The Yeti is in hindsight an utterly brilliant car. It has the aerodynamics of a brick thrown sideways, yet will handle better than a 4x4 has any right to and still give 50mpg. I utterly love mine. As a young father It would have been the perfect car, instead I had a 3 door FWD Escort 1100. Ho hum. The 1.6TD Passat (not TDi just TD.) was pretty good, but the Yeti beats it by miles. If you have a young family buy a yeti now while there are still good ones to get.
Just gifted my Yeti to a family member. 2012 Diesel with 220,000kms, it still feels as tight as the day I bought it, and will easily run another 220,000 kms. Roomy, zippy, reliable, comfortable, crazy-small turning circle, handles well and is economical. Probably the best car I've ever owned.
Watching this again for a giggle. I had a 2011 140 DSG, Haldex was long in the tooth at the high mileage it had but aside from noise worked perfectly - I fitted Michelin all terrain tyres on 16" steel wheels and went all over the place in rural Northumberland, including through a deep river ford (2ft deep at the time, healthy current and lose pebble base). After all I'd taken it through, it finally ate its dual mass flywheel when stuck in a deep hole in a field (hadn't gone into it on purpose, was hidden on approach). Was going to coast as much as the car was worth so I bought an old Octavia Scout, gen 2 Haldex with PD140 engine mapped to about 170, which itself now needs work and as I've missed driving a 4x4 Yeti so much (there's nothing quite like it for me) I'm driving home a 2014 Monte Carlo model tomorrow, ex demo with one old man owner who treated it very well by the look and feel of it. My big question to the dealer given that they already said the timing belt has just been done, was whether there was any record of proper Haldex servicing, given it's gen5 with a strainer but no seperate filter (well, it's Haldex name manufactured by Borg Warner) - before I had chance to ask, he explained that it'd just been done and the strainer was cleaned - the part Skoda/VW said doesn't need touching for life, which has prematurely ended many Haldex pumps over the years - thankfully there are now many indy garages that know Haldex well including the one next door to the dealership, whom serviced it. Very pleased to learn that! Glad the belt has been done too - I changed it myself on my old Yeti when I worked as engineering manager and driver at a steam railway, not a job I wish to tackle again without all the kit. Looking forward to my drive home - might venture up over the Snake Pass back to Nottingham. Needless to say as the new one is in much better condition than my old one (9 years old which is brand new for me and 60k less miles on the clock than when I got my old one) while I plan to dabble with some sofft-roading, as they really rather brilliant for mild greenlane dabbles as stock, I won't be beating it up or driving through a river again. My plan was to lift and snorkel the old one before Darkside had done theirs (fun videos those!) but didn't get round to it before opting to sell for spares/repair. The Monte Carlo will keep its styling and stay mostly on the road, while the already ratty old orange one was going to get a NATO paint job as a mate had tins of the stuff, spare wheel I'd grabbed off Ebay was going to go on the roof rack/light bar I had. The new one has the aftermarket spare wheel kit in the boot which was a happy surprise not mentioned in the ad so I've got two spares to choose from, a third if I take the one out of the Scout... and the all-terrain tyres on steelies will be going back on a Yeti again, they're the same size as the knobbly ones Darkside put on theirs (215/65/16 - officially too big for both cars) but the slightly rounded profile means they don't scrub the arch liners, even on the Scout and they're superb in snow and ice too, but that's another story - very safe enabling almost normal driving on untreated Northumberland/Borders roads and very fun at 1am on a Monday morning on the tiny wee B roads under 4" of ice... roads were completely deserted even during the day for a few days. Sorry, autism is a bugger for typing essay comments... I just love driving and the Yeti is my favourite car so far, by far - the Scout and the old Mk4 PD150 Golf sitting on the driveway now need selling... the Golf was very fun especially after a top end rebuild in Feb with steel camshaft etc, engine is in great condition and pulls like a train and quickly - but it's no match for a 170 4x4 Yeti that'll legally map to 220... :D
Was this edited by the dog?
More like the flies the first dog was chasing
Don't be stupid dogs have a longer attention span...it was by one of those new generation people who can't figure out there are 2 genders
The Yeti is in hindsight an utterly brilliant car. It has the aerodynamics of a brick thrown sideways, yet will handle better than a 4x4 has any right to and still give 50mpg. I utterly love mine. As a young father It would have been the perfect car, instead I had a 3 door FWD Escort 1100. Ho hum. The 1.6TD Passat (not TDi just TD.) was pretty good, but the Yeti beats it by miles.
