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smokey_jo - Member
I've got a 4 year old 4x4 Duster. It's been faultless. No rust.
It's used in the Austrian alps and hasn't failed to get me anywhere in the Winter or summer.
Is that a LHD? If so yours is built in Romania where they actually have some quality control and don't ship untreated steel by sea for 2 months like they do for the Indian built RHD version.
Yes it is. I love it.
If you take the back seats out, the load area is cavernous
Well nearly as much space as a Roomster - which has more than the Yeti when seats are in - I assume rear passengers are more comfortable in a Yeti.
We were really impressed when we test drove the Roomster, wasn't allowed something that big and practical as the second car though. Hence the [s]go cart[/s] Fabia
We test drove the 170HP Diesel and the 1.2 petrol Yetis recently - both in all the toys Elegance trim. Big up to Crawley Down Group in East grinstead for being friendly, reasonable and flexible regarding test drives.
We're committed towbar carrier users now - but the inside seemed pretty practical
2L 170hp diesel seemed rough as a old boots. The petrol engine ont other hand is amazing - so capable given its a 1.2 (albeit with a turbo).
We will probably go for one once our brilliant Smax decides to get too expensive to keep. Mind you it does seem to keep going and going and going 🙂
Concluded it would be an update car rather than a radical difference.
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Ian-r
I'll assume you don't need me to do some bike fitting in my yeti tomorrow if you've been to the Skoda garage. If you do, let know...
Apologies I couldn't do it sooner to help you out.
Seems Dacia have decided to shift production from India to Romania.
[url= http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/news/miscellaneous/2014-09/dacia-moves-duster-production-after-rust-issues-surface/ ]No More Dacia Ruster??[/url]
The OH has a Yeti 1.2 Elegance, it's brill. If you're concerned about carting bikes about though get a Van. I've done the estate car thing and nothing beats slinging your bike in whole with zero faff.
monkeychild - Member
Seems Dacia have decided to shift production from India to Romania.
Which to me is tacit admission that quality control on all pre-facelift models built in India was not up to scratch. Dacia's response to the rust issue has not been the best and I wouldn't want to deal with them as a company if I had the choice.
Choice between a facelifted Romanian Duster or 1 year old Yeti? Yeti would win for me.
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Thanks for the offer but I'm sorted. Just need to decide now whether loading bike inside a new car is a good idea. May still go for an estate car with a tow bar rack? Yeti fuel figures are a bit poor at motorway speeds where it will spend a lot of its time.
Apologies stox autocorrect strikes again
I was interested by the Dacia, as it looked alright. I'm a Skoda fan as I bought my first Octavia vRS when they first came out and were still a joke. My 2nd vRS (still own) I've had since 2007 (2002 model) is still rock solid and pulls a treat. I think the Yeti is Bob on.
I'd really like to buy a fabia vrs, but the no towbar is a non starter, sadly. May have a wee test drive of a Monte Carlo instead.
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Thanks for the offer but I'm sorted. Just need to decide now whether loading bike inside a new car is a good idea. May still go for an estate car with a tow bar rack? Yeti fuel figures are a bit poor at motorway speeds where it will spend a lot of its time.
My other car is an octavia vrs estate (yes, I like Skoda's!) so that's my main bike transport car. I use the roof mounted Thule on that .... Nothing wrong with the roof mount option but Given the choice I'd prefer a tow bar rack. I tend to put the bikes inside quite often regardless to keep prying eyes away.
The yeti replaced a fabia vrs to help move the 6 month old and a dog around. We have the 110bhp diesal and getting 50 ish mpg out of it going by the computer. Love the car but they are a bit marmite for some.
Just a note of caution...
I have a 2012 Yeti 2.0 diesel 140bhp, owned from new, 88,000 miles on the clock (drive a bit for work). It is a great car, very versatile, lovely to drive, good on motorways etc.
But - it recently developed a fault with the EGR cooler - £1000 to replace at the dealer. Once that was replaced I started to have problems with the coolant levels. 2 months later and after visits to various garages no one can pin point the fault. The system has been pressure tested numerous times (garages and RAC) and it doesn't appear to leak, but I have to top up coolant every 500 miles. Googling this fault brings up worrying posts about porous cylinder heads on some of these engines. Mine is out of warranty, and as it is a company vehicle it isn't a disaster for me, but I wouldn't buy another.
