Anthony 1

I agree with Terfyn, it is not up to us to convince you that the Yeti is for you. Buying a car is a highly personal and mainly subjective thing, we all have our likes and dislikes needs etc. I try to take the subjectiveness out of buying a car and make into objective reasoning. Like Terfyn, I would use a tick list except what I would do is make a list of all the things that you need in a car and a list of things that your think are desirable obviously need take a higher priority to desire, well it does in my book. Their is plenty of Yeti worship on these pages pages if you want to be convinced by what other people have to say but you need to realise that is what they or I may think is important. While what is really important is what you think, in this instance. Concerning the bike, have you thought about carrying the bike on a rear tow bar mounting rack. It would be at a good hight, easy to get on and off, no need to dirty the inside. The other thing is, don't they make bike covers, so that if you wanted the bike in the car all you would need to do is put some cloths on it. If you have specific questions about the Yeti we will do our best to answer them for you so that you are better informed. I think that is the best that we can do really.

If you are driving on a BOAT, that is Byway Open to All Traffic, generically known as a Green lane then normal car insurance should cover any car because it is a legal highway. If your driving at an off road leisure or experience site, quarry, muddy fields, etc then normal insurance most probably does not. You need to check with your insurance company. I do not know about access for launching on a beach I suppose that it would depend on the local By-laws. even so it is a specific activity that your insurer may need to know about because of the risk factors I presume that when you mean "tracks" you are using them with legal permissions or they are one of the tracks BOAT that I was referring! Bridle Ways and Footpaths are are not legal for motor vehicles to travel on without permission of the land owner or a third party has legal rights of access. For instance part of the access to my property is along a Bridal Way, therefore I have a legal right to travel along it, while the public in genera does not.

So are power mirrors included in any specification in any other EU countries?

The electric harness is a must I believe. What are the prices of alternative manufactured tow bars? What are the respected differences in price for fitting bearing in mind that he harness must be used and the vehicle ECU programmed for trailer pulling? I suspect that the costs might start to get closer, taking everything into consideration perhaps not. It would be great to have an all in price from tow bar fitting outlets but how many of them would take short cuts and just use scotch connectors and not use proper harnesses nor have the ECU programmed! I agree that the towing equipment inducing the various harnesses plugs and bar are very expensive. Just to have the car pre wired at the factory costs enough, then their is all the other kit. The whole caboodle should in reality cost no more than a couple of hundred pounds all in and be fitted in the factory. Instead we have a confusing brochure and a mounting price even before labour costs have been worked out. A bit of an earner if you ask me.

The Landrover Freelander has proven off road capabilities, is more biased in this way, I beleive, their is a slight compromise in on road dynamics. It is a very good vehicle and this version does make it slightly more attractive because the FL II is quite expensive. I think that Skoda has better reliability ratings and with the Yeti we have a fresh and on road a more dynamic car. Off road it is possible that the Haldex 4th Generation might well be superior to the Freelander electronic set up. It would be interesting to see how each copes with similar off road situations.

I think, that fitting the proper harnnes allows the ECU to be aware when a trailer is fitted or not. This would allow for changes in electronic vehicle handling responses by the ECU to adapt between trailer pulling and solo driving. I am not too sure that just splicing into the existing wiring would allow this to take place, therefore compromising safety?

I beleive that The Plumber also showed a picture of what a spare mounted vertically to one side fore and aft, might look like. Their was some question as to whether the boot door would close with the wheel in this position!?? A member from Australia showed ta Tiguan owners Down Under that successfully adapted a Hitch Mounted Bicycle Rack to carry a spare wheel instead. This adaptation allowed the boot to open and close. I too may look into something similar. It was also suggested that this may not need to be a permanent fitting but just to use it this way when needing the additional space.

Lucky you, we will look forward to seeing it.

Not over the kids then?

No trick photography or video! Unless it is very entertaining. and no or

One could always wind down the window of the drivers off side at least and manually fold back the mirrors if necessary.

You took the words right out of my mouth.

You could put an offer in for Llanigraham's Freelander 1, I am sure he might consider it.

