I gave up trying to sell cars privately a few years ago, as it was just too much hassle.

Ebay was full of idiots or non-UK bidders wanting to do silly deals.

We-buy-any-car were a complete rip-off.

Autotrader resulted in more spoof dealers than real buyers.

Local paper was nothing but tyre-kickers.

Now just go to a dealer and part-ex with a deal.

Not a Yeti but when I bought my Fabia vRS last October my intention was to keep it at least 3 if not 5 or more years. My problems are boredom, worrying about keeping a car out of warranty that's burning oil with a DSG box as well as wanting to save for a house. I bought the car before I got the job where I am now. If the job had turned up first there's a good chance I'd have never bought it and I'd have a house by now. Hindsight is a wonderful thing.

If there's nothing wrong with the car then I'd say keep it and change it when it rusts or there's several problems needing fixing. Tyres are NOT a reason to sell a car. It's up to you how you sell the car but I part ex'd my last one because it was a decent price and less hassle. Probably do the same with this when the time comes.

Firstly I second what Graham says about selling privately.

Why not just drop in on your dealer and just ask them what they can do for you. I changed mine just before three years because the depreciation was remarkably low (which has been a feature of Yetis to date) and I was about to run out of warranty, come up for an MOT, have to buy new tyres etc. Fair enough, it's nice to have a new car, but you may also find that depreciation isn't the problem you are expecting.

I also have to decide whether to keep or change. I've only done 32.000 miles in 25 months. But the facelift is due when I have to make my decision.

If the 'face' changes the the decision might be easy.....keep mine.

Also depends on what I will be offered for mine. Problem I have is mine is a fully loaded Elegance, and there is no model to 'upgrade' to. The L & K is nice, but I have almost everything it has.

Then I'd have to remap again, fit the flappy paddle MFAW and pirate the brakes.

The downside is lack of warranty, but people seem to be being offered extended warranties by Skoda for extra dish, and there are other companies like Warranty Direct out there who I have used in the past. So the DSG issue is not so bad.

I've not heard about any DMF issues with the Yeti either which is a good sign. The Octavia was plagued by them as well as the air con compressor. Neither issue would give you change from £1300. Both were partially covered by Warranty Direct. Only partially because of the mileage of the car.

(DMF = dual mass flywheel)

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The DMF in my last yeti went last year and was replaced under warranty.

clonk, clonk, clonk, ooh err missus!

The DMF in my last yeti went last year and was replaced under warranty.

clonk, clonk, clonk, ooh err missus!

Ah...okay. That's the first one I've heard for a Yeti. So unfortunately the Yeti is also prone to it then.....

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thanks for all the helpful comments. Guess a visit to the Dealer in in order....

Well, heart over rules the mind...

We've currently got a 10 plate 1.2 TSi with a panoramic sun roof (yes, I had to wait a long time for delivery), second time around we're not going to have one - I like it, but it costs in fuel economy, you can not have the spare wheel as standard spec and Mrs frozboz doesn't see the benefit of it.

To get some basic numbers I put the spec into DtD and WBAC so I knew roughly what it would cost to get a new one and what I'd get for the old one (ok - I know WBAC and the ilk would play some games to bring their price down).

That gave me a notional price to replace but would leave me with the potential of two cars / zero cars whilst the new one turned up.

I spoke with my Dealer and a couple of others and we did the pricing dance. Having the numbers at least solved the traditional problem of the Salesman wanting you to say the first number. I went around the loop with each of them twice.

Nobody seemed particularly keen in doing a decent deal on a servicing package - just offered the standard package.

Cost us £5k to replace it.

Don't know whether I got a good deal or not (thoughts from the forum?), but it was less painful than I'd expected and I don't have to worry about timing the disposal of the current beastie.

Depending on the spec of your current car and the new one (you don’t say what trim level they are) then just over £2K PA is is pretty good for a car that was bought new.

I agree. I'm paying £5k to swap my just-over two year old 170 Elegance for a 1.8TSi L&K with TPM and RRP as extras. I thought that was a good deal - I've in effect got a very high trade-in, or an average trade-in with a 10% discount: either way, I'm not complaining.