If you have a young family buy a yeti now while there are still good ones to get.
Just gifted my Yeti to a family member. 2012 Diesel with 220,000kms, it still feels as tight as the day I bought it, and will easily run another 220,000 kms. Roomy, zippy, reliable, comfortable, crazy-small turning circle, handles well and is economical. Probably the best car I've ever owned.
Terrible editing.
The editing makes this seem like a budget YTP
Watching this again for a giggle. I had a 2011 140 DSG, Haldex was long in the tooth at the high mileage it had but aside from noise worked perfectly - I fitted Michelin all terrain tyres on 16" steel wheels and went all over the place in rural Northumberland, including through a deep river ford (2ft deep at the time, healthy current and lose pebble base). After all I'd taken it through, it finally ate its dual mass flywheel when stuck in a deep hole in a field (hadn't gone into it on purpose, was hidden on approach). Was going to coast as much as the car was worth so I bought an old Octavia Scout, gen 2 Haldex with PD140 engine mapped to about 170, which itself now needs work and as I've missed driving a 4x4 Yeti so much (there's nothing quite like it for me) I'm driving home a 2014 Monte Carlo model tomorrow, ex demo with one old man owner who treated it very well by the look and feel of it. My big question to the dealer given that they already said the timing belt has just been done, was whether there was any record of proper Haldex servicing, given it's gen5 with a strainer but no seperate filter (well, it's Haldex name manufactured by Borg Warner) - before I had chance to ask, he explained that it'd just been done and the strainer was cleaned - the part Skoda/VW said doesn't need touching for life, which has prematurely ended many Haldex pumps over the years - thankfully there are now many indy garages that know Haldex well including the one next door to the dealership, whom serviced it. Very pleased to learn that!
Glad the belt has been done too - I changed it myself on my old Yeti when I worked as engineering manager and driver at a steam railway, not a job I wish to tackle again without all the kit. Looking forward to my drive home - might venture up over the Snake Pass back to Nottingham. Needless to say as the new one is in much better condition than my old one (9 years old which is brand new for me and 60k less miles on the clock than when I got my old one) while I plan to dabble with some sofft-roading, as they really rather brilliant for mild greenlane dabbles as stock, I won't be beating it up or driving through a river again. My plan was to lift and snorkel the old one before Darkside had done theirs (fun videos those!) but didn't get round to it before opting to sell for spares/repair. The Monte Carlo will keep its styling and stay mostly on the road, while the already ratty old orange one was going to get a NATO paint job as a mate had tins of the stuff, spare wheel I'd grabbed off Ebay was going to go on the roof rack/light bar I had. The new one has the aftermarket spare wheel kit in the boot which was a happy surprise not mentioned in the ad so I've got two spares to choose from, a third if I take the one out of the Scout... and the all-terrain tyres on steelies will be going back on a Yeti again, they're the same size as the knobbly ones Darkside put on theirs (215/65/16 - officially too big for both cars) but the slightly rounded profile means they don't scrub the arch liners, even on the Scout and they're superb in snow and ice too, but that's another story - very safe enabling almost normal driving on untreated Northumberland/Borders roads and very fun at 1am on a Monday morning on the tiny wee B roads under 4" of ice... roads were completely deserted even during the day for a few days.
Sorry, autism is a bugger for typing essay comments... I just love driving and the Yeti is my favourite car so far, by far - the Scout and the old Mk4 PD150 Golf sitting on the driveway now need selling... the Golf was very fun especially after a top end rebuild in Feb with steel camshaft etc, engine is in great condition and pulls like a train and quickly - but it's no match for a 170 4x4 Yeti that'll legally map to 220... :D
I like my yeti, I won't be trading it for a Ferrari any time soon
I miss the old top gear cast
Are they just random cuts, ruins what was a superb episode, don't waste you time find the original.
I bought an Octavia because the car magazines were raving about it, I thought it was rubbish, never again
Could you elaborate
Beautiful shephard
I just got one and although everyone telling me how good they are I'm not convinced, shussssh it is growing on me though
Bravo!
That's not an F50
No it’s a 308, and the uploader is a muppet.
I LoVE my YETI MONTE CARLO 1.2 PETROL.
how much.
It's not an F50 it's a 308 QV
Touto mám!
aaaa naše škoda yeti
Retrieve!
Not Grand Tour.
This is just a scam channel ripping material off elsewhere and doesn't even know where it came from.
Thats not an F50 BTW its a 308
Es un ferrari mondial no un f50
aint that a 308 GTB
Crap editing.