CORRECTION!

It is a car that didn't suit your requirements, nothing more than that.

To me it is perfect and does all I need it to, so I think it is GREAT.

You cannot say a model isn't great just because it doesn't fit your requirements.

+1 spot on!

Without doubt the Yeti is the best all round car I've ever owned... Including the previous 2 Octavias. Having said that, if i found i needed a car primarily for lugging crates around I'd consider one again with no issues as they are GOOD cars.

No twisting going on just a few different opinions at odds with yours. Worth noting that a few of those opinions are from people with other Skoda cars in addition to the Yeti . I own a VRS LE Estate Ocatavia it is not better than my Yeti for off 4x4 is it? My wife prefers the Yeti to the VRS also for driving, I also think the Elegance interior is up there with the LE for opulence. Have you seen inside an LE? Anyway enjoy your Octavia, I wonder what would have happened if you'd bought a 1.8TSI or 2.0 CR140/170 of the Yeti rather than the 1.2 you seem to be basing all comments on.

Sure if they made a DSG 1.8 at the same price as the Octavia i would be a bit happier.

But the plastics on the doors and interior and the small boot cant be escaped from :(

Must say though the Yeti feels more.... tough?.

It feels more like a one piece machine than the Octavia, probably because of the size (its smaller).

If they bring out a skoda version of the new touareg or a larger Yeti i would gladly buy it again.

All skodas are cracking cars, i just feel as if they missed a few things with the Yeti.

So my complaints which im sure would be subjective to some people who want a small car, but i think these faults are universal for an only car.

• boot too small
  
• Rear seat system is..... stupid, the fabia or octavia system is better (folds flat and keeps the seats in.
  
• Interior plastics are too cheap, more soft touch on the doors and lower dash.
  

Actually that brings me a question, maybe my Yeti is not the same as yours????

Do you guys have solid plastics on the doors?.

I don't think I have in my entire life had a need to touch the plastic of my lower doors nor to cart around the extra weight of soft touch door plastics in that location... So I really do not care which the Yeti has. They look good and it is only ever my eyes that will go there. They are soft where they need to be and that is where my arm goes.

I don't think I have in my entire life had a need to touch the plastic of my lower doors nor to cart around the extra weight of soft touch door plastics in that location... So I really do not care which the Yeti has. They look good and it is only ever my eyes that will go there. They are soft where they need to be and that is where my arm goes.

My arm goes on the door plastic and its solid and nasty......... are you saying the door plastics are soft on yours?.

My arm goes on the door plastic and its solid and nasty......... are you saying the door plastics are soft on yours?.

Where my arm goes it is soft indeed. You can see the whole soft area on these press pictures from the window buttons all the way back is soft:

Where my arm goes it is soft indeed. You can see the whole soft area on these press pictures from the window buttons all the way back is soft:

I am talking about the upper plastic by the window.

The part next to the switches is PVC and is soft, everything else is solid right?.

I am talking about the upper plastic by the window.

The part next to the switches is PVC and is soft, everything else is solid right?.

I've never put my arm that high, but yes that part is harder than the one next to the switches.

I had a yeti as a loan car for 3 days & i was very impressed with the 1.2 tsi engine in it & i thought the car was nice to drive,i would have to agree with the o.p & say that the interior plastics did look & feel a bit cheap & flimsy,my octy does feel better built & the polastics feel better quality.The yeti did have more toys than my octy though! :(

Plastics.....doh. cant edit original post on works computer!

The door panels & interiors of my Yeti Elegance are a match for the VRS LE.

