I have come down to two cars:

1. Skoda 1.2 Tsi DSG Yeti Elegance with Park Assist and electric seats

2. VW 1.4 Tsi DSG Golf Match with leather seats etc.

After discounts both cars are thet same price.

Which one to get?? VW is more powerful (Skoda don't do a 1.4 Tsi DSG) and better fuel consumption, quieter. Skoda has better driving position, less powerful, higher fuel consumption but better lights!

Any thoughts welcome.

Thanks

I have come down to two cars:

1. Skoda 1.2 Tsi DSG Yeti Elegance with Park Assist and electric seats

2. VW 1.4 Tsi DSG Golf Match with leather seats etc.

After discounts both cars are thet same price.

Which one to get?? VW is more powerful (Skoda don't do a 1.4 Tsi DSG) and better fuel consumption, quieter. Skoda has better driving position, less powerful, higher fuel consumption but better lights!

Any thoughts welcome.

Thanks

Hi - don´t envy you for the dilemma. We have had both cars in the family and both are nice to have and drive. My choice (being a bit prejudiced as a Yeti owner) would be depending on the usage

driving for fun - definitely Yeti (incredbly fun to drive)

driving round city corners - Yeti (sitting on top of the world and turning on a cent)

driving mileage - Golf (fuel consumption beats Yeti)

family car with sufficient boot for luggage - something else

mud and grit - Yeti

Surprisingly enough both TSI engines give enough umph in normal driving - have to give a big hand to VAG engineers - the low rev torque is amazing on both engines. I normal day to day driving I can not tell the difference even though the power/weight ratio should favor Golf...

I really can't comment on the fittings and acessories - other than when I did my last choice between the two Skoda offered more value (all kinds of nice acessories and standard equipment) for same money

I think your on the wrong forum really to ask that question!

I did really like the golf, test drove a bluemotion, the quality was amazing, but i ruled it out due to being 6'4, i tried the golf plus, but decided it wasn't really me. I love VW quality, which of course you get in both cars, i think it comes to a personal choice, the VW badge actually on the car is a selling point, you won't get the occasional skip on wheels remark!!! but I preferred the practicality of the yeti, with the better driving position. I don't know what features you get on the match, but i can remember it being the lowest spec I would have looked at on a golf. You get lots on the elegance. One selling point for me would be the fact that the Golf is such a popular car, i prefer having something a little difference. But whatever you choose you will have a lovely car

The spec on a Match is actually not too bad,

leather trimed 3 spoke MF steering wheel

High Line computer

RCD 510 Dab Stereo 6cd

MDI

Blutooth

rain sensor/Auto lights

cruise control

sports seats

F&R parking sensors with optical park

16''alloys

Our other car is a golf match but with the 17''rims, privacy glass and RNS510. I really like the car, very practical and drives very well. I'm sure Clarkson said something along the lines of '' if everyone was sensible we would all be driving Golfs''

I don't think you can go wrong with a Golf however I'm banking on a Yeti being as well put together and as good to drive. If only VW made a 4x4 Golf TDI.

p.s think there is an offer on VW Matches at present £18k approx.

Having owned both; albeit a Golf V TDI 4motion, I'm unsurprisingly in the Yeti camp Personally found the Golf far to close to the floor for rural roads and speed bumps :S oh and the Yeti is better to drive :yes:

TP

If only VW made a 4x4 Golf TDI.

They do but sales of the Mk V version which I had one of were to low in the UK, therefore you can only get them in Europe. Came across two or 3 Mk VI models while in Austria, although they were well outnumbered by 4x4 Monsters in the higher Alpine areas.

TP

My old man has just bought a Golf 1.4 TSi SE - very nice inside, and sensible to look at. I think I find it too low now and prefer the height of the Yeti. I haven't been a passenger in this Golf, which I'm sure is fine.

It'll probably have a better residual.

I'd have the Yeti

P.S I think there is an offer on VW Matches at present £18k approx.

£18,000 for a special edition Golf!?

Think my money would be on an Octavia vRS!

Driven quite a few days on the Golf Mk6, I quite like it, it's quiet and really solidly built.

I had driven a 1.4 S (N/A) and a 2.0 diesel and they are both very nice to drive and surprisingly like the Yeti.

