Big_Soft_Fluffy_Monster

Greetings Fellow Yeti lovers! I'm just back from a jaunt to the East of Hungary in Debrecen, and I stumbled across this. Having paid a visit to my Motherland I had just spent a few days relaxing in the spa city and I was catching a train home when I saw this opposite the railway station in a police compound. Although no longer a commie nation, you still need to exercise caution around the police and military so I therefore broke 2 rules. I crossed the railway line tracks to get to the police compound. Oops! (My defence is I work on the UK railways and I know how to cross a railway line safely). I then sauntered into the compound like a lost tourist (even though I 'beszelek magyarul' speak Hungarian) and quickly whipped out my camera and snapped a quick pic for all you Yeti loving brethren here at home in the UK. Happy St George's day everyone!

All I can say is buy the YETI and forget the Sportage. Well I would say that on a Skoda forum, but I followed the Yeti from its conception, right through the pregnancy and when it gave birth in the UK in September 2009, my dealer told me I was the 3rd person to order and I tell you what, I've never looked back. You can personalise once you get hold of one, and I'm beginning to see more of them about on the UK roads. Perhaps they've stopped hibernating after our bitter winter? Enjoy your Yeti if you're inclined to purchase one. I would, but I most definitely like the 'old' shape. It has more character for sure, but that's again just my opinion. Enjoy!

Thank you most kindly for your info and yes indeed page 44 of my weighty tome explains that if I get a 2 second flash followed by 30 second 'ON' then I'm indeed up the Khyber without my paddle! Bad Yeti! Funny thing is I can force her to wail with the key but not when I 'break into her'. Am I to be consigned to sleeping with my key in the door and anyone approaching my car will have me press 'the' button for her to scream? I don't think so. Now, where should I take her I wonder as she has indeed celebrated her 3rd birthday last September. I bought her in Finchley North London but wasn't hugely impressed by some of the guys there (except the actual salesman who funnily enough left not long after we bought Yeti) so maybe Watford? I'm in Herts and if anyone knows a good Skoda person who can correct my little problem may still be entitled to the fruitcake! As I'm here also right now, any other Yeti lovers have one of 2 issues I've noticed. The first being that after a heavy rainfall on both front driver's and passenger's doors when opened, you get a small puddle of water escape from between the door and sill? Only a small amount mind but it's EVERY time a bit of rain and it's right where your feet are when you open the door. It's like a little dog having a tinkle on your shoe when you're not looking. The second is that this winter gone I had ice build up on the inside of my windscreen whereas the previous 3 years I was frost free internally. I'm wondering if I breathe/talk/fart too much (wife is nodding) and excess moisture was to blame, or is it a my new windscreen? Last summer on the M25 a lorry with an unsecured load threw a large scaffolding clip at me when it changed lanes and it was like a tree exploding when it's been felled wrong. You know, like a splintering noise. Well, anyway the screen (I thought) looked fine and not a scratch. So Yeti sat in blazing sunshine all day on a high heat, 200'c, baked and turned occasionally until after work when on goes the A/C and whammo!!! A windscreen with more lines across the laminates than a copy of Harry Beck's Tube map. The windscreen is fitted correctly and a very expensive replacement gradual tinted one (Thank you Autoglass and my £65 excess) and has been tested for leaks, but none found. I've resorted to secreting silica gel around the car in obscure place and it seems to have helped a little. Any one else have problems with Jack Frost on the inside of their beast? Hope you're all well Yeti monster lovers and especially any in Herts (like me) give us a wave. If you've got bi-xenons (like me) aren't they just the best ting to light up your way home? My 2CV in comparison has 2 candles and barely lights up herself let alone the road. Ta ta everyone, don't let the Big-Soft_Fluffy_Monsters bite!

From one Barnet Boy to another, Greetings & Salutations! Thank you for the welcome.

Hi Denis, Thaanks for the welcome and after reading a similar welcome from Gillycat I've done exactly that. Ctrl + C and Ctrl + V. Many thanks to you!

Greetings one and all here on the Briskoda site. I'm a newbie to the site but possibly one of the first Yeti owners in the UK and I now bow down to the wisdom and expertise of my fellow owners to see if anyone can help with a small dilemma. First things first. I've noticed when my alarm activates, I get flashing indicators but NO sound WHATSOEVER. Interestingly I get the 'chirps' when I lock or unlock my beast. Further still after reading some similar posts I've 'discovered' something of interest. When you do the 'lock your car with the window open and wave your arms about' thing, indeed the lights flash like a Russian Disco but still NO sound. The 'interesting' discovery I made was by turning the key in the driver's door as if to lock it, whilst simultaneously pressing lock on the fob. Then, and only then does the siren 'wail' like a snow monster wounded by a madman with a blunderbuss! Furthermore, when trying to set her off again to see if this did anything, all I get is my Russian Disco lights and NO sound, dammit!!! Anyone who knows anything about these alarms, the fobs, electronics or suchlike who can help me 'reset' my monsters wail will receive a homemade fruitcake in the post. I'll end on this chaps and chapettes, I was in the Yorkshire Dales last weekend when the snow was thrown from the Heavens, and I was staying in a very, VERY remote part on a hill of 25%. Well, my monster ('59 plate Yeti 1.8 TSi Elegance) in her summer sandals (no winter boots sadly as of yet) and with the aid of the off road button crawled down nervously on the icy hairpin bends and got me out of a scrape. UNLIKE my poor chum in his Renault Scenic. Riding on rims and airless tyres the poor fellow slid right past me to the bottom. Thankfully both he and his car were unhurt. Big up the boffins who made the Yeti! I look forward to making some acquaintences with you soon. Remember, get my Yeti wailing again and you'll get one of my highly prized fruitcakes! Cheery bye

Greetings one and all here on the Briskoda site. I'm a newbie to the site but possibly one of the first Yeti owners in the UK and I now bow down to the wisdom and expertise of my fellow owners to see if anyone can help with a small dilemma. First things first. I've noticed when my alarm activates, I get flashing indicators but NO sound WHATSOEVER. Interestingly I get the 'chirps' when I lock or unlock my beast. Further still after reading some similar posts I've 'discovered' something of interest. When you do the 'lock your car with the window open and wave your arms about' thing, indeed the lights flash like a Russian Disco but still NO sound. The 'interesting' discovery I made was by turning the key in the driver's door as if to lock it, whilst simultaneously pressing lock on the fob. Then, and only then does the siren 'wail' like a snow monster wounded by a madman with a blunderbuss! Furthermore, when trying to set her off again to see if this did anything, all I get is my Russian Disco lights and NO sound, dammit!!! Anyone who knows anything about these alarms, the fobs, electronics or suchlike who can help me 'reset' my monsters wail will receive a homemade fruitcake in the post. I'll end on this chaps and chapettes, I was in the Yorkshire Dales last weekend when the snow was thrown from the Heavens, and I was staying in a very, VERY remote part on a hill of 25%. Well, my monster ('59 plate Yeti 1.8 TSi Elegance) in her summer sandals (no winter boots sadly as of yet) and with the aid of the off road button crawled down nervously on the icy hairpin bends and got me out of a scrape. UNLIKE my poor chum in his Renault Scenic. Riding on rims and airless tyres the poor fellow slid right past me to the bottom. Thankfully both he and his car were unhurt. Big up the boffins who made the Yeti! I look forward to making some acquaintences with you soon. Remember, get my Yeti wailing again and you'll get one of my highly prized fruitcakes! Cheery bye