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Quote: Originally posted by LlaniDavis on 28/1/2020

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Having owned Yeti's for 11 years and towed all those years I will say that they make excellent tow cars but I would keep well away from the 1.8 petrol. Yes that engine has had lots of problems, most of them very expensive, and some of them terminal.

If you have to have a petrol and are only intending towing a small van then the 1.4 should meet your needs, but the 4x4 is extremely rare.

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Quote: Originally posted by pepe63 on 28/1/2020

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The balance has tipped even more towards petrol, since the likes of *Bristol has announced that it is bringing in a diesel ban between certain hours.
(*Bristol is somewhere that we have a few "city breaks" each year).

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Amazing that someone who advises against the 1.8, demonstrating knowledge of problems with VAG petrol engines then goes on to recommend the 1.4TSi which should have been killed off years before it eventually was. If anything it is worse than the 1.8 and was changed numerous times to try and fix the issues, they failed.

The replacement 1.5 tsi is also a dogs dinner.

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Quote: Originally posted by saxo1 on 28/1/2020

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Amazing that someone who advises against the 1.8, demonstrating knowledge of problems with VAG petrol engines then goes on to recommend the 1.4TSi which should have been killed off years before it eventually was. If anything it is worse than the 1.8 and was changed numerous times to try and fix the issues, they failed.

The replacement 1.5 tsi is also a dogs dinner.

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The 1.5 TSI engine suffers from kangarooing when cold,VAG have acknowledged the problem and issued a software update but there are lots of owners still suffering from the problem!
saxo1

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