[Anyone help]

Collet?

[2015 Name That Car Game]

Karmann Ghia?

Yes, well done!

 

Your turn...

[2015 Name That Car Game]

Here goes...

 

 

[2015 Name That Car Game]

Ferrari 275 gtb?

[Real World MPG on 1.8 Tsi]

I have had my 1.8TSI since June 2013.  Not paid much attention to the dashboard indicator, but over 76 brim to brim refills, my average consumption has been 9.8L/100km, with a best tankful of 7.7L/100km

 

In UK units, this would be an average of 28.7 UK MPG over 17,010 miles, with the best tankful achieving 36.9 MPG.

 

These figures are for usage that is mostly short runs with the occasional 250 km to 500 km run, all done in rural NSW, Australia.

[Skoda Yeti XTREME concept]

Not 100% convinced - contours a little too exaggerated, the graphics look dated, and the road contact area seems inappropriate for off-road use.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Car looks good though...

[Count to 3,000 in images.]

[1.8 4x4]

Very happy with mine.  Nice engine as mentioned above, though not as sweet as the 1.4 twin-charger engine on my previous Golf.  Fuel consumption a little heavier than I expected:  average of 30 mpg over 19,000 km, best achieved figure was 37mpg.

Unfortunately this combination (1.8TSI, 4x4) is no longer offered in Australia, so hopefully the next iteration of the Yeti will be available when I need to replace mine in about 2 years.

[I Didn't Know The Yeti Did This....!]

With the ignition off, if you insert an SD card into the slot, the Bolero will switch itself on even with no key in the ignition.  The unit will switch itself off after approximately an hour to protect the battery from going flat.

[Best fuel economy for the 1.8tsi Yeti]

 

 

Have to agree. Just walk.

 

Good point.  The only problem is that as a work car it needs to be available for work related use, so I cannot leave it at home, nor can I leave it at the office as there is no secure overnight parking.

 

I do question at times whether I really need a work provided car, but unlimited private use, a fuel card and a new car every 80,000 km is a privilege I am reluctant to give up.

[Best fuel economy for the 1.8tsi Yeti]

I have not tested on a steady drive as described, but the best I have achieved between fill-ups is 8.2L/100km or 34.5 mpg.  The worst between fill-ups has been 14.3L/100km or 19.7 mpg.  This is probably not surprising as my daily commute to work is approximately 3 minutes or 1.1km, which does not do the fuel economy (or the engine) any good

[Boot size in inches/cms]

Maybe this will help?

[Using an sd card in the bolero the songs do not play]

Think of the SD card as a big box.

 

You need to put your songs in the big box so you can hear them in your car. You can put all your songs in the big box, or you can put smaller boxes in the big box and put your songs in the smaller boxes. 

 

What songs you put in each small box is your choice:

 

They can be songs by the same singer. They can be songs from the same CD (or vinyl record or 8-track cartridge or cassette tape). They can be songs of the same music type (e.g. Acid Punk Jazz in one small box, Early Byzantine Church music in another small box).

 

If you have all your songs in the big box, the Bolero will allow you to listen to them randomly.

 

If you have all your songs in the little boxes, the Bolero will only allow you to listen randomly to the songs within each little box.

 

If you have all your songs in the little boxes, but also put at least one song in the big box (i.e not within a small box), by playing that song (the one in the big box by itself) and then selecting the MIX function, the Bolero will randomly play songs from all the little boxes.

 

The small boxes can also have smaller boxes within them, but there is a limit of 8 levels of box that the Bolero will read.

 

We call the big box the ROOT DIRECTORY.

 

We call the little boxes SUB-DIRECTORIES.

[How do you carry your camera?]

The looks perfect is it fairly long? My hip is a good bit away from my shoulders haha.

My strap is adjusted to a loop length of around 140cm.  I believe the maximum is 152 cm

 

...The only thing I would recommend is holding a hand down your hip while walking to support the camera and stop it from bouncing ...

This has been my experience as well - you need to keep one hand on the camera to steady it while walking..

[How do you carry your camera?]

I have been using a BlackRapid RS-4 strap for the last 6 months or so, and am quite happy with it.  The strap sits across your chest with the camera at your hip.  The strap is attached with a threaded carabiner to a fitting that screws into the tripod mount, so the strap can be removed reasonably easily for storage, though the fitting on the tripod mount stays on the camera.

 

This video shows how it works:

 

[Hi I'm Chris I've just driven my Yeti 77tsi around Australia]

Welcome aboard, Chris! Really enjoyed reading your mini write-up.

For the dash, I use 303 Aerospace Protectant, which is not sticky at all and gives a non-glossy sheen. It is not too easy to get hold of in Oz, but available at a few on-line suppliers. Also, it is more of a dressing than a cleaner, so I usually vacuum, followed by a damp micro-fibre towel, and then apply the 303.

[Wot have you got in yours?]

A 40 foot gum tree with room to spare (chainsaw came in handy...)

[Windscreen replacement]

If you have rain sensing wipers, just make sure these work properly after the replacement. I had problems with the wipers after a windscreen replacement on my previous work car (VW Golf Wagon).

[Three words to describe a Yeti]

Fast but thirsty

[The definitive Yeti roof bar poll!]

I recently fitted some Thule RT 9583 roof bars, and as I have not seen these yet on the forum, I thought I'd post some pics.  They were a little more fiddly to fit than I expected, mainly as I was working alone.  The fixing points on the rails came in very handy in aligning the bars square to the centre line of the car

 

The bar has integrated feet, which sit on the roof rail and are secured in place by a rubber/steel strap...

 

 

 

...which wraps around the rail and hooks into a couple of lugs:

 

 

A tool is provided to tighten the strap.  The tool functions like a torque wrench and “snaps” at 2 Nm

 

 

This picture shows the strap fully secured.  The strap is rubber with steel inserts at each end

 

 

Once the ends are secured, the covers are snapped into place and locked with the key

 

 

Here are a couple of pics with the roof bars in place:

 

 

['Biggest with the Smallest', does this make sense?]

My "Biggest with the smallest" would have to be a 1960's Fiat Multipla - 600 cc, 6 seats, and the only car I have driven at wide open throttle for prolonged periods, at probably about 45mph.  It was not my own, but a work car that my dad would bring home occasionally.  

 

This period was also the only other time I have driven a Skoda - a 1960's Octavia, which I remember mainly for the very heavy steering. 

 

Largest in terms of engine size would be Holden Commodore with a 3.8litre V6 (currently used by 'er indoors).

[Why do we give Yetis names?]

No idea why we give our cars names.

Being a work car, mine's called "Plant No 9042"

[Yeti - Forum Members Picture Thread]

Heatwave?  What heatwave?

[A couple of quickies]

Hi ash, Word document sent - Hope it helps..................Tony

Thanks Tony - much appreciated

 

Ash

[A couple of quickies]

Inspired by Mark's and Tony's efforts, and with the benefit of having access to the original full sized image, I have cropped and cleaned up the fuse decal image to get rid of the surface reflections.

 

Tony: PM on its way for a word version of your excellent document.

 

Ash