floor, different polystyrene mouldings to fit around the wheel, a big central plastic bolt and nut to hold the wheel down and a polystyrene moulding to fit inside the wheel to hold things like the jack and wheel brace sot he gentleman you referred to is correct. You should be able to go into a dealer and purchase the entire kit from them if you are feeling flush. Ian. P.S. Just seen your post come up so ignore this if you want.

If you want to avoid the kick down occurring, press the throttle fully down to the point where the kick down switch will start to operate but not any more so the switch doesn't click. You will then get full throttle acceleration without the kick down. Ian.

The base engine will be the same but there will be differences in the hardware and software fitted to each engine. For instance in the Yeti the 110 and 140 hp engine are much the same with the only main difference being the software set up. In my 170 hp car the turbocharger is also different due to the higher flow and pressure demands, also the cooling package I believe. Ian

You should find a little dial in the glovebox too for putting chilled air in there too.

But even in that case the mounting is still broken and therefore insecure. Using that logic you could say that it is fine if you splint it with a lolly stick and tape. If an MOT tester passed it in that condition then I would call their competence into question.

KBPhoto is the chap I believe you are thinking of, although I think it was the rear bumper he removed to fit a tow bar. It will fail the MOT even if the light is wedged tight, if it is the top mount which is broken then you could remove the cross bar between the front valance and the wing, glue it back together, preferably with a little bit of plastic glued underneath to strengthen it then that will do the job. I did that with my old Mk 1 Fabia after it was assaulted by a bird. I would have done it with the Yeti but for some reason it had a left hand drive headlamp unit in on the nearside so I had to replace it anyway as it failed the MOT on beam pattern as well as insecurity. Ian

I thought you would be happy with the service there, they are a good crew and look after you properly, enjoy towing with your Yeti. Ian.

That was 7pm Euro time, it is on now and the cars have been unveiled

No, this is just the latest bandwagon for people to jump on, older poorly maintained diesels tarnish the reputation of all, especially when you see one put out a load of smoke when accelerating. The latest Euro 5 and 6 diesels are way better to the point where in certain highly polluted cities, it is reckoned that the gas coming out of the tail pipe is cleaner than the air going in the intake. Even some of the latest direct injection petrol engines have to have particulate filters on them. You want to see a diesel smoking then look at these bad boys and girls, Ian