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If people are looking at tyres for providing a quieter ride, I can highly recommend Falken ZE-914 Ecoruns which I run on my BMW 3-series and are easily the quietest tyres I've ever run: http://www.blackcircles.com/catalogue/falken/ziex-ze-914/225/50/R17/W/94/m?returnurl=%2forder%2ftyres%3f%26viewmanufacturer%3dfalken&tyre=31733222

Fair point - I had forgotten about that.Enjoy the long weekend everybody!

Does anyone have any ideas? Sent from my Aquaris X5 using Tapatalk

If I carefully and lightly rest my hand on on the gear lever while in gear and driving, I can notice a very discernible vibration when in 5th gear is selected vibrations (or lack thereof) from all other gears seem to be normal and well isolated from the gearbox mechanism. The vibrations only occur while accelerating and stop as soon as I lift the foot off the pedal. The car is a Yeti 1.2 TSi 110bhp 6-speed manual with little more than 3 months and just over 2500km driven so can't put it down to wear and tear. Has anyone else noticed the same or can suggest what would be causing it? Regards, Paul

Yes - I do

Thanks everyone for your replies I can confirm that I have been able to successfully set the wipers to their service position using the procedure that Gyp has detailed above. I can now raise the wiper arms without fear of scratching the paint work Sent from my Aquaris X5 using Tapatalk

Member - CodeCyan Engine - 1.2 TSi Manual Petrol Model - 110 Outdoor Colour - Corrida Red Location - Barcelona Sent from my Aquaris X5 using Tapatalk

Thanks john999boy. I'm guessing I should probably get around to reading the darn manual. It's likely that your procedure is detailed in there

It's been raining all day here and while driving the new Yeti 1.2TSI late afternoon, I noticed that something was causing the drivers side (LHD) windscreen wiper blade to smear. So, as you do, I found a safe spot to park the car, I got out with paper towel in hand and proceeded to tackle the job. On lifting the offending driver side wiper arm up to its service position, I couldn't help but notice that it fouled the bonnet and wasn't able to put it on its fully raised position without catching on the rear lip of the bonnet. Is this normal or am I doing something wrong?

I hope it will be delivered a bit earlier also but let's not lose track that we are talking about the Spanish here!

Yeah - that's what I was told ... approx. 10 days before we take delivery. The pre-registered car is currently located in another part of the country and will first need to be transported, checked and then prep'd before we can drive it away. Does that seem excessive?

Sorry for the lack of update guys but yesterday didn't go quite as well as planned and we weren't able to get to the dealership to sign the paperwork. I did though manage to get a couple of hours off work today and have just got back from buying Skodi Yeti in ..... Wait for it ..... Solid red!!!! (or rojo fuego as its called here) I'm still not sure how it happened but the more I thought of the car in candy white the more I went off the idea. Tar spots, general dirt and the simple fact that white is such a common car colour here in Spain made me take a sudden u-turn decision while I was sat with the dealer and as a red car with exactly the same spec was available, I had to jump on it. Order made... Paperwork signed ... Now just a 10 day wait until we take delivery of the car. I just hope it looks good in "Rojo Fuego" as it does in some of the pictures.

Just a quick update for those still keeping an eye on this post .... We've decided to buy a Yeti!!! That's right folks - the extended test drive the other day was enough to clinch the deal and I will be popping into the dealership this afternoon to complete the paperwork for a pre-built 1.2 TFSI in Candy White and Erebus alloys. Wih any luck, the car should be delivered and ready for us at some point next week. Again - thanks to everyone for your feedback, opinions and general banter, all of which has been very helpful and reassuring that we're making the right decision. :clap:

I didn't think many people would recognise that my avatar was taken from the cover of the album Selected Ambient works 85-92 - Well spotted! In all honesty the car is destined to be used more by my wife than by me, and she's definitely not a avid listener of Aphex Twin. The mould will remain well and truly intact

