The Skoda Yeti had ended production was it any good?
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- čas přidán 25. 01. 2018
- The Skoda Yeti is finished production and being replaced by the Skoda Karoq. Before the Yeti drives off into the sunset me and Sinead McCann from CarsIreland.ie thought we would give it one last hurrah.We drove to Donegal and took it over mountains and into the sea.
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I've just purchased a yeti from the last production run. Sel land Yeti and I absolutely love it 😍🤩😍 what a car
the best bit was the guy with the cap on the beach who started to walk over to you to tell you to feck off the beach in your yeti and you just drove off
No time to chat must drive into the ocean
I'm really sorry they didn't make a real successor to Yeti. It's the smartest car I've owned. After seven years and 192,000 km with a 2,0 Tdi DSG 4x4, half of it in the Finnish winter, I test drove the Karoq. Fine, but far too much on-screen, touch-screen stuff. High waistline = poor visibility and reach to parking meters etc. Far less utilitarian. In the end I found a 2015 Yeti with my specs and 102,000 km less. Now that I know how well they were built, I was ready for my first secondhand car since 1983! Loads of cash saved. Motor journalists label Karoq as Yeti's successor. I hope not, I sincerely hope the rumored small Skoda SUV will retain the more spartan, utilitarian values of Yeti rather than becoming a late-born near-twin to the T-Roc - Arona litter of excessively stylized and electronics-laden cars.
I know what you mean about high waisted,I sat in a kia shortage and I found it real claustrophobic and I'm a tall guy,I just couldn't warm to the feel of being trapped in the car......I'm enjoying my 2012 yeti 4x4 2.0 diesel remapped to 185 bhp,not that it needed it but seems to agree with the car,can rev it out in 3rd or 4 th with no nanosecond delay and it pulls better in 6th.
Ps just turned 90k and owned it 2 yrs in June coming
Markku Pietinen yes you’re right about the visibility, Skoda got it perfect with this car, they’re still cheap to buy, but another couple years will be difficult to find
Markku Pietinen yes you’re right about the visibility, Skoda got it perfect with this car, they’re still cheap to buy, but another couple years will be difficult to find
@@hikerwoody182 The first few Yeti models are destined to become, if not classics, certainly highly desirable among those who know, and will hold their value well if kept in good nick. My 2012 has 160,000kms on it and it runs like new, so versatile it's ridiculous.
Peter D I’ve finally managed to buy one ✊ if I were in the uk I’d have gone for a 4x4, but in Spain there’s not so many about so I’ve ended up with 1.2tsi, only 20k km, well pleased with it
Beautifully filmed, beautiful and deserved sendoff for the Yeti and you two work well together. You should do it more often!!
Myself and my partner just got one today. Perfect where we live down a very remote rough track. She’s gone from an Audi A5 to this and absolutely fell in love with the character of it.
I own a Yeti and so does my wife and we both love this vehicle.
Just about to buy one of these so the video was a great help. You make a good team and you could feel the love ( for the Skoda I mean ) . Great stuff.
Difficult to think of a more worthy car than the Yeti to get such a grand sendoff. Beautiful backdrop for the lovely Sinead and the....er lively Bob. Grand Tour / old Top Gear levels of entertainment. Bravo
My Yeti is also 7 years old. Driven in India. Daily Driver. Mostly city commute but quite a bit of highway and a bit of off road or soft road and hill driving too. Used as a people carrier and a semi utility vehicle. Used also to ferry my dogs. It is easily the best vehicle I have ever owned because of its simple utilitarian nature. 140BHP 2 litre Diesel 4x4. There is NOTHING in the market right now that comes close, hence I’m hanging on to it since I have absolutely no alternative!
Searching 🔍 for a good yati in Bangalore India 🇮🇳
are you still holding on to your car?
@@soul_meanderer so
Sadly no. I sold it on.
I have a 2011 2.0 diesel 140Hp 4x4 with 6 speed DSG. Absolutely fantastic car and more capable off-road than I ever thought.
Where do you go off road Tamas,I'd love to try mine off road but never off roaded before,maybe find a disused quarry or similar
wayne crothers I drove in the mountains in Bosnia and could I pass through rocky places where I thought it’s not possible without a proper off-road car. The 4x4 system works great there is always traction on the wheel which has some grip.
