Well. Just had a test drive in a Yeti Elegance with 2.0 TDI DSG 4x4.

LOVED: Lovely ride, smooth car feel to it and liked the higher driving postion. Only 20 miles on the odometer, but seemed very willing and very sure footed. I could really get to like it.

BUT: Golf clubs do NOT fit in the boot in any way shape or form, unless all taken out of the bag and put corner to corner. Alternatively my golf trolley only just fitted in. Certainly not both. What a disappointment.

HATED: Unlike my Octy, it does not have a right foot rest for use when using the cruise control. How silly of it to miss that out.

Looks as if I will be staying with my Octy until it dies

Oh, and in Germany you can get the Yeti with the 2.0 DTI 170 engine with 4x4 and DSG - why does Skoda give us such a cut down range in the UK? RHD, I guess.

Are there any golfers out there that have solved the problem of carrying two sets of clubs and two trolleys, shoes, batteries, etc.? It seems I would have to fold forward the back seats (or remove them). I wondered if there were a fitted cover for the gap between the parcel shelf and the front seats. I really do not want my expensive clubs out on show saying "please smash the car windows and steal me".

Quite a few Yeti owners have expressed frustration at the boot, particularly, as you found, the lack of width or depth. The solution for many is to think vertical - and stack items upwards.

This might not suit golfing kit - and it didn't suit my own circumstances either. I often carry a stack of musical instruments and amplifiers, and found that the bass guitars in particular didn't fit any which way at all. My dilemma was sorted by removing the middle rear seat and loading the guitars along the space vacated. That worked admirably as I was able to stack all the other flotsam and jetsam in and around them quite happily.

Eventually, as it is only me in the car except when giving a buddy a lift (another bassist), I removed all three back seats and stashed them in the house! That was after I had also experimented with folding the seats forward and also tumbling them into the footwells.

From the security aspect - and I park my car in the street in an "interesting" location for work, which will remain a secret - I simply used a throw nicked from the cat's sofa to cover anything that might glitter in human jackdaw's eyes!!

Even though I have parallel graded (as opposed to 'down-graded' or 'up-graded' ) across to a Superb 4*4 Estate 170 which has oodles of space, I found that my 170 Yeti was an incredible all-rounder of a car, and probably the best I've ever owned all things considered. Some things, though, are not instantaneous and require a degree of lateral vertical thinking!

One thought, from me as a non-golfer despite hailing originally not far from St Andrews in Fife ... ...how often are the clubs carried? Because if it is only occasionally and the car is used primarily for other purposes, it could be that the inconvenience of tumbling seats is not too big a problem. Or - as I did when we had a run of gigs to play - merely set the back of the car up to fit the clubs and trolleys in, cover them, and leave them in situ.

I hope these few thoughts help a bit and that you can rationalise your problems satisfactorily - I'd hate you to miss out on the opportunity to enjoy a cracking car with a cracking spec with that 140DSG which owners on here rave about.

Well. Just had a test drive in a Yeti Elegance with 2.0 TDI DSG 4x4.

LOVED: Lovely ride, smooth car feel to it and liked the higher driving postion. Only 20 miles on the odometer, but seemed very willing and very sure footed. I could really get to like it.

BUT: Golf clubs do NOT fit in the boot in any way shape or form, unless all taken out of the bag and put corner to corner. Alternatively my golf trolley only just fitted in. Certainly not both. What a disappointment.

HATED: Unlike my Octy, it does not have a right foot rest for use when using the cruise control. How silly of it to miss that out.

Looks as if I will be staying with my Octy until it dies

Oh, and in Germany you can get the Yeti with the 2.0 DTI 170 engine with 4x4 and DSG - why does Skoda give us such a cut down range in the UK? RHD, I guess.

Are there any golfers out there that have solved the problem of carrying two sets of clubs and two trolleys, shoes, batteries, etc.? It seems I would have to fold forward the back seats (or remove them). I wondered if there were a fitted cover for the gap between the parcel shelf and the front seats. I really do not want my expensive clubs out on show saying "please smash the car windows and steal me".

Firstly, theres no need to apologies! You sound like you have a very specific use in mind for the car and that it doesnt meet your requirements - thats fair enough. I had a mk2 Octavia estate for just over two years and feel that the Yeti is superior in every way except for outright boot space. You have to be clever with the boot and the rear cabin space. Things need to go vertically rather than horizontally and the Yeti just about manages our five week family summer euro trek each year so with some clever thinking anything is possible! Dont get me wrong, I do miss the simplicity of a massive boot to a degree but overall, the Yeti is surprisingly capable as a load lugger. Oh and I find theres no problem with space for my right foot - its not a foot rest as such but there is a carpeted area to the side where I rest mine and its been fine like that for some VERY long journeys.

Dont let golf rule your life :p

I'm with Mark Twain on golf ...

Or maybe not: http://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/05/28/golf-good-walk/

I'm with Mark Twain on golf ...

