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    I'm an architect based in London, into car design, cars, gadgets and Yetis.

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    Current: White VW Touareg 3,0 TDI R-Line Previously: Yeti 2,0 CR 140 DSG Elegance

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  1. That certainly doesn't sound like a heated screen to me. The wires go vertically on those, they are wavy as you said and are much closer spaced to each other than a whole 2". That is even further apart than what they are on a rear screen, where they are less than an inch apart, if that!
  2. I think this one is very easy to explain. Your car had had a windscreen replacement and someone ordered the wrong windscreen and decided to fit it regardless. The Yeti has many front windscreens - with no rain sensor, with sensor, with rain sensor and heating, etc. You could probably wire it to a separate "secret switch" somewhere but I suspect without the associated VCDS changes the car won't know the windscreen is there to make it work.
  3. Like on all VAG cars with this feature, the mirror will go back to the normal position once you have moved forward again and go over 5mph. It certainly doesn't stay in the dip position forever!
  4. As some of you know, I sold my Yeti in July. So I have a set of winter wheels with a spare and the roof bars for sale. Be mindful that the bars need the corresponding permanently mounted nuts on the roof rails to work. Which of course were sold with the car. And before someone shouts I’m not allowed to sell on here: I AM a Freedom Member even if I drive a VW now. So if anyone is interested, these are now advertised in the two relevant for sale sections.
  5. Pics of the second set of naked bars that comes with.
  6. I recently sold my Yeti so have the original equipment roof bars for sale. I lost three of the end caps (don’t ask!) on the first set and then bought a second set. So I have two sets if of any use with keys for the set with end caps. The set without end caps will of course still clip to your roof bars but you can’t lock them to the car. So of little use but if someone wants them. £40 for all four for collection in east London.
  7. I’ve recently sold my Yeti and therefor have the winter set of wheels extra and for sale. They are genuine Škoda steel wheels I painted silver. 4 x Kleber 215/60/R16 dated week 47 of 2010. Also one black spare wheel that I bought of Mike when he got his Nissan Leaf. Continental TS810 dated week 45 of 2009. Mike had this straightened after hitting something on the road hence the rusted area. But it’s fine for a spare. The spare has 8mm of tread left and the other between 6,5 and 7mm. They come with four small VW Caddy modified centre caps too. £150 for collection in east London.
  8. There's certainly no need for that. And apologies for causing such consternation. But as per my previous post, this sort of thing has been an issue in the Yeti forum for as long as I've been using it! Yetis are shy creatures that don't know how to look over parapets.
  9. I go away for a few years and I come back and everything has changed. And nothing has changed. Long live the Yeti forum eh?!
  10. Nope. But it does help to have a heavier car if you want to tow a decent sized caravan though! Which is one of the reasons I wanted something heavier than the Yeti/Kodiaq.
  11. If you like driving around in something made of lead! That E-Pace is barely longer than a Yeti (though it is nearly as wide as my Touareg) and it weighs 1,700 kg plus! AND it is supposedly made of aluminium and all sorts of weight saving stuff?! JLR have no idea how to build anything light. Why is that?! Weird I have to say. Can't they just buy an MQB based VAG car and take it apart to find out how to build a proper lightweight car?!
  12. Not remotely the case when you buy secondhand is it? If you compare a brand new car to a secondhand one for the same amount of money the world is your oyster. Hence I just laughed and laughed and laughed when the Kodiaq to my spec was £41,000.
  13. I posted in this section as this is where I posted most and know the most people. I'm also comparing a Yeti to another car which in my view is a 100% valid post in the Yeti section for future reference as to how a Yeti operates vs another car. So having lived with the Touareg a bit longer now I'm pleased to say I super glad I stayed in the VAG fold. So many things are exactly the same as on my Yeti. The way the seat memories are set to each key. How you leave the mirror control in L (and not R as BOTH the Yeti and Touareg manual says) to have the passenger mirror drop when you reverse, how the sunroof opens that extra 100mm when you rotate it again after it has auto opened, how the blind inches forward for as long as you press and hold the lock key every time if you are closing windows and sunroof from the key, when and how the auto lights come on, how the parking sensors work, from how far they beep, what they sound like, the beep of the sat nav when you press it, the menu logic etc. All exactly the same. But sadly just like the newer Yetis there is no lights on green light in the dash! The only way to know your lights are on is to look down at the main light switch which I really don't think is safe. Some newer cars might have more up to date tech and snazzy interiors than the Yeti but the Yeti is still an awesome car.
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