I take delivery of my new Yeti in the next couple of weeks and have a couple of questions that i hope can be answered. I will list them to make it easier, the car is a TDI 4x4 140bhp manual.I have never driven a 4x4 off road before so please forgive my ignorance.

1) What average MPG can i expect at different speeds especially around 80mph+

2) Does the "off Road" button engage permanent 4wd

3) I'm tempted to try a 4x4 event eventualy having seen how good the Yeti can be on Youtube but i have a concern about any water hazards cosidering the air intake. I have seen many 4x4s drive up flooded roads, is this a no no for the Yeti or can it handle water within reason. Is the intake protected?

4) Much has been said about winter tyres, how good is the Yeti on snowy, icy roads on standard wheels and tyres and if i actually did swap my wheels/tyres for a set of winters what size wheel and actual tyre size would be best to replace the 17 inch standard.

Thats all i can think of for now but im sure once i get the car i will want to know more

Thanks in advance

Edited 19 October, 201114 yr by fugly

I take delivery of my new Yeti in the next couple of weeks and have a couple of questions that i hope can be answered. I will list them to make it easier, the car is a TDI 4x4 140bhp manual.I have never driven a 4x4 off road before so please forgive my ignorance.

1) What average MPG can i expect at different speeds especially around 80mph+

2) Does the "off Road" button engage permanent 4wd

3) I'm tempted to try a 4x4 event eventualy having seen how good the Yeti can be on Youtube but i have a concern about any water hazards cosidering the air intake. I have seen many 4x4s drive up flooded roads, is this a no no for the Yeti or can it handle water within reason. Is the intake protected?

4) Much has been said about winter tyres, how good is the Yeti on snowy, icy roads on standard wheels and tyres and if i actually did swap my wheels/tyres for a set of winters what size wheel and actual tyre size would be best to replace the 17 inch standard.

Thats all i can think of for now but im sure once i get the car i will want to know more

Thanks in advance

Welcome to the forum fugly.

I know that a 2 wheel drive car can do better in snowy/icy conditions with with winter tyres than a 4x4 on summer tyres, as for the other questions....................I really have NO idea, sorry. :no:

I take delivery of my new Yeti in the next couple of weeks and have a couple of questions that i hope can be answered. I will list them to make it easier, the car is a TDI 4x4 140bhp manual.I have never driven a 4x4 off road before so please forgive my ignorance.

1) What average MPG can i expect at different speeds especially around 80mph+

2) Does the "off Road" button engage permanent 4wd

3) I'm tempted to try a 4x4 event eventualy having seen how good the Yeti can be on Youtube but i have a concern about any water hazards cosidering the air intake. I have seen many 4x4s drive up flooded roads, is this a no no for the Yeti or can it handle water within reason. Is the intake protected?

4) Much has been said about winter tyres, how good is the Yeti on snowy, icy roads on standard wheels and tyres and if i actually did swap my wheels/tyres for a set of winters what size wheel and actual tyre size would be best to replace the 17 inch standard.

Thats all i can think of for now but im sure once i get the car i will want to know more

Thanks in advance

Welcome to the Forum.

1/ How long is a piece of string? It isn't easy to give comparitive figures because the type of journey and the way you drive can affect fuel consumption greatly, but, I am regularly getting an average of around 46 to 49mpg per tankful on my 48 mile cross country journey to work.

2/ The 4x4 Yeti is mostly front wheel drive, with some drive to the rear, but has a Haldex electronic "diff" that as soon as there is any slip detected in one of the front wheels it "feeds" drive to the rear axle. This is hardly noticeable and almost instantainious. The 4x4 button alters various other settings, from throttle response to brake activation.

3/ The fording depth of the Yeti is said to be to the bottom of the door sills, so not very deep. I suspect I have been deeper, but it isn't something I would recommend. Driving through flooding is not something to be recommended anyway, without suitable training, as you often cannot see what is below the water.

4/ I drove the whole of last winter on the Dunlops as supplied and had no problems, but I have had training and was extremely cautious. Even I am thinking about them this year. There are several excellent threads on here about winter tyres, have a read of them.

Hi,

1) with a softbox on the roof 4 adult passengers and travelling at around 70-75 in Europe we achieved around 40mpg as an average Commute to work 36 miles of rural A roads then 45+ is currently the figures I'm achieving with a 110 4x4.

2) No the system is permanent 4x4, just the Haldex sends most of the drive to the front wheels under normal conditions. The Off-road button, changes the electronics controlling the throttle, traction and braking systems to suite being on a loose surface. Works very well and not to dissimilar to systems used on Freelanders.

3) Cannot find it written down now but I seem to recall the official wading depth as 300mm. The air intake is mounted just above the radiator/cooler package on the left-hand side.