Firstly,I just want to a big thanks to the people on this great forum. I've only been on here 24 hours and I'm already impressed by the useful and constructive opinions on this post. Keep up the good work guys! Well,the test drive went ahead as planned. Picked up the car at 1pm CET and arranged to drop it off at 6pm which meant a whole 5 hours getting to know the car. While I would love to provide a detailed and concise write-up of todays experience, it's been a long day, there's a lot to still take in and well, it's almost 11pm and I'm shattered but to summarise my first significant drive in the Skoda Yeti in just 2 words... I'm impressed! The candty white 1.2 TFSI with just 1300km was really well built, comfortable and the small cylinder engine - which had obviously bed-in much better than the test car last week, was suprisingly refined and peppy. While I've been a fan of the chunky, quirky utilitarian look of the Yeti for some months now, I think after todays experience we might be ready to dive in and buy one for real. Now I just need to convince the wife that Candy White is right!

Thanks for the more than detailed information Austin - loads of very useful information and I especially like that idea of installing some cheap under bonnet sound installation which I did notice was missing. While I would not consider the 1.2 TFSI engine a particularily loud engine at idle r low speeds, it does get a little chattery when giving it the beans.

Never a true word spoken. While I don't deny that after 12 long years, the 1.6 VTEC engine in the missus cars is probably past it's best and has started to burn a little more oil than I would prefer, the thing just keeps going and going and going. I hope I havent tempted fate with that ... <reaches out and taps the wooden table>

Thanks everyone for your input so far. We've been lucky and managed to find another local dealer that will leave us a practically new Yeti 1.2 TFSI for a few hours tomorrow afternoon - and to top it off, we won't need to be accompanied by a salesman! Apparently the car has just under 3,000km so should hopefully be run-in and won't feel as "loose" as the test car last week. Will let you know how the test goes as soon as I can.

L&K edition? I'm not sure we get that here - sounds far far too fancy!

I would love to get the 1.4 TFSI petrol as this seems like an acceptable compromise between economy and performance but there just doesn't seem to be any demand for Yeti's with this engine on the Spanish market. :S Regards, Paul

Thanks for the input mrchrispy! Keep the opinions coming people

Hi all, My wife needs a new car. We originally started to look at the Nissan Qashqai which are quite common here on Spanish roads but after broadening our horizons we're now both set on the latest Yeti from Skoda. As we're looking at buying a house in the near future, our budget is unfortunately limited but after several weeks of reading and investigations it looks like a brand new 1.2 TFSI 110bhp 6-speed manual Yeti might just be a good candidate to replace her aging but reliable Honda HR-V. The Honda has given us over 12 years of practically trouble-free motoring but our growing family is getting too big for the little Honda and it's 1.6i VTEC (124bhp) engine which is starting to feel old and underpowered. As the new car will be used primarily for the daily school run, weekly shopping and the occasional day trip or motorway drive to the Costa Brava we're not looking at to buy a diesel as we don't want to pay the extra initial premium nor have possible problems in the future with clogged DPF. Now I imagine most people would recommend taking the Yeti for a test drive which we have already done, but this was a short 30 minute run with a spanking new Yeti 1.2 TFSI with only 9km on the clock, so the engine wouldn't have been bed-in and to be honest, did sound a bit loose when pushed anywhere beyond 3,000rpm within most gears and while it did seem more than "nippy" enough in-and-around the city, it just didn't quite have the get-up-and-go I would hope for when trying to overtake traffic at motorway speeds. I also noticed a considerable buzz from the engine bay when the car was pushed i.e. over half peddle movement but again, this could be just because it was a brand new car. So, before we actually put pen to paper and sign up for a 1.2 TFSI could anyone with real world experience of the either the older 105bhp or new 110bhp 1.2 TFSI engine let me know whether you're ever felt lacking in the power and when fully loaded with kids or adults in the back and whether you would consider the engine to be underpowered? Thanks, Paul

For some reason, I don't have permissions to vote on this poll, not sure why though but for the record, I'm 37 years of age (going on 14 if you ask the wife)