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Seen a low mileage 2017 one for £20,490 on Autotrader. Good luck with that !

It does sound like it is, though! Ford ones delaminate at the edges with time and stone chips don't help the wires apparently.

As it's 'only' in the boot (and not through cabin /headlining) why not start with trickling a hose at the back of the roof only near the aerial and backwards. Then leave it for a bit and see if you can trace. To be honest, you have the aerial and light clusters, the rubber seal around the boot and that's about it. The only other explanation is (I think) there is a small area where water could get in from being the wheel arch near the ad blue tank, but that would be from a jet wash directed in the wrong place.

If you've never considered one before, I would treat yourself to a C-Tek smart charger (MXS or similar). I'm on my second one since they were launched in the late 90s. They keep batteries alive and in good health longer, especially if your mileage is low. My old Impreza (does 1000 miles a year max) needed a new battery last week but I checked back in my invoices and it was 12.5 years old. Without the CTek I doubt I would have got more than 6 or 7 yrs.

Long story, but my complicated Audi had a very difficult to identify parasitic drain. In the end I opted to replace the 12v battery independently (after 18 months) rather than continue with potentially very expensive (trial and error) diagnosis. I bit the bullet on the cost. Back to our Yeti, I put a new Varta on recently after 7 years - and coded using the Carista app and dongle for £30/40.

Offer them $1000 to take away today.

As above, I've bought very cheap cars to do up (and sell after a while) so I would just make sure it's cheap enough for you to be able to do all the right things to it.

Correct. Right shape & size, driving position, easy to drive, reliable, long lasting. In demand.

https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/474334-yeti-rear-parking-sensors/

My only suggestions: Is it one of those noises that you'd swear was coming from an area, but turns out to be somewhere else? Might it not be suspension ? Brake caliper loose (unlikely), any exhaust parts knocking on the body of other parts, left a patient in the boot ?

Well done - lots of people have tried and failed with the L&K roof. Hopefully not, but if you need to revisit it would be good to share some photos to help others less fortunate or skilfull. We deliberately went for a last of the line SEL because we didn't want to risk the possible hassle and cost, despite missing out on a heated windscreen !

If you can afford it, I'd do it every 5 years still, regardless of VWG's modified recommendations. If you can't afford it every 5 years, just take the risk that it will probably be fine anyway.

You'll be able to get another for a few years yet. Especially the 1.2 as there are plenty of low mileage ones still around. (Quite a few ageing owners who don't do big mileage). You just might have to travel for the very best, or get it delivered.

Used prices still look to be very strong for the Yeti, with dealers / garages still setting high prices for late, low mileage cars. I can't think of many cars of the era holding on to as much of their new price. There's a 1.2 SEL Drive auto for £18495 that was £23k new 8 years ago. I know that's at the extreme end, but the facelifted 2014MY cars onwards are all still doing very well with average mileage compared with most cars from other manufacturers. Good design, good reliability, right size, still in demand. A good reminder from 2016 - https://www.evo.co.uk/skoda/yeti

Hear, hear!

Sounds like he needs to bite the bullet and take it to a Skoda/Audi/vw specialist with haldex experience, if it's not already in pieces.

Not directly answering your question, but we bought our latest Yeti last year and 'downgraded' from our 2015 models built in Sat nav, to one with SmartLink compatibility only. It then cost £170 at Skoda to enable it (others do cheaper but we wanted some backup), but once you work out which order you need to switch on / select SmartLink icon / plug in phone, it's been fine. My other half uses it most and says you get the Google maps via your phone and if you scroll across the touchscreen to the maps icon, you get all the satellite mapping, traffic jam colours etc.

My point is - if you have decided that you want to incur the extra cost of dealer servicing on an older car, over a cheaper independent garage fitting genuine parts, then why would you even think about omitting anything that they charge for doing when Skoda themselves tell the dealer to recommend at certain age gaps? Sorry, but I don't get your logic, if a Skoda specialist will do everything for less than the cost of a dealer on a 13 year old car. It's not as though you are protecting a warranty of making any difference to its resale value if you are keeping it until 2030.

If you are going to spend £18 a month with Skoda you might as well spend £25.

Very good. (What's the Fabia detai ls?)

You'lL know when you find a good one because you've looked at a few now. We are on Yeti number number EIGHT and nothing major has gone wrong with any of them yet ! Service record and rust bubbles on lower doors. That's All you need to worry about.

About £200. Depends where you live and what they do. Call AA motors in Hull - used for my Yeti. Also, useful info here https://www.jcr-leeds.com/haldexservicing/

Point 1 - yes, and at least it's not got an ISG/BSG 'very smart!' Generator as they go wrong(!) Point 2 - use a ctek trickle charger which has an AGM mode Both from experience 👍

...works well.

Same here in North Yorkshire. Yeti is just the right size and height on country lanes. Rugged and long-lasting despite not riding brilliantly on potholed roads. Mostly not 4x4 ones though. I would say the average owner age around here is 70. They must look at ours with Monte Carlo wheels, black grille + mirrors and all the silver bits colour-coordinated and wonder why it looks different.