77 TSI - Underpowered?

[aware]

A Subaru XV leaving a BRZ/86 behind through the corners? Unless its an 80 year old woman driving or one of many people who seem to drive with their eyes closed then i don't see that happening. And I've just bought my wife a new Mazda 3 SP25 Astina and they actually go quite well with the 2.5L engine. The Mazda 3 has always been pretty decent through the corners too.

Believe me - it does it. Just because they have a BRZ/86 doesn't mean they actually drive it properly. It isn't a Porsche, but for a $30k jacked up hatchback it's pretty good. I've been fortunate to drive some cars that handle exceptionally well but two of my favourites were 3.5 and 9 times more expensive than the XV. I don't want to start an argument here as it is of little relevance to the OP. My reason for mentioning it was that the OP stated he still enjoyed spirited driving - merely pointing out that it can be done.

[CardinalSin]

A Subaru XV leaving a BRZ/86 behind through the corners? Unless its an 80 year old woman driving or one of many people who seem to drive with their eyes closed then i don't see that happening. And I've just bought my wife a new Mazda 3 SP25 Astina and they actually go quite well with the 2.5L engine. The Mazda 3 has always been pretty decent through the corners too.

I had one of the first GTS 86 manuals and sold it for practical reasons. The handling was sublime and other cars felt ponderous to drive by comparison. For some reason I spotted the Yeti and drove 2 hours to the dealer for a test drive but could only try the 1.2 manual.
What impressed was that it didn't feel ponderous and actually felt good to flick quickly through roundabouts. I ended up buying a 103 TDI with DSG and 4x4 for the extra grunt and multi link rear suspension when they were heavily discounted and always enjoy driving it. Plus I can buy things and take them home too.
Given the chance to go back I would have bought a 1.8 TSI manual 4x4 because it's quicker and cheaper but at the time manuals were almost impossible to get in the limited WA market.

I still enjoy manually shifting down aproaching roundabouts, with a car up my clacker and leaving them for dead by the time i'm back up to the speed limit. Slow in fast out also gets good economy.

[sillyboy]

I have driven the 90TSI as a loan car for a day, it was ok for 1 person(Zippy in town actually, enjoyable to drive), I am pretty sure 77tsi with 4 adults will be a bit demanding for the engine. as Brad suggested, Octavia will be a better car.

[alloyvee]

I had a Yeti 2.0 TDI with DSG as loan car a couple of weeks ago. No shortage of grunt there but quite a bit more money than a 77 TSI!! I want one!!

[Skamlpreet]

Thanks a lot for your feedback and inputs everyone.

I test drove it again last weekend and realised that it may fit my needs for the moment and switching off the air-con does make a big boost in power. (had to do that with my i20 overseas)

I did end up buying the 77 TSI however have not yet taken delivery of the vehicle.


I was about to pick it up today when I checked the Rego online and realized that the dealer has registered it as 'Black' when infact it is Cappuccino Biege with a Black roof.

I have said no to the delivery of the vehicle until they get it fixed (not until Monday or Tuesday next) which means that the pcik up of the car is only going to be next weekend.

Can those of you who have dual Colour tone Yetis advise what colour have their cars been registered as?

Appreciate all your help through my roller coaster journey in getting my first vehicle in Australia

[Greg Roles]

Thanks a lot for your feedback and inputs everyone.

I test drove it again last weekend and realised that it may fit my needs for the moment and switching off the air-con does make a big boost in power. (had to do that with my i20 overseas)

I did end up buying the 77 TSI however have not yet taken delivery of the vehicle.


I was about to pick it up today when I checked the Rego online and realized that the dealer has registered it as 'Black' when infact it is Cappuccino Biege with a Black roof.

I have said no to the delivery of the vehicle until they get it fixed (not until Monday or Tuesday next) which means that the pcik up of the car is only going to be next weekend.

Can those of you who have dual Colour tone Yetis advise what colour have their cars been registered as?

Appreciate all your help through my roller coaster journey in getting my first vehicle in Australia

The main body colour is what you use, roof doesn't matter for rego.

Odd you need to turn off the AC as it is supposed to pretty much disengage for acceleration, at least thats what Vag Com shows me, but I wont argue reality for a smaller donk. On cruise the AC pulls about 5 newtons, which drops to 1 for acceleration when I have tested it.

[Skamlpreet]

The main body colour is what you use, roof doesn't matter for rego.

Odd you need to turn off the AC as it is supposed to pretty much disengage for acceleration, at least thats what Vag Com shows me, but I wont argue reality for a smaller donk. On cruise the AC pulls about 5 newtons, which drops to 1 for acceleration when I have tested it.

Thanks for the info Greg. Didn't know they did that. Got the body colour sorted. Expect to take the delivery of the vehicle by the end of the week and will share any further feedback I have.

[SGG]

..... the 77 TSI feels underpowered

Sorry about the late contribution .... better late than never ... I too test drove a 1.2 manual yeti and a 1.4 auto and eventually went with the 1.4 ambition. It was chalk and cheese for me ..... the 1.2 just didn't have the punch that the 1.4 had.


Cappuccino Biege is a great colour choice

[Skamlpreet]

Thanks a lot for your help and advise everyone.

I did end up picking the 77 TSI DSG in Cappuccino Beige with black roof over the weekend.

Did almost 70KMs in the city between Saturday and Sunday including steep uphill / downhill in the Tarramurra / Pennant Hills areas and initial impressions

1) Have not required to hit the accelerator hard so far, just a light press has been doing the job. Mindful that I need to be careful with the new baby not to rev it to death
2) The power delivery seems to be non-linear at initial speeds when you step on the gas, literally takes of like a rocket when the turbo kicks in, which takes some time to, haven't actually taken it to the freeways as yet. I have always been driving CVT (Hyundai's) and Toyota's so far, so need some time to get used to the DSG's

Will come back with more questions as I am pretty sure I will have them over the course of next few weeks

[Arnold]

I did end up picking the 77 TSI DSG in Cappuccino Beige with black roof over the weekend.

I would have chosen the weekend.