When I changed car 3 years ago I wanted a Yeti. I liked the Yeti.

 

But discounts were no where to be found, whereas they were for the Octavias and in 1.6 Greenline form, the Octy II was supposedly far more economical.

 

Soon after buying the Greenline I discovered that it was quite noisy, had overly firm lowered suspension and actually had poorer consumption than the Octy I 1.9TDi that it replaced. It never got close to the mid 50's average nor the 72mpg long journey personal best.

 

Recently, on a bit of a whim, we went and browsed around the used Yeti at Oxford Skoda and in a very uncharacteristic way, by the end of the visit I'd agreed to trade in the disappointing Greenline for a 10k mile 110 Yeti SE Plus. "If I'm not gettting the amazing fuel consumption promised, then I might as well buy the car I wanted in the first place".

 

Since then, I've taken out the Parrot bluetooth and Pure DAB kits and all of the junk that's accumulated in the boot and was rather surprised at just how much there was.

 

Today, I popped back to Oxford Skoda to pay them some money in advance of next week's trade in and, kept as eye on the consumption as I wasn't in a hurry.

 

I think it's doing this deliberately to wind me up

 

 

Just how much "junk" did you have in the boot!    

Have you finally found fifth

Just how much "junk" did you have in the boot!    

 

The info is scattered about the Yeti area of the forum, but in summary...

Swapped the ex-Octygone VRS alloys for the original Greenline ones.

Removed Parrot Bluetooth

Removed Pure 300Di Radio kit and then...

1 pop up tent

2 sunglasses

2 kites

2 towing mirrors (I have neither caravan nor tow hitch)

1 tow rope

4 pens

1 driving licence (not mine)

3 pen knives

1 Revo SPS (not that the car is chipped)

1 parking disk for somewhere in Cumbria

1 spare phone

4 packs of bulbs

5 cloths

1 first aid kit

1 triangle

3 Brodit phone holders for various parts of the dash

1 Garmin GPS

1 waste bin

1 set of Vanstyle sun blinds

14 party invitations (copies of the same)

1 receipt from Black circles

1 receipt from Screwfix

3 bags for life

1 cool bags

2 pop up storage boxes

4 umbrellas

1 travel rug

2 power inverters

1 ice scraper

1 bag of upholstery wipes

2 packs of touch up paint

1 tyre pump

1 snow shovel

1 weighted gps base...

2 safety camera detectors (1 with GPS, 1 with laser detection)

1 paperback

2 ratchet straps

1 Speedracer (less said about that the better)

1 pack of bungees

1 squeezy alcohol hand cleaner

1 pair fingerless gloves

1 pair walking poles

1 set heavy steel boules

1 rounders bat

1 something that a friend made to try out his new lathe that apparently resembles a marital aid that could give a loved one splinters.

1 set of freeview aerials to allow the gps to get freeview

1 set plastic sliders from the missus' car's boot mechanism

1 tyre pressure gauge

1 spare roof aerial

2 Outdoor stores' discount cards

8 business cards

1 spare aerial for the Pure DAB and set of instructions

1 plastic tub with more chargers and adapters than any man might ever need

Everything in the car was put away in the cubby holes. Nothing rattled about on the move.

 

That's all really, not much. I'm sure the missus carrys more in her handbag

Have you finally found fifth

 

It's almost like that

My Fabia vRS has been the same lately. I need an Octavia vRS estate diesel now my commute is so much more. Even went to my dealer to ask them to keep an eye out. The fabia has never been great on fuel but now I'm easily seeing 40mpg.

The info is scattered about the Yeti area of the forum, but in summary...

Swapped the ex-Octygone VRS alloys for the original Greenline ones.

Removed Parrot Bluetooth

Removed Pure 300Di Radio kit and then...

1 pop up tent

2 sunglasses

2 kites

2 towing mirrors (I have neither caravan nor tow hitch)

1 tow rope

4 pens

1 driving licence (not mine)

3 pen knives

1 Revo SPS (not that the car is chipped)

1 parking disk for somewhere in Cumbria

1 spare phone

4 packs of bulbs

5 cloths

1 first aid kit

1 triangle

3 Brodit phone holders for various parts of the dash

1 Garmin GPS

1 waste bin

1 set of Vanstyle sun blinds

14 party invitations (copies of the same)

1 receipt from Black circles

1 receipt from Screwfix

3 bags for life

1 cool bags

2 pop up storage boxes

4 umbrellas

1 travel rug

2 power inverters

1 ice scraper

1 bag of upholstery wipes

2 packs of touch up paint

1 tyre pump

1 snow shovel

1 weighted gps base...

