rockhopper

A suggestion to add more weight. Do you use a full harness or a 3 point seatbelt? It the latter, then get a couple of CG Locks to hold you and a passenger in place while the car goes round the twisties.....

I personally would choose the lecky seats over kessy. I sit down in the car more than get in and out of it. Using a remote isn't hard. I know kessy is great as I had it on a BMW 535d msport a few years ago. But I prefer comfort in the car rather than getting in and out.

I just stand on my rock sliders .... :lol:

I serviced the car myself, oil/filter, pollen filter, air filter, fuel & turbo filters. Gave the car a once over, greased the hinges & locks, replaced the brake pads and fitted a couple more bolts to the rock sliders. Changed the battery as the old one died.

I always check where I'm going using google maps, but with constant traffic problems in South London and dodge 4G/3G no internet, service, a dedicated Sat Nav is the best way, (builtin like the Columbus of which I have had 2, or a stand alone unit like I have now, or on a mobile phone) as it can avoid many incidents, as it has Tom Tom's great traffic built in. I go to places a have never been to every day, and several at that. Today I only went to 5 new places. I could do it with a map, but there is frequently nowhere to stop and look at it. I would have to stop all the time. I do not have a copilot, so can't reply on them. I have now been using various Sat Nav devices for only 10 years now and around 250,000 miles. None of them have ever taken me to the wrong place, and navigating the Arc d'triumph it was a necessity!!!! My Tom Tom Go 6000 rocks.

Ask 900000 he knows. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That explains much. That was the most economical model available when I bought my 4x4. I don't do manual gearboxes anymore. Not in London. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I can't tell what model you have, but my remapped CR140 4x4 DSG Yeti seemed to be about the same economy as the 1.2 tsi. It would do 50mpg at 60mph, 43mpg at 70mph and around 28-30mpg around London My FL1 is auto which is why the economy isn't as good as the manual. It is about 5mpg less according to the official figures. I spend even more time now around London than I did when I had my Yeti so I would expect the economy to be worse. My average speed seems to be around 6-8 mph. but it is still quicker than using public transport for the places I go to. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I have a Freelander 1. It has a 40mm lift and larger tyres, which gives me about 70mm extra clearance. I have not had any drive train issues since fitting the kit and tyres. I'm running 225/65R17 General a Grabber AT tyres. I have been out greelaning with a friend in a standard Freelander and that was scraping its underneath all the time. Mine never touched once. Sometimes there was no option but to use the ruts. My insurance company is fairly enlightened and I have a dedicated 4x4 policy with Adrian Flux. All my mods have been declared. Delta 4x4 modified a Yeti with a 20mm lift for about £5-£600 I seem to remember, and also fitted larger tyres. Google Delta 4x4 Yeti. I also posted on here a year or 2 back with the links. Can't remember what the topic was now. Gave an extra 40mm or so. I would have considered it if I had kept the Yeti. Instead I bought a 2006 TD4 auto HSE 5 door. It now has the 40mm lift kit & larger tyres, 30mm spacers, rock sliders, anti-dazzle HID dipped headlights, remap, EGR delete, silicon hoses, crankcase breather mod, custom built small stainless steel back box, Pipercross air filter, video drive recorders front & rear, outside temp gauge, Kenwood BT DAB headunit and a Tom Tom GO hard wired in,. That will do for starters! :lol:

900000 will be along soon, but it is based on several vehicles including Polo, Golf, & Tiguan if I remember correctly.

I only got 38mpg average over 41,000 miles out of my Yeti. Fiesta mpg? I thought they were better than that. My Freelander is averaging about 32mpg, which is what I expected as an auto. It has bigger AT tyres and is about 70mm higher now than standard and has a load of other mods which I could not do to a Yeti.

Well..... I would have done in mine.... The FL1 is brilliant in mud, just like the Yeti. I can't get enough mud for my Freelander.

My parents told me about that.. Spending kids inheritance :lol: They are always going on ski holidays. They just got back from one in Canada. (Oh, and he drives a Disco 1) :lol:

You ought to get better economy........ If you don't use the extra power. :lol: Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I have had made a custom rear back box in stainless steel. Its slightly smaller that the old one and is a straight through. The sound is deeper on idle, but the best thing (apart from discovering that the old box was splitting and rusting though on top) is that the exhaust no longer hits the towbar when idling or when turning off the engine.

This what us early pioneers had to put up with when having a remap. Check this thread http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/186419-sm-remap-in-progress-cr140dsg/?hl=sm%20remap I always had Skoda Insurance and they had no problems with all the mods I did to my Yeti.

All the Yeti drivers I have seen around South London look to be over 70 apart from when I met some of you lot at Briskoda events.....

