GlenAnderson

I've no idea to be honest. They list different types for the two models, so I assume there must be some variation between them. Up to you whether you want to take a chance...

Obviously I don't have your car/unit, but with Apple CarPlay enabled on my vRS it will read my texts to me and I can dictate a response back.

At the end of the day, you've spent thousands on a car, why scrimp on something that has the potential to both compromise your safety and cost you way more than you've saved if something goes wrong? As to the towbar company telling you it won't invalidate your warranty vs the Skoda dealer saying it will; well, I know who I'd believe. Supply and fit of a detachable towbar and elecrics to our new Octavia vRS was about £650 by the main dealer prior to delivery. That was to a vehicle bought from stock, so no factory prep. If we'd bought the car as a factory build it'd have been £100 or so cheaper. I don't have a breakdown of parts/labour, but at main dealer rates that's definitely less than five hours.

I got 51 mpg yesterday over 100 miles of mixed driving in our diesel vRS - and it's still under 500 miles from new, so I'd expect better once it's run in and loosened up a little. It's still astonishingly quick when provoked, and whilst I drive conservatively I wasn't hanging about.

Always worth an ask! I'll wrap it up and see how much it'll cost to courier and get back to you. Glen.

5E5 061 160 Hope that helps.

Now sold. :-)

Too dear? Make me an offer before they go on ebay.

Too dear? Make me an offer before it goes on ebay.

To be honest, I'm astonished at just how "clever" the whole system is. Not just the air-con/climate, but the way the whole car's various bits communicate to each other and how much technology the latest models contain. Admittedly, our vRS is approaching "top of the range" when it comes to standard equipment, but stuff like headlights that can adapt for continental driving at the press of a button etc. just stagger me!

This ^^^ The system's clever enough to control the vents so as to best get the cabin to the temperature you've selected. I just leave mine on "auto" and a/c "on" all the time.

Thanks for the kind offer, very much appreciated.

Having moved my Yeti on I am looking to find a new home for the rubber boot liner that I took out when I cleaned the car prior to trading tin, and forgot to replace. As far as I can remember, it's a genuine Skoda one, and although it's a little dusty, it's not worn or marked and would come up like new with a little trim cleaner. £20 plus whatever it costs to courier, or collection from Dover in Kent. All the best, Glen.

Due to a communication error with the sales guy, I find myself in possession of two rubber boot liners, two sets of mats and only one car! As a result, I am pleased to offer all of you this one-off opportunity to relieve me of the surplus... They are both Genuine Skoda items, and neither have been out of their packets or fitted to a car. The rubber boot liner can be bought from Superskoda for about £32, plus carriage, so although mine cost me more than that I'll accept £30 plus whatever it costs to courier. The mats are the "prestige" type, harder wearing than the cheaper ones. complete with the screw-in locator peg thingies. Skoda UK list them at an eye-watering £75 a set and Superskoda a more reasonable £37.50. I'd be happy with £35 plus whatever they cost to courier again. If anybody wanted the mats and the boot liner together, then £60 plus carriage would be good. Collection in person from Dover in Kent is also welcome. All the best, Glen.

Here we have the spare wheel and tyre bought for my Yeti. I was uncomfortable at the thought of the factory "pump plus gloop"/ lack of spare when I purchased my Yeti in 2012, so I purchased this wheel and tyre to put in the boot when we did our long holiday runs. In true "insurance" style, it never got used (I suppose I should be pleased at that ). Now the Yeti has gone to a new home I need to find a loving new owner for the wheel too... It's a genuine Skoda/VAG part, purchased at not inconsiderable cost by me, from my local main dealer. £50 plus whatever it costs to courier, or you're welcome to collect from Dover in Kent. PM me here, so I get an email, rather than just replying to the thread so I don't miss your response. Cheers, Glen. It's clearly marked 6Jx16 H2 ET50, and wears a 195/60R 16 Continental ContiPremiumContact2 tyre.

Good job that. Such a shame people are so careless with others' stuff.