Yeti Elegance :

LE VRS :

Both are solid & sumptious. :p :p :p

I had a yeti as a loan car for 3 days & i was very impressed with the 1.2 tsi engine in it & i thought the car was nice to drive,i would have to agree with the o.p & say that the interior plastics did look & feel a bit cheap & flimsy,my octy does feel better built & the polastics feel better quality.The yeti did have more toys than my octy though! :(

I clearly need to spend some more time in a higher spec Octavia than the normal ones found around train stations and airports. As a passenger in those I always feel the Yeti interior to be about 2,3% better or something along those margins. Hehehe Subjective again see. It is very, VERY difficult to tell the quality of ANY car by sitting inside it and proding things you never need touch. If something is soft where you never need to touch it, it does not mean it will last longer or is made of better plastic or that the car is better than the next. A Yeti E to me looks dreadful inside with the all black dash and flimsy black plastic door pulls. Yet the Elegance has very little more in it to truly lift it into a higher league of "quality". Yet it feels infinitely "better" inside (to me). Humans are like crows perhaps and like shiny things and THINK it must be better.

Plastics.....doh. cant edit original post on works computer!

Omg - totally off topic but those two photos give me an idea.... Hmmm, I'm guessing they'd fit easily enough.... And the grey centres would probably be fairly similar in colour to the exterior paint colour.... Hmmmm. :wonder:

Omg - totally off topic but those two photos give me an idea.... Hmmm, I'm guessing they'd fit easily enough.... And the grey centres would probably be fairly similar in colour to the exterior paint colour.... Hmmmm. :wonder:

I know a chap on the Octavia II forum (Brimma?) bought a set of those LE seats from a LE write off to add into his VRS. Skodas finest moment in leathery if you ask me, the Elegance's leather is also very nice IMHO. But no Skoda seats can match the LEs.

I know a chap on the Octavia II forum (Brimma?) bought a set of those LE seats from a LE write off to add into his VRS. Skodas finest moment in leathery if you ask me, the Elegance's leather is also very nice IMHO. But no Skoda seats can match the LEs.

I can say that the superbs top spec leather seats are the best seats i have ever had the pleasure of sitting in.

I used to own a E39 M5 with the top spec nappa leather pack and it was 1:1 for gorgeousness.

In fact my wife nearly forced me to buy the superb for the seats alone, luckily for me the boot wasnt as good as the combi...... or should i say my bank account was lucky!

Back on topic you could argue its subjective but really its not, i was disappointed to find the interior was of higher quality in the octavia, not the other way around.

But i guess it works out for me as its not really a downgrade at all anymore!.

I clearly need to spend some more time in a higher spec Octavia than the normal ones found around train stations and airports. As a passenger in those I always feel the Yeti interior to be about 2,3% better or something along those margins. Hehehe Subjective again see. It is very, VERY difficult to tell the quality of ANY car by sitting inside it and proding things you never need touch. If something is soft where you never need to touch it, it does not mean it will last longer or is made of better plastic or that the car is better than the next. A Yeti E to me looks dreadful inside with the all black dash and flimsy black plastic door pulls. Yet the Elegance has very little more in it to truly lift it into a higher league of "quality". Yet it feels infinitely "better" inside (to me). Humans are like crows perhaps and like shiny things and THINK it must be better.

I agree about the lower spec octy interiors,we had a new base model in at work as a hire car & the quality & feel of the plastics wasnt great,there are 2 areas of cheapness in my octy that i hate,1 is the overhead sunglasses storage unit feels its made out of a cheap plastic & 2 is the ashtray cover(lid)is made out of the cheapest plastic ive ever seen! Im not sure of the model of the yeti i had but it was very well speced & had only 200 miles on the clock yet there was some rattles emiting from the interior.

I can say that the superbs top spec leather seats are the best seats i have ever had the pleasure of sitting in.

Back on topic you could argue its subjective but really its not, i was disappointed to find the interior was of higher quality in the octavia, not the other way around.

But i guess it works out for me as its not really a downgrade at all anymore!.

I can tell you that having sat in the Elegance of the Superb (nearly bought one), having owned the LE you see above, and now the Elegance Yeti, the Yeti is on a par with my LE, which I found better than the Superb seats (cabing size aspect, seats, who knows?), have you ever sat in a Elegance Yeti?

