Is the yeti pricing fixed yet?

[Rooboy]

There is another sat nav unit available for the yeti overseas


Good luck with Skoda Australia. I bought a 103TDI DSG at the beginning of the month. I'd almost excluded it from my list until I saw the pics of the Skoda box on the website and in the car/accessories brochures. My skis won't fit inside the Yeti (I took the skis to test it) but they will fit in the box displayed. After I test drove it I decided the Yeti was the better buy but I ended up buying it from a different dealer. I got the bars and box thrown in with parking sensors, 5 year warranty and mats etc for $34k. When the box turned up it was the Thule Pacific 100 (with Skoda badging) which is only 139cm long and definitely too short for skis.

The dealer was great, he tried another box from the Superb but its way too long and he's been in touch with Skoda parts but with no luck. I've been in touch with Skoda After Sales but their initial view is that they only supply one box in Oz and I got the box that I paid for. They said they would contact the dealers I went to and see what they could do but weren't very positive and I'm still waiting.

My view is that, even though they have that small disclaimer in the back of the brochures, the websites and brochures are misleading as it variously mentions both 380L and 370L boxes but showing only one type from different angles. Relying on fine print didn't save Apple from $2m+ fines here over the iPad 4G advertising. They also list the box as 370L but the Thule site describes it as 330L. There are 2 boxes available overseas and the NZ accessories brochure is much better at displaying them. They should really detail the dimensions and not just the capacity. I'll wait and see what happens...

[Blue103TDIDSG]

Hey guys

$3000 - $4500 for the sat/nav - phewww

Wai, I can see why you went with ANS-610
Saw on another post where they did a bulk purchase and from memory it was under $600
You don't mind missing out on a couple of features for that price

As I mentioned, this will probably be our last new car so we sort of just looked at what we wanted
and I'm sick of the Navig8r being stuck on the screen - magic unit and very well supported
but decided to splash out and have it all nicely fitted - the other add ons are really just a bonus
Like the sound system - it is great

We looked at the all up drive away price - we were looking at the demo unit until we found the super special in Sydney for the same price as the demo and Bryan Bryt agreed to match it. That's when it went belly up when they tried to save a few bucks. But all along the salesman, Michael, I think, kept saying "no problem if it isn't already fitted, we will swap one from another car and it will be the same as factory fitted". So that was what I was expecting but sadly didn't get.

Joel
Thanks for the heads up on the hard disk speed
I have ordered an 8gig sd card on Ebay and will this will hold all the music I could ever want
In passing, I found a 2gig USB memory stick was slower than the SD card -
By slower I mean the time it takes to register and fire up when I start the car
When I remember, I switch it over to the radio before I turn it off, then it fires up much quicker

I hope I don't get flamed for hijacking this thread

[joel0407]

I have ordered an 8gig sd card on Ebay and will this will hold all the music I could ever want
In passing, I found a 2gig USB memory stick was slower than the SD card -

Just check the class as most are only class 4 (15mb/s)

This is a cheap option.
SanDisk 8GB SDHC Card SD Memory - Class 4 - Online Shopping @ Shopping Square.COM.AU Online Bargain & Discount Shopping Square

This not so cheap but a HD alternative.
SanDisk Extreme Pro 32GB SDHC UHS-1 Card Class 10 - 95MB/s Speed - Online Shopping @ Shopping Square.COM.AU Online Bargain & Discount Shopping Square

A reasonable size and speed.
SanDisk 16GB Extreme SD card 45MB/s Class 10 UHS-I UHS-1 3D Full HD Video memory SDHC- DS - Online Shopping @ Shopping Square.COM.AU Online Bargain & Discount Shopping Square

[joel0407]

I hope I don't get flamed for hijacking this thread

This thread has been dead for ages. You reincarnated it as a different topic.

Happy Days