folding mirrors on yeti

[katekins]

Hi all,

Only had my Yeti a few days and assumed wrongly, that it would have mirrors that would back - handy for country lanes, parking up in narrow spaces etc. Am I being thick or something?

[Terfyn]

The mirrors do fold but they are not powered - pity.

[shrub]

Hi all,

Only had my Yeti a few days and assumed wrongly, that it would have mirrors that would back - handy for country lanes, parking up in narrow spaces etc. Am I being thick or something?

Do you mean mirrors that can fold if you push them or mirrors that fold at the touch of a button? I would not think you at all thick for assuming the former; I have come across a few cars recently whose mirrors do not fold at all.

[katekins]

Do you mean mirrors that can fold if you push them or mirrors that fold at the touch of a button? I would not think you at all thick for assuming the former; I have come across a few cars recently whose mirrors do not fold at all.

I mean they fold electrically - on my old Picasso they fold at the touch of a button so have been saved many times from being shaved off by a school bus in a narrow Kentish lane! A friend as a Discovery without this function - thus giving me one of the few occasions to feel smug! - but rather surprised about the Yeti cos most things are pretty well thought out for urban/ rural motoring.

[shrub]

Katekins, I have just re-read my earlier post for which I must apologise. It implies that if you believed the latter then you are thick. I wouldn't want to suggest that for a moment.

[fuzzybunny]

My VW has electric folding mirors so I was dissapointed to find the Yeti hasnt. Close inspection shows that the Yeti mirrors are smaller than normal which doesnt seem to a problem in terms of visibility but it does mean that they dont stick out much beyond the width of the car. I presume Skoda didnt think it was worth making them folding electrically.

[Anthony 1]

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

[jezzep]

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

Err that is my technique ;-) Electric folding mirrors is just something else to go wrong....

Jerry

[Bassa]

My 8 month old facelift Octavia Elegance has power folding mirrors but apparently 2010 MY ones do not - yet another cut back from Skoda.

[Gilesmengland]

My 8 month old facelift Octavia Elegance has power folding mirrors but apparently 2010 MY ones do not - yet another cut back from Skoda.

Skoda is not alone in this - I understand BMW has been quietly downspeccing cars / removing efficient dynamics bits for a while.

Probably due to the continued weak pound / strong Euro.

[Anthony 1]

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

[Bassa]

Skoda is not alone in this - I understand BMW has been quietly downspeccing cars / removing efficient dynamics bits for a while.

Probably due to the continued weak pound / strong Euro.

Have a colleague who has recently purchased a 32K BMW 3 series cabriolet, the power fold mirrors were a £300 option !

Still at least they were on the options list.

[Andyajm2]

Be careful with the mirrors - I caught my drivers mirror on the very edge as I reversed out of my garage and it "exploded " into a million pieces. The bottom casing which contains the indicator light is very fragile and as the Yeti is so new also very difficult to get replacement parts for. I have no idea of cost and funily enough neither does my dealer. He couldn't even find a part number. He had me piece together the pieces to find the number on the casing. Still waiting to get spare after 2 weeks.

One sad monster!

[aerofurb]

Be careful with the mirrors - I caught my drivers mirror on the very edge as I reversed out of my garage and it "exploded " into a million pieces. The bottom casing which contains the indicator light is very fragile and as the Yeti is so new also very difficult to get replacement parts for. I have no idea of cost and funily enough neither does my dealer. He couldn't even find a part number. He had me piece together the pieces to find the number on the casing. Still waiting to get spare after 2 weeks.

One sad monster!

Sorry to hear of your bad luck with the mirror. I was hoping originally that they Yeti would have folding mirrors as the entrance to my place is pretty narrow. As it turns out the mirrors are squarer ( ie taller) than many cars and if they folded in they probably don't reduce the actual width by much.

[Sanqhar]

Be careful with the mirrors - I caught my drivers mirror on the very edge as I reversed out of my garage and it "exploded " into a million pieces. The bottom casing which contains the indicator light is very fragile and as the Yeti is so new also very difficult to get replacement parts for. I have no idea of cost and funily enough neither does my dealer. He couldn't even find a part number. He had me piece together the pieces to find the number on the casing. Still waiting to get spare after 2 weeks.

One sad monster!

Now you have an "exploded" view, any chance of posting a photo of what is in there. I am interested as to whether it would be possible to retrofit the downlighting into an SE. What do the "boarding spots" look like on the inside of the mirror.

tom

[AussieV]

In Greece the Yeti doesn't come with folding mirrors nor can you add it as extra when ordering :(

From what i understood, if ordered, the mirrors themselves can be tinted electronicaly somehow depending on the light of the sun :S