No offence but you seem to be making statements about all trims in the Yeti compared to the one Octavia you have just bought. I think you will find Yeti Elegance owners will disagree stronlgy about any Octavia below VRS/LE with leather or L+K being superior. Again I'd advise checking out the Elegance range of the Yeti to make such a statement.

No offence but you seem to be making statements about all trims in the Yeti compared to the one Octavia you have just bought. I think you will find Yeti Elegance owners will disagree stronlgy about any Octavia below VRS/LE with leather or L+K being superior. Again I'd advise checking out the Elegance range of the Yeti to make such a statement.

+1

No offence but you seem to be making statements about all trims in the Yeti compared to the one Octavia you have just bought. I think you will find Yeti Elegance owners will disagree stronlgy about any Octavia below VRS/LE with leather or L+K being superior. Again I'd advise checking out the Elegance range of the Yeti to make such a statement.

+ 2

I can see how people think im going out to bash the Yeti, im not, it is a GOOD CAR.

Its just not that great, its basically a cheaper golf plus on stilts.

It handles like a golf, has the boot of a golf, interior dimensions of the golf.

Golfs are good cars, so this is a good car with gimmicks and a lower entry price, it also just so happens to appeal to the fauxbyfour crowd at the same time.

So once again, the Yeti is a good car, just not great like its made out to be.

If it had the larger boot that china is getting and better interior and engines...... it could be one of the best cars ever.

Yeti-RS - Maybe a double cab pick-up truck would of been a better idea than a Yeti, if your loading crates on a daily basis?

I cant see how a pair of seats suddenly changes the cheap plastics of a yeti into something better than a superb?!

Wow, just wow is all i can say :S

Obviously i am preaching to cultists here

I cant see how a pair of seats suddenly changes the cheap plastics of a yeti into something better than a superb?!

Wow, just wow is all i can say :S

Obviously i am preaching to cultists here

It amazes me how two cars made by the same manufacturer at the same price points that look and feel the same inside (to everyone I've ever cared to ask (and to myself having been to more motor shows than I care to count) , can have such wildly different interiors all of a sudden...

Wow, just wow is all I can say as well.

A 2,3% difference here and there in perceived quality sure, but to go on about it in this fashion as if a Yeti has now magically overnight been made by retired blindfolded Lada factory workers and the Octavia by Rolls Royce is just plain childish sillyness. ONE company makes both cars on the SAME platform.

As stated before you have a Yeti E interior which you had to spice up with 3M film. It does not have the same feeling inside as an Elegance spec Yeti. Not a single person (on this forum nor any magazine or internet test), nor indeed you in any previous posts, have ever called the Yeti interior "cheap". It sounds like sour milk to me from someone that bought the wrong car for his needs and is now crying because of the depreciation hit he took (or something).

Another name change imminent then before you regale the Octy Forums?

Between the Octavia Scout and Yeti we went for the Yeti because we don't need a big boot.

I loved the Yeti but I agree that its just too small inside to be a proper family car. Once the push chair is in that's it, but maybe it's not aimed at families?

The 4x4 capabilities and raised ride hide were a big bonus though so I decided to have my cake and eat it and bought an Octavia Scout.

Maybe when its just me and wife we'll take another look at the Yeti, although I think it'll look very different in 15 years time

well - he certainly lit the blue touch paper - but certainly did NOT retire!!

WHAT a thread - three pages in a day!! Brill. Keep 'em coming - while you revel in your Octavia!!

PS - I would also HATE to have to fold seats down for the day job and then, every single day have to fold 'em up again and affix kiddy seats for the family job, before having to fold them down - etc etc etc

I think you did real well to do it as long as you have.

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Well done on getting a FAR MORE APPROPRIATE CAR FOR YOUR NEEDS now, and at a decent price too.

Do we need to go on? (and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on......?)

Does this mean you'll be joining the Octavia forum?