Hill Hold: stop on a hill. apply foot brake hard. let go of footbrake and you have 2 seconds to move across to the throttle before the car starts to roll back. Park assist: loved it on my DSG 4x4. (Miss it on my Freelander) drive slowly (less than 18mph) past a line of parked vehicles after pushing the button. When the car detects a gap large enough it displays that on maxidot. stop. engage reverse. Not to quickly mind, or it won't work. The take foot off throttle and cover brake (this is all i needed to do for the DSG) Remember you need to keep your eyes open to what is going on around you as if you were doing the steering. make sure you are NOT touching the steering wheel. Then it bongs at you and also the maxidot shows to to move forwards, stop, not forgetting to keep your eyes open for what is around you engage 1st gear and inch forwards, without touching the steering wheel. It will bong at you to either select reverse or to let you know you are parked (different bong from memory). It will get you into very tight spaces, which can be a bu99er to get out of :lol: It is brilliant, but if the cars are not parallel on either side it does confuse the system. Remember to watch out where you are going. I take no responsibility if you hit anything or anyone whilst using it. FTFM.

I used The Great Yeti's guide to fit mine to my Yeti, and the Freelander, but then I discovered those piggy back fuse holder things, which are great. I use them in my Freelander for the dash cam and Tom Tom. With the BlackVue, I bought the power magic box, so that it would work even when parked, but overcome the problem I had with them flattening the Yeti's cheap battery, which I did on a few occasions as I forgot to disconnect them in freezing weather. You just need to find a permanent live on the fuse box and a switched live. Then just attach to the power magic box. The box will switch off the power when you want - i.e. after 6, 12 or more hours, or if the voltage goes lower than either 12 or 11.8v. You chose how to configure it. Works really well. I don't have to worry about connecting or disconnecting all the time.

I discovered that the VCU which provides the drive to the rear wheels, takes about 1/4 of a turn to work, which is much better than I originally thought.

I ended up with a Buzz a Racks Sparky 3. It is a towbar mounted rack. The roof is too high and I don't like spare wheel mounted ones on the back door adding more strain to the door hinge. I spent ages working out what to go for with Roofbox. I wanted the Altera Strada but it wouldn't fit due to my spare wheel. The Buzz Rack design is such the the upright is between bikes 1& 2, so the 3 bike rack fits perfectly. So far I have done about 1300 miles with it. It is really solid and very easy to fit. Takes a few seconds. Mounts to the tow ball.

Un-surprisingly very good. I mean..... it is a Land Rover With a lift kit and larger tyres, I now have about 70mm more ground clearance than standard. So about the same as a standard Defender under their axles! The only thing it lacks is a low ratio gearbox, but having the auto along with Hill Descent Control & Traction Control and the Viscous Coupling Unit makes up for it most of the time. It will descend hills slightly faster because of its higher gearing - about 5.4mph I believe, which is faster the low 1st on a Range Rover/Defender/Discovery. When I was off road back in April, it never touched its underneath, whereas the standard Freelander was bottoming out all the time. It probably would not have made it up the track we did on the last day, but mine had no problems. I kept up with the lifted Range Rover P38 and the lifted Defender 90 on all the tracks we did together. The 4wd system does not work as quickly as the Haldex in the Yeti (or Freelander 2) but it works fine (and is much cheaper to repair if it goes wrong!). It is better than the Yeti because it has lots more ground clearance and I can wade through 750mm deep water with the slight modifications I have made to the breather pipes.

When I had my CR140 remapped, Shark wasn't interested in getting the highest figures. They concentrate on drivability. My CR140 drove like a petrol, but had the torque of a diesel. It was great fun, revving up to the red line without any flat spots. It was probably running around 175bhp, with around 400nm torque. With the big brake upgrade and a flappy paddle steering wheel, it was a great car. But........ I sold it last year. Now I run around in a slow, diesel auto that is not as fast or as economical, but way more comfortable, and is great off-road with loads of ground clearance. The driving position is about 170mm higher than the Yeti, but it is the same overall size. I park it next to a a Yeti, and the Yeti looks so small :lol: it is the low bonnet on the Yeti that gives that impression.

I have put larger tyres on my Freelander - 6%, and the speedo is now pretty much bang on. That is going from 225/55 R17 to 225/65R17. (As a side effect, the tyres I chose -General Grabber AT, have given me about 30mm extra ground clearance) My Yeti was out by 3-4 mph on its 225/50 R17 tyres.

do a search on google! Basically it can help lubricate the fuel system to replace the lack of sulphur in the fuel. Used frequently on older engines made prior to the removal of sulphur from diesel. I will be using Diesel Rhino from now on instead of millers and 2 stroke mineral oil. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk