1.2tsi Yeti, urgent buying advice needed!

[polanglo]

Ours isn't run in yet but 70mph equals just over 2100rpm in 7th (dsg) and it is very quiet even over 100 (beans per hour)

It is a small engine but it really is in no way 'underpowered', I'd recommend a test drive at least.

Just one more thing - if that's true then surely the DSG gearbox is the way to go in a 1.2 Tsi, and that's sounds great to me. I mean, if you're doing 80mph with a DSG and the revs are, say, 2500rpm, then how much faster does one want to go in a Yeti on a motorway? That's enough for me, personally. I'm 43 and not someone who potters about but I've grown out of my Gti and RS days, good though they were. My situation is that I live in Poland, and it's a 13 hour drive to Calais! This morning, my friend let me drive his 4x4 Yeti with the Tdi 138hp engine and I hated it, to be honest! A squidgy ride, the engine was noisy. It had done 50,000 miles so I don't know if he had given it a hard time for all of those miles. But I don't want to damn all of them. There is a 1.2Tsi Yeti as a demonstrator at my local Skoda dealer in Wroclaw so on Monday I may well go for a test drive - this one is a manual, so if I like it, then of course, it's the usual 8 week wait for a car with the DSG 'box....

[Expatman]

Just one more thing - if that's true then surely the DSG gearbox is the way to go in a 1.2 Tsi, and that's sounds great to me. I mean, if you're doing 80mph with a DSG and the revs are, say, 2500rpm, then how much faster does one want to go in a Yeti on a motorway? That's enough for me, personally. I'm 43 and not someone who potters about but I've grown out of my Gti and RS days, good though they were. My situation is that I live in Poland, and it's a 13 hour drive to Calais! This morning, my friend let me drive his 4x4 Yeti with the Tdi 138hp engine and I hated it, to be honest! A squidgy ride, the engine was noisy. It had done 50,000 miles so I don't know if he had given it a hard time for all of those miles. But I don't want to damn all of them. There is a 1.2Tsi Yeti as a demonstrator at my local Skoda dealer in Wroclaw so on Monday I may well go for a test drive - this one is a manual, so if I like it, then of course, it's the usual 8 week wait for a car with the DSG 'box....

polanglo - I hate to say this but if you are regularly doing 13 hour motorway drives then maybe a Yeti is not the car for you! The 1.2 Tsi will not be fuel efficient at 80 MPH, but then nor will any Yeti - simple aerodynamics I am afraid. You would be better off with a more slippery saloon or hatchback - a Golf or equivalent would be ideal, if you can wait then the new Golf looks excellent.

[polanglo]

Hello expatman, guess what? Someone just told me the very same on the phone. So I am not too proud not to listen to advice. It looks like this will be my last post on the subject of this. I would only be going to the UK a few times a year but even so, the journey should be a pleasurable and a quiet one. I can't afford a Golf - so I am staying loyal to the Skoda brand and will probably buy an Octavia 2.0 tdi with 6 gears. I've driven one many times and it's great. Thanks again for all your help everyone. I would love a Yeti but just can't afford the larger diesel versions.

[Expatman]

Hello expatman, guess what? Someone just told me the very same on the phone. So I am not too proud not to listen to advice. It looks like this will be my last post on the subject of this. I would only be going to the UK a few times a year but even so, the journey should be a pleasurable and a quiet one. I can't afford a Golf - so I am staying loyal to the Skoda brand and will probably buy an Octavia 2.0 tdi with 6 gears. I've driven one many times and it's great. Thanks again for all your help everyone. I would love a Yeti but just can't afford the larger diesel versions.

Before I bought my Yeti I had a 2.0 Tdi 140 BHP Octavia Estate with DSG for 7 years. No problems whatsoever and a comfortable economic high speed cruiser. Octavia's are excellent value at the moment before their replacement with a new version in 2013. Excellent car, especially with DSG if you can get one, go for it.