Is the weight of the 1.6 TDi MkIII Octy 4x4 much different to that of the Yeti (to gauge performance)?

 

The Octy 1.6TDI 4x4 I believe from limited research is about 90kg lighter than my Monster and a lot more aerodynamic

 

Also noted that two forum members had taken delivery and that one did consider the 1.6 before being persuaded otherwise by the forum; understand he's well chuffed with the new 150 motor.

 

As stated above I'm looking at a RRP equipped version with raised suspension, which I'm not aware these two cas as having, also looking at other options such as the winter pack as the RRP makes it a factory order anyway.

 

 

TP

When I got my mkII 4x4 last December the used car finder on the Skoda website had 8 listed in the whole country, including mine.

So yes they are rare.

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If this winter is anything like last winter you'll miss the 4x4 if you spend much time driving around Driff.

 

Due to the delivery delays on the MkIII even if you ordered soon you'll likely still be in the Yeti this winter.

 

Hopefully Skoda UK will start adding the 4x4 badge on the boot by then too

Hi aero,

 

very good to hear from you and I hope your keeping well :yes:

 

Regards as always,

 

Tim.

 

One is well, thanks Tim. Just weighing up the options of TIBET II at 7.9% or FL TIBET III (with LEDs) and 0%.....   :think:   

If this winter is anything like last winter you'll miss the 4x4 if you spend much time driving around Driff.

 

Due to the delivery delays on the MkIII even if you ordered soon you'll likely still be in the Yeti this winter.

 

Hopefully Skoda UK will start adding the 4x4 badge on the boot by then too

 

I head your way 4 times a week currently, hence ideal having the 4x4 when the Garrowby gets a white out

 

 

TP

One is well, thanks Tim. Just weighing up the options of TIBET II at 7.9% or FL TIBET III (with LEDs) and 0%.....   :think:   

 

Sounds a cunning excuse to change to Yeti number 3

 

Be interested to see what pops up here in a few months time; last new Monster was a bit of a surprise but looks very nice indeed

 

 

TP

Hi TP

If you do leave I hope you get great enjoyment from what ever replacement you get.

I would like to thank you as many of your posts have given me a great deal of enjoyment and assistance in my Yeti ownership and I feel you will be missed by quite a few Yeti owners.

 

All best Bob

 

I'd like to second those sentiments. I stumbled onto this forum around a year ago and your posts were really helpful to me in deciding firstly that a Yeti would suit me very well but also model, trim and options - and hence I'm a member of the small-wheels club. If/when you move to new pastures your informed opinion and advice will be missed. (Perhaps we could work out a "The Plumber" sharing deal with the Octy forum?)

It's a tough call, Tim. I have somewhat similar considerations, as Snowwhite is now 4 years old and the 4 year itch for new wheels shows up.

 

Comparing the old Octy, the Yeti is much quieter - significant on long journeys, as it is much less tiring.

Ride/driving height is a nice advantage in the Yeti - better view around other vehicles and easier navigation in traffic.

Entry/exit from the driver's seat is much easier in the Yeti - important for these old bones.

Co-pilot with a back problem reports the Yeti much better, as the seats are wider and less constraining, so easier to fidget a bit on long trips. Personally I liked the Octy seats betteer - fond one position and stayed there with good support for all types of driving.

The "extras", such as spare wheel, removable towing hook, Xenon lights, Columbus navigation and a set of winter wheels get costly on a new vehicle, but they do not add much to the resale value. The Columbus could be moved to another Skoda/VW vehicle, but now of the other stuff would fit anything other than a facelift Yeti.

I would want to see the FL Yeti in person before deciding on aestetics. This will not happen for another 6 months or so.

Finally, there is something to be said for the original first year design and execution. Typically, construction decisions are made to be "safe" and subsequent minor tweaks are made to save cost - not to improve the vehicle. Apart from the few minor things replaced under warranty, (Xenon ballasts, loose turbo clamp, pressure sensor) There has been nothing wrong with Snowwhite - and still isn't. Tyres are good for another two years - winter and summer - and she's paid for. Economics say keep her, but logic does not always win........

Got rid of my second yeti after 12 months and I am waiting for my Octy3 estate 150 4x4 The Yeti has been playing up on and off since May and the final straw was on 13/9/13 when it decided to stop and show spurious alarms again. It's been in the garage since, dismantled, rebuilt and no change, fit new parts, might be fixed but might not be. No good to me it's gone and I am waiting for the Octy to land. So much for the Skoda customer promise "endeavour to diagnose a vehicle defect within 24 hours of been presented to us". There's an awful lot 24 hours passed since it started playing up.

I ordered an Octy 3 estate 4x4 with various extras but was told that I would have to wait thirteen weeks for delivery, no way so have taken a ready built one with the spare wheel option and the colour I wanted. Having my Yeti for 13 minutes never mind 13 weeks would have been a fate worse than death. I shall post some news and views on the new Octy when I eventually get my hands on it.

