Yeti is going for it's 75K service on Friday, 20 months old and I have driven every mile on the odometer, I can confirm a few rattles are now present and I think a suspension bush or something is on its way out too as I get a bit of wander when on the road, when braking to a stop the steering wheel turns 1/8th turn to the right, when moving off again steering wheel goes to the straight ahead position, will get the dealer to look at this.

Only other thing I notice is a strange noise when starting the car, like on the old A series engine when the starter motor bendix is on its way out. OH and the heated seat pad on the driver seat doesn't work anymore.

On a positive note, Yeti gets well used, moving work stuff around, towing trailers with cars on, getting chased up and down the country and all this on a daily basis, now I am 20 months in to the lease I need to look at what car I get next, I would like the same again but the emissions are high on the 170tdi, I have thought about a greenline but I am sure I would miss the four wheel drive, one thing for sure I will have another Skoda but it will be tough to decide which one.

Who else has a high mileage Yeti?

I would reckon that, on this forum at any rate, you are probably the highest mileage owner!

I am coming up on 60k shortly. very few warranty issues ( Xenon starters, Loose turbo clamp and failed pressure sensor) No other issues, no Rattles. no nothing. 42 months of use. Still under 4 year warranty.

I sorta creates a problem: I am getting to the time where you get the itches for a new vehicle, but I cannot thnk of anything that would suit me better than the current Monster - so Snowwhite will stay in the Family for a while.

As mine only just rolled over 10K yesterday I think I have a bit of catching up to do!

Come and visit the Fur and Feather at Woodbastwick Martin :beer: Put some miles on the clock. 53k and counting ... third (variable mileage) service and first MOT due soon.

In MItchells now, catching up with work emails and the like, from nowhere a delicious bacon sandwich appeared and I think another coffee is in order too.

I am going to make this place my office more often! I will ask the service technician to change the car car to fixed service intervals lol.

I am coming up on 60k shortly. very few warranty issues ( Xenon starters, Loose turbo clamp and failed pressure sensor) No other issues, no Rattles. no nothing. 42 months of use. Still under 4 year warranty.

I sorta creates a problem: I am getting to the time where you get the itches for a new vehicle, but I cannot thnk of anything that would suit me better than the current Monster - so Snowwhite will stay in the Family for a while.

I know what you mean.

I normally change my car every 2 years or so.

I was at my dealer yesterday, and I was talking about what to do next.

Buy car, as it is on a PCP.

Part ex and get a new Yeti or another Skoda -Citigo.

Sell to dealer and buy cheap A N other car.

Problem for me is as I have a fully loaded Elegance, I can't see the point in getting the same as I have now. I can't get an L & K with an electric seat, so that is ruled out.

Now if the facelift version when it cones out has a greater and updated range of engines/gearboxes, with lower emissions, it might be worth considering.

But.

Is it worth it? The cost to change will outweigh any savings a newer version would give.

The car is brilliant. It has only done 36,000 miles at the moment. Years of life left in it.

I have no desire to buy/drive another car at the moment.

A TapaTalk enabled phone was used to write this...

cars don't rot anymore (or at least as fast as they used to) so keep running them, I will smash 100k before the end of the year and will have the car for another 8 months after that, I can honestly say it runs as well now as it did last year.

In the days when I was active in practice covering a large geographical area, probably 50 miles diameter from the most distant farms that would need us at all times of day and night, we used to cover up to 40k miles a year. This would be mainly B roads, farm tracks, fields and lanes, so the vehicles had a lot to contend with.

It was a subject for interminable discussion, this conundrum of when to change, and I don't think we ever managed to reach THE "correct" answer, even with accountant's help, Bank Manager's input, or our much loved and well trusted main dealer's thoughts!

Undoubtedly the greatest cost of ownership is depreciation especially at high mileages, so it would seem that keeping the car and wringing every drop of usefulness out of it was the most economical way - even taking into account such tax relief as we could claim. (I recall one Renault 20 that needed a new engine because the driver didn't understand the orange, then red, light that flashed up indicating zero oil present!). The only real issue with this concept is that of owning a car that might not start or go when needed for an emergency in the middle of the night... ... ...

And then again - a new car is, well, a new car, and that's nice! Except that for Rockoppa, you've done such a lot to make that car exactly what you like it would probably drive you nuts to go through it all again! And personally, having agonised in similar vein before bailing out of my Yeti, if the particular 'Berb hadn't been under my nose in the showroom, I'd have stuck with it! (that, and strategically improving credit scores by taking on some HP!).