My Landcruiser has heated leather seats and it is a wonderful tonic on a windy cold day.

i am constantly amazed by the wide acclaim that the Yeti receives! It must be a reflection, surely on how well the Yeti is made and how well packaged it is. That is very intriguing to me. I am buying one because I have a particular need, I live off road, literally, i normally drive around in proper off road vehicles. I am trying to downsize because of costs and also one wants something that drives a little better on the road. I only tried the Yeti completely by accident. I saw one in a local Skoda Dealers. I thought that it was just one of those quirky Roomster thingamajigs but noticed somehow that it had 4x4 capability. i very nearly did not take ny further interest except that I thought well it would be easy to take it out for a test drive and then write it off to be catalogued at the back of ones mind as something never to think of again. Wrong! I test drove a 140 CR Elegance and was absently gob-smacked by it on road performance and competence, I drove it very hard on back A and B road, it handled like a good hatch, it was uncanny. I cud see that it had a reasonable ground clearance for its type and felt by the way it acquitted the roads under fairly brutal treatment and knowing about its electronic chassis control that it should do OK in the rough stuff. I have not driven one off road but have seen a few Invidious that convince that while it is no comp Landrover it does as well as any other of its type or better than most . I fund the inside very appealing and well designed and exceptionally comfortable. I soon came to the conclusion that I would be most happy with this machine so long as I had mymid put at ease over a few things concerning its off road capability. It is very interesting then to see that it might be also an alternative for people who might otherwise have gone for a Golf or other top notch hatch. Yes very intriguing.

I speak many languages fluently so I have translated this for you! My link I wish! If you use FireFox one of the add ons is a link to many language translators.

I will have to accept that for some the Yeti is beautiful but its looks are not something that I buy any car for. I just have a list of things that I need and another list of what might be desirable and take it from there. A word about buying a car manly for appearance . Fashions come and go, good looks can ware thin, if a car does not carry out the functions that you need it too well one could soon get bored of it..

It is always good practice to allow any engine particularly those with turbo chargers diesel or petrol to idle for a few minutes after driving. Many engines after a run will have the cooing fan running after a drive and will continue to run after the ignition has been switched off.

I think that they could have afforded to allow the same overhang at the rear as at the front. As you know having the same angle of approach as departure would not be an encumbrance and would not affect off-road ability adversely. From the stand point of it is pointless being able to leave something behind that one could not have climbed in the first place. I agree with an other post, that stated that it is no good manufacturers quoting how many litre cubes can be stuffed into a boot space when many of us would just like to put longer or bigger things into it. I think that he Yeti was initially conceived as a vehicle for a younger market, for people with outdoor aspirations, a young childless couple perhaps. However looking around this forum, if it is representative of the whole market, it appears to be that an older clientèle that may have grown up children, seems to be what is actually buying the car. That only occasionally use as a family car. It is rely a large hatch with a square back-end much like the Roomster and Citroen/Peugot thingy. I have resigned my self to its little foibles and inconveniences because it is such a great car in every other respect. It has four wheel drive, which I must have because of where I live and it drives like a dream and in 170 CR form will be fun to drive and economical. The Elegance models get HID lights bendy at that. I would have to pay an awful lot more money for something else that does so well, like one of the BMW's for eg big money I think, that the majority of people who might have a family or someone who likes to carry larger bits of kit and still like to do outdoor things would be much better off going for the Octavia Scout or some other large estate with or without 4x4 capability. Many people are sucked into the advertising hype of why they need this or that in a car and what it will do for us. Instead of sitting down and think it through.

Fog Lights are ideal in conditions of falling snow and are the only other legal situation other than fog when they can be used in GB at least. When travelling long distances at nigh, falling snow can be a little tiring because of the tunnel effect. It does not matter what direction the wind is blowing, the snow always tunnels in towards the driver. It is quite easy to become mesmerised fallowing the fall of single flakes as they progress on their suicidal journey towards the car.

Very useful at times Web Cams. It is a pity that they do not keep moving instead of time-laps. I occassioaly look at the cams in Wales.

Your car looks great in the Aberdeenshire Snow. That part of Scotland I do not know well at all, even though I have a friend with a farm up in that county. He tells me that you have real snow up there, not the dusting that we have down here.

Many manufacturers use under damped suspension these days. If you want to improve comfort, ride and road holding, fitting quality shock-absorber/dampers such as KONI adjustable. I have used KONI of many years on lots of different vehicles and have always been pleased with the improvements. They can be adjusted either for effect or ware and can also be rebuilt if you need to. They offer several different types for most vehicles.

What are the advantages of fitting single arm wiper blades? Do they wipe better and clear a greater % of the screen in comparison with the more ordinary double blades that they replace?

Could it be thermals within the car?