Environmental Compatibility; Motoring Abroad - Skoda YETI - 11-2009 Owner's Manual

178 Driving and the Environment
If you find that your fuel consumption is too high, you should reflect on how, where
and in what conditions you have driven the vehicle since you last refuelled.

Environmental compatibility

Environmental protection has played a major role in the design, selection of materials
and manufacture of your new Škoda. Particular emphasis has been paid to a number
of aspects, including:
Design measures
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Joints designed to be easily detached.
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Simplified disassembly due to the modular structure system.
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Improved purity of different classes of materials.
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Identification of all plastic parts in accordance with VDA Recommendation°260.
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Reduced fuel consumption and exhaust emission CO
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Minimum fuel leakage during accidents.
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Reduced noise.
Choice of materials
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Extensive use of recyclable material.
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Air conditioning filled with CFC-free refrigerant.
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No cadmium.
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No asbestos.
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Reduction in the "vaporisation" of plastics.
Manufacture
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Solvent-free cavity protection.
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Solvent-free protection of the vehicle for transportation from the production plant
to the customer.
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The use of solvent-free adhesives.
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No CFCs used in the production process.
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Without use of mercury.
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Use of water-soluble paints.
Trade-in and recycling of old cars
Škoda Auto meets the requirements of the brand and its products regarding environ-
ment and ressource protection. All new Škoda vehicles can be utilized up to 95% and
always
created, where you can trade-in your vehicle. After you trade-in your vehicle, you will
receive a confirmation stating the recycling in accordance with environmental regula-
tions.
Vehicles with special built-on types
Technical documents regarding changes carried out on the vehicle must be kept by the
vehicle user, in order to hand over later to the old car user. This ensures the recycling
in accordance with environmental regulations.

Motoring abroad

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General
Other circumstances may exist abroad.
It is also possible, in certain countries, that the Škoda Service Partner network is limited
or has not been established yet. This is the reason why obtaining certain spare parts
may be somewhat complicated and specialist garage personnel may only be able to
make limited repairs. Škoda Auto in the Czech Republic and relevant importers are
happy to provide information about technical aspects of the vehicle, required mainte-
nance work and possibilities for getting repairs done.
Unleaded petrol
A vehicle fitted with a petrol engine must always be refuelled with unleaded petrol
⇒ page 174. The automobile associations can provide you with information regarding
the locations of filling stations which offer unleaded petrol.
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be returned. In a lot of countries sufficient trade-in networks have been
Subject to fulfilment of the national legal requirements.