4) Hot potato this one but having lost control of a Yeti fitted with 17" alloys and Goodyear summer tyres trying to descend a hill in a heavy snow fall, then I'm firmly in the winter tyre camp now. All our cars will have them by November. If your not likely to use chains e.g. ski trips to the Alps, then 215/60 R16 94H tyres are your best bet, fitted to 7Jx16 ET45 rims.

hope that helps,

TP

Hi and welcome from a local Yeti owner.

If you haven't already seen it, check out this video of some of the members doing some green laning earlier in the year. Suffice to say the Yeti is suprising capable offroad even on standard tyres.

Andy

I can't add much to the above answers.

However if you're talking about a genuine 80+ mph you'll not do much better than35 mpg.

The Yeti 4x4 copes very well on the standard tyres(lincolnshire is very flat though.)

However ,with the summer tyres, on snow and ice, it only stops as poorly as any other vehicle,regardless of it's excellent four wheel drive.:no:

Cannot find it written down now but I seem to recall the official wading depth as 300mm. The air intake is mounted just above the radiator/cooler package on the left-hand side.

Yeti manual (English version), p. 179: "Determine the depth of the water when driving through bodies of water. The water can reach at the maximum the web on the lower sill of the vehicle." That is not very clearly expressed, but they give a helpful diagram showing the bottom of the sill. On my Yeti, that point is about 220mm from the ground, not 300. However, I've little doubt one could get away with deeper water if one took it very carefully. There are videos out there of people with water surging nearly up to the front edge of the Yeti's bonnet - which is pushing one's luck.

Edited 19 October, 201114 yr by r999

Hi,

1) with a softbox on the roof 4 adult passengers and travelling at around 70-75 in Europe we achieved around 40mpg as an average Commute to work 36 miles of rural A roads then 45+ is currently the figures I'm achieving with a 110 4x4.

2) No the system is permanent 4x4, just the Haldex sends most of the drive to the front wheels under normal conditions. The Off-road button, changes the electronics controlling the throttle, traction and braking systems to suite being on a loose surface. Works very well and not to dissimilar to systems used on Freelanders.

3) Cannot find it written down now but I seem to recall the official wading depth as 300mm. The air intake is mounted just above the radiator/cooler package on the left-hand side.

4) Hot potato this one but having lost control of a Yeti fitted with 17" alloys and Goodyear summer tyres trying to descend a hill in a heavy snow fall, then I'm firmly in the winter tyre camp now. All our cars will have them by November. If your not likely to use chains e.g. ski trips to the Alps, then 215/60 R16 94H tyres are your best bet, fitted to 7Jx16 ET45 rims.

hope that helps,

TP

+1

Off-roading is a difficult subject to handle just in print. A skilled, experienced and careful driver can take a not so well equipped car through some incredible places and a novice off-roader can get even the best 4x4 stuck in a mudpuddle. The Yeti is primarily front wheel drive, with the Haldex system engaging the rear wheels if the fronts start to lose traction. It is always "on" and the off-road button only modifies the throttle response and re-programs the actions of the ESP as well as provides a hands-off slow descent. More intersting for deep snow and mud is the ASP-off button, which allows all four wheels to spin if necessary. If you have the hots for a little off-roading, tkae it slow to start and get to know your own and the vehicle's capabilities. Go with a group if you can, so there is someone to assist the first time you get stuck. When we/you get a decent layer of snow, find an empty car park and play, so you get a feel for what can be done.

Edited 20 October, 201114 yr by Agerbundsen

The fuel consumption on any Yeti drops off over 60mph. My DSG 140 4x4 will do 25 towing a caravan up and down steep hills on 'A' roads at 60mph. It will do between 30 & 40mpg around South London depending on traffic flow. It will do about 47mpg at 60mph on the motorway and about 40mpg at 70mph on the motorway. I can't afford to drive it faster on the motorway. The Yeti is not a very economical car compared to say a golf or an Octavia, but compared to Tiguan/Cashcow/Sportage etc it is competitive.

The reason....a cd of .37. i.e. brick shaped. The high ground clearance and the vertical rear door are the main culprits.

For some odd reason those of us with the CR170 diesel get rather better fuel consumption figures. I've crossed France at 80mph, cruise control on, with returns in the region of 48mpg. Others have reported similar data.

For some odd reason those of us with the CR170 diesel get rather better fuel consumption figures. I've crossed France at 80mph, cruise control on, with returns in the region of 48mpg. Others have reported similar data.

I concur - and the 2.0TDI 170 HP is also the most fuel efficient in the official specifictions - except for the 2.0 TDI 110 HP.

