Well my Furby vRS has arrived and with huge reluctance I have handed back one of the best cars I have ever had.

Going down to one car meant having a small automatic, a Yeti could qualify on the latter point but as far as the wife is concerned it could never be considered as small so with great reluctance Snowy had to go.

As a result Lookers (lately Hobin’s of Bury New Rd Manchester) have an immaculate Candy white 140 Tdi Elegance to sell. It has polished Annapurnas, underbody protection, mud flaps, side protection film etc, rubber mats, black leather and the LED boot light upgrade (damned useful). Left the roof rails black to complete the mock Tudor effect and I have even left the Brodit mount in for the SatNav of choice (never remotely impressed with the inbuilt Columbus Nav).

Just over 23k miles new on a 60 plate it’s had one service at 18k (on the variable schedule) and has been utterly faultless, not so much as a squeak or a rattle. The Dunlops are barely worn as I had winter rubber on for 4/5 months for each of the two years I have had it (winter boots now sold). Despite my best efforts I never had to add a drop of oil as it simply didn’t use any.

Out of 40+ cars I have owned it is one of just two that has had zero defects during my time of ownership – the other was a Punto GT Turbo of all things!

It needs/deserves a good home; Lookers are asking £17,995 for it. I presume there is some room for haggling in that!

Was it not offered for sale on here before it was part ex'ed?

No because it was on the 2nd year of a PCP deal. Miss the Yeti a lot and maybe when/if the rumoured baby Yeti is launched I will swop the vRS. Mind you if shmbo can get used to a vRS - currently all she has had experience of is a couple of smart fortwo's, then who knows I might persuade her into a fully grown Yeti. She adored the Yeti but was totally against having to drive it due to its 'vast size'.

Maybe you should get her to drive a Superb estate. That's vast size. The Yeti is tiny in comparison.