I agree. I'm paying £5k to swap my just-over two year old 170 Elegance for a 1.8TSi L&K with TPM and RRP as extras. I thought that was a good deal - I've in effect got a very high trade-in, or an average trade-in with a 10% discount: either way, I'm not complaining.

New and old are SE trim

Depending on the spec of your current car and the new one (you don’t say what trim level they are) then just over £2 PA is is pretty good for a car that was bought new.

SE trim new and old

That's the first one I've heard for a Yeti. So unfortunately the Yeti is also prone to it then.....

It seems a bit of a leap to go from one reported instance to being "prone to it"*. A DMF is a mechanical assemblage, unlike an SMF which is a solid lump of metal. That means that they can break. Whether they have a nasty habit of doing so, like the Octavia ones seem to, I think is still yet to be seen.

* Why do I find myself suddenly reminded of the old story about Pierre The Famous French Fighter Pilot?

Scary that we think £5k over 3 years is good. Thats nearly £35 a week before tax, insurance and petrol, just to sit on our drives doing nothing for over 20 hours a day!

Scary that we think £5k over 3 years is good. Thats nearly £35 a week before tax, insurance and petrol, just to sit on our drives doing nothing for over 20 hours a day!

£5k/3yrs - I would give my right arm for that kind of low depreciation.

I remember loosing £7k in under 12 months on a 3 door Sierra Cosworth in the early 90's. Purchased for £13.5k (used) and sold for £6.5K. Reason? - used prices plummeted that year after insurance went through the roof, so Cossies were almost non insurable. Made up later though when I got a new Impeza Turbo (1997), and sold for almost the same as I paid 18 months later with 20k on the clock (to a dealer as well). In those early days used Prezzas were almost non existent. Hope the Yeti proves a good investment when I come to sell. Happy Days!

I'm p/xing my April 2010 170 Elegance with sound system, 2 sets of tyres and 54k on the clock - but for a Superb Estate 4x4, and the figure to change to a new Yeti would have been just over £6k. I think it is a good deal, and in 2 years nine months my Yeti has depreciated about £2.5k a year. All these tales just prove how useless the What Car tables are at the back. They talk of a Yeti retaining only 42% after 3 years!

Scary that we think £5k over 3 years is good. Thats nearly £35 a week before tax, insurance and petrol, just to sit on our drives doing nothing for over 20 hours a day!

I wonder what your C1 will be worth after the same period?

I wonder what your C1 will be worth after the same period?

If he paid full retail at £9k (basic version) - probably about £4.5k. A £4.5k loss -so proves the Yeti is a damn good buy!

Cost us £5k to replace it.

Don't know whether I got a good deal or not (thoughts from the forum?), but it was less painful than I'd expected and I don't have to worry about timing the disposal of the current beastie.

Great deal IMO. Have just done the deal myself & was amazed at the deal I could strike - clearly a hard time of year for dealers.

Important thing is to look at your invoice & see how much you're giving the govt. by way of V.A.T. (plus V.E.D.) & then work out how little the dealer actually gets out of it. I actually feel a little sorry for dealers - it's no wonder an architect friend of mine says that #1 priority when planning a new dealership is how many service bays they can squeeze in!

Don't feel sorry for the dealers, as they will not reciprocate. No dealer will do a deal and loose money - they are always on the winning side.

VAT/VED is not an issue as the dealer's margin will be a % of the basic (pre VAT) price, and it is the customer who pays these not the dealer, and they have the VAT money to ease their cash flow for at up to 3 months until they submit their VAT return. Their % may not be a lot, but they will make their big bucks on the Manufacture's sales target dealer bonus. You don't imagine that a dealer will give 10% discount off retail, if he only gets a 5% profit margin. It is a very complex system and does vary from dealer to dealer, and also depends what other incentives the dealer is getting from the manufacture.

Anyway, as long as you are happy with your deal then that is the main thing......and yes £5k to change sound good!