So I've been moaning on about the fuel economy of my 1.2 tsi Yeti - basically only achieving 31mpg much to my disappointment although I do regularly go on rather short journeys....I picked up my Yeti last April and have only just looked at the latest Yeti line up - so what's this 'Greenline' range all about? Sounds like they're seriously fuel efficient...Almost tempted to sell my 1.2 and order a Greenline version! Are they all Diesel? Does anyone know the pros and cons of the Greenline yeti?

Thanks!

It's a 1.6 Diesel with a 5 speed box.

Fuel economy claims to be 61mpg, which probably means in the real world mid 50's I'd guess driven sensibly.

It's in the new Yeti brochure if you can pick one up from a Skoda dealer.

I like the 16" rims as it should give a slightly softer ride.

I don't like the fact that you can't order a spare, or more importantly a heated windscreen.

Power wise it's very close the the 110 - 2.0 litre diesel. And it only costs about 300 pounds more despite coming with extra kit like ESP as standard.

If we didn't need an auto, I'd be putting a deposit down now.

So I've been moaning on about the fuel economy of my 1.2 tsi Yeti - basically only achieving 31mpg much to my disappointment although I do regularly go on rather short journeys....I picked up my Yeti last April and have only just looked at the latest Yeti line up - so what's this 'Greenline' range all about? Sounds like they're seriously fuel efficient...Almost tempted to sell my 1.2 and order a Greenline version! Are they all Diesel? Does anyone know the pros and cons of the Greenline yeti?

Thanks!

Being a diesel and you only do short trips, expect fuel economy be be near the same as your 1.2tsi. Diesels are great for longer journeys where the engine warms up - 15miles or 30 minutes. It won't do the DPF(diesel particulate filter) any good either. (another story - do a search if you want to know more...)

My 140DSG will do in the 20's mpg if I'm lucky on short journeys 1-5 miles, but over 40mpg on the motorway and more if cruising at slower speeds. If I'm driving around South London for an hour or so if traffic is bad it will do in the low 30's mpg, and I have seen over 42mpg when I'm not in traffic.

Buy a Greenline 11 and a bicycle for the short journeys.

I will only drive automatics.

Mike

For the mostly short journeys, your 1.2 TSI is the right choice. Diesel would not be the solution.

Hi Retro Gal

Having run a 2L TDI DSG diesel Octavia estate and now a 1.2 TSI DSG petrol Yeti I can confirm that for short distances from cold there is very little difference in mpg. Allowing for the loss on trading in your 1.2 and the extra VAT on the new one you probably wouldn't save money by changing to a Greenline 1.6 diesel. On short journeys I never got any useful heat out of the Octy so misting up was a problem and using the air con to sort that made the mpg dip even more. And of course some would advise against a DPF vehicle for consistently short journeys.

My brim to brim mpg is about 38 for mixed use, over 50 on a motorway trip @ 60 mph set on the cruise control. Cold weather doesn't help. My Yeti hasn't done a 1000 miles yet, so still running in and economy should improve.

What is surprising is how quickly the DSG gets up to 7th at quite low speeds when driving gently in town traffic. I wouldn't like to have to change gear manually as often as the DSG does automatically. Maybe its the frequent gear changing that helps the economy?

Hi Retro Gal

Having run a 2L TDI DSG diesel Octavia estate and now a 1.2 TSI DSG petrol Yeti I can confirm that for short distances from cold there is very little difference in mpg. Allowing for the loss on trading in your 1.2 and the extra VAT on the new one you probably wouldn't save money by changing to a Greenline 1.6 diesel. On short journeys I never got any useful heat out of the Octy so misting up was a problem and using the air con to sort that made the mpg dip even more. And of course some would advise against a DPF vehicle for consistently short journeys.

My brim to brim mpg is about 38 for mixed use, over 50 on a motorway trip @ 60 mph set on the cruise control. Cold weather doesn't help. My Yeti hasn't done a 1000 miles yet, so still running in and economy should improve.

What is surprising is how quickly the DSG gets up to 7th at quite low speeds when driving gently in town traffic. I wouldn't like to have to change gear manually as often as the DSG does automatically. Maybe its the frequent gear changing that helps the economy?

Thanks for the info. I think perhaps I just have to grin and bear the poor mpg on my yeti as my short journeys are probably to blame. I had a 1.9 tdi VW Caddy Van before the yeti and constantly got over 45mpg doing the same short journeys...Ho hum...

Being a diesel and you only do short trips, expect fuel economy be be near the same as your 1.2tsi. Diesels are great for longer journeys where the engine warms up - 15miles or 30 minutes. It won't do the DPF(diesel particulate filter) any good either. (another story - do a search if you want to know more...)

My 140DSG will do in the 20's mpg if I'm lucky on short journeys 1-5 miles, but over 40mpg on the motorway and more if cruising at slower speeds. If I'm driving around South London for an hour or so if traffic is bad it will do in the low 30's mpg, and I have seen over 42mpg when I'm not in traffic.

Buy a Greenline 11 and a bicycle for the short journeys.

I will only drive automatics.

Mike

Hi Mike,

The DPF is the reason I didn't opt for a Diesel in the first place but a few people have told me that's a myth and not a problem for short journeys...Who knows...

Hi Retro-G

Worth remembering that in the total cost of owning and running a car, the greatest cost, though it is sort of hidden, is the cost of the depreciation. And it seems that with the Yeti, that looks to be not too bad, in the region of three to four grand a year.

Just a thought to help you be more comfortable with your mpg!! (How does your big grey dog enjoy the back of the Yeti?)

