Hi to all,

First post - so please be nice!

About to trade in my mitsubishi lancer for a used 170bhp diesel Yeti with high mileage... (59,000 miles - the only way I can afford one!)

Is there anything I should be looking out for or wary of? Anything I should check hasnt got problems? It is an elegance version, 2011 reg (11), with no added extras apart from metallic paint!

Dealer is giving me a 1 yr (no mileage restriction) warranty and a years breakdown cover.

Thanks!

Despite the age, it's about due a cambelt on mileage.

Also, o/t but is your cat cute?

Edited 15 May, 201313 yr by KenONeill

Hi and welcome.

There are several members with high mileage yetis....No problems as I remember.

Have a look in the Yeti section,You'll get more response.

Thank you

Yes! Used to have three black ones... now down to two

Also, o/t but is your cat cute?

I wouldn't regard 59K as particularly high. At that age, to acheive that mileage it's had to have spent a great deal of its time cruising the motorway network at constant speed and even temperatures, few gear changes, little hard use of brakes, etc. etc. I.E. "easy miles".

Its the low mileage turbo diesels you need to be wary of. Those have either just been seldom taken out (which would be OK), or much more likely had a very hard life indeed in "turbo hell" doing little else but school runs, shopping trips and the like. Oil never gets hot enough to evaporate the contaminants and unburnt fuel. DPF gets clogged. Clutch and gears hammered by constant changing, suspension been clattering over speed bumps and potholes every mile. Brakes hammered by constant use.

Put it this way - I've just bought a 2010 Yeti 110 CR with 78K, with few qualms. But turned down the prospect of a similar age 110 with "just" 29K (genuine) over fears it will be knackered (it looked it when bonnet opened!)

The interiors are so well constructed with good quality plastics, etc. the only inkling you would have that it has 78K miles are a few scuffs on the glove box lid - where a bag with buckles or something similar has clearly been lifted in and out regularly.

My last two cars have run to 245,000 miles (a BMW, no surprises there) - still going strong when I sold it on, and 144,000 miles on a Renault Scenic that I traded for the Yeti. Yes a reliable Renault! Skoda dealer found a home for it within 4 days, and no that wasn't to auction. A Rover 220 that preceded the BMW had 110,000 quite happily, apart from oil leaks.

Hi and welcome aboard.