Hi got my 1.2dsg Yeti yesterday, all went well, but I have a few questions.

And yes I have read the manual.

1) Information display area allows a choice of either A/B/C (see below) constantly,

a) Audio

Phone

c) MFD ie consumption, range etc.

I want to display Audio but also want outside temperature to show as well. I can only get Temp to display on option c)

2) Is there a mute button on Bolero system?

3) On page 25 in the manual it states

"You can select the individual menus by pressing button C the handwheel . After briefly

ressing the handwheel , the desired menu is indicated.

After briefly pressing the button you can achieve a higher level, by pressing the

button for longer than 1 second, you can call up the MAIN MENU."

I am missing something I have tried a number of combination and have still not found a higher level menu.

I love the car just need to sort out a few things.

Regards

Kevin

Hi got my 1.2dsg Yeti yesterday, all went well, but I have a few questions.

And yes I have read the manual.

1) Information display area allows a choice of either A/B/C (see below) constantly,

a) Audio

Phone

c) MFD ie consumption, range etc.

I want to display Audio but also want outside temperature to show as well. I can only get Temp to display on option c)

2) Is there a mute button on Bolero system?

3) On page 25 in the manual it states

"You can select the individual menus by pressing button C the handwheel . After briefly

ressing the handwheel , the desired menu is indicated.

After briefly pressing the button you can achieve a higher level, by pressing the

button for longer than 1 second, you can call up the MAIN MENU."

I am missing something I have tried a number of combination and have still not found a higher level menu.

I love the car just need to sort out a few things.

Regards

Kevin

In answer to your questions

1 I would like this option as well, unfortunately you have the choice of one or the other.

2 Not that I've found and I seem to remember that it was mentioned on another thread that there isn't one.

3 The higher level menus just give you more options like the courtesy lights, lighing controls etc. I think you need to be in set up to do this, I think you can access some items by using the button on the top left of the wheel, once you get used to it it's just like a mobile phone.

Hope this is some use.

Mark

The phone button on the Bolero works as a mute button if you haven't specced the GSM II from the factory.

I'm not sure, but you might be able to make the outside temp show in the radio's display?

Still cant get in to advanced menu, manual very vague. No joy on Temp thru radio.

Thanks

On a similar topic, has anyone found out how to display MPH, rather than KPH on maxi-dot? I have select MPH in the preferred units option, but the indicated speed still shows in KPH whilst driving.

On a similar topic, has anyone found out how to display MPH, rather than KPH on maxi-dot? I have select MPH in the preferred units option, but the indicated speed still shows in KPH whilst driving.

The Yeti is one of the first UK sold cars I have ever seen that does not show both miles per hour and kilometres per hour in the speedo. By law you have to have both and thus for UK cars this digital repeater speed is set to kmh for when you drive in Europe or in countries with kmh restrictions in place.

[As a consequence of this and the rev counter showing the revs in tens as 10, 20, 30 etc some magazines have complained that both dials look the same when you quickly look down... "I'm I doing 40mph?!?! Oops, no, I'm doing 4000rpm! doh"]

The Yeti is one of the first UK sold cars I have ever seen that does not show both miles per hour and kilometres per hour in the speedo. By law you have to have both and thus for UK cars this digital repeater speed is set to kmh for when you drive in Europe or in countries with kmh restrictions in place.

[As a consequence of this and the rev counter showing the revs in tens as 10, 20, 30 etc some magazines have complained that both dials look the same when you quickly look down... "I'm I doing 40mph?!?! Oops, no, I'm doing 4000rpm! doh"]

Fair enough, but it's a shame that it's not selectable to give a digital readout to complement the main analogue dial, particularly as the speedometer only annotates the even speeds, and not 30, 50, 70 mph, which are the three most common speed limits in the UK.

I know the Yeti isn't the only car with this quirk, but it's no wonder that so many drivers have problems sticking to 30 around towns!

Looks like EU rules take precedence over common sense to the detrement of the UK once again!

I know the Yeti isn't the only car with this quirk, but it's no wonder that so many drivers have problems sticking to 30 around towns!

Looks like EU rules take precedence over common sense to the detrement of the UK once again!

Or 48 Km/hr.

Or 48 Km/hr.

Correct!

I've made a little speed conversion table to put in the parking ticket clamp as a reminder!

The km/hr only indication for right hand drive Yetis must be a SUK or UK regulation thing. If it were an EU regulation, the MFD speed display should only show MPH in left hand drive cars, but it is selectable in either on cars delivered on the Continent. Since, contrary to popular opinion, UK is in the EU, the rules must apply the same way. If one can rely on Continental drivers to switch to reading mph on the MFD, surely the same would apply to Britons?

The speedo question is incidentally also the same "problem" on speedos in km/hr. Only even numbers of tens are shown as numbers. The common speed limits here are the same as in the UK, 50 km/hr being the most signifcant one. It is between two numbers, but there is a red line where there could have been a "50".

Converting from km/hr to mph or the other way round is really no big deal. The math is not overwhelming if you can divide or multiply with 1.6 in your head.

The more intersting ones are really quite simple and close enough for everyday use:

30 mph = 50 km/hr.

