I read with interest the mounting excitement of some of your contributors in the expectation of obtaining their new Yeti. I note with interest also the complaints and moans about the long waiting list for a new vehicle.

I was somewhat surprised, therefore, to note that on today's Skoda Used Car search, there are 82 used Yetis for sale nationally. Are these vehicles from disenchanted owners after their long and frustrating wait ?

I am more disappointed, however, by the lack of 2nd-hand Octavia 4x4 Estates and Scout models (19 in total nationally) available. As a previous Octavia 4x4 owner, and now owner of a used Yeti, purchased at the time due to the lack of alternative mentioned Skodas available, I know which vehicle I prefer.

Whilst the Yeti might be chic and trendy, according to the comments of some of your contributors, it's not half as versatile as the Estate, as far as I am concerned.

Anyone of the same conclusion ?

I read with interest the mounting excitement of some of your contributors in the expectation of obtaining their new Yeti. I note with interest also the complaints and moans about the long waiting list for a new vehicle.

I was somewhat surprised, therefore, to note that on today's Skoda Used Car search, there are 82 used Yetis for sale nationally. Are these vehicles from disenchanted owners after their long and frustrating wait ?

I am more disappointed, however, by the lack of 2nd-hand Octavia 4x4 Estates and Scout models (19 in total nationally) available. As a previous Octavia 4x4 owner, and now owner of a used Yeti, purchased at the time due to the lack of alternative mentioned Skodas available, I know which vehicle I prefer.

I think you will find that nearly (if not) all the ones currently for sale are ex-demo vehicles or pre-registered.

Whilst the Yeti might be chic and trendy, according to the comments of some of your contributors, it's not half as versatile as the Estate, as far as I am concerned.

Anyone of the same conclusion ?

But the Yeti isn't an estate car, it's a hatchback. Therefore they are not comparable!

End of.

Most of those as Graham points out are ex Skoda fleet or ex dealer demo/pre reg. Regard Yeti v Scout again like Graham looking for a hatchback not a long combi size vehicle. One of the factors in our short ownership of an Octavia II; it was to long.

TP

I was somewhat surprised, therefore, to note that on today's Skoda Used Car search, there are 82 used Yetis for sale nationally. Are these vehicles from disenchanted owners after their long and frustrating wait ?

As Llanigraham said, those are mostly ex-demo vehicles. Also, have you looked at the prices being asked? They're not far off the prices new! Admittedly you would probably get more knocked off a used car than you would on a new one, but it's still off-putting.

I was lucky. I got mine new, from stock, at a decent discount off the list price. There is zero chance that it's going on the market any time soon!

Whilst the Yeti might be chic and trendy, according to the comments of some of your contributors, it's not half as versatile as the Estate, as far as I am concerned.

I had originally been thinking of an Octavia 4x4 estate to replace my aging Impreza. I thought the Octavia was perfectly nice when I took it out for a test drive, although the dynamics didn't really inspire me. The missus saw the Yeti in the showroom and demanded we try that as well, and I was mightily impressed. I had originally convinced myself that I wanted something with more boot space than the Impreza, which I had always found a little disappointing in that regard. The Yeti easily met that criterion without the spare wheel, but with the spare (which I knew I wanted) there wasn't much in it. After some soul-searching I convinced myself that there would only have been maybe two or three occasions per year when the Octavia's big boot might have been a definite benefit - and the ability to juggle the Yeti's rear layout would probably allow me to meet most of those occasional requirements.

Now that I actually have the Yeti I have found the boot much better than the Impreza's, even with the spare wheel. Most of the cr@p that used to clutter up the Scooby's boot lives very happily in the storage boxes around the spare under the raised boot floor, so I didn't lose as much space as I thought I was going to by having the spare. The main boot space seems to work better than the Impreza's as well. The raised boot floor I have found to be actually a benefit, because it means there's no lip that you have to lift bags up and over. And for some reason that I don't quite understand the shape of the Yeti's boot seems to be much better suited to making a random assortment of bags and baggage fit in neatly, compared to the Impreza.

The Yeti also fits on the drive in front of my garage easily. The extra foot or so of the Octavia would have meant that I would have had to be that bit more careful about parking it so that I could still open the garage door. It's nice not to have to worry about that at the end of a long journey home!

Just a quick off topic note- The vehicle in your profile is wrong, the Yeti does not have a TDCi engine, it's just TDi on Skoda/VWG cars. TDCi is Ford I believe!

Just a quick off topic note- The vehicle in your profile is wrong, the Yeti does not have a TDCi engine, it's just TDi on Skoda/VWG cars. TDCi is Ford I believe!

True.

Both use common rail diesel engine.

Ford - Turbo diesel common rail injection

Vag - Turbo diesel injection

There are those of us that are happy to bide their time until the Yeti reaches affordability; I'm not interested in being an early adopter. Accordingly, once it gets down to my budget it will be time to take a dip in the water. However, if buying new I'd be much happier to wait than buy a car that's ex-demo for only a few hundred cheaper, at best...