Or is anyone else looking forward to the snow - to see how the Yeti handles?

Most of us already know...It's Great.

Hehehe - excellent   I've only had one 6 months... and I want to get on out there and give it a whirl

Yes, I suppose so. I bought a 4x4 last April so this will  be my first winter driving one.

Hope you have got some winter wheels. Yorkie slid all over the shop on his summer zero rossos in only a couple of inches.

Last year I went out playing in the snow and it was great up on the moors as long as we kept out of the deep stuff and the drivers of two land rovers (one stuck!) were amazed

Cheers :cocktail:

Peter

Just remember you will get good traction but when it comes to stopping you will be the same as everybody else! Unless you have winter tyres on.

well, I can look forward to the snow....but I won't see it anyway :(

They are not shy in the snow as you can see, here.  

 

 

Well my Jana (Yeti) is wearing her Skugg boots just in case 

 

Her summer trainers are in the garage.

They are not shy in the snow as you can see, here.  

 

Somewhere in/near the Cairngorms ?

Guess the location?

 

 This photograph was taken 2011 a few miles south of the Glen Shee ski centre on the A93 heading south. Well spotted.

Snowing here now, whoo hoo

Hope it sticks around as we are back in Scotland on the 20th until 27th.  

Just remember, whatever tyres you have fitted, that gravity overrides EVERYTHING!!

As above. My Yeti is 2wd but I've had two other makes of 4wd with summer tyres. They are better in the snow but if its slippy or icy you get no more grip than a 2wd and slide all over the place. Tyres make all the difference.

Not sick, just adventurous. Find an empty field or car park somewhere & discover your & the car's limits. It's great fun. I've driven mine many miles in snow (we can get lots up here in the Scottish Borders), with a set of winter tyres without any problems. Best advice I can offer is to stay away from the brake pedal, reduce speed by slowly easing off the gas & using the gears, changing slowly & smoothly. In very icy conditions, ABS won't save you, but the traction control might pull you out of a sticky situation. Just wish there was one thing fitted & that's an indicator in the dash to tell us when the rear diff is engaged. Don't need fancy graphics with torque/power splits or the like, simple on/off indicator would do. Anyone else fancy suggesting that to SUK?

When the real snow does arrive, enjoy, & you'll soon be asked by friends & neighbours how it performs, don't forget to ask your local Skoda dealer for your 10% cut !!!

Looking forward to some white stuff here too.

Not sure if well get any though?

If we do I'll be able to test the winters for myself, rather than being the passenger.

Or is anyone else looking forward to the snow - to see how the Yeti handles?

It's brilliantly capable and good fun. Mine runs winters when appropriate and I've taken her through some fairly extreme winter conditions in Austria, Switzerland and Southern Germany so far and she's never needed assistance.

Just wish there was one thing fitted & that's an indicator in the dash to tell us when the rear diff is engaged. Don't need fancy graphics with torque/power splits or the like, simple on/off indicator would do. Anyone else fancy suggesting that to SUK?

 

Why?

You do realise that the rear diff can be putting power down even in the middle of summer on a perfectly dry road?

It doesn't "switch" on or off

Just wish there was one thing fitted & that's an indicator in the dash to tell us when the rear diff is engaged. Don't need fancy graphics with torque/power splits or the like, simple on/off indicator would do. Anyone else fancy suggesting that to SUK?

it would always be on then as its always engaged, putting 5% to the rear as a minimum even in ideal traction conditions.

I hope this isn't you know who again..??

wonder if yeti can handle real snow 

 

  

I hope this isn't you know who again..??

Nope, that's not him.

wonder if yeti can handle real snow 

 

This probably is...

Thought this was quite impressive:

Yes Alfnote is very obvious to spot. Must try harder