Hi All

Well old fuzzy’s SE monster is up to 25k on the clock now so thinking of perhaps ordering another as in six months time it will be well over 30k and we know what dealers are like for making a fuss over high mileage (for the year) part ex.

Question is whether it’s worth going for a SE Plus 140 at around £700 more or paying £2k more for an Elegance 140. Can anyone tell me:

1) Do the latest models have the folding front passenger seat?

2) Is the amundsen sat nav worth having or stick to my Garmin?

3) Does the SE Plus have the electric seat adjustment as was mentioned in the early press releases as it is not listed on the Skoda website?

4) What does the Kristal upholstery on the SE Plus look like in real life?

5) Is that £2k difference for the elegance mostly go on the overly expensive leather seats as I don’t have any problems with the SE cloth seats?

Thanks guys

I think you get park sensors as standard on the Elegance (could be wrong of course) were on my demo Elegance.

I think you get park sensors as standard on the Elegance (could be wrong of course) were on my demo Elegance.

you get parking sensors, auto lights, auto wipers, xenon lights. I had a test drive in the SE plus and if you get the dark interior plastics hte kristal upholstery is fine, if you get the light grey plastics it seems to stand out more but then the whole interior looks cheap and nasty so maybe you won't notice the upholstery

Park sensors on rear of SE, SE plus and Elegance.

Front was optional on all these, but may now be Elegance only.

Only Elegance can have the electric seat as an option.

The 2k for the Elegance also gives you Bluetooth, xenon headlights, auto lights and wipers, lumbar support, heated seats and cornering fogs on top of leather. Plus the odd thing I may have forgotten.

I think the electric seat is only available on the Elegance, or at least it was.

My Elegance has the bi-xenons, rear park sensors, Bluetooth, Leather, sunglasses holder, cruise control, auto lights and wipers, off road button (on 4x4 models), I'm sure there is more that I can't remember.

No idea about SE Plus & its sat nav.

I have se plus it has bluetooth sat nav rear parking sensors picknick tables on back of both front seats cruise control

The SE plus looks good value, if you like what it offers over the SE.

Leather seats divide opinion-I like them and enjoy them but would not regard them as a deal-breaker. Heated seats are a marvellous thing and worth a significant sum. Bi-xenons are a revelation-I had them on my lexus and not on my leon and missed them badly. I would regard them as essential-perhaps because I'm now 58 and no doubt have lost some of the low light visual acuity of youth.

The elegance pack is -in my view- good value if its features matter to you.

Generally to add features to a lower spec model is expensive. If the pennies matter more than the features you will go one way if the features matter then the other.

I find the Elegance suits me entirely and I would feel the cheapness of a lower spec model every time I used it.

I have had Lexus O/E sat nav and have traveled in a Tiguan with the VAG built in version.

I find a Garmin-properly wired so no tatty cable draped around the interior- is better in use and very much better value

If you want budget capacity the van based Citroens and Peugeots are well worth a look and cost per mile would I'm sure be much less.

...Bi-xenons are a revelation-I had them on my lexus and not on my leon and missed them badly. I would regard them as essential-perhaps because I'm now 58 and no doubt have lost some of the low light visual acuity of youth.

The elegance pack is -in my view- good value if its features matter to you.

Generally to add features to a lower spec model is expensive. If the pennies matter more than the features you will go one way if the features matter then the other.

Good point about the xenons I do a lot of night driving. You are right about it being expensive to add extras and you don't get any where near the value back when it comes to sell.

Does anyone have a folding front passenger seat I would find that very useful?

Cheers.

I can wholeheartedly commend the xenons-I have run the gamut of upgrading halogen lights and while you can improve standard lights they will never match the real world performance of these versatile and powerful lights. Before you commit your cash I heartily recommend getting a go with these on a night time run.

If you were nearer I'd volunteer!

No lumbar support in the SE+ seats? Probably incompatible with picnic tables...

No lumbar support in the SE+ seats? Probably incompatible with picnic tables...