+1

I know how you feel with the Octavia, it's a great all round car. When we got the Yeti similar thoughts of boot size etc. were the first concern, but the feel, drive looks, etc. of the Yei won us over. However the Octavia in it's L & K form was coming up to six years old and the value of it as a sale left us with a simple decision, keep it. So glad we did we now have the best of both worlds - a large estate car you can throw anything into which still drives remarkably well even with over 150k on the clock, and a fun car for day to day use. I would recommend you consider the Yeti again, but keep the Octavia you will not regret it.

Can't say I leave my clubs in the car, and they're not worth someone nicking anyway. I usually remove the longer clubs (woods) and put them on the back seats or in the rear footwells. And my trolley is a cheap fold up one, so that fits on top of my bag in the boot.

That said, I've just changed bags, so don't know if the new version fits still...

If you need to carry 2 sets and you have (by the sound of it) the powered trolleys, then I can't see it fitting, without rolling the seats over. Could always look at an Octy Scout or whatever the rugged 4x4 version is, if that's a requirement.

No need to be sorry though - it's a big investment, so you've got to be sure it ticks the boxes for what you need it to do.

Did you at any point slide the rear seat forward and THEN tried to fit the golf bag? You gain a surprising amount of space by doing this. Alternatively also by just having the rear seats in their most upright position instead of fully reclined you also gain a bit (the backrest have quite a few positions).

Do what I do in the fabia and remove the rear seats entirely and the golf clubs go in front to back nice and easy

Do what I do in the fabia and remove the rear seats entirely and the golf clubs go in front to back nice and easy

Do that in the Yeti and you can carry all your mates ones as well :lol:

I understand that golf, like cricket, relies to some extent on having polished balls. That could be why I have not been tempted - to do either.

Who says that I never leave a feed line..............

Rugby is, of course, a game played by men with odd shaped balls.

Rugby is, of course, a game played by men with odd shaped balls.

OK Bob, whilst on this subject; why do Firemen have bigger balls than Policemen?

Do they sell more tickets?

Rugby is, of course, a game played by men with odd shaped balls.

And you need leather balls to play rugby...

Just been given an Octy II S 1.2DSG as a courtesy car; sorry I'll keep the Yeti and not because I'm comparing S against Elegance but despite sharing the same underpinnings, the Octy feels awkward and heavy to drive and I suppose this same feeling is why we didn't keep our example for long; not as nice to drive as the MkI or the Golf V 4motion that replaced our Octy II.

TP

Do they sell more tickets?

Give that man a coconut!

Johann

Can I take it from your e-mail that I will be able to get a set of clubs in the boot so they are not on show when I am parked up

Thanks

David

Johann

Can I take it from your e-mail that I will be able to get a set of clubs in the boot so they are not on show when I am parked up

I just explained how to make the boot bigger. I don't have golf clubs so can't guarantee they will fit!

Johann

Can I take it from your e-mail that I will be able to get a set of clubs in the boot so they are not on show when I am parked up

Thanks

David

I can get a set of golf clubs and trolley in boot of my 170 with raised floor. Seats are laid back as shallow as they will go.

Clubs go diagonally. Base of bag under side rail with hooks, driver end opposite corner. Leaves triangle of space for folding

trolley on its side. Boot closes no problem with parcel shelf down.

All of course depends on size of bag and trolley.

Hi Ciderman

Thanks for that it was something I had not considered when I Placed order for the Yeti I do not play golf that often to be a problem The majority of posts i read on this site and elsewhere convince me I have made a good choice

Are there any golfers out there that have solved the problem of carrying two sets of clubs and two trolleys, shoes, batteries, etc.? It seems I would have to fold forward the back seats (or remove them). I wondered if there were a fitted cover for the gap between the parcel shelf and the front seats. I really do not want my expensive clubs out on show saying "please smash the car windows and steal me".

Sorry but it's either Octy or tbe Superb if you want to keep your bats out of view mate. It's one of the reasons I bought the Octy, my hatch gobbles up 2 powakaddies and 2 powacaddy cart bags, plus all tne gubbins batteries shoes the works. You can't tell they're in there either which is a big plus. I suffered the smaller boot on our Seat for a few years and fighting your bats into the boot is no fun especially when it's p1**ing it down. I know how you feel about having them on show even if this lot don't! Trouble is as far as boots are concerned you've been spoilt

Are there any golfers out there that have solved the problem of carrying two sets of clubs and two trolleys, shoes, batteries, etc.? It seems I would have to fold forward the back seats (or remove them). I wondered if there were a fitted cover for the gap between the parcel shelf and the front seats. I really do not want my expensive clubs out on show saying "please smash the car windows and steal me".

Am I alone in wondering just how many car-breaking-into-toe rags would actually be interested in pinching some presumably heavyweight golf clubs, chunky batteries, and sets of wheels from the back of a car........??

Seems like it's a bit of imagination at play... ... But then, some folks are always thinking the sky will fall in on them!