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Thanks everyone - panic over He'd pushed the catch mechanism down with his finger and it wouldn't release again - however the solution was more brain less brawn - I wasn't lifting the handle at the same time as jimmying it free again with a finger/screwdriver combo. Lesson learned as that's far too easy to do...!

Can anyone help? Our son's friend has put his fingers into the door catches of our Yeti whilst the door is opened and managed to click them closed so now the door will not shut! All this wouldn't be too bad if it weren't dark, we have to park on the street, and we're going out in about 30 minutes... HELP!

Skoda have just quoted me north of £800! I've also had a quote from Towbar Express for £244, but that's with 'universal' rather than dedicated wiring. Given it's a lease car, I think I'd better call them and see what I'm ALLOWED to do!!!

Jeez, I've now just discovered the costs to get a frickin towbar fitted and read all the threads about them! Back to the budget calculator methinks!

Llanigraham - great stuff - thanks. Pretty sure I saw somewhere the unbraked towing weight for the greenline is 600kg which should cover most campers comfortably - however given we're potentially looking at an older camper, and possibly quite a heavy, hardtopped one (e.g. a late 80's conway cardinal), I'll be checking whether it's braked or not! Thanks all!

Thanks all - that's been really helpful, and reassuring! Countryboy, that snippet about the brakes is interesting, but because I'm a novice it prompts another couple of question... On a braked trailer, what exactly are the brakes and how are they engaged? Are those rules about the 750kg weight recent? We were looking at an old Conway Cardinal (1989) which was 800kg I think, and there was no mention of it being braked. Realise these are off-topic, so apologies in advance!

We have a Yeti 1.6 Greenline Diesel, and are considering the purchase of a second-hand folding camper (halfway between a caravan and a trailer tent). Given I'm a complete novice with towing, and the ins and out of it, I wondered if anyone could help with a few questions? 1) I've done a bit of reading and have entered the murky world of towing weights, and braked v unbraked trailers. Anyone with experience know whether folding campers are typically braked or unbraked (or does it depend completely on the model)? 2) On a more fundamental level (this should probably be Q1!), will I actually be able to physically tow a folding camper with a greenline? They seem to vary between about 600 and 800kg in weight. 2 questions here really - can I legally tow one, and can I practically tow one? 3) Is there anything I should be aware of that anyone can contribute from their own experience? FYI, the car is a lease car, and we didn't really consider the idea of towing something when we bought it, but the rising prices of holidays with 2 young biys are necessitating a different approach to future summers! Grateful for any help!

Plumber - thanks for the response. I'm no expert on tyres - so excuse me if I check my working here: The 205 tyres (which, as I understand it means a width of 205mm?) on the greenline are likely to be better in snow than the wider 225 tyres on the SE? It sounds counter-intuitive to me - on the completely novice basis that I assumed wider would be better? (I have no basis for this assumption at all!!) The ESP thing I've just noticed on the Skoda website - is it right that Hill control and ESP are standard on the S, but not on the SE? That also sounds a bit daft?? Thank you for your help!!!!!

Good morning, noob here! We're just about to put an order in for a Yeti (woo hoo) - on lease, thanks in part to the brilliant deals available to my wife from the NHS lease scheme! Total running costs are very important to us, and therefore we've done all the maths with regards price v fuel efficiency v fuel costs etc and are plumping for one of the 2WD Greenline models - we were going to stick to an S, however we may upgrade our choice to an SE thanks to some of the things I've learnt on here regards spec difference (such as the boot rails, rear cup holders) and the listed spec differences (e.g. sunset glass and MP3 connection). So thank you already for the great guidance here! The questions I have are in relation to the fuel saver tyres in snow. We currently have a Peugeot 308, with the full fuel-saver kit - 1.5HDi engine, low rolling resistance tyres, etc etc. Economy is fantastic (averaging over 55mpg, with the vast majority of journeys being short runs), however the car was an absolute nightmare in this winter's snow. I had to literally dig myself out of an eight of an inch of mild slush! I hadn't even considered it might be the fuel-saver tyres until my wife questioned the description of the similar tyres on the Yeti. So a couple (well, 3) questions I suppose: 1) For those with experience of these tyres, are they dramatically/noticeably inferior in the snow (I understand why they MIGHT be, but ARE they, in practice)? 2) Would the Yeti have any inherent advantages (or indeed disadvantages) over our existing car in terms of snow performance? 3) How did those with 2WD Yeti's in 1.2 TSi guise cope this last winter? None of this will likely put us off a Yeti, but the overall price difference for us isn't enormous between the 1.2TSi and the Greenline, and snow performance in 'normal' v 'fuel saver' tyres might swing it in favour of the TSi. Many thanks in advance!