I did a test drive in the SE plus with sunroof and the sunroof and SE+ package was seriously tempting, but in the end the headlights were the deal breaker for me, no going back to Halogens thank you very much. So it depends what you're after, the SE+ is probably best thought of as an alternative top spec model to the elegance, ie a different mix of features. Choice is good

The SE Plus is good value if you WANT bluetooth and a built in satnav. If you are not that bothered about them, and many are not, then the other extras are not that interesting. The SE spec on its own is very well specced already and the extras I would want, heated screen, metallic, off road, hill hold, would all have to be added anyway to the SE plus

I have seen the Kristal cloth and I am not convinced I could live with it. I really don't know why they went with that as it really is off putting.

Incidentally I have just fitted some Philips Xtreme bulbs to see if they can improve the lights sufficiently to avoid paying the extra cost of Xenons. I have not been out in the dark yet but as the nights close in I should be able to test them shortly.

Edited 7 September, 201114 yr by EdmundBlackadder

Having had Xenons on my last 2 BMW's, and not on the Octavia, but put in Philips extreme vision bulbs, the difference to me was still huge. I drive a lot at night for work, so the xenons were essential for me. I wanted Alacantra upholstery, not leather, but alas SUK won't allow that option, unlike other Skoda's available from SUK.

The leather seats are simply superb, so comfortable for me, when I have to drive many hours a day. I think the electric seat adjustment helps as well. My previous Octavia had it and I wanted it, and it became available just in time.

Personally for me the Elegance spec ticked most of the boxes I wanted, so that is what I went for. (and one or two options). My car is a work car, I live in it during the day, so it is my office, so cost is part of the equation, but comfort and anything that makes life easier or more pleasant was chosen .

thanks rockhopper

have you had any issue with the gobi leather.

been mentions on this forum of discoloration from jeans (or is that seat heating combined with cheap jeans and a sweaty butt )

do you have to maintain the gobi in any spacial way.

cheers.

thanks rockhopper

have you had any issue with the gobi leather.

been mentions on this forum of discoloration from jeans (or is that seat heating combined with cheap jeans and a sweaty butt )

do you have to maintain the gobi in any spacial way.

cheers.

I've now done 11,000 miles. I have cleaned the drivers seat a couple of times. It is supposed to have had the Autoglym life shine treatment to protect it, so it doesn't take so long or get so ingrained. I then use Autoglym leather cream, but you should do that every few months regardless of colour.

Jeans will leave a mark on the Gobi. They will leave a mark on the Onyx, it's just you can't see it

Just need Gobi coloured jeans

Just need Gobi coloured jeans

A quick search of the firum will show you all the interior pics you'd want to see:

http://briskoda.net/...ave-an-se-plus/

Just remember to have a pukebag ready before you look at that fabric...

Whilst researching what I fancied I used Skoda's build your your own facility to price up an SE+ with the extra's available which brought it up to virtually E spec (No Leather)and then did the same for an E with Sat Nav and heated screen and I'm sure the SE+ came out the cheaper. :wonder:

GeoffL

My advice go and spec up your new car against a leather bound Tiguan 4Motion R-Line (140 or 170 engines), cough and splutter when you see the cost of all the kit that is standard in the Elegance Yeti.

Whilst researching what I fancied I used Skoda's build your your own facility to price up an SE+ with the extra's available which brought it up to virtually E spec (No Leather)and then did the same for an E with Sat Nav and heated screen and I'm sure the SE+ came out the cheaper. :wonder:

GeoffL

Part of that is because the SE+ gets a cheaper satnav unit that in the Fabia only costs about £500, where as the optional one for the Elegance is the full blown (and fantastic) Columbus that Skoda have the cheek to charge £1500 for.

My recommendation would be as I've done upgrade to the Elegance spec, well worth the extra dosh but I went 110 second time round as it's considerably cheaper than the 140, and no I've not missed the 140 motor as there's very little between them in real day to day driving.

TP

When it comes to resale time, remember an SE with extras is not an Elagance.

When it comes to resale time, remember an SE with extras is not an Elagance.

Very true and of course the case with all options.

Also see point 23 in the first post of this thread: http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/160051-if-you-are-about-to-order-a-yeti-things-to-think-about/