ok mr stupid here, recently seen ref to a post re the above decode key, a link please!

If it's the option decoder that you're thinking of then check out the "igor" link in the second post of this thread...

 

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/157027-a-guide-to-decoding-the-yetis-vin-number/

Brilliant, yep that's the fella, thanks for that!! -  how's kent, the outlaws live near Canterbury!

Happy to help, I'm just east of the M25 and south of the A2 and it's looking like being a fine dry evening after a wet day.