Thread: Just ordered Yeti 1.2 TSi SE Spec

Daytime running lights are part of light assist option at £50 Cornering Fogs £120 Spec'd both of these options on my SE, plus a few other bit's I consider useful for rural living.

The Fabia vRS we are trading in is obviously a diesel and with this being my wife's main car and her being used to having the diesel for the past 3 and half years the decision really was not easy. However, the car will only be used for commuting 1 to 2 days per week plus at weekends for carrying Hill-Walking and Mountain-Biking equipment; so the mileage is going to be low. The Fabia vRS has only just done 26K, which is another reason for...

Quote: Originally Posted by helix I'm confident it will be fine: the critical factor is that the 1.2tsi delivers plenty of torque (129 lbs) in the low to middle rev range, and the torque band is quite wide. In actual usage, ie through the gears rather than the unrealistic 0-60 sprint measure, I'm sure the 1.2 will actually be quite quick. Yes, I was confident it would do the job - confident enough to put down a deposit in any case!...

Now a Bluefin'd software upgraded 1.2TSi would be fun.

Quote: Originally Posted by weaver Yes, I was confident it would do the job - confident enough to put down a deposit in any case! On the 0-60, from memory the top end diesel was under 10 while the 1.2 was over 11 - an extra 2 or 3 seconds (unrealistic though the measure may be) really doesn't bother me in the slightest. We are looking at build week 47 apparently. The 1.2's 0-60 time is perfectly respectable in its own right. The 1.2...

Quote: Originally Posted by mannyo Is the 1.2 Engine going to be man enough to power a car which is after all based on the Octavia. It has the same power and more torque than a conventional 1.6 (and the torque comes lower down too) so I would say it should be capable. In the not too distant future I think turbos will become common place and people will stop thinking just about capacity when it comes to engine performance!

Quote: Originally Posted by tik My wife and I were torn between the two engines as well. However, our decision was made on two counts - 1. As it is only a car that will be doing around 8K miles per year, we wouldn't really see the savings with a Diesel. 2. £1300 difference between the two models is a lot of fuel. Petrol certainly seems to be better for you. For me it's a company car and the diesel will cost me £15 a month more in...

I've always had a horror of putting the wrong fuel into a car of mine!!! So a change to petrol would give me nightmares. But seriously - I like the high torque of the diesel. It hardly matters if I'm on the flat or up a steep hill (plenty around here) the power is always there and I am not having to change more than one gear down. The locals will know the Rhuallt Hill on the A55, My six year old X-Trail still does that hill in top...

Congrats, did you get to test drive first ? especially highway driving comments...

I don't think any cars with the 1,2 TSI engine has been delivered yet, so I doubt if "tik" has had a test drive :-)