The main thing to remember with options is that they are, for the most part, 'money down the drain' because they seldom have a significant residual value. So think in terms of true cost and real benefit/need. How many times will you need to used park assist? Every day? Once a week?divide your likely ownership by the cost and you may find each time you use it costs a couple of quid. Even if you don't plan to buy on a PCP, get the dealer to quote you a 3 year PCP and look at the final payment compared to the list price to see how it affects your residuals.

I almost paid £110 for a folding front seat, but realised that I need roof bars to move boat kit about and the occasional times that I would use it, I could use the roof bars. If I carried a surf board regularly, the extra £110 would be money well spent.

You need to balance how badly you want the option over the true cost. Things like mud flaps are inconsequential cost wise, but are invaluable in terms of protection. Metallic surprisingly is total money down the drain, but we all want a car the colour we like. Things like Nav have a genuine residual value so you will see some of the cost back when you come to sell.

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Must have - Agree - Rubber mats, The Skoda ones are very good quality  heavy rubber worth evey penny of the £40 i paid for the full set,  beware copies !

 

Very useful =  KESSY,   specially when shopping, you dont have to dig keys out to unlock car.

 

Nice to have - if you are going to use regularly is Auto Park, I dont use it as much as i should on mine.

When it comes to resell the options are less likely to be gone through.

Buy the top of the range you can afford because that's the one the reseller will have best chance with and will get a better px deal.

People looking for a car with the goodies will tend to ignore base models optioned up, instead looking for the upmarket version.

Good evening good folk of Briskoda

We are getting close to ordering a new Yeti Monte Carlo and are now dabbling in the options list. So far we have hit the list quite hard, in addition to standard Monte Carlo spec, 2-litre diesel 150bhp 4x4 DSG, we have added:

Sat Nav

DAB

Heated seats

Heated windscreen

F&R parking sensors

Spare wheel

Removable tow bar

Are there any options that Yeti owners have found to be indispensable and you simply wouldn't be without?

Sunroof.

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Good evening good folk of Briskoda

 

We are getting close to ordering a new Yeti Monte Carlo and are now dabbling in the options list. So far we have hit the list quite hard, in addition to standard Monte Carlo spec, 2-litre diesel 150bhp 4x4 DSG, we have added:

Sat Nav

DAB

Heated seats

Heated windscreen

F&R parking sensors

Spare wheel

Removable tow bar

 

Are there any options that Yeti owners have found to be indispensable and you simply wouldn't be without?

 

Shouldnt you be looking at an L&K with that lot?

The factory fitted towbar I ordered was removable

Agree with the list apart from the sat nav. 

 

Would include Smart link then you can get you phone apps displayed in car, which would also then provided a sat nav.

 

Heated washers would be good also

 

Mudflaps and mats

 

LED rear lights

 

and how about a Yeti cuddly toy for good measure.

 

I would not be without my heated seats or heated windscreen, a must on every Yeti.

Has anyone any thought about the sound system option with 12 speakers? The trim I'm looking at already has 8 and the option is around 230 pounds. 

If buying again I would have the electric seat as my wife and I have a big height difference!if no electric seat I'd have the under seat storage as it hides a lot of clutter ,as regards the auto parking I find I never use it and if I wanted to would have to refer to the hand book so save the cost of the parking option and go for electric seat

Edited 27 January, 201610 yr by Sad555

The self Parking option is a nice, accurate toy - but as mentioned previously if you need to get into a tight slot swiftly it trips out. You need to be stationary for a longer time than you usually have!

I wouldn't bother again but I would have front and rear sensors.

Has anyone any thought about the sound system option with 12 speakers? The trim I'm looking at already has 8 and the option is around 230 pounds.

For £230 I would think about it, if I really liked my sounds, but I think you will find its £400+. We have paid to upgrade the speakers in our 1 series BMW, but the basic setup is 'pants'. I find the standards 8 speaker Yeti system quite acceptable by comparison.

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It's 300 euros, just double checked. It converts to around 230 pounds. 

I would definitely get the electric seat option but unfortunately it's available only for the next trim, 4x4 engine and about 25% more expensive.

I have the speaker system and initially wasn't too impressed with it.

 

However, today I was alone in the car and had the chance to crank the volume up a bit 

 

It performs very impressively at higher volumes.

It's 300 euros, just double checked. It converts to around 230 pounds.

I would definitely get the electric seat option but unfortunately it's available only for the next trim, 4x4 engine and about 25% more expensive.

It may be €300 = £230 where you live, but I've just looked and here in the UK it's £450. Assuming it's the same spec wise, that makes it a bit of a rip off here!

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The main thing to remember with options is that they are, for the most part, 'money down the drain' because they seldom have a significant residual value. So think in terms of true cost and real benefit/need. How many times will you need to used park assist? Every day? Once a week?divide your likely ownership by the cost and you may find each time you use it costs a couple of quid. Even if you don't plan to buy on a PCP, get the dealer to quote you a 3 year PCP and look at the final payment compared to the list price to see how it affects your residuals.

I almost paid £110 for a folding front seat, but realised that I need roof bars to move boat kit about and the occasional times that I would use it, I could use the roof bars. If I carried a surf board regularly, the extra £110 would be money well spent.

