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I saw a black Yeti in the Skoda Garage in Colne, East Lancs, this afternoon. It had black leather also, and I thought it just looked a bit too black and solemn for my taste. So out of the choice of black and white, I'd go for white, with black leather.

Thanks Shrub I have a reflex silver VW, and really like the colour, and am trying to choose a colour for a Yeti. I thought a silver Yeti would blend with the grey front under grille on the Yeti also.

I'm trying to get a feel for Skoda colours (without going to the Skoda garage again, which is a 75 minute round trip). So does anyone know - is the Brilliant Silver metallic the same colour as the VW Reflex Silver metallic? If not would you say it is slightly brighter or darker? Thanks.

Thanks Anthony and The Plumber. Think I have all the information I need there ... and I agree about the auto wipers - I dislike them also - especially when the car in front decides to clean their windscreen on a bright sunny day, and that's enough to set my auto wipers going, streaking insect guts across the windscreen! I do like the auto dimming mirror though. I don't know why these two options are put together though. The information on switching to steel rims and winter tyres is useful, and I had this in mind - presumably the steel wheel sets costs about £200, and should I be budgeting another £200 for the tyres? Does the Skoda garage do this for you, and do you put wheel trims on the steel wheels?

Hi Ray. It's a good point and I thought about this, but the leasing costs are some £70 a month more (for the Elegance), and in any case I'm not that fussed about leather seats etc. With it being a leased car I don't have to worry about how to sell it at the end of the lease.

I'm ordering in the UK, via a leasing company rather than a dealer. I test drove one three weeks ago - that was an Elegance, and the one I'm ordering is an SE specification. So I'm ordering a 2.0TDI CR 140bhp 4x4 DPF SE Looking through the catalogue, this has a six speed gearbox, and leather steering wheel and gear knob. Correct? I am planning to order as extra the following: Auto dimming rear view mirror with rain sensor. I have this on my current car and think the mirror is fantastic. Driver and passenger lumbar support. Hill hold control with ESP - as far as I can make out some of the ESP features are standard on the 140 diesel SE version, but not all of them. Will adding this option give a 'complete set' of the ESP options? Light Assistant - am I right in thinking that this is necessary if I like to leave the lighting at the 'automatic' setting and have the lights on in daylight? Off road Button - for added handling in ice and snow, as well as off road. Have I understood this correctly? Rough Road Package ... I think (not 100% sure about this). I don't do serious off road driving, but do drive on unmade tracks and park on fairly rough roadsides. I also commute on a road that gets flooded two or three times a year (maybe 9 inches deep). Is it worth adding this option? Tyre Pressure Monitor - because I have one in my current car and it's a real pain (I'm half convinced it's programmed to light up every two weeks on a Saturday afternoon!) but does make me check the tyre pressures regularly. Looking at other options, I'm not bothered about park assist - but does this mean that the bumpers will come with blanks where the sensors would have been fitted if I'd chosen this option? Hope not! Variable boot floor - I have no idea what this is about - can anyone tell me? Bluetooth steering wheel - because apart from anything else I'm pretty deaf so don't use the phone much, AND the Apple iPhone isn't listed as on of the compatible phones - is the iPhone compatible? There doesn't seem to be any options for wheels except for the standard Dolomite alloys. These are probably my least favourite of the Yeti alloys (I think the S specification Spectrum alloys look the best in the brochure). A very minor point. That's it as far as specification questions. One other question is to do with the DPF. I drive about 15,000 miles a year, of which 8,000 is made up of a 17 mile each way commute on B roads and country lanes, probably another 1,500 miles will be motorways, and the remainder A roads. Will this sort of mix be OK with DPF? I read about it needing a good run regularly, but know nothing else about it. I currently drive a Golf 140 diesel. It's a great car ... except in snow and ice, when it's terrible (low profile tyres being the main problem possibly). The roads I drive on are often un-gritted and I've frightened myself stupid on occasions these past three winters. When I test drove the Yeti it felt very similar to driving a Golf, and the instruments and controls were virtually identical. I didn't drive the Yeti in ice and snow, but I'm hoping the 4x4 will give some more control (I appreciate that on an ice rink everything slides!). I've also looked and had a test drive in a Tiguan, and that was very good also (the 140 Tiguan was a bit slower than the 140 Yeti), but I can't see the point in paying the extra money for the Tiguan over the Yeti. So that's the background. All and any advice is really appreciated. Thanks.