Our Yeti 103 TDI turns 30,000 kms.

[Rob1959]

We have had our ex-demo 2011 since last April, it is coming up to 30,000 service and all seems well, we love it. We didn't want a hard core 4wd and the Yeti suits us perfectly.
We have only been stuck once, on the beach at Iluka - the lack of clearance and lack of judgement on my part , oh well, lesson learnt.
Happy trails, Rob.

[probbo]

Nice photos Rob1959...............great to hear that your Yeti is trucking along.

Cheers

[Rob1959]

Glad you like the photos. Yes, it's a good little oil-burner.
Rob.

[Ryeman]

1/. Is the 4WD 'button' necessary for tracks or is the standard one without OK?.

2/. Love the pics, what's the most difficult track it's been on?.
ta all round.

[Rob1959]

Ours has the Offroad button, the only time we use it is for steep slippery descents, which there has been a couple. It's like a hill descent control, holding 1st gear and applying the brakes individually to control speed among other things. My wife thinks it's neat!
Having said that, I've heard a few people say the Offroad button is not needed for normal offroad use like snow, mud, etc. I'm not sure because ours came with it.
The most difficult? Hard to say, but one day we went to the top of George's Gold Mine near here, it had rained the night before, it was steep slippery clay/mud, two deep wheel tracks and high crown in the middle, ruts from the heavy rain going across, and steep enough to activate the hill descent on the way down. I thought we had bitten off more than we could chew and cringed unnecessarily when the undertray scraped the dirt once or twice, but the car did it easy.

The top of George's Gold Mine (the nice bit)


We had the NZ BestBars towbar fitted


This was a tough track also, but the picture doesn't capture it. This is the picture after the 5th one from the top of this post.(nr Coffs.)
All the best, Rob.

[Ryeman]

Thanks Rob,
We did the 'Blue Rag' track just off the Mt St Bernard -Dargo road in a Wrangler and I recon the Yeti might even do it.
Certainly dirt roads would be a breeze, can't wait to get ours but it's somewhere other than Vic I'm thinking.
they now say "hopefully NEXT week". Am wondering exactly what's going on as it was supposedly the last 2013 runout in stock.....would they have to provide me with a 2014 if they can't get it I wonder ?. Wishful thinking perhaps.

[Rob1959]

Whatever happens good luck with it mate. It is still a buyers market I believe, so try what you can. We got the towbar at a good price through a bit of wheeling and dealing. The Skoda dealership here in Coffs is pretty good to be honest.
Cheers, Rob.

[Transporter]

It's good to see that you're enjoying your Yeti and using it for off road as well.

[Rob1959]

It's good to see that you're enjoying your Yeti and using it for off road as well.

Thanks mate, we know the car has off road limits (soft, deep dry sand for one! ), but generally if there is a track of some sorts it will get up there. It is a lot more off road capable than our other car anyway.
Cheers, Rob.

[joel0407]

Hey mate,

It's good to hear of another Yeti getting some use. I'm at 25,000.

I've done a little off road too but not that much and not too serious. I have a Land Rover Disco 2 for that.

Happy Days.