I guess you have driven both? The Gold rides better due to the lower suspension, but in reality there is a hair between the two. Both handles well, but I find the Yeti more nimble, the interior felt nice, again space is very similar.

I think the main difference is the long journey comfort, if you do large amount of journeys, the Gold suffer less from wind noise and tire noise and hence a tad quieter, but again really little difference.

The Golf is likely to be replaced soon, so that might be something to consider. I think Skoda is doing good deals on the Octavia at the moment, 0% VAT on stock cars (not the Yeti). I notice you are driving a L&K Octavia, personally I think that's a nice car - any reason for the change or why not stick with an Octavia?

Driven quite a few days on the Golf Mk6, I quite like it, it's quiet and really solidly built.

I had driven a 1.4 S (N/A) and a 2.0 diesel and they are both very nice to drive and surprisingly like the Yeti.

I guess you have driven both? The Gold rides better due to the lower suspension, but in reality there is a hair between the two. Both handles well, but I find the Yeti more nimble, the interior felt nice, again space is very similar.

I think the main difference is the long journey comfort, if you do large amount of journeys, the Gold suffer less from wind noise and tire noise and hence a tad quieter, but again really little difference.

The Golf is likely to be replaced soon, so that might be something to consider. I think Skoda is doing good deals on the Octavia at the moment, 0% VAT on stock cars (not the Yeti). I notice you are driving a L&K Octavia, personally I think that's a nice car - any reason for the change or why not stick with an Octavia?

I have had the Octavia L&K Estate (2.0 Tdi + DSG) for 6 years and feel that now is the time for a change! Can't fault it apart from slight hesitation when warming up which has been there since new.

Guess I just feel like something else because I now drive less than 10,000 miles per year (hence change to petrol) and really don't need the space of an Estate - also my wife doesn't like driving the Octy!

I went from an '06 Octavia 2.0TDI DSG L&K Estate to a Yeti (via a VW Polo as sold the Octavia too soon)

Sooooo much better. Wife likes driving the Yeti as well, but gets very few opportunities as I'm in it all the time .

We don't need the space of the Octavia estate any more either.

I like the higher driving position, the 'feel' of the car, the way it handles and all the toys. I have most options.......but if your wife is shorter (or taller) than you and you both will drive, then get the electric seat - you will be used to it already anyway, otherwise the standard spec is very similar on the Elegance, but 6 years newer, like the adaptive bi-xenons .

I can't comment on the mk6 golf, other than the suspension is from a mk6 golf I believe on the 2WD versions.

You can always have the 1.2tsi remapped to around 160bhp I believe if you want more power....

Mike

I went from an '06 Octavia 2.0TDI DSG L&K Estate to a Yeti (via a VW Polo as sold the Octavia too soon)

Sooooo much better. Wife likes driving the Yeti as well, but gets very few opportunities as I'm in it all the time .

We don't need the space of the Octavia estate any more either.

That almost exactly mirrors my situation. My wife is smaller than I am and has hardly ever driven the L&K as it is "too big". When she sat in the Yeti though (she's not driven it yet) she immediately said "oh this feels much better". Having had but rarely used the electric seat I can now see we're going to have a car without it but which she will be driving more

We shall find out this afternoon when I pick it up.

I have come down to two cars:

1. Skoda 1.2 Tsi DSG Yeti Elegance with Park Assist and electric seats

2. VW 1.4 Tsi DSG Golf Match with leather seats etc.

After discounts both cars are thet same price.

Which one to get?? VW is more powerful (Skoda don't do a 1.4 Tsi DSG) and better fuel consumption, quieter. Skoda has better driving position, less powerful, higher fuel consumption but better lights!

Any thoughts welcome.

Thanks

Do you do much night driving?

Yeti Elegance has bi-xenon headlights as standard and are worth their weight in gold. Is the Golf Match similarly equipped?

PS> Just reread your comments and I think you have thought of this but .......

Curved (slightly) ball suggestion; have you thought of the Yeti CR140 DSG Elegance (if budget will stretch)? This will negate the 'low power, poor fuel consumption' part of the decision against the 1.2Tsi.

