About to purchase a yeti and we do some photography as a hobby, so you find your self in some less than perfect spots . fwd could be handy but not used very much What is the fuel consumption penalty over no 4wd. Is it there all the time and holds the car back or is it just switch able when required and the extra weight and friction uses some more fuel.

Hi and welcome,

the Yeti 4x4 uses a Haldex drive system that's fully automatic (no switches or levers to select), under normal driving about 90% of the drive goes through the front wheels. When required such as wheel slip then the system will increase drive to the rear wheels.

Mine currently averages around 44-45 mpg.

Regards,

TP

About to purchase a yeti and we do some photography as a hobby, so you find your self in some less than perfect spots . fwd could be handy but not used very much What is the fuel consumption penalty over no 4wd. Is it there all the time and holds the car back or is it just switch able when required and the extra weight and friction uses some more fuel.

One of the main advantages with haldex over permanent 4wd systems is the fuel economy benefits. :yes:

I'm averaging in the top 40's most of the time, that dropped to the low 30's towing a caravan to Cornwall. There really isn't a great difference between 2 and 4 wheel drive. Don't worry about it!

Biggest difference seems to be between manual & DSG according to the official figures.

Mike

170bhp Elegance with nearly 14000 on the clock.

Overall mpg is 44.8 which includes all manner of driving. I record this pretty assiduously and have done from the get go. The mpg is improving with age.

Currently in Scotland having travelled up from S Wales, and over the 400 miles including 290 motorway at 71 mph cruise controlled, it has recorded 51 mpg.

I think that it ain't half bad, and with that 4*4 safety net, and all the other positive attributes, it is a car that continues to astound and put a smile on my face daily.

For most normal road driving I've getting about 43 MPG fromt eh 170, though coming back from Cardiff up the M4 on Thursday in the torrential rain I got 47. :-)

Worst i've had is 33, but that using the right foot a little too much on a short journey of 8 miles.

I get 43mpg average from my 170HP 4x4 Elegance from a mixture of journeys. I always use my wife's petrol MINI if it's a short trip, the diesel takes a while to warm up. Last weekend we went from South Yorkshire to Watford and back and got 46mpg, 74mph on the speedo all the time apart from the 29 miles of average speed camera controlled roadworks on the M1 and M25. The Cruise Control was brilliant for that bit. Whatever trim level you go for I recommend Cruise Control, a good way to avoid points on your licence and it makes for a more relaxed driving experience.

Stewart

My around town driving in "geta away car" mode is 42-43 mpg. On the way to church mode, I get 45mg. Well happy

Guys. When quoting MPG figures can you clarify please whether you are talking Maxidot (so take with a pinch of salt) or manually calculated tank to tank (so likely to be more accurate although accepting there could be slight discrepancies here also). I imagine the figures above are a mixture of the two methods?

Guys. When quoting MPG figures can you clarify please whether you are talking Maxidot (so take with a pinch of salt) or manually calculated tank to tank (so likely to be more accurate although accepting there could be slight discrepancies here also). I imagine the figures above are a mixture of the two methods?

Mine are done from the trip meter and pump, not maxidot.

I even keep a spreadsheet. Does that make me sad?

Last 11,000 miles using trip meter bewteen fill ups gives me 44mpg average (yes I keep a spreadsheet!)

Maxidot show 43 mpg average over same period.

I seem to be around 48-50mpg too, which I think is pretty damn good really !!

Mine are done from the trip meter and pump, not maxidot.

I even keep a spreadsheet. Does that make me sad?

Indeed it does, but it also makes you very useful to those of us on the forum Keep up the good work!

The above answers are very help full and i would like to thank you all for the information.

Chris

Please do not rely on the maxidot consumption readout. The accuracy varies enormously; some may be close to accurate but others are way out. Use tank/tank calculations at fillups. Our own Yeti's maxidot is more than 10% optimistic!

Edited 14 November, 201015 yr by survey

Indeed it does, but it also makes you very useful to those of us on the forum Keep up the good work!

Oh!!

A useful sad old git!!

According to Skoda's figures the 4x4 actually stacks up pretty well.

On the 110 Diesel which is the only similar engine in 2WD and 4WD, the latter uses about 10% more fuel but also weighs about 7% or so more.

That is a very efficient 4x4 system.

There is a useful App for those with an iPhone where you can record all car expenses, and analyse costs. It's called fill tank pro, or something very similar, and vie found it easy to enter the data at each fillup, where the car is brimmed. I rarely use the maxi dot display, as that depends on your most recent driving style.

As vie pointed out before, each large segment of the fuel gauge corresponds to 75 miles in my 170bhp model, and it is uncannily accurate, broadly speaking. Invariably I have covered 300 miles when the half tank mark is reached!

Well, I seem to be doing worst...my Maxidot says 42.8, but tank to tank it's about 40.8. Mind you most of my journeys in the Lake District involve a fair number of hills, and my driving style might be summarised as the "pushing on - with caution". When we went down to see my daughter in the flat lands, about 300 miles, it did 48.7, so if I were really light-footed and careful, I could probably get 44 ish.

43-45mpg for me. I am up to 6,000 miles I hope that it will get better once it passes 10,000 miles as so many diesels seem to.

Smick - Having has a wonderful holiday in The Lakes this year I am not surprised your mpg is near the bottom. It was only when I was leaving The Lakes that I managed to find a road straight enough to get into 5th gear never mind 6th. The Yeti was great on those tight roads you have but I would get quite stressed driving there all year round.

Maxidot is consistently 10-12% out for me. I am going to untick the mpg box on the display as it is annoying me that it is constantly wrong.

43-45mpg for me. I am up to 6,000 miles I hope that it will get better once it passes 10,000 miles as so many diesels seem to.

Smick - Having has a wonderful holiday in The Lakes this year I am not surprised your mpg is near the bottom. It was only when I was leaving The Lakes that I managed to find a road straight enough to get into 5th gear never mind 6th. The Yeti was great on those tight roads you have but I would get quite stressed driving there all year round.

Maxidot is consistently 10-12% out for me. I am going to untick the mpg box on the display as it is annoying me that it is constantly wrong.

It's a great shame the maxidot is inaccurate. Ours is same as yours.

Even the 4WD ones are good on fuel. I would say if the budget allows it go for a 4x4.

The 110BHP 4x4 offers more than enough power to do the job, the 140BHP is very nice indeed, and the 170BHP it's actually very fast.

Got a.140 4x4 just done a 330 mile trip averaged 40.8mpg on the maxi dot

Edited 15 November, 201015 yr by forge197

Never had a problem trusting the Maxidot.. I'd rather use that for longer journey's than trying to use the pump. This is more because I do a lot of very short journey's (so engine doesnt warm up properly) and then maybe twice a week a long stint up a motorway and back for a meeting (where I get the better MPG).

I think as long as you use one or the other all the time, rather than using the pump / mileage one week and the Maxidot the other - then you will be fine.