I've got a set of 7j 16 , ET45 steels that I've been using as winter wheels on our Yeti that I'm hoping will fit on our new Octavia vRS come winter time. I prefer to use steel rims rather than alloys, in conjunction with deeper profile (and cheaper) hoops. They've currently got 215/60 R16 tyres on, which are a little tall. As they've done four winters I'll not be too upset if I have to swap the tyres for lower profile ones. I shall report back when I've tried them.

So you can. Cheers. :-)

Now sold. An ad on eBay, in their specialised "disabled vehicles" section, put me in touch with a lady in Wales with near identical mobility challenges as my Uncle. She bought the car, scooter and all the adaptations as a complete package, I drove it down to her yesterday. Hopefully it will give her good service and the independence it gave Alfie. Thanks for looking. Maybe the moderators can lock the thread now.

Spent the day on it today. Decided it'd be a shame to split it all up. Going to try and find a buyer that wants it as it is. Another forum contact has alerted me to the fact that eBay have a dedicated "disabled vehicle" section. I'm going to list it up there, complete with the little scooter that is paired with it, and see if I can sell it on as a complete package. I ordered a new tyre for it today (premium to match the existing, not budget, £80) and a new key fob shell as one of them has lost it's metal loop thingy. Trying to do all the "just" jobs that sellers describe as "easy/cheap" but are too bone idle to do. Spent the day cleaning and sorting it, and took some more pictures. Will post them up in a bit.

Evening all. I have to find a new owner for my late Uncle Alfie's car. I picked it up from my auntie's yesterday and drove it home to Anderson Towers as step one in the process. Now, it's a bit unusual, and I'd like it to find a good home rather than simply punting it through "we buy any car", so I'm going to take the unusual step of writing up a "for sale" blog. So, where to start? At the beginning, I suppose... Alfie had a stroke back in, I think, 2005. Whilst it didn't kill him, it did leave him without the use of his left arm and with restricted mobility. The DVLA took his license off him for a while, but he kept and maintained his Mercedes, which I used to ferry him around in. In 2008 he got his license back but found the Mercedes too low to get in and out of without a real struggle. I took him around various dealerships, trying all sorts of different vehicles, and he ended up with this Skoda Roomster 3, on the basis that it was the easiest one to get in and out of, as well as having a generous boot and low rear sill to facilitate lifting a scooter in and out. He bought it a year old, in June 2008, for the sum of £12,000. The one previous recorded keeper was Skoda UK, so I imagine it must have been a lease/fleet/demonstrator/whatever. It is a 1.6 petrol, DSG 6-speed auto; a "3" model, so top spec., in cappuccino beige metallic. In addition to all the normal stuff like central locking, alarm, airbags etc. it has cruise control, air-con, rear parking sensors, tyre pressure warning, ESP, and a panoramic glass roof. It also has factory fit optional roof rails and a set of roof bars (never used), and he also had the dealer fit a genuine towbar (detachable I think), which has also never been used. Like our Yeti, it has Skoda's "varioflex" rear seating, where the three rear seats individually fold, roll or come out completely. To help him manage it one-handed he had a Lodgesons steering wheel knob fitted that incorporates a finger pad that allowed him to operate the indicators, hazards, main/dip beam, and the horn without letting go of the wheel. This cost £725. It works in conjunction with a plug-in can-bus module behind the dash, so there was no butchering of the loom. He also had a small hoist fitted at the rear hatch to allow him to lift a small mobility scooter in and out unaided, which cost in excess of £1000 to be supplied and fitted. Despite being desperate to get his license back, and to be able to drive again, he used the car very little. To be honest, I think it was more a form of recuperation/therapy and a target to work towards than anything else; he never planned vast trips with it. In 2008 it had 5500 miles on the clock and today, as it sits on my drive, it has 10,198. Its first MoT, in July 2010 shows 7276 miles, the next in June 2011 shows 7878. June 2012's MoT is 8551 and in June 2013 it was 9038. In 2014 that had risen to 9775, and last year it was 10006. It hadn't been driven at all since late October last year until yesterday, however it started straight away and drove here without any issues at all. The six-speed DSG worked smoothly, and there are no warning lights up on the dash. I have always been surprised at how nicely it drives in comparison to other "mini MPVs" I've tried. It's way smoother, quicker and better planted than my sister's Berlingo for instance. It really does drive like new. So. I'm faced with the dilemma of how best to sell it on. It has a small ding on the passenger door, near the mirror, but the paint is unbroken and the rest of the bodywork appears, at first glance, to be pretty much A1. It needs a damn good clean, both inside and out. The passenger side rear tyre needs replacing, as it has obviously been kerbed, and that alloy rim has a small ding. The MoT runs to 22nd June. I've got it booked in for a fresh test on the 2nd and, other than the tyre which I'll sort, I don't anticipate any issues. I'm loath to spend time removing the steering wheel controls and rear hoist if the new owner would need them, as they cost a fortune to get fitted, but I also realise that they add nothing to the value of the vehicle if they're not wanted. My plan, as it stands at the moment, is to advertise it for sale here, and on another couple of forums I frequent. Anyone with an interest in the car as it stands can contact me to discuss it. I have transferred Alfie's private plate off the car and am waiting for the new V5 to arrive. Whilst I'm waiting, the car will get a check-over from me, a damn good clean out, I'll sort the tyre and anything else that needs attention prior to the MoT. If nobody has expressed an interest in retaining the hoist and steering wheel controls I'll take them off. If, by the time I've got it MoT'd, it's not found a new home, then I'll stick it on Autotrader and ebay. My last resort will be "webuyanycar". So, having hopefully whetted your appetites, have some pics. Please bear in mind though, this is exactly as I collected it, warts and all. I've made no attempt to clean or tidy it whatsoever yet. Here you go: This, as best I could get it, is the ding on the passenger door: Steering wheel control: With the clamp removed, the wheel has compressed a bit, but it would hopefully relax back into shape over time: The rear panel has had a small cutout made to allow the top hinge of the hoist to bolt up: And, being as Alfie had to load the scooter with his one good hand operating the hoist, there are some fairly hefty scuff marks on the rear trim panel where the scooter has scraped past: So. There we go. And, the $10,000 question... How much? Well, having looked at what's on offer elsewhere, and based on webuyanycar's online offer for it, I think with a Year's MoT, a new tyre, a full valet and wax, and the disability aids removed I'm looking at serious offers around the £3,750 mark. If anyone is interested in taking it with the disability aids then MoT'd etc. etc. £4,000. Any comments welcome. If anybody wants to make an offer for it "as-is" before I start, feel free.

