spottydog

Definitely go for the 1.2 driving those sort of mileages. It's much quieter and smoother than the diesels. I came from 1.9/2.0/2.2 litre 160+bhp diesels and very rarely miss the extra torque and power. I have never come across a situation yet where the small engine/big car has been made me miss the diesels. Even with 5 blokes and luggage it was still accelerating easily up inclines on motorways and A roads although the gearbox dropped a couple of ratios. However the engine is so smooth and quiet you hardly notice. Mate following in a 1.6 Astra said he struggled to keep up even dropping down the gears and everyone who has travelled in, or driven, the car is amazed it is a 1.2.

I know of 6 people at work whose DMF failed at about 40,000 miles, all Ford Mondeo's. Some used them for towing a caravan some never towed. 2 VW Touran had DMF failures at about the same mileage. It's a well know problem on the respective forums. The garages also said it was a common problem with these cars.

Posh bugger :sun:

It is one of the worst cars I've had for steaming up but leaving the aircon on helps. Air makes hardly any difference to my fuel consumption in any conditions I've tried it. Maybe 1mpg but I doubt it. In summer a full tank with aircon on then a full tank with it off.

Not if I've got anything to do with it.

It must only be the cars over the last few years. I had two CRV's the last being a 56 plate and they were great in any adverse conditions requiring 4 wheel drive. Never got stuck once in really bad snow even with summer tyres.

I thought all Yeti's, original and FL, had the same ground clearance apart from the Greenline which is lower for fuel efficiency.

Aye, just having a winge. If that was all we had to worry about the world would be a better place :sun:

It's just that IMO why should someone stick things on your property advertising their company without asking you first. I don't understand why anyone would put up with it. If someone posted flyers on your house you wouldn't be very happy. Anyway, It's a great for me having bikes. It's a right pain in the backside fitting them and changing the disc. They always get wet and deteriorate.

At the factory I worked at last I tried a new air conditioning company for maintenance. After the first visit I found their engineers had put stickers on over 100 units. I was not a happy chap. It took them 2 days to remove them. Not a good first impression.

Same here, never like stickers on my windows. I always tell any dealer I've bought the car from not to put their stickers on. If I turn up and they're on I wait until they are removed to my satisfaction.

I personally would upgrade. I've just fit a Sony WX-GT90BT. Excellent reviews and £200 all in including leads and fitting. Gives me everything the Swing doesn't. Bluetooth, voice control, aux. usb etc. etc.

I've had mine loaded up with 5 big blokes and luggage and they were amazed it was a 1.2. Having the DSG hides the performance, or lack of it, a bit. By that I mean with 7 gears the car does change down quite often depending on driving conditions, ie. wanting to accelerate or going up steady inclines on motorways. Usually by one or two gears. This is not a problem as the changes are relatively smooth. You do notice down changes more than up changes and obviously the revs rise. In summer I'm averaging 39 mpg, in the colder months usually 36 mpg (brim to brim) but a lot of that is short journeys under 10 miles. As I said in my earlier post I have never found the performance of the 1.2 lacking.

If you put 1.2 into the search engine you will find loads of info. I've only had mine since last October but am very happy with the 1.2 engine. I came from 140+bhp diesels because I took early retirement (55) and don't do the mileage. I very rarely miss the extra torque and power of those cars. The DSG is a personal choice. I am learning to live with it but wish I'd got a manual. Nothing at all wrong with the DSG mechanically it just doesn't suit the way I want to drive as it always strives for economy/low emissions and thus the highest gear at the lowest speed possible unless you put it into S which is only slightly better or Tiptronic which is effectively manual.

Depends what model you buy. My "S" model does not have a locking fuel flap it has a locking petrol cap that you need the key to lock/unlock.

Something else I've learned. :-)

Yes it has central locking but definitely no locking fuel flap. As I said I just assumed all Yet's were the same. I've never heard of a modern lower spec car having a different fuel flap system.

Interesting. Bought new. 2013, 63 plate. Last of the pre FL models. It's an "S" model but wouldn't of thought that made any difference. I've never checked any other Yeti's I just assumed they were all the same. There's no lock on the fuel flap so that can be opened anytime but it has a locking fuel cap. I wouldn't be happy if there was no protection at all. My gripe is that it should just have a locking fuel flap like very other car I've had for years so if there's someone else in the car I just leave the keys in the ignition.

Horrible. BUT, the Yeti fuel cap is like going back to the 70's. Having to take your key out, open the flap then unlock and unscrew the filler cap. FFS, whose bright idea was that?

Sorry but I totally disagree with the those statements. If you do low mileage then petrol's are cheaper than diesels to own and run. I've had both diesels and petrol's and petrol cars are much quieter and smoother to drive.

Totally agree. It's the way the seat actually lifts by tipping rather than lifting. Poor design.

I've got the "S" model so nothing fancy. I'm 5'10", inside leg 30" and 12 stone. I can just slide straight onto the seat and that is with it lifted up. However, it is the only car I've ever had (and I've had a lot, including several Skoda's) where I can't find a truly comfortable seating position and I don't have any back problems. It's not a problem as most of my journeys are less than 10 miles but if I was travelling any distance over 50 miles regularly I'd would have to get a different car.

Each to their own conclusions but I've tried it in various cars of differing performance and never noticed any discernable difference.

Various TV car shows and magazines have done comparison tests and the difference in both mileage and performance is not worth the extra cost of the fuel.

They are all well know VAG problems. Paint has always been an issue even when the first Fabia came out around 2000. Most of the Yeti parts are not new, they come from the generic VAG parts bin. Most of the problems affecting the Yeti have been widely reported on other model forums for years.