Hi Retro-G

Worth remembering that in the total cost of owning and running a car, the greatest cost, though it is sort of hidden, is the cost of the depreciation. And it seems that with the Yeti, that looks to be not too bad, in the region of three to four grand a year.

Just a thought to help you be more comfortable with your mpg!! (How does your big grey dog enjoy the back of the Yeti?)

My big grey dog (who is now bigger than ever!) has bonded pretty well with the Yeti...He regularly checks out this forum to see what's going on...

Hi Mike,

The DPF is the reason I didn't opt for a Diesel in the first place but a few people have told me that's a myth and not a problem for short journeys...Who knows...

It's no myth, I have had a DPF on a diesel and it was a nightmare. Here all journeys here are relatively short and this causes problems as we are unable to give it the odd blast down a motorway you end going to the dealer for a forced regeneration approx cost £200 2 hours labour plus oil and filter.

Both VW and Audi warned about the DPF in their brochures as being " not suitable for Channel Island or Urban driving". At the time I bought my Qashqai in 2007 I was unaware of the issues around a DPF.

Not all manufacturers DPF's are the same and some clean using a 5th injector which injects a small amount of fuel into the DPF to burn off carbon, this is less problematic for urban driving.

It's no myth, I have had a DPF on a diesel and it was a nightmare. Here all journeys here are relatively short and this causes problems as we are unable to give it the odd blast down a motorway you end going to the dealer for a forced regeneration approx cost £200 2 hours labour plus oil and filter.

Both VW and Audi warned about the DPF in their brochures as being " not suitable for Channel Island or Urban driving". At the time I bought my Qashqai in 2007 I was unaware of the issues around a DPF.

Not all manufacturers DPF's are the same and some clean using a 5th injector which injects a small amount of fuel into the DPF to burn off carbon, this is less problematic for urban driving.

I see...I guess my little 1.2 is the one for me then...

I see...I guess my little 1.2 is the one for me then...

And if you drive only short journeys the cost difference will also be very minor, probably a lot less than changing to the Greeline would cost as a total.

It's no myth, I have had a DPF on a diesel and it was a nightmare. Here all journeys here are relatively short and this causes problems as we are unable to give it the odd blast down a motorway you end going to the dealer for a forced regeneration approx cost £200 2 hours labour plus oil and filter.

Both VW and Audi warned about the DPF in their brochures as being " not suitable for Channel Island or Urban driving". At the time I bought my Qashqai in 2007 I was unaware of the issues around a DPF.

Not all manufacturers DPF's are the same and some clean using a 5th injector which injects a small amount of fuel into the DPF to burn off carbon, this is less problematic for urban driving.

Whilst electric cars are close to useless for most people due to range restrictions would Jersey be the ideal place for them?

Whilst electric cars are close to useless for most people due to range restrictions would Jersey be the ideal place for them?

What a good answer....The Nissan leaf is probably your solution.... :yes:

And if you drive only short journeys the cost difference will also be very minor, probably a lot less than changing to the Greeline would cost as a total.

Thanks for the reassurance. I have to say, so far I've found everyone on this forum to be sooo incredibly helpful and informative. What a nice bunch you Skoda folk are!

Thanks for the info. I think perhaps I just have to grin and bear the poor mpg on my yeti as my short journeys are probably to blame. I had a 1.9 tdi VW Caddy Van before the yeti and constantly got over 45mpg doing the same short journeys...Ho hum...

Much over 45mpg? I'd expect from the journies I drive to get more from the 1.9TDI so would suggest it's the short journey's than knobble the economy, irrespective of the car. For short journies and low annual mileages, the 1.2TSI makes perfect sense and, as others have said, the biggest cost in a car is depreciation although you kinda factor that in, but when a fill-up increases from £50 to £60 in less than a year that apparantly hurts more!

Whilst electric cars are close to useless for most people due to range restrictions would Jersey be the ideal place for them?

Yes and No for most of the year no problem running around the Island, but then there are weekend trips to France with the car to stock up on wine and beer, aswell as longer breaks to the Continent and the Mainland for this you would need the good old internal combustion engine.

Plus the fact they're expensive, no £5k Government grants over here.

I don't know how long I can keep it up for but FWIW, I've lowered my average speed over the last 500 miles of driving my 170D 4x4 in a deliberate quest for economy. Where the maxidot was indicating a 5,000 mile average of 42.5 mpg, it's now showing over 51 mpg average with about 7.5K miles on the odometer. Most trips are 50-60 miles, mix of motorway & A-road with a few miles stop-start in rush hour holdups. Realistically, that is around 47 mpg after the daft and deliberately misleading 10% error in Skoda's favour.

I don't know how long I can keep it up for but FWIW, I've lowered my average speed over the last 500 miles of driving my 170D 4x4 in a deliberate quest for economy. Where the maxidot was indicating a 5,000 mile average of 42.5 mpg, it's now showing over 51 mpg average with about 7.5K miles on the odometer. Most trips are 50-60 miles, mix of motorway & A-road with a few miles stop-start in rush hour holdups. Realistically, that is around 47 mpg after the daft and deliberately misleading 10% error in Skoda's favour.

I need to take my yeti on a 50 mile run to see if the economy improves much...

I need to take my yeti on a 50 mile run to see if the economy improves much...

Take that hound of yours to the beach and let him play silly-buggers till the tide comes in. There. That'll do it.

Take that hound of yours to the beach and let him play silly-buggers till the tide comes in. There. That'll do it.

We normally take the Airstream for such ocassions...With its 7 litre V8 engine, that really DOES know how to eat fuel!