Alexul

Hello all, With the summer almost here I started carrying the bike inside my Yeti for doing some workout during lunch at work. Although it is a clean road bike, the wheels are touching here and there the inside of the car leaving traces of dust. So I was thinking to put some sort of protection covering the trunk and the folded seats. The first idea that came through my mind was a simple huge sheet of plastic. But I feel it will make my car look like a crime scene. Next was to ask on Google about it and discovered they make similar stuff for transporting animals (never had an animal). I look for something fast to attach/detach, some Velcro or just simple straps will do, my bike will not try to escape the car. But I can't find something that I'm sure 100% it will fit the Yeti. I'm also looking for online delivery. I'm open to any suggestions In my searches I also found this: Buzz Rack Gazelle 2 http://www.roofbox.co.uk/scripts/rbvehsel4_tab.php/car-specific-accessories/buzz_rack_gazelle_2_bike_tow_ball_carrier_no_brh002/Qx%40w%2C6M42VAwp3%40Rb{~cC4urewJaWO Which looks like a light and easy to mount rack. But I can't find any reviews on it. Thanks

How do you find the acceleration when you resume the CC speed? For example set at 70, then disengage for going with 50 due to maybe a short road work zone and then press Resume to be again at 70. I feel like the car is using full throttle to get to the speed. My wife, and maybe myself a little, were a bit anxious when I did this for the first time, since we are not used with such aggressive acceleration. Since then I no longer use the Resume function if the speed difference is more than 15 km/h, I just prefer to accelerate myself. Otherwise I'm quite happy with the way CC works and where it is positioned. I try to use it as much as possible. An adaptive would would be nice. Taking into acocunt that I already have front parking sensors I don't see the difficulty of adding this functionality, it's only software; unless it uses other types of sensors. Yet lots of people are surprised that I don't have a speed limiter. When I ask them how much they use it, their answer is at best occasionally.

I can't believe they don't have the option for a heated steering wheel. My hands are freezing when starting in the morning at -8, especially after de icing the car, although my butt is nicely warmed due to the heated seats. And yes, I did think of putting my hands under my butt.

I never had parking sensors until the Yeti and I wanted to ask: is it normal that from time to time they warn about object not being there?Example: I reverse out of a parking spot, safe distance from anything around me and suddenly for a second one of the sensors is red and my heart stops thinking I have hit a pole or worse, a child. A few times it happened even after I finished reversing and put it in the 1st. And it is always one the rear lateral sensors. It happens rarely 1 in 10 times or even less.

When the temperature drops below 4 degrees Celsius, there is a bong and a snowflake showing on the maxidot.

My previous car had a placeholder in the driver's door armrest. Very useful for keeping short term parking or highway tickets. Now I keep everything in the central space below the dash: my phone, my wallet, my office parking card and the tickets. Several times I had to look for small stuff in that low and dark space. I don't use the upper placeholder too often. There I keep only some gas loyalty cards and other not so important papers.

Yes, my car also makes funny noises when the AC is off.

I've just changed to winter tyres, Fulda Krystal Control 2, some German manufacturer part of the Goodyear-Dunlop group so I hope they aren't that bad. I would have wanted a Dunlop which I have used on deep snow and ice for several years, but they were too expensive. Also took some 16" steel rims (they look horrible!) and 205/55 tyres for the possibility to put snow chains which are indeed useful only in heavy winter conditions but I go several times per season in the Alps.

For the 300 euros I have paid for it I say it was worth it. But I wouldn't pay 500£.

The bright side: it's not a self driving car.

I also believe that in uncertain conditions the lights are programmed to stay on, just to be on the safe side. What are those conditions it depends for each car manufacturer I guess. When I go into tunnels all the cars turn on their light almost at the same time. When exiting the tunnel, it is not rare to still have my lights on when the car behind me "decided" to turn them off. Especially if the sun is behind the car it will take a lot of time until the Yeti turns them off. Another situation I experienced was while driving in the Alps, in the valleys, tall mountains on both sides of the road, sun and clear sky but my lights were on because of the shadow areas.