50 mph = 80 km/hr

75 mph = 120 km/hr

80 mph = 130 km/hr.

That covers the most important speed limits in Europe, and those four numbers should not be difficult to remember for those, who do not want to do the math on the fly.

Yes, I do know the above numbers are not EXACT, but they are close enough and easy to remember. If you pretend that you can read the speedo more accurately than that while driving, then we have a whole other discussion. Ditto with the real accuracy of the speedo.

The km/hr only indication for right hand drive Yetis must be a SUK or UK regulation thing.

I think it's both a UK and an EU legal requirement.

Many cars have this including my current Passat, my wife's A Class (I think) and her previous Smart.

The A class also has similar speedo graduations to the Yeti.

Regrettably, as I'm responsible for over 200 professional drivers (and I appreciate this might come over as provocative - it isn't intended to be) I have little sympathy for people who break the speed limit and are caught.

John

What I forgot and, I guess others - it is all too easy, is that you must be driving within the speed limit when you pass the limit sign. I got caught as I was slowing down but still over the limit of 30.

I now use my Cruise Control and set it at the limit before passing the sign. It may be necessary to slow down and the CC drops out immediately but it does ensure that I do not exceed the limit. As I live in the land of the "Arrive Alive" vans, this is a necessary precaution.

One of our most annoying "limits" is a 50 on the A55 through Colwyn Bay. Three miles of dual carriageway with about half a mile of genuine urban conditions. (where 50 is a good idea) I sit there, with a smile on my face, being passed by caravans, heavy artics. from the Irish ferries, and clever dicks. (mostly in Audis!!!)

I think it's both a UK and an EU legal requirement.

It would be counter normal EU practice to have different rules for the UK and the rest of EU. Why would it not be OK to be able to select either km or Miles in the UK, when there is a choice in the rest of EU?

"Regrettably, as I'm responsible for over 200 professional drivers (and I appreciate this might come over as provocative - it isn't intended to be) I have little sympathy for people who break the speed limit and are caught."

Why regrettable? If you feel that way, you should not regret it! It is a perfectly reasonable attitude.

I am reminded of a discussion with the Traffic Chief Superintendent of London met. police during a day at the Hendon driving school. When questioned about his driving habits - and some examples had been quoted - he replied:

It is all about physics and survival. You may break the law of the land and get away with it, but if you break the laws of physics, you will not get away with it.

The habits quoted related to lining up to see around bends etc, even if it meant you had to cross solid lines.

The mantra of the school was: Always be in the right gear, in the best road position and be TOTALLY AWARE of what MIGHT be happening around you that would influence your driving.

I screwed up the formatting, but you get the drift.

Why regrettable? If you feel that way, you should not regret it! It is a perfectly reasonable attitude.

Hi Agerbundsen. Nice reply. Point taken over the EU issue.

I prefaced my view on speeding with the word "regrettably" because many people I come across appear to have a view that driving beyond the limit is acceptable and that to be caught is to be deserving of sympathy.

John

Why regrettable? If you feel that way, you should not regret it! It is a perfectly reasonable attitude.

Hi Agerbundsen. Nice reply. Point taken over the EU issue.

I prefaced my view on speeding with the word "regrettably" because many people I come across appear to have a view that driving beyond the limit is acceptable and that to be caught is to be deserving of sympathy.

John

Well, rules are rules. If you know about them and decide to ignore them, I see no need for any sympathy.

I'll admit to breaking a few, hopefully in an intelligent and safe manner, but if caught, that is the choice I made, and will pay up as required. I am very much aware of the dynamics and limits of adhesion, surprises from other road users etc., but tend to ignore the legal rules and drive by the physical and psycological situations.

Culture and current practice do have some influences.As an example, in Germany, the recommended maximum speed is 130 km/hr, but it is not a legal limit, only a suggestion. In France, it is a stricty enforced limit. In Spain, the official limit is 120 km/hr, but it is widely accepted that higher velocities are used, and warning signs clearly mark where the limit is measured. In Spain, courteous behaviour on the road is also the norm, just like it was in the UK back 40 years ago. It is not mandated, but that is reality.

Safe driving really depends on your situation awareness and understanding of the physical limits you are working under. Speed limits just try to set some kind of defensible administrative rule that gets the authorities off the hook. Driving down High Street at 30 mph, not paying attention to children, mums with baby carriages or the chap stepping off the curb to greeet someone is more dangerous than driving at any speed and paying attention.

One of my pet peeves is parking lots - people drive much too fast there. Things happen so fast in a parking lot and distancs are so short, that anything over creeping along speed is very hazardous.

Edited 30 April, 201016 yr by Agerbundsen

Its quite interesting to use a sat-nav to check the speedo calibration as the sat -nav should be spot on most of the time.

In my current superb for the 50 average speed limits on the M1 (which are a pain and go on for ever at the moment) and indicated 54mph is 50 on the sat nav, and this is the speed I set the cruise control to when traffic allows. No tickets to date.

Again an indicated 80mph is actually 73mph on the sat-nav, so I tend to cruise at an indicated 76mph and still pass a large majority of the traffic.