Since paracitic losses, windresistance, friction etc. must be more or less the same for all, then the 170 HP must have a better specific fuel consumption at "normal" cruising speeds. "Specific" is fuel consumed per HP produced.

Lots of useful replies there!

Welcome to the forum.

4) Much has been said about winter tyres, how good is the Yeti on snowy, icy roads on standard wheels and tyres and if i actually did swap my wheels/tyres for a set of winters what size wheel and actual tyre size would be best to replace the 17 inch standard.

We had 8" plus of dense snow on our street for a couple of weeks last winter. The standard tyres coped well so long as you were following the icy ruts (more like trenches) left by other vehicles but spun uselessly if you tried to turn out of the ruts - for example, to get in to my drive! (A hour's digging solved that problem in the end.) By the time I got my winter tyres we only had 2"-3" of snow left so I don't know if they would have coped any better with that particular problem, but the difference in grip on flat, compacted snow was immediately noticeable. As others have said, it's being able to stop safely that's as important as being able to get moving - probably more important, in fact.

One of the prime considerations for me in choosing winter tyres was to have the option to use snow chains. I do head off in to the Scottish hills in winter, and I want to give myself as much chance as possible of being able to drive home at the end of a poor weather day. (Chains would probably have been helpful even on our street at home, in the worst of the conditions we had last winter.) That's why I chose 205/55R16s, one of the options listed as being OK with snow chains on p221 of the owner's manual (in particular, on the 6Jx16 wheel they're OK with the cheaper, non-"low profile" snow chains). If you don't anticipate needing chains then you might prefer one of the larger standard tyre sizes. I found no issues at all with the 205/55R16s, allowing a little extra leeway on the speedo due to the smaller circumference cf the original 225/50R17s.

I find avg mpg is around 44-46mpg doing standard driving. On long journeys at 65-70mph I can get 50pmg. If I go slightly over that then it drops to mid 40's. I have never driven super fast as I don't want to lose my licence (no smug or lecturing comment there, I just really don't want to lose my licence)so I can't comment on mpg over 75mph

For some odd reason those of us with the CR170 diesel get rather better fuel consumption figures. I've crossed France at 80mph, cruise control on, with returns in the region of 48mpg. Others have reported similar data.

I concur.

I believe the CR170 fares better on fuel consumption as it has different injectors & turbo to the CR140/110. :'(

My own CR140, mapped to CR170+ level , will only get c. 35mpg on 'fast Motorway' runs. :( Unfortunately I have not got the self restraint of Rockhopper to ease back with my right foot.

Keeping speed to c. 50 - 70mph results in 40-45+ mpg.

PS> By comparison my Octavia vRS PD 170 would routinely get 40 - 42 mpg at 'fast Motorway' speeds whereas I believe the newer CR170 vRS TDIs get 45+ mpg.

Aerodynamic definitely has to be the main culprit with the Yeti

I am slight surprised by the 50-70 mph mpg of only 40-45, because at these speed my 1.2 would do above 50 mpg.

I am slight surprised by the 50-70 mph mpg of only 40-45, because at these speed my 1.2 would do above 50 mpg.

Its 40 - 45+ but overall it depends how light footed you want to be.

Its also worth remembering that your 1.2 TSI manual is not lugging around 150-180kg of 4WD drive system and DSG gearbox that I have.

Thanks to everyone for taking the time to reply. I asked about the MPG at high speed because i holiday in southern france and the Alps ( and like to get there asap). My Superb does low to mid 40s on this trip so im gonna have to make allowences for the difference. I'm pleased with the general opinion that normal driving will achieve mid 40s. Winter tyres seem to be a must but they may have to wait until xmas is over :S .I like the look of the green laning and may join up with some of you next year once i get the confidence that im not going to damage the car or myself

Cheers all

Rich ( Fugly )

Thanks to everyone for taking the time to reply. I asked about the MPG at high speed because i holiday in southern france and the Alps ( and like to get there asap). My Superb does low to mid 40s on this trip so im gonna have to make allowences for the difference. I'm pleased with the general opinion that normal driving will achieve mid 40s. Winter tyres seem to be a must but they may have to wait until xmas is over :S .I like the look of the green laning and may join up with some of you next year once i get the confidence that im not going to damage the car or myself

Cheers all

Rich ( Fugly )

I averaged c48mpg on my trip to the Alps last winter, blatting along the French motorways with cruise control set at 130kph/80mph.

Drove back from Epsom last night, sat nav decided to divert us away from the heavily congested M25 to the equally congested outer suburbs of Greater London Two hours later we broke free from the clutches of the smog and started heading to to safety of the north Despite that two hours of bumper to bumper stuff we still managed and maintained around 50.3 mpg on the Maxidot for the motorway journey home; 264 miles and approximately 6:45 running.

TP