Just wanted to say thanks for the app. It's really useful, especially for new owners the option to quickly browse the electronic manual is great. Also the quick tips with images. Regarding the AA/GM it's more like a love-hate relationship for me. I love the quick search, click and navigate w/o entering full addresses. On the other hand it did sent me into incoming traffic on a one way street last week. And living in a match box country like me makes it almost useless because of the roaming charges. Waiting for the end of roaming next year though. Regarding voice commands what I know/use: Play music -> starts Spotify on a random(?) track Navigate to work/home Call X How's the traffic-->zoom's out to show traffic around Search find [POI name/type] eg Search indian restaurant.

Hello all, Thanks for this very informative topic. However I still have some things to clear before I hand out my credit card for a new set of complete wheels. So I have a 1.4 92kW 2wd Yeti which came with 7Jx16 ET45 wheels and 215/60 95H summer tyres. In the winter the car will see plenty of snow but hopefully not too much ice so dedicated winter tyres are a must. Changing only the tyres will cost me 100 euros/change so twice per year will be around 200. At this price I consider buying some complete wheels. The Skoda dealer proposed me some steel wheels +winter tyres at the price of 800 euros which is way too much, the same is around 500 online so I started looking for something online. In the car's Certificate of Conformity for wheel/tyre combination I have the following: (I exclude the 17") 205/55 R16 91H M+S 7Jx16 ET45 205/55 R16 91H M+S 6Jx16 ET50 215/60 R16 95V M+S 7Jx16 ET45 And now come the questions: 1. Why is there a higher speed rating for the winter 215/60, higher than the rest of the winter tyres but also than the summer ones, which is also H? Does it mean that if I buy a 215/60 H winter I might invalidate my insurance? (car's top speed being 187km/h, V is 240km/h that's a lot of margin. At my previous car I always bought the same speed index as the summer one) 2. Why are there different load indexes, from 91 to 95, car weight being the same, right? Searching for XL tyres reduces my options 3. What are the technical aspects the manuals talks about that prevent mounting snow chains in front for 215/60 tyres? 4. What type of wheel (steel or alloy) do you recommend for winter conditions (snow, ice, plenty of salt on the road)? 5. Can I use the same bolts between wheels? Thanks and I appreciate any answer.

What other settings can be changed? The manual says: "The driving speed was higher than 4 km.h after the last stop" Is the 4 km/h parameter available?

I drive a manual and it works just like the manual describes. Which is not ideal, though, like I said in an older post the speed limit after which it turn offs the engine again is too low, like 5km/h. Even in a stop&go traffic I go over this limit. The limit should be higher and among the other parameters it should also be the distance traveled, to avoid turning on and off the engine every couple of meters. Otherwise I'm quite happy with it. As a cyclist at a red light, I also prefer waiting behind a car with S&S rather than one without.

Maybe they have a huge delivery queue for the near future. They seem to speak only about delivered quantities not about placed orders. Who knows, at the beginning of the year people were saying "I'm waiting for the Kodiaq", then after its launch "Better place an order for an Yeti now".

So they launch Kodiaq and the demand for Yeti increases.

I got one when I received the car in July. It has the vehicle data sticker on 1st page, the terms of Skoda warranty and mobility warranty and a table with fixed and flexible service warranties.

After a second reading of the manual I found this, last phrase on the page 49: If the doors or the boot lid remain open after the vehicle has been locked, the turn signal lights do not flash until they have been closed. (People who write manuals should not put important information at the end of the page) So the signal of car not being locked is the lack of any signal. It may be this, I can't say that I saw or did not see the flashing signal only hearing the other locks made me think that everything is in order. I will test this tonight.

I had a situation last night which surprised me. Went to a party, car full of people and stuff to bring and so plenty of trips between the house and the car. When I take the last thing from the car, hit the lock button on the remote, I hear the locks engaging and also double check the rear right side door being next to it, it's locked. 2 hours later somebody warns me that my left side rear door is opened. Indeed somebody didn't pushed it with enough force to engage the lock. But what surprised me was that I didn't get any feedback that the car was not fully locked what I used the remote. Am I supposed to check every door before leaving? At my previous car when a door was not closed properly and I was trying to lock the car, the lights were doing a long blink (the signal for car is locked) and then 2 short blinks that the car is unlocked. I could also hear the locks engaging and disengaging and also none of the doors were locked. I actually had a problem with that when someone rear ended me and the boot was not closing properly preventing my car from locking. So I was expecting at least one of those feedbacks. Sorry if this has been discussed before, all the topics that came out when searching for central locking were about faulty systems.

