Sporky McGuffin

Indeed. The Mondeo is considerably less awful than I'd expected, but it's a fair way short of being as good. The steering is a bit odd.

And the money is now in my bank account.

My dear old mum has a Citigo and I went with her on the test drive. I liked it a lot, especially for urban use. OK on the fast A-road I tried too but you did have to plan your overtaking a bit.

I just got back from wewantanycar. They gave me £400 less than the Autotrader suggested private sale price (including same-day payment) and it was all pretty painless. I am now an ex-Yetiist.

Well, as I said, the local dealers say they've got enough Yetis - they've not offered sensible money.

Ta. I'm not emotionally invested in the price I get for it; I'll be sad to see it go for any amount of money, but my previous employer gave me a car and mileage allowance that more than covered the cost of the Yeti so anything I get back at this stage is a free leaving bonus. The first Yeti cost me £2k in deposit and was worth £12k at trade-in. If they take the proberbial I'm happy to walk away from them, but the figure they've offered is above the figure I'd accept for a quick simple sale so I've got some wiggle room. And a set of winter wheels to punt on if they don't want 'em. The main consolation is that the new job is home based (but still going to see customers) so no horrible grind of a commute. Also it turns out the Mondeo (1.6 Ecoboost estate) is actually not bad at all.

We want any car have given an estimate of very nearly four grand more than wbac, and two more than trusted car wptsit, so I've booked an appointment on Friday. We'll see how it goes...

I was a bit disappointed when it turned out that the Mercedes was a Mondeo! Ta for the advice all.

I am certainly considering it! Ta everyone.

I've just started a new job which comes with a company car (no option!) so need to shift my Yeti. It's just over two years old so I know full well that I'll be losing a lot to depreciation no matter what; that said, what's the best way to sell it with minimal hassle and maximum money back to me? The local dealers say they've got enough Yeti stock and the webuyanycar offer was ridiculously low...

That you need a hobby. Any hobby.

I think what was particularly galling about the £75 was that it was only a week or so ago that they offered me it for £49!

Excellent - thank you for the links. Just need to find the filter now.

And they've just called back, refusing to change the pollen filter unless I pay £75 for a full aircon service. Last time that was £59, and the time before it was £49. What a bunch of scammers.

Mine's in for its second (30,000 mile) service today. They kept phoning me in the run-up saying that I'd need an airconditioning service, and today phoned to say that the slight smell from the aircon is a definite sign that the aircon service is needed. The price keeps changing too. When I pointed out that it was clearly just a new pollen filter that needed changing the chancer at the dealer said it might be bacteria in the aircon gas. Given that it's still every bit as cold as when new there clearly isn't a leak, so how could I be smelling bacteria in the sealed gas system? And why would it smell exactly like decomposing pollen? They've also said that the brake fluid will need to be changed in 10 months so I should have that done now. Surely I should have that done in 10 months when it needs changing...