Hello, I am due to pick up my first Yeti on Friday. 

I am pretty sure it’s on longlife (variable?) services. (150scr diesel).

 How ever since I will be doing low miles a year Would it be wise to change this to fixed?

Quick check online is showing it built July 2017 so thinking of waiting till July to change it to fixed and get a service.

 

Remember having a BMW 1-Series a few years ago and trying to get it serviced yearly but being refused because the car said it didn’t need one. Charming.

 

 

 

Get them to service it before you pick it up has a part of the deal, and they can Change it to a fix service  .

Definitely fixed service intervals unless you do 18,000+ miles per annum.

I had a look at a diesel  Evoque recently and was told it would be served just three times in 62,000 miles.

Not for me!

I can't really see the problem myself. Cars used to need services every 6,000 miles or so which was an expensive nuisance.So the manufacturer engineers the car and specifies the oil such that it can go into the dealer less frequently and some are unhappy with that too.

 

If you're genuinely worried about how often you pay someone to lift the bonnet, then change to fixed, but as the variable accounts for time, utilisation and engine load I can't see the point.

 

Indeed I'm frustrated that with my new car the first 2 services are free but must be performed within 2 years of purchase. The car is on variable services it'll be done half way through its cycle each time and negate the benefit of the long life oil.

 

Thinking of the common issues that occur with our cars (dmf,dpf, electrical, zinc inclusion etc), none of them would be avoided or mitigated by more frequent routine servicing.

Edited 2 May, 20188 yr by Gyp
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I remember my first Honda had to have an oil change after 1000 miles

11 hours ago, Stakeknife said:

I am pretty sure it’s on longlife (variable?) services. (150scr diesel).

How ever since I will be doing low miles a year Would it be wise to change this to fixed?

Quick check online is showing it built July 2017 so thinking of waiting till July to change it to fixed and get a service.

 

I'm in a similar position to you.  I had occasion to speak to my dealer about getting a minor piece of work done on the car the other day and he stated that all Yetis come out of the factory set to variable servicing.  He agreed that fixed would be better for my annual mileage.  His advice was to do exactly as you are proposing: book a service on the car's first anniversary and get them to change it to fixed then.

 

I wouldn't necessarily go by the build date, though - the car could have been hanging around waiting to be bought for some time after that.  I believe that the last of the Drive models coming through now have build dates around that time, because Skoda stopped building Yetis for good around then.  If you got it new (ie first registered owner) then I think that one year from the date you got it should be right.  Otherwise I'd probably work from the date of first registration.  But you might want to check that with your dealer.

They are all set on variable as most would not buy a diesel when doing low mileage.

However common complaint is that there are routinely reset to fixed on delivery even when the buyer does not want this, as happened to me.

 

However it only took a few minutes to change back to variable about 4K miles after collecting car without upsetting future service point. Ie now predicts first oil change at 18.6k miles as I would expect after having 2 previous Yetis from new.

conversely, you can easily get it changed to fixed, but why bother, just take it in at 12k mikes or a year and have a service done and get them to change to fixed then

16 hours ago, Stakeknife said:

Hello, I am due to pick up my first Yeti on Friday. 

I am pretty sure it’s on longlife (variable?) services. (150scr diesel).

 How ever since I will be doing low miles a year Would it be wise to change this to fixed?

Quick check online is showing it built July 2017 so thinking of waiting till July to change it to fixed and get a service.

 

Remember having a BMW 1-Series a few years ago and trying to get it serviced yearly but being refused because the car said it didn’t need one. Charming.

 

 

 

Yes, we had that with my Wife's BMW Mini, they refused to change the oil even though she does very low mileage.

 

And when I booked my TT in for a first service after 12 months I had an argument with the receptionist over having the oil changed! So much so that I cancelled the service and went elsewhere where the service guy didn't even question my request. I bought the TT (petrol) for my retirement, is a keeper and does low mileage. The cam chain benefits from regular oil changes.

 

I've had diesel Passats in the past on variable servicing but I did the mileage then and changed my cars on a regular basis. My diesel Yeti is on annual servicing. 

I was wondering much the same thing about my Yeti too, which I've had since March last year, only just over 9000 miles and no sign of any message saying that it is due a service. I did receive a letter from Skoda when the car was a year old reminding me that it had to be serviced before being returned to them at the end of the PCH deal but no real indication as to exactly when this service should take place. Obviously it is set to variable servicing at present as my Octavia would always remind me every year to get it serviced at exactly the same time. I'm assuming that the car will tell me when it needs a service and I'll book it in then. The PCH deal ends in March next year unless I extend it a bit, which I think is an option given towards the end of the deal.

Look in the maxidot information; that will tell you when the oil and service are due.

 

From memory you start getting a reminder at key insertion from 900 miles to go

Edited 3 May, 20188 yr by kenfowler3966

On 03/05/2018 at 13:47, kenfowler3966 said:

Look in the maxidot information; that will tell you when the oil and service are due.

 

From memory you start getting a reminder at key insertion from 900 miles to go

I've never found any mention of servicing in anything I've checked/seen on the car thus far, just average mpg and stuff like that, think there are eight different things there when I scroll through the functions using the wheel on the righthandside of the steering wheel. Probably missing something glaringly obvious knowing me, must have another look at the handbook!

Press the roller button down to open each option for its sub options,I found it best to sit in the car with the manual and run thro it all to get use to it.i had mine 2 years before I was told how to remove the traffic announcements by pressing a button and not the screen,