You need to balance how badly you want the option over the true cost. Things like mud flaps are inconsequential cost wise, but are invaluable in terms of protection. Metallic surprisingly is total money down the drain, but we all want a car the colour we like. Things like Nav have a genuine residual value so you will see some of the cost back when you come to sell.

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Would be nice to know what the main options are for improving 2nd hand values / improving 2nd hand sales. My understanding is that sat nav and leather are considered good. Tow hitch could be bad as it might imply towing (extra strain). Odd colour bad. 

 

On the other hand if you are paying for a car you will spend many hours in why not get what *you* want. It's easier to not use an option than use an option that isn't there (or easily installable post-build).

On the BMW forum I'm on, a really helpful salesman did a spreadsheet of all 1 Series options and their residuals, but I can't find the link. A few surprises, but clearly 1 Series specific. For a Yeti - leather 'no' price is too close to just getting an Elegance/SE L. Nav - on a SE or above yes.

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Edited 27 January, 201610 yr by Falmouthboy

Reversible boot floor mat and rubber floor mats ,you can take them to your next Yeti as well.

The only thing we specced on our number 4 Yeti SEL was the rear view camera . ( Great.)

I've Fitted front, tried rear, and all around Skoda mudflaps ,and ......they're all virtually useless

The sunroof is lovely in the summer ,but ours leaked,enough to put me off another.

The selfpark is a great toy ,but unless you live where you'll need it nearly every day , merely that.

The Yeti is a very short car .The front parking sensors in our curved drive were a noisy and unnecessary extra.

Your parking requirements may be different.

An SEL or an L&K (if you can live with brown leather.)has just about every extra you need.

Enjoy.

Quick edit .....I've always had the under floor spare wheel which swaps to the next Yeti as well as all the mats....

I also now hate the floodwater brown dash trim....I wish I'd specced the Mock wood, to go with the Gobi Leather.

Also assume all the extras you spec will be worthless come trade in time. :yes:

Edited 27 January, 201610 yr by bilun777

The self Parking option is a nice, accurate toy - but as mentioned previously if you need to get into a tight slot swiftly it trips out. You need to be stationary for a longer time than you usually have!

I wouldn't bother again but I would have front and rear sensors.

I never consider that as who wants to park in a really tight space - increases the risk of being hit by the other cars getting out!

 

As the Yeti is somewhat shorter than the estates I've had previously, I'm perfectly happy passing the tight spaces by and finding a more generous one which the Yeti is easy to park in!

If you substituted one of the new Garmin Satnavs for the built in SatNav, at less than half the price, you would be able to plan your routes on your computer in the warmth of your home (or office) then they are automatically loaded to your Garmin Satnav when you switch it on. I assume Tom Tom does something similar as well.

If you substituted one of the new Garmin Satnavs for the built in SatNav, at less than half the price, you would be able to plan your routes on your computer in the warmth of your home (or office) then they are automatically loaded to your Garmin Satnav when you switch it on. I assume Tom Tom does something similar as well.

Yep - via yr smartphone

Is nobody using Android Auto? Or Carplay? From their scarce documentation it should be possible to have a Google Maps version on your in-car screen. And with roaming fees cut from this summer and completely eliminated from 2017 I would no longer see the need of any type of dedicated navigation device.  

^^^^the TomTom has a number of features I'm familiar with and use regularly plus a phone is just not big enough for me......but IS for my son though.

Is nobody using Android Auto? Or Carplay? From their scarce documentation it should be possible to have a Google Maps version on your in-car screen. And with roaming fees cut from this summer and completely eliminated from 2017 I would no longer see the need of any type of dedicated navigation device.  

Will feedback in March, when Yeti 2 arrives, as ordered this feature.

If you substituted one of the new Garmin Satnavs for the built in SatNav, at less than half the price, you would be able to plan your routes on your computer in the warmth of your home (or office) then they are automatically loaded to your Garmin Satnav when you switch it on. I assume Tom Tom does something similar as well.

And look like a mini cab with it stuck to your windscreen with a hanging power lead - thanks, but no thanks

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Satnav and phone holders are not exclusively stuck to windscreens.

I have a Vent and cd slot mount in my Bolero for my Samsung Galaxy S5 when using Sygic satnav which has live traffic updates, speed camera updates and also free map updates for 'life'. Considering it only cost me approximately £20, and it's based on Tomtom mapping, I consider that a 'no brainer'!

I recently had to leave my car overnight at the dealers, and I just transferred the magnetic vent mount to the Fabia courtesy car.

Try doing that with your inbuilt Columbus!

If you substituted one of the new Garmin Satnavs for the built in SatNav, at less than half the price, you would be able to plan your routes on your computer in the warmth of your home (or office) then they are automatically loaded to your Garmin Satnav when you switch it on. I assume Tom Tom does something similar as well.

I have a Garmin I bought for my motorbike but also use in my wife's car.

 

For holidays and trips it is part of the fun to plan the routes on the computer but I do like having the built-in sat navs in the other cars.

 

I think over time these will disappear though due to the ever increasing phone technology etc. Bit like PC's being replaced by other technology like Smart TVs, tablets, Smartphones etc.