I own a 2010 2.0 170 Yeti. Current mileage is 305,000. Had the car for three years and apart from service items I’ve only replaced wiring to the doors and fitted an EGR valve. Not bad going for this mileage. I would never buy a Karoq or a Kodiaq simply for the reason they have no character, they look like dozens of other cars. You have to get really close to realise it’s a Skoda by checking the badge. Who would pay 30k upwards for a totally anonymous looking motor? Love the Yeti, it’s just such a class act, no contest !!
i guess Im pretty randomly asking but does anybody know a good website to watch new tv shows online?
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Best motor I've ever run! 2.0 diesel, economical, rugged body strong engine, great motor!
Yeti, Yeti! Yeti!! YES! YES!! YES!!!
Great video. I've an original 4x4 Yeti, and I love it to death! Happy Yeti owner from the mountains of South Wales!
Have the same Adam,4x4 2.0 tdi 140bhp 6speed manual ( remapped to 185bhp) I can't fault it,car originally from Arnold Clark in Scotland, 89 k miles my only gripe is it's a bit solid on the suspension but our roads are abysmal here,on good roads the car drives like a dream and easy obtain 45+ mpg, would highly recommend the remap,I wish I'd done it sooner,car drives smoother and more willing,also you'll get more mpg if you drive sensible,but it's hard to be sensible with such a willing engine.....
wayne crothers "
3 yetis 150k miles , miles, no break downs, issues, rattles, now a Superb owner, Karoq I believe is hard to get your hands on , not seen one on our roads yet, nice to see the Yeti honoured, another enjoyable video, thanks guys 😄
Smashing video guys, what a great send off for a very capable machine. Bob your production just keeps getting better and better, having a co presenter such as Sinead is great too, more collaborations please 😁 Your putting in a Trojan effort man!
Thanks very much!
I was totally unprepared for just how well it handled on the road, seriously chuckable, that I didn't expect. It really is a does what it says on the tin sort of a car, I only wish is that I had bought a manual one.
I've got the 170 bhp L&K 4x4 and what a great car ,love it.
Nice video! I just got one today. Love it already haha
I've had my yeti for over 7 years now and 277 thou kms. I have lost count of the number of people who ask about it, so many here in Australia don't know what it is. It fits my needs perfectly, and has been the most reliable and rattle free car I've yet owned, despite being one of the cheaper ones when new. I have no idea what to replace it with, so during Covid downtime I modified it extensively from the Skoda/VW/Audi parts bin, added lots of aftermarket bits, and now have a 5 second diesel that handles and goes around corners better than it should. So much fun to drive a Rubik's cube go-cart. I don't think I will ever get rid of it, and I've had some nice cars that once the 3 years were up, moved them on.
Hi mate, aussie Yeti owner here too, what parts did you upgrade from the VAG catalogue?
@@7un05 Octy 3 VRS steer wheel and flappy paddles ( enabled ) GTI front seat and front brakes, Golf R alloy subframe and lower arms being the major things. Yeti is Octavia 2 floorpan, with the 4x4 being MK5 4motion rear pan for bolt on purposes. Rest of my car is all aftermarket, mainly Golf R aftermarket like Wagner intercooler and Eibach/H&R springs, but all to Golf R specs. Pretty much everything GTI/R in MK6 era fits, but depends on what you want from the final result, I wanted a street sleeper.
I've just managed to buy a 1.6 tdi yeti 2013 with only 45,000 on the clock , love it
Ive been stopped and asked about the yeti several times usually at service stations. Great car Brilliant to drive and very capable towing a horsebox.
2012 Elegance 4x4 diesel manual with 170bhp engine.
I know this is late, but I even had a cop pull me over once just to ask what it was!
Bellissimo video, complimenti! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Best car I’ve ever owned ultra reliable 4 years now 86 k never missed a beat 👍👍
Brilliant video ! ! !
Cheers fella!
Two of my favourite people ☺
Great video Bob/Sinead. You should do more together.
Love ŠKODA...just waiting (impatiently) on a Kodiaq...😀
I find Skoda Yeti is one of the best cars ever made. Seriously. I mean a car for everyone
I’ll miss it
Than buy one ;)
Great video guys, ye make a good team. If your looking to do beach driving in any car head out to Omey beach in Galway. Great spot for it.
Jdpower survey 2018. Winner,best small suv. They stopped making it in 2017. Superb vehicle. A delight to drive.
Ah Sinéad push in the button when you pull up the handbrake hate the clicking noise when you pull up the handbrake 😂😂😂 Great video guys really enjoyable well done 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Yeti drivers don't have time for that nonsense :)
CarsIreland.ie 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Great video thanks. Still loving my Yeti after 93k miles.
Yoda spot at around 6:43 😁
Every Video needs a little Yoda 😏
Yoda Sketi
We have the 2013 170bhp 4x4 elegance and we love it
Absolutely a wonderful send off for the lovable Yeti. It's a shame Skoda chose to retire this model. 8 yrs , 102,000 kms, and still mine 1.8TSI 4x4 is smooth, does well on road and effortless in the hot Middle East desert track for thrice a week trips for 4 months and cannot find an equal to replace it. Sad isn't it?
Best car I've ever owned.
Peter D we still love our yeti we bought hin 2012 we wound miss him. Over 220 000km and still Runs perfectly. Best car we ever droved❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I love it.
Impressive
That's it I'm looking for one now.
There are plenty 4x4 Yeti’s in pre facelift, spec was the same amount on both pre and facelift models
I have two Yeti, both with 2.0 tdi 140 ps diesel engine. One with 110.000 km and the other with 200.000 km and I don't want to change it !!
Great video, nice editing Bob! Yeti is unique and has its own personality unlike most of what’s on sale today!
Sure has, thanks very much!
Will they still continue to make yeti parts?am planning to own one sometime in the future..
The Yeti is a classic I think. Maybe not particularly trendy but mighty functional and solid. I think the styling is great.
If I knew sinead was on here I would have watched it years ago although I like the yeti anyway
I did pick up like 70% of the english you two are gibbering there lol ... Sinead is so lovely, what car was it by the way? :D
Watch for rust on the doors known prob I know got a 3 year old 2015 one rust starting on the btm of the doors
I am possibly going to buy a 2016 petrol manual. Lovely looking car. Only problem is it's only a 2 wheel drive. Any 2 wheel drive owners out there who could give any feedback? Have you ever wished you had 4 wheel drive? I don't intend to drive it seriously off-mainly a few tracks up on the moors etc, for which I'm assuming the high ground clearance should be adequate.
Any feedback on the car would be gratefully received!
I almost got one just before Christmas but only had 8k to spend and the only examples I could afford were fairly high up on mileage, I was after a auto petrol one. Ended up with a 3 year old meriva. I should have waited.
Petrol auto = unicorn car soon. The Yeti will be a collectors car
Ouch, you definitely should have waited, I owned a meriva (for about 3wks)I hated that thing with every fibre of my being,traded in for an older golf plus tdi auto,had it over 6yrs,best car I ever owned (I've had some cars)now driving a 2012 yeti 4x4 I like it but doesn't match that golf plus...
@@waynecrothers2012 Had a Meriva sold it for a Skoda Octavia 1.9 jtd 2005. 16 yearas old car but still runs without major problems.
@@kalczarobert they literally run forever if u service em, good car
Some dont like them, i got mine through a friend and at first i did not like it but its a fantastic car, the only thing i would change is the position of the bloody cup holder 👍🏻
Nice to see a bit of eye candy on the channel...... the girl isn't bad either :P
Oi blushing here 😊
Great video! The car is nice and well capable but the name just puts me right off.
For me the name seems like the best part!
What's in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.....I drive 1 and I love the name,we're all different I guess
Horses for courses
I've used the name to theme the car,in the two rear quarter windows I got two white stickers on eBay, they read"official bigfoot response vehicle" it just kinda fits with the cars image
I think it’s a cool name
Delightful young lady
They retired it because it was only made by Škoda with no other equivalent model made by any other part of the Volkswagen group. A most annoying example of group standardisation and loss of prestige for Škoda.
I have a 2015 4x4 150hp, get 48 mpg with spirited driving, when snow or massive rain comes it keeps far more expensive 4x4 cars honest. I guess the only real downside is they are noisy, other than that its fantastic
I love my 2WD model fantastic and reliable
Hi Daniel, I'm about to buy a 2 wheel drive model. Have you ever found you missed 4 wheel drive?
Michael Taylor nope not at all
@@MrDan957 awesome. What year is your car? Any feedback?
I’m concerned about oil consumption and reliability issues on VW petrol engines, given a recent failure of my Audi engine. Is this a concern with the yeti?
Love 💘 you Yati ❤
The Skoda Karoq is next to go. That car ceases production around the end of 2023, due to poor sales. That may also mean the end of the Seat Ateca, as Skoda build that on the same production line and stick Seat badges on it.
Just about to let my 2016 4x4 Yeti with all the toys go for trade in has been a good soild car but the fact skoda have killed it off for the Karoq has sent its resale value down like a lead weight through water a real shame
I like the fist one with bumper mounted headlights
Good chemistry. Very good chemistry. Stevie Wonder can see it. :-)
Did ya ever see Stevie Wonders wife?
Neither has Stevie Wonder
I wish they still sold Skoda in my country :(
Skoda av dropped a clanger by finishing production , great car.
What's happening at 6.44 ? Or is it something to do with the yETi ?
whigwood It was a picture of YODA.
Did sales ever mimic the great reviews. Suvs tend to have higher seating position
I'm about to owning a Skoda yeti next week.
Enjoy!
Sinead would make a great ventriloquist - she can speak with hardly any lip movement!
only problem is rust on the doors
Ldv had a van called a sherpa once upon a time
Well that will be the plastic front guard cracked when rumbling over that loose rock then.
Im about 20mins max from Malin Head! :D
I'm about 2.5 hrs away,I drive a mk1 4x4, I fancy heading up that way(no pun intended)
The yeti will go down as a classic for sure, pound for pound Skoda make some of the best cars today and seem to have a better reputation than its stable mates in the VAG group.
I think Skoda are leaving behind alot of future classics, Octavia Vrs 100, Felicia Fun, Roomster Scout, Mk1 Fabia Vrs, Mk1 Superb 2.8 V6 L&K?
What language would you be speaking in the car there?
Same problem here, i barely understood like 70%of it.
i like her hat
Yoda! 6.44
i have jedi 2.0 4x4 and force is with me🐈
Weeeeeeeeee! best car vid comment ever! hahaha. :)
why does yer- wan keep cackling!
Please! Have pity on viewers with full range systems and use a highpass now and then. Cheers.
Biggest mistake Skoda has made you can keep the Karoq.
Love how she says Marrrrmite
More like Maaarmite
Skoda Sherpa? Hope it's better than a Leyland Sherpa. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LDV_Pilot
yeah remember JAWS in the spy who loved me ripping the roof of one!
Abominable, imo, that Skoda are retiring the Hairy Beast. :( Great review though guys. :)
Indeed,I love mine,I think the mk2 was very drab styling,they took away that fun edgy styling,I've a mk1 4x4, 2.0tdi 140bhp 6speed manual, best of the bunch in my humble opinion....
The old one is much cooler looking than the boring updated version. The camera shakes a lot, and it doesn't look like a bad road. I'm sure the suspension is be stiff and uncomfortable. I desperately want a 4WD, and especially the Yeti, but I might just buy another Citroën C5 with hydraulic suspension instead. I hate stiff and hard uncomfortable cars. And the Yeti for sure don't look too comfortable. It is also very worrying that it is a car from the VW group. Volkswagen makes uncomfortable cars, like my dads shaky Passat. But I do love the look of the Yeti, plus the size, the loading capasity, the clear view to all sides, the relatively low price and of course that it has 4x4. I could of course test drive one.
Not sure why you think it would be uncomfortable. I have long term back problems and when I’m in agony I go for a three hour drive in the Yeti. That’s me cured for the next month or two. Best car made since 2000 in my view. I’ll be keeping my diesel 4x4 forever...
Perhaps one of the ugliest cars I ever drove, definitely the best one. Amazing allrounder.
I dont change my skoda yeti!!!!!!!!!!
Notice the Kodiaq in the background!! imgur.com/a/SyboI Nice video again!!
Well, I feel extremely sorry for the next poor owner of that Yeti. As good as they are and like any other vehicle, they can not cope with the saltwater damage you now have inflicted on it on it. In not too many years to come, it will dissolve into the ground from whence it came. So it been a year now already, I wonder what it looks like now.
It looks just fine, the Skoda team fixed it all up and now it's with a very happy owner. Cars get sea water on them the whole time, it's an easy thing to mind.
I got my mechanic to put 2 gallons of waxoyl (heated and applied by spray gun) I'm just real fussy,am hoping it'll keep it sound for years,calling it a future collector car so it won't do any harm
I newer sell my skoda yeti
The Irish have such a similar accent to a certain group of people who live in my country. We call them Newfies but they will smash you in the face with a beer bottle if you say it to their face
Renault 9 could also do all that with no 4x4.