In my experience, the only person ever to suffer problems/delays/expense at the hands of the dreaded "security wheel bolt" is the owner of the car they're fitted to. If someone wants to steal your wheels, they will come suitably equipped to do so - and in this day and age that means with something to undo your "security" bolts. Personally, when I fitted the winter wheels/tyres to SWMBO's yeti, I took the opportunity to swap the odious items for standard ones.

Thanks for the info. I suspect that it might be a bit of a struggle to get my wife to accept spending €1460 on the car - I'll have to work on her! I'll get my mate to have a look at M&L's website as it's all in German, and see if he can enter into some dialogue for me (his German's fluent, I can only organise a room and beer!). The only snag I can foresee is that the Webasto kits are set up for left-hand-drive cars, and I don't know if there's anything physical preventing their fitment to a UK right-hand-drive one. It's a lot of money to spend if it doesn't fit! Glen.

How much did the kit cost? And where did you source it from? I have the same ThermoTop C fitted to my elderly Land-Rover, and it's an excellent piece of kit. Glen.

What would be nice is the option of a higher output engine and six-speed manual with a 2-wd drivetrain. I had a TdiPD 130 Golf, with a six-speed manual 'box prior to the Yeti, and would have happily paid extra for a CR140 and six-speeder if it had been available as 2-wd, but the only option was the CR110 and five-speed. Whilst the CR engine's technical improvements mean the heavier/bulkier Yeti is better on fuel at low speeds, the older PD engine in the Golf was better on a run at speed. Overall average is about the same, so I mustn't grumble too much I suppose...