A few years back I had a Golf 4Motion diesel, which was fun to drive but far too close to the ground for winter flooding around here. I therefore swapped to an Octavia Scout which solved the ground clearance problem but was less lively. Now, with a 170 diesel 4x4 Yeti, I have the best of both worlds. The answer to your dilemma is really dependent on where you drive, and how you drive.

I guess this is the wrong forum to ask that question! Have you posted on the Ford Fiesta forum as well? Not being funny but perhaps they will be less biased than us lot. hehehe

I think the Golf is the better looking car of these two. I really, really LOVE the Golf's styling these days. Perfect car in proportion, detail and it just looks SOOOO right. Park it next to a Focus and it just looks so much clasier. And will keep looking clasier than the Focus in years to come as most other cars just look so dated when the new versions comes out. A Golf always looks like a Golf. Even a Golf 3 these days looks good for this reason. Does an Escort? No. The downside is that every Tom, D1ck and Harry has one. They are EVERYWHERE! And in London the car sharing schemes all have Golfs so you see tons of tatty brand new ones about as the car club drivers are not careful with them. Also remember that the mules for the Golf VII are already out so the next one is not far away...

Personally I like something more distinctive and unique. A could have bought a Golf GT DSG instead of my Yeti or even a low spec GTI, but I did not since they are just too common. Even though I admire their shape as much as I do any Ferrari. Yes I'm sad like that and yes I like the Golf that much.

Have you driven both? Not just in a straight line, have you parallel parked both, joined awkward junctions, reversed in them, tried to place them in busy traffic? The boxy Yeti with its higher up seating is ideal for all that. The Golf should be ok but you won't have the same confidence as in the Yeti I bet.

But either way you won't go wrong with these two cars. Horses for courses end of the day!

I guess this is the wrong forum to ask that question! Have you posted on the Ford Fiesta forum as well? Not being funny but perhaps they will be less biased than us lot. hehehe

I think the Golf is the better looking car of these two. I really, really LOVE the Golf's styling these days. Perfect car in proportion, detail and it just looks SOOOO right. Park it next to a Focus and it just looks so much clasier. And will keep looking clasier than the Focus in years to come as most other cars just look so dated when the new versions comes out. A Golf always looks like a Golf. Even a Golf 3 these days looks good for this reason. Does an Escort? No. The downside is that every Tom, D1ck and Harry has one. They are EVERYWHERE! And in London the car sharing schemes all have Golfs so you see tons of tatty brand new ones about as the car club drivers are not careful with them. Also remember that the mules for the Golf VII are already out so the next one is not far away...

Personally I like something more distinctive and unique. A could have bought a Golf GT DSG instead of my Yeti or even a low spec GTI, but I did not since they are just too common. Even though I admire their shape as much as I do any Ferrari. Yes I'm sad like that and yes I like the Golf that much.

Have you driven both? Not just in a straight line, have you parallel parked both, joined awkward junctions, reversed in them, tried to place them in busy traffic? The boxy Yeti with its higher up seating is ideal for all that. The Golf should be ok but you won't have the same confidence as in the Yeti I bet.

But either way you won't go wrong with these two cars. Horses for courses end of the day!

When I looked at the link I thought crikey VW really haven't changed the Mk Vll much at all, further reading explained to me that it was infact a MkV1 body I was looking at on the MkVll chassis! Mule.

If its a step on from the MkVl it will be a great car.

I personally would not touch a Ford, I just don't appreciate their lines and angles.

When I looked at the link I thought crikey VW really haven't changed the Mk Vll much at all, further reading explained to me that it was infact a MkV1 body I was looking at on the MkVll chassis! Mule.

If its a step on from the MkVl it will be a great car.

I personally would not touch a Ford, I just don't appreciate their lines and angles.

hehehe

This is it spotted in the background of another VW promo video:

And it might end up like this:

So as ever not a huge change from the VI. Which is a good thing.

Peugeot 307

hehehe

This is it spotted in the background of another VW promo video:

And it might end up like this:

So as ever not a huge change from the VI. Which is a good thing.

No not a huge change and one of the many reasons I like VW as they are never inclined to date the the current model drastically.

If the pictures are anything to go the Vll looks like a flattened out Vl. The second picture it looks to me as a cross between the V1 and Scirocco.

Peugeot 307

An 11 year old one at that!

Peugeot 307

An 11 year old one at that!