2 safety camera detectors (1 with GPS, 1 with laser detection)

1 paperback

2 ratchet straps

1 Speedracer (less said about that the better)

1 pack of bungees

1 squeezy alcohol hand cleaner

1 pair fingerless gloves

1 pair walking poles

1 set heavy steel boules

1 rounders bat

1 something that a friend made to try out his new lathe that apparently resembles a marital aid that could give a loved one splinters.

1 set of freeview aerials to allow the gps to get freeview

1 set plastic sliders from the missus' car's boot mechanism

1 tyre pressure gauge

1 spare roof aerial

2 Outdoor stores' discount cards

8 business cards

1 spare aerial for the Pure DAB and set of instructions

1 plastic tub with more chargers and adapters than any man might ever need

Everything in the car was put away in the cubby holes. Nothing rattled about on the move.

 

That's all really, not much. I'm sure the missus carrys more in her handbag

 

 

Are you Ray Mears? prepared for anything!

Are you Ray Mears? prepared for anything!

 

Oh, and a Wadworths 6X bar towel

So what you are saying is the bigger wheels completely messed up your mpg

It's maybe a coincidence that the down-and-out living in your boot has just moved on.

Not much!!!!   wow thats a lot of "junk"  The vrs wheels are very heavy so i bet thats made a difference. You do realise the yeti doesnt have a big boot dont you.........hahaha. 

It's maybe a coincidence that the down-and-out living in your boot has just moved on.

obese down an out lol.

That's not far off 50mpg more than I get from my petrol VRS.  I think maybe I need something more economical...  

That's not far off 50mpg more than I get from my petrol VRS.  I think maybe I need something more economical...  

 

To be fair, that figure was certainly helped by the journey being an early Saturday round trip from Cheltenham to Oxford on the A40, using cruise and basically sitting at 10ish mph below the posted limit. So next to no traffic, country roads, 50mph or so.

Strange because the 17" Zeniths I put my 1.9tdi Octy made no difference to my mpg. They were heavy as well. Still got amazing results

Tbh I don't like that 1.6cr engine after I tested one.

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To be fair, that figure was certainly helped by the journey being an early Saturday round trip from Cheltenham to Oxford on the A40, using cruise and basically sitting at 10ish mph below the posted limit. So next to no traffic, country roads, 50mph or so.

 

I live in Stroud and also bought my car from the Oxford dealer.  I also know a person from Gloucester and a person in Nailsworth who also bought from the Oxford dealer.  Doesn't say much for the Gloucester dealer does it.

Strange because the 17" Zeniths I put my 1.9tdi Octy made no difference to my mpg. They were heavy as well. Still got amazing results

Tbh I don't like that 1.6cr engine after I tested one.

I don't think the wheels make much difference at all, maybe 1-2 mpg at most.

The 1.6 engine is a bit of an oddity. It's actually got a great spread of torque and a very linear delivery so will allow you to make remarkably brisk progress. It is, however, so quiet and refined that you don't realise what it's achieving.

The CR110 in the incoming Yeti is definitely noisier and more diesely if that makes sense.

I live in Stroud and also bought my car from the Oxford dealer. I also know a person from Gloucester and a person in Nailsworth who also bought from the Oxford dealer. Doesn't say much for the Gloucester dealer does it.

The first Octavia I bought came new from Bamfords, but that was at the point where we were still doing the "ooh, haven't they got better and look how much cheaper they are than a VW" stage, so whilst I didn't get much off of list, I got a little and was happy.

With the second, I wanted the 1.6, and they were very few and far between at the time. I enquired about one at Bamfords but there was little appetite to do more than knock a couple of hundred off of list, with what felt like a "take it or leave it" attitude. I left it. Winchester then got an ex Skoda Greenline in, and they were willing to negotiate a deal.

With this one, looking about, Oxford had 10 month old cars in the spec that interested me @£16k on the windscreen whereas (as they now are) Blade's Yetis started at £18.5 for 2-3 year old cars. Visiting Blade felt a bit pointless.

When I got to Oxford, they were a lot more "we will do what we need to to sell you this car", rather than "there's a car, do you want to buy it?".

Usually it takes me months to decide on a car, so the fact that I went from just browsing as an excuse for a trip out, to signing up for a Yeti in the space of an hour suggests that the Oxford team have got it about right.

Got to say that Bamfords/Blade have always seemed pretty good on the servicing and parts side, so I'll continue to use them for that.