After doing a 1500 km trip across Europe (3000 km so far with the car) I was surprised with the low consumption of the 1.4 engine: 5.8l/100km, or 49 mpg according to the Maxidot. It would have been even lower but I drove around 300 km in the Alps on some steep climbs. CC set at 120km/h (116 real gps speed) but there were plenty of sections limited to lower speeds. The lowest consumption I think is at 90kmh in 6th gear. I don't know how exact is the Maxidot though. Doing long stretches of road at a constant speed it estimated correctly the consumption and the range left.

I was curious about the fix for a leak.

Most consumers look at the functionality&reliability vs price when buying something, whether a car or TV, like gains over risk. In my area the 7 speed DSG was 1700 euros and I didn't buy it. The Mercedes auto box was 2000 euros and I would have bought it. Why? Because when I search for mercedes dual clutch transmission problems I get only how dual clutch is working, news announcements, a few forums posts where it broke. When I search for dsg problems there are hundreds of thousands or articles, forums about it. In any European language. Yes they are about an old version of the box which may be fixed. But when a company messes up a product that the internet is flooded with unhappy users, negative posts, videos and reviews, even if the problem is fixed they can not pretend nothing happened and price the product like any other with clean history. I work in IT and remember the Vista mess. Although most Windows OS are stable, good and friendly products for the home user that product version broke the trust of millions of users, years after people were still afraid of upgrading from XP, some still are. A lot even left the Windows medium and moved to Unix, Mac. A bad product has a huge impact and takes a lot of time to clear it affecting also future versions (1, 2 or even 3 iterations) of that product which may function flawless but in the consumer mind it still has an increased risk of failing

For me that page gives not found. But I found it here: I think it depends a lot also on the way someone is used driving. My brother is driving with his arms almost straight while others like to have the elbows bent and close to the the seat rest. Well I don't know the distances and I can't even remember the units, if it's meters or kms. It's one of those things that I hear it too often, take note of it but don't pay particular attention or try to store it in my memory. Unless it's something never heard like the expression to turn off a road, although most my my gadgets, GPS, cell phone are set to UK English it was never used. So far I didn't have problems with the timing. I also find the female voice to be pleasant with a little accent but words spoken very clearly. I just ordered 2 on Amazon. Anyway I need one at the office. I have the adjustable lumbar support. But yes, I found the lump in my back to be more distracting and making me move on the chair. Regarding this comfort thing and personal preferences. Yesterday I went to the parking with a friend (who's also a big fan of Skoda) who has a BMW 3 series. I went into his car and he into mine. I felt the BMW like being inside a missile, low, back, the pedals are slightly below the knees, I was basically pushing in front parallel to the floor. But I liked this position, sporty aggressive, of course I don't know how easy is to be like this for 5-6 hours of driving. He also spent 5 minutes in the Yeti and said that the seats are much more comfortable and supporting even the cloth has much better quality than his. Each one with his own taste and body proportions. I wished the auto makers would take this into account. Why not a service that when you go buying a car they have 10 seats to sit on, test them and then choose your own fabric. Anyway they customize the car interior based on the options someone bought. I bought this small magnetic phone holder: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Magnetic-Universal-Samsung-Smartphones-Tablets/dp/B00Z00N0CA/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1470735646&sr=8-5&keywords=aukey Small but practical to keep the phone in range.

My wallet is already obese, my phone is 5", I would never be able to drive with them in any pockets front or back. Because of all the other small objects I need to carry around my wife bought me a man bag, a small one, I don't want to carry a full size purse with me. It's really practical and I feel so good with the pockets free. I still have some "Oh s**it I lost my phone/wallet" moments and my heart skips a beat until I remember they are in the bag. I've read some articles about driving ergonomics. While most do recommend hips in line or higher than knees there were some who said the contrary. I did some raw measurements of the seat base angle: at the lowest it is at 17 degrees, at the highest around 13 degrees.