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I’ve not, to be honest the rapid wasn’t even on my radar as I thought it would be comparable or smaller in rear leg room than the Yeti. It was only that I was close to my “used to be Skoda dealer, now a Suzuki dealer” and saw it so I stopped for a quick look. However, if the Toledo is of similar size I may look for a few if this isn’t the one for us.

Yeah we were pretty shocked too. We had seen the car but it had only just arrived and not even been washed, so wasn’t really ready for a test drive. However, it was the first time either of us had been in a rapid and were both surprised the amount of space in the rapid (hatch not a space back). I’d say it probably comparable to our old mk2 Octavia in terms of leg room and boot space, if anything, maybe slightly narrower and slightly lower interior quality. I’m 6’2 and with the drivers seat adjusted for me, I could sit behind me, which I cannot in the yeti. It has an admunsen but no auto lights or wipers but that’s not a deal breaker for me. like to see it cleaned and polished up as it’s black and they can looking a little tatty when they are dirty. Give it a spin and see how we go.

Going to view one tomorrow. Currently have a 1.2tsi yeti. What is a rapid like to live with? Any specific issues to look out for? It’s a 1 previous owner family car, but we need the rear leg room. Have looked at Octavia’s again but very few locally within my budget (mostly newer cars and out of price range). Wife is worried that the interior looks a little basic and dated but Skoda’s tend to be a little like Lego and I’m sure people here have swapped trims etc to lift the interior slightly? With this one it already has sat nav and dab but it’s not a Columbus it’s and older 3 button one with a tiny screen (Amundsen?) so maybe changing that will update the dash area a little? Has anyone changed the basic air con dials to climatronic? thanks in advance

Going to test drive a 1.2tsi rapid black edition tomorrow. Looks like a car swap may be on the cards again 🫣

So to be honest we have spent the last 2 weeks or so out pretty much every day looking at different cars. Apart from the Octavia, most cars we have looked at have about the same or less rear leg room than the Yeti provides. We’ve looked at golf, focus, Astra, cmax, qashqui, civic ,crv, Tiguan, and to be honest the yeti seems to have better space than most of them. Issue with Octavia’s and passats are very few in our price range in our area. After another failed trip to another dealership today I was dreading the fact that SWMBO was looking at a Zafira. short of cutting my legs off I was running out of ideas to avoid a 7 seater so I started playing around with my seating position and steering wheel position. instead of having the seat low and forward to generate space I tried back and up. Although it now feels like I’m driving on stilts or a transit van, it surprisingly created an extra inch or so in rear leg room to where even she could sit behind me with a little space to spare. hopefully, it’s enough to stop the kids complaining about space and the Yeti is here to stay.

If you have a scanner it’s pretty easy to check yourself. Plug is down by drivers right knee. Plug in scanner and turn ignition to accessory, this will bring reader to life. Scroll on scanner menu to find “read codes”. Press enter or select and either tell us the fault code number here or tell us what it says on the scanner and we can help further from there

Recently had very similar lights, abs, tyre pressure, no bend lighting, traction control. Happened once or twice randomly, then came on and stayed on. Checked with vcds was intermittent drivers abs sensor. Sensor was £19 at local motor factor and local garage charged £35 to fit. Skoda wanted £82 just for the part. Been good since. You would have to check with a reader or vcds to confirm first though.

Well, road tested the car today. Have to say I was pleasantly surprised with the 1.0. Once moving it smoothed out nicely and was surprisingly nippy. A little bit of lag on roundabouts or exiting corners etc but I’m sure that’s something you would adjust your driving style too. Liked the car overall and sales manager couldn’t have been any more helpful, however, I’m not sure it’s the right car for us. I think I would miss my dsg too much and not sure we really need an estate tbh, I think we could do just as well with a hatch. Unfortunately, our dealer didn’t have an auto hatch on site, and our price range probably isn’t ideal at the min either, so the Yeti may stay a while longer while we search for either a 1.5 dsg or a diesel one. (Unless a nice used Passat comes along within budget lol). thanks all for the advice given, I think it was useful going in with a positive expectation rather than a inquisitive one. Is a really good engine for a manual box but I think (sure one of you also agreed) that the dsg mated to a 1.0 may be a bit too sluggish and cause it to labour the engine considering the dsg wants to be in 7th gear for every speed 😂

lol, we have just been having the same conversation but in opposite. We was talking about going bigger, mainly as I have to have the seat all the way back and the kids are starting to complain about leg room. Issue is I kinda love the yeti, don’t really like the Karoq and have no idea what to change too. Was speaking to Skoda salesman about an Octavia but the car we was looking at was an estate and I don’t really think we need that big and it seems like they don’t really want to deal with me as the car I was looking at my px would be 80-90% of the deal. Might start looking at other manufacturers (I’d like a golf or focus) but nothing really appeals that has more leg room.

wow, I thought ours was pretty low mileage, ours just turned 10 years old now and 45,100 miles. In for service and mot on Thursday, fingers crossed for an all clear.

