Just to let you know that I am a bit of a petrolhead. Nearly went into Formula Ford but bought a house and got married instead. Started with minis in the 70's and then eventually got divorced and had to let go of two engines three gearboxes and the car in the divorce. Joy. I am fully rehabilitated now as I remarried in 93 and stopped the 60 hour weeks under the bonnet after work and at weekends, so I am still hanging in there for the last 21 years this August. Ok, so my ex-wife may have had a point - not entirely sure what it was though.  apart from being bonkers, which I was/am.

 

Now got a second family and a couple of grandchildren to boot. My last daughter of 4 is now going to school in September. Anyway enough family stuff.

 

When British Leyland went down the plughole I moved over to VW and have had a polo 1.4, until the second Brucey Bonus last daughter who turned up all on her own, apparently mine. Just kidding.  Then I had a VW Golf Plus FSI 2.0 GT (150bhp old GTI engine) with Scirocco 17" wheels that was a job to keep down into double digits when on straight roads. I loved that car it was very forgiving for a merciless zoomer such as myself and it stayed glued to the road like a brick. Anyway time has passed and I now tow a caravan and drive by braille, and the wife's exhortations.

 

So as the Golf had 93,000 on the clock I thought it was time to get a newer larger bucket 4x4. If they had done a Golf version I would have got that. However, it seems that the Skoda version seems to be a close second to that thought and also, after 40 years of resisting,I thought I had better go over to diesel to save a few squid and get a better torque rating for towing. So here I am with a new to me second-hand Yeti that has cheap paintwork that is rediculously thin compared to the Golf, and missing various bits that were standard in the Golf, which I now have ordered and will be fitted before long. Struggling with carbon fibre vinyl to spruce up the brick look and add a bit of life to the brown thing I now own.

 

However, on the up side the later version radio is very good, the dual air conditioning is fab in the hot weather and the FWD is good for the lost power grunt of the old tarted up Golf Plus, which was a very rare beast in this country, there only every being about 60 sold here. Still, new is good, and the eyesight as well as the old car has well and truly gone, so time to grow up and be sensible. Well that's what I have been told would be more befitting for an old man like myself of more senior years.

 

Well don't hold your breath. He, hee. it seems you can have fun with diesel. I guess I will be getting through the all-terrain tyres fairly quickly and then I will get some more sticky stuff to drift the AWD about on., which I will enjoy, once I have got used to the thing dying on me in low revs and bump starting it. Must keep the revs up in the town. It does not have the same power resilience as the old Golf.

 

Any more about me can be found at http://www.roderickmarshall.blogspot.com

 

I guess it is also pertinent to say that not only am I a petrol head and loving dad/husband I am also a bonkers Christian for the last 40+ years and that is what my webpage is mainly about, especially the healing of my second daughter Sarah many years ago, but that's another story......

 

All that I can say is that Grace is a marvelous thing, especially at speed.

 

!:¬P)>< R

Oh yes, just in case anyone likes pictures there loads on my website too. I hope that you will enjoy them and that you have a fast connection to load up the page! blessings R

Now that's more like an introduction! A very warm and friendly welcome to you.

Welcome to the site, as above that's one hell of an introduction.

That certainly is a fascinating introduction! Welcome to Briskoda from me too. Visit our Yeti forum if you haven't already for ideas on how to tart up (ie modify) your car. And it sounds like you would enjoy the extra performance of a remap if funds/family/insurance permit.

Hello and Welcome to the forum

"60 hours a week under a bonnet". Reminds me of the day I took all the skin off of my wifes nuckles when the grizzly disk slipped while sanding down a rocker box cover off an old Saab 96 v4.

 

She never helped me again, but we are still married after 30+ years.

Hi there one and all.

Yes, well, the remap issue. I find that I am stalling the car an awful lot due to low revs that I pulled in the Golf FSI that seems to have been more forgiving in high gears around town.

 

Of course there is the problem of the particulate filter throwing a wobbly, which I would not worry about for myself as I drive around on my ears given the chance. However, I mainly bought the car to tow the caravan and so I am not likely to get over 60mph! Then there is the wife, who will be the main driver to work and I suspect would clog up the filter in about a month if I was to remap.

 

Yes, I know that you can get it switched off and/or remove the inner element to improve performance but stuck with trying to be a good boy these days.

 

ok, believe that ...ho, hum.

 

trying to be good honest.

 

On the matter of brakes - arrrrrgh.

 

I may try the uprated pads route. I had ferrodo pads on the Golf which were very good a keeping the discs bright and shiney, with my style of driving. You want to know that if you have to brake hard that the thing is not just going to fade out at 20mph just before you go bang into whatever. Ah yes, I remember the early minis.

 

ANyway time for a cuppa.

blessings to one and all. R

Ok, well here I am again. Just fitted some sill guards, under seat drawers, LEDs, Glasses case cubby hole above the windscreen and some mudflaps.  Just in case someone is interested. I found that if you are confident enough and have the tools: remove the seat bolts and the front side panel screws and loosen the bolt on the seat that secures the big screw on the drawer frame. Then you can slide the back of the box straight on and then lever the securing arm for the big screw underneath the frame anchoring point. THen retighten the seat anchor side bolt and refit the side frame screw, making sure that the securing bracket is in line with the hole using  a small screwdriver. Then refit the seat. A lot quicker this way.

 

 

I have had a bit of a problem with a non-delivered item from Superskoda. Does anyone know, from experience, the best way to get this sorted? Waiting to get this sorted before i order any more bits from the website.

 

any off to bed.

 

R