The Yeti is widely loved, what about the Roomster?
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The Skoda Yeti gets good reviews and people seem to like them, what about the Roomster?
I've always been intrigued by them and read some articles on Autospeed about modifying them.
The standard package appears a bit lacklustre, but with a rear ARB and decent tyres it might handle reasonably.
It is a pity that there isn't a more powerful engine offered. A torquey 140+ bhp would probably do.
I've always been intrigued by them and read some articles on Autospeed about modifying them.
The standard package appears a bit lacklustre, but with a rear ARB and decent tyres it might handle reasonably.
It is a pity that there isn't a more powerful engine offered. A torquey 140+ bhp would probably do.
I've got one, inherited from my sister, who replaced it with a Yeti.
As a practical, basic, cheap form of transport, it's hard to beat, and pretty easy to fix with largely Fabia parts. Remove the seats and it's a handy small van.
What it isn't is in any way luxurious - interior is fairly plasticky, rattles a bit, mine is a 58-plate on 84k miles and the steering wheel and gear knob are both pretty worn, but the poor thing had a hard life with my sister and her brood.
I've got the 1.4 TDi 80 engine, it revs surprisingly easily with a characterful wee three-cylinder growl, stoats along at 70mph easily (if slightly noisily!) and returns 50mpg. Kinda lacks the grunt of a bigger TDi though. Guess the 1.9 or the later 1.6 could be chipped to about 130bhp without major alterations.
It's also not sporty. In any way. Rolls like a devil. Wears out front tyres in 10k miles (might be better with lighter TSI engines). I've just had to replace badly worn front drop links that had been knocking for months, and the timing belt is a fairly pricey job at a Skoda dealer. Quite amused to see on Briskoda though that there are folk who slam and tinker with them!
I will add that the giant rear windows seem to make rear passengers less likely to get car sick!
As a practical, basic, cheap form of transport, it's hard to beat, and pretty easy to fix with largely Fabia parts. Remove the seats and it's a handy small van.
What it isn't is in any way luxurious - interior is fairly plasticky, rattles a bit, mine is a 58-plate on 84k miles and the steering wheel and gear knob are both pretty worn, but the poor thing had a hard life with my sister and her brood.
I've got the 1.4 TDi 80 engine, it revs surprisingly easily with a characterful wee three-cylinder growl, stoats along at 70mph easily (if slightly noisily!) and returns 50mpg. Kinda lacks the grunt of a bigger TDi though. Guess the 1.9 or the later 1.6 could be chipped to about 130bhp without major alterations.
It's also not sporty. In any way. Rolls like a devil. Wears out front tyres in 10k miles (might be better with lighter TSI engines). I've just had to replace badly worn front drop links that had been knocking for months, and the timing belt is a fairly pricey job at a Skoda dealer. Quite amused to see on Briskoda though that there are folk who slam and tinker with them!
I will add that the giant rear windows seem to make rear passengers less likely to get car sick!
Edited by Citman on Monday 30th November 04:29
Had one as a courtesy car when ours was in for servicing a few years back. If it's space you need then the back end is HUGE. up front its regular Fabia which I found rather plasticky. We had a petrol, it was a bit weazy.
Tuning wise the 1.9tdi can be remapped to circa 168bhp according to Celtic Tuning, which sounds a lot but then again the 1.9tdi in the old SEAT Ibiza Cupra came with 160bhp standard, so maybe not so far fetched after all. Could make an awesome sleeper, especially with ARBs as you said.
Tuning wise the 1.9tdi can be remapped to circa 168bhp according to Celtic Tuning, which sounds a lot but then again the 1.9tdi in the old SEAT Ibiza Cupra came with 160bhp standard, so maybe not so far fetched after all. Could make an awesome sleeper, especially with ARBs as you said.
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A 1.8T version with controlled, but compliant suspension and decent brakes would be a laugh.
Citman said:
I've got one, inherited from my sister, who replaced it with a Yeti.
As a practical, basic, cheap form of transport, it's hard to beat, and pretty easy to fix with largely Fabia parts. Remove the seats and it's a handy small van.
What it isn't is in any way luxurious - interior is fairly plasticky, rattles a bit, mine is a 58-plate on 84k miles and the steering wheel and gear knob are both pretty worn, but the poor thing had a hard life with my sister and her brood.
I've got the 1.4 TDi 80 engine, it revs surprisingly easily with a characterful wee three-cylinder growl, stoats along at 70mph easily (if slightly noisily!) and returns 50mpg. Kinda lacks the grunt of a bigger TDi though. Guess the 1.9 or the later 1.6 could be chipped to about 130bhp without major alterations.
It's also not sporty. In any way. Rolls like a devil. Wears out front tyres in 10k miles (might be better with lighter TSI engines). I've just had to replace badly worn front drop links that had been knocking for months, and the timing belt is a fairly pricey job at a Skoda dealer. Quite amused to see on Briskoda though that there are folk who slam and tinker with them!
I will add that the giant rear windows seem to make rear passengers less likely to get car sick!
Cheers. I like the idea of one as a bit of a cheap, utility back roads thrasher. Slammed wouldn't be my kind of thing. It would be a laugh to modify one. As a practical, basic, cheap form of transport, it's hard to beat, and pretty easy to fix with largely Fabia parts. Remove the seats and it's a handy small van.
What it isn't is in any way luxurious - interior is fairly plasticky, rattles a bit, mine is a 58-plate on 84k miles and the steering wheel and gear knob are both pretty worn, but the poor thing had a hard life with my sister and her brood.
I've got the 1.4 TDi 80 engine, it revs surprisingly easily with a characterful wee three-cylinder growl, stoats along at 70mph easily (if slightly noisily!) and returns 50mpg. Kinda lacks the grunt of a bigger TDi though. Guess the 1.9 or the later 1.6 could be chipped to about 130bhp without major alterations.
It's also not sporty. In any way. Rolls like a devil. Wears out front tyres in 10k miles (might be better with lighter TSI engines). I've just had to replace badly worn front drop links that had been knocking for months, and the timing belt is a fairly pricey job at a Skoda dealer. Quite amused to see on Briskoda though that there are folk who slam and tinker with them!
I will add that the giant rear windows seem to make rear passengers less likely to get car sick!
Edited by Citman on Monday 30th November 04:29
A 1.8T version with controlled, but compliant suspension and decent brakes would be a laugh.
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