I currently have the Nexen Nblue hd plus on mine, paid £111 per tyre fitted and I must say they are a vast improvement over the more expensive Pirelli’s that they replaced.

I’ve owned a few mondeos, mainly mk1 pre and post facelift, and I have to say although the mondeo still ranks as one of the nicest cars I’ve owned to drive, the Octavia’s dwarf them in cabin space. The Octavia’s and mondeo’s I’ve owned have all been hatchbacks and from what I remember of the mondeo boot they may have been similar in size, but Octavia has so much more drivers leg room and rear leg room. Once the wife said we needed an estate in my head it was mondeo vs Octavia. But having recently driven a mondeo estate, although in my mind they are arguably the better looking car, the newer mondeos aren’t as fun or comfortable to drive as the earlier ones. I found the drive to be fairly numb and although the Octavia 1.0 probably isn’t much more or less exciting to drive, the main reason for the change in car is we need more rear leg room and more boot space than the yeti offers and the Octavia offers it in spades. If it wasn’t for that I wouldn’t change cars. we’ve owned the yeti 6 years and when we bought it the kids were in car seats. Now they are teenagers they are getting cramped. Add a German Shepherd into the road trips and unfortunately the Yeti just won’t cut it even with a roof box 🙁

It will be only my second estate in 27 years. I had a 2000 Astra estate years ago. After taking out the 1.6 and fitting the 2.0 turbo it was so much fun to drive. But once we moved from London it was so thirsty it needed changing. I live around 90 miles from my parents and the Astra would drink the best part of a full tank each way 🙈

I noticed the flip down seat lever, not too worried about them not folding flat, rarely carry loads that the boot couldn’t handle and they aren’t completely flat in the yeti either. I think the one we are waiting for is a se tech so had a start button, auto tailgate, (the kids liked that part) but also on a 19 plate

It’s all part of the fun 😂 tbh today I’ve been out and test drove a Honda CRV, Civic estate, mondeo estate and Fabia estate and each of them had good points and bad points but while talking to the wife each car even she was comparing them to Octavia estate and we keep heading back in that direction. For the price point it offers so much more for the money than all the others despite 2 of them being nearly 2k cheaper. So unless the drive when the car eventually arrives on site is horrendous I think it’s the route we are taking. Are all the mk3’s stop/start? I know it has push button start but it’s not listed in spec as stop start. Has anyone found a way to code this out yet if so?

Thanks all for replies. Still waiting for the car to arrive. Managed to see an identical copy of the car at Skoda today. Could have been the one that was in the body shop today. Salesman gave me the keys and allowed me to look around but couldn’t drive it as it was already sold and awaiting collection. Hopefully it will be on site late this week early next. I’ll let you all know how it goes. Don’t know if I mentioned before but it’s in energy blue. Never seen the colour in person before only in pics and have to say I don’t hate it, which is weird for a free paint that some people seem to be offended by 😂

IIRC I think my mk2 Octavia had the issue with the leaky boot, there was a fix on here like sealing something inside the inner wing? Never happened again after that. Seems a common thing on the octy’s unless there’s a new issue causing leaky boots that you refer too?

Funny you say that I have similar with the dog in the yeti but just got used to it over the years. Watched a few reviews about the 1.0 and spoke to a friend who has a golf with same engine and he enjoys it but it’s all city driving. Thanks for reply though. Kinda easing my worries a little. Hopefully see the car soon and able to test it. Could be the new addition.

Hey all, been away for a while as I’ve been over on the Yeti page which has been pretty much faultless for 6 years barring 2 front abs sensors. today I got bored and popped down to the local Skoda dealer for a look around and started looking around Octy estates (3). Salesman said he had one coming in a few days from another site that was closer to my budget (buying outright plus px). Then mentioned it was a 1.0 3 pot? I didn’t know this was an octy engine thought it was only in Fabia but everyday is a learning day. so to my question. He only had 1 other octy estate 1.0 on site but it was in the body shop for PDR so I couldn’t road test that. He’s going to call when the car is on site in a few days. But, trusted people of briskoda. What’s the 3 pot like? Will it lug a heavy estate body? I like out in the sticks so overtaking tractors etc is a regular thing. I currently have a 1.2 yeti dsg which isn’t too bad at overtaking as long as it’s in “sport” and preplanned, thought out and a landing strip of clear space. Is the 3 pot comparable to the earlier 1.2’s? My other mk1 octy’s were 1.6’s and although not sporty in anyway managed these pretty well if your not scared of using the full rev range. thanks all