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Sorry to hear your Yeti failed you  :S

 

Interested that your new Octy was already in the system. Had been given the impression by a couple of dealers 4x4 was factory only. Mind I'd be after the raised ride pack and I cannot see any cars having been built with that :no:

 

Oh what colour have you gone with :wonder:

 

 

TP

Hi TP

I picked Candy White (same as my Yeti) with spare wheel, mfsw, heated front seats, increased ride height & underbody protection, colour Maxidot and the multi level boot floor. Told it would be 13 week wait which was unacceptable. The salesman on checking the Skoda system found that there were 3 built and at Emden. There was the white one that I ordered, a metallic paint job with mfsw tow bar prep and something else, that was out of the question as I would have been paying about £1k extra and only the mfsw was there. The other was metallic silver with silver roof rails and 17 inch alloys, once again not the colour I wanted. I ordered the white and it was marked to ship on 21st Sept but up until Friday still hadn't arrived, hoping the system will be updated tomorrow and that it's here.

Need a bigger car desperately, our Citigo is a great little car, but not very good for going far with 3 or 4 people in it.

I wanted the increased ride height too as we can have unpredictable weather here on the coast in N Yorks, just as you can in E Yorks. Got the 4x4 tho which was great on the Yeti in the snow and some 16 inch alloys for winters so should keep mobile in the bad weather.

What are the Hankooks like in the snow?

Surprised one had increased ride hight 

 

Oh your original spec is similar to the one I'm considering but I would like the heated screen, as I have on the Yeti. However you have to have it with hot seats as well, which I'm not bothered with, plus heated washers.

 

Spec under consideration;

 

Stone guard and raised suspension

Winter pack (only for the screen)

Headlight washers

Cruise

Variable boot floor

Spare wheel

 

Maybe sunset glass for added security and keeping a tad cooler in summer. I would also have liked xenon's but at 1.2K they're far to much; Nightbreaker's and getting the dealer to level the lights in the upper limit, as we did with the Fabia, is a far cheaper compromise.

 

Re Hankooks W310's, then overall I rate them highly, just on occasion when really cold they can let go in slush, with the Yeti it's the back which tends to go first but lifting off seems to correct it (probably Graham will tell me I'm doing it wrong :wonder:    ).

 

If I do go for this Octy, then I'm considering seeing if the dealer will entertain swapping the factory summer slicks for Goodyear or Hankook 4 seasons, rather than mess with changing wheels :wonder: 205/55 R16's should be an easy tyre to sell on for them or use in preparing a car for the forecourt.

 

 

regards,

 

TP

TP

There wasn't one with increased ride height, it's an option I wanted to order but not present on the three in the system.

Thanks for the info re the Hankooks I will have to price some up.

Good idea getting the lights set higher we have done that in the past, certainly helps on the unlit rural roads in the area.

TP

There wasn't one with increased ride height, it's an option I wanted to order but not present on the three in the system.

Thanks for the info re the Hankooks I will have to price some up.

Good idea getting the lights set higher we have done that in the past, certainly helps on the unlit rural roads in the area.

 

Apologies my error, miss read your post; besides considering a new motor a fresh pair of glasses might be in order too

 

Tyres wise I got mine from Camskill;

 

http://www.camskill.co.uk/m96b0s629p0/Winter_-_Snow_-_Cold_Weather_-_Car_MPV_Tyres_-_16_inch_R16_inch_-_205_55_16_205_55R16

 

 

 

Regards,

 

TP

Hi TP

 

And have you considered a Superb 4*4 at all?  OK - a fair bit more to shell out, but a proven shell, with tried and trusted engines?  

 

Pleased with my impulse buy, though slightly lower mpg it seems to be a deal more nippy and responsive than the 170 Yeti I migrated from. 

Get something else and run the Yeti alongside it.

Been through a lot of cars and the all round ability of the Yeti just shines through in my opinion.

 

Rather than keep trading up and losing ££££ each time I'm sticking with my Yeti now and running something cheap to run as a mile muncher.

Just can't see anything worth selling it for, new Yeti is almost the same really and not worth the possibly £8k upgrade.

Octy is just a regular capable, sensible, slightly boring car.  Like most other family/rep wagons out there.  Soon to be everywhere...

 

Yeti is here for fun, towing and 4x4 work.

Yeti is here for fun, towing and 4x4 work.

 

As opposed to the Citygo which is just for 4x4 fun?

Nice idea Richard but we don't all have the ability to run a whole fleet of cars - you take the golf bag approach to car ownership, one for every occasion ;-)

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Nice idea Richard but we don't all have the ability to run a whole fleet of cars - you take the golf bag approach to car ownership, one for every occasion ;-)

 

Towing, light offroading, Skoda meets and winter 4x4 needs = Yeti.

Daily = Leaf.

 

That's only two!

 

Handy thing is, it's keeping the Yeti milage down a lot, so makes more sense to just hang onto it for ages.

Leaf is paying for itself in running cost savings.

 

I'm starting to realise I've burnt the new car thing out.

Nothing out there really interests me that much any more.

Tim

I've been mulling over your comments in this thread, and confess to being a touch confused, and surprised, by your intention to swing away from the Yeti... ...

Of course, when it comes to changing a car there are a multiplicity of reasons (and as many justifications!) so it is never a clear cut thing. I was wondering if your antipathy towards the facelift model is purely to do with the looks, or if it is a bit of that jaded feeling that comes with a number of years driving the same vehicle. Throughout this forum, the Yeti portions, that is, the seemingly overwhelming clinch factor for choosing the car is its sheer driveability which surprised so many the first time behind the wheel. That, and the versatility afforded by the design would appear to suit you and your lifestyle.

So - given that when you are tucked in behind the steering wheel, enveloped by the value-for-money comfort and facilities, unable to wince at the unseen lost fog lights, you're still able to appreciate the major Yeti benefits. And going from that to the anodyne (but still appreciable) looks and facilities of an Octavia or a Superb, or even the attractive Spacehopper would surely begin to create doubt after a while? I confess to being aware of a sort of yearning for the chuckability of the Yeti as opposed to the less precise steerability of the Berb!

Forgive my interpretation and intrusion into your car purchasing inner being.... .... ....knowing how knowledgable and committed you were(/are) to the Yeti I merely wonder if, in time, you'd come to miss it.... Remember how united you, and Tibet man, and Graham and I were when we roughed it round the reservoir that glorious spring day back in 2010?????

Edited 7 October, 201312 yr by Freshacre

 

Octy is just a regular capable, sensible, slightly boring car.  Like most other family/rep wagons out there.  Soon to be everywhere...

 

 

My sentiments exactly. The Octy will soon be everywhere and mostly outside train stations with checkerplate stripes down the side and a Hackney Carriage badge on the tail. No thanks. Great looking car in estate form (the hatch looks way too much like a gawky sedan) and a decent interior but you certainly will never in a million years feel special driving one. And should you enter a station drop off area do make sure all your doors are locked or peeps will try to get in. 

 

Yup I'd love a new car but as other's have said the Yeti's suit of talents are diffult to find elsewhere. So only another Yeti will do and the FL is too small a change for me to warrant all the thousands of pounds to change (and Tim please wait to see it before you decide). I don't change cars because of an itch. I change cars because my current one really can't do what I want it to do anymore (as in my needs have changed) or it is falling to pieces.

 

Also think of our planet. The greenest car you can own is the one you already have... buying yet another is really, well, utterly un-environmentally friendly (runs and hides in a corner now...)

Surprised one had increased ride hight 

 

Oh your original spec is similar to the one I'm considering but I would like the heated screen, as I have on the Yeti. However you have to have it with hot seats as well, which I'm not bothered with, plus heated washers.

 

Spec under consideration;

 

Stone guard and raised suspension

Winter pack (only for the screen)

Headlight washers

Cruise

Variable boot floor

Spare wheel

 

Maybe sunset glass for added security and keeping a tad cooler in summer.

 

What's the rough cost for that spec TP?

I'm getting into itchy feet territory and i'm a bit torn.

I drove a CX5 at the w/e and i'm toying whether to jump to mazda but i do like the octy 4x4's and it'd probably be a more suitable car.

Yup I'd love a new car but as other's have said the Yeti's suit of talents are diffult to find elsewhere. So only another Yeti will do and the FL is too small a change for me to warrant all the thousands of pounds to change (and Tim please wait to see it before you decide). I don't change cars because of an itch. I change cars because my current one really can't do what I want it to do anymore (as in my needs have changed) or it is falling to pieces.

 

So are you hanging on for the mk2 Yeti then?

Thanks everyone for your thoughts and comments so far, they are very much appreciated.

 

To try answer some of those thoughts raised, then I am one of those barmy car owners who do like a more regular change in transport; in the last 20 years alone between my wife, son and me, we've had 23 different cars on the drive and of those 14 were/are Skoda's   If I'd not changed cars so often I might have been able to retire by now

 

However there is another fairly trivial thing that is making me look maybe beyond another Yeti (besides the new look) or staying with the current one and that is comfort. I have problems with my back on occasion and for some strange reason the Yeti's seat in particular seems to exacerbate the problem but I've put up with it through both Yeti's, as I otherwise like the car in every other way and as I say it's not a continual issue and more a design fault in me than the car

 

I have the problem to some extent at the moment which is making driving a tad uncomfortable again in the Yeti, so besides wanting to see how an Octy TDI drives I'll be interested in seat design and comfort as well. I have driven an SE Octavia III but petrol and it felt fine for the 100 or so miles I covered while I had it on loan. Drawback though with the Octy is its dimensions; a little longer and wider than I like, the Yeti on the other hand is just perfect.

 

Anyway end of the week is D-day, as I'm hoping to undertake some Octy TDI test drives to see how we get on, otherwise I may stay with the current Yeti and continue to manage as I have been and try harder to ignore that itch and obviously I'm still concerned about the Octy's potential extra depreciation.

 

 

 

Regards,

 

TP

Have you tried one with the electric seat TP?

I find it much better.