In the absence of finding anything better or even as good as my faithful 2012 1.2 se Yeti, I'm considering replacing it with a 2017 model Yeti, can I remove the ten studs fitted in the roof bars or are they readily available to purchase at a reasonable price? and is any body else considering getting the newest yeti they can before they have all gone.

24 minutes ago, paco said:

 ...is any body else considering getting the newest yeti they can before they have all gone.

 

I did... and I did - while there was still a choice of colours/options.

 

You will need to act quickly; there can't be many left now.

1 hour ago, paco said:

Can I remove the ten studs fitted in the roof bars or are they readily available to purchase at a reasonable price?

 

http://www.theskodashop.co.uk/product/Roof_Bar_Bolts_(Additional)_Yeti_LAS630010

I wouldn't bother even trying to remove the old studs. If there is the slightest bit of corrosion in the threads it is likely to spin the rivnut fitted into the rails making it almost impossible to remove them. Urrell has provided a link for replacements, of which you will probably only need 8 as they changed the pattern of the bars slightly and dropped 2 of the holes.

Thanks for your help Llanigraham and Urrell, this is a great site for gaining knowledge from others, another reason to stay with Yeti.

I removed the studs before my Yeti went back and they all came out no problem at all.

On ‎08‎/‎10‎/‎2017 at 23:46, 137699 said:

I removed the studs before my Yeti went back and they all came out no problem at all.

Well there is no harm in trying I suppose, I could use wd40 maybe, about updating my beast -- I've since thought why bother? I've only done 34k and to replace it I will have to spend thousands and I'm fairly confident that my Yeti has loads left in her as yet. any one else hanging on to theirs?

I'm in a similar position: my Yeti is seven years old and only has a bit under 40K on the clock.  Daft I know to run a diesel on that sort of mileage; I was doing reasonable distances when I first bought it but the requirements for undertaking long journeys have since gone away.  So far this year I have bought no fuel in January, March, May, June and September   OTOH, our holiday on Skye this summer required only one fill up at inflated Highland prices for the whole week 

 

I have been thinking about swapping it for a newer, used one, or maybe even one of the last of the Drive models if they're still around - I plan to have a word with my dealer about that when it goes in for its service in a couple of weeks' time.  The thing is, I would still want a 4x4 so AFAIK that means diesel again, given the most recent model options.  The main reason for changing would be that I like my Yeti so much, and I can see absolutely nothing on the market that could tempt me away from it.  Getting the newest one I can now would hopefully mean delaying the inevitable point when I am forced to change to a different car.  Another potential benefit would be that having a Euro 6 engine should mean less risk of being banned from/charged for driving in low emissions zones as they start to roll out.  It also would be nice to have more up-to-date ICE/electronics eg to finally be rid of the tedious SD card bug in my early Bolero - but that hardly seems worth spending big bucks to get (I could just buy a replacement Bolero, if it annoyed me that much).

 

Very much swithering at the moment...

Edited 11 October, 20178 yr by ejstubbs

Personally I think you should buy a nearly new car. I have seen 4 month old cars at under 4K miles and a huge saving on new. These will have been demonstrators which are no longer needed now Yeti production has finished.

Even a high mileage young car would suit you eg my wife’s Fabia did 12k in its first 6 months then sat unsold for 6 months due presumably its initial high use. Heavily discounted to shift and we bought it 3 years ago. At my wife’s 4 to 5k a year it has now reached 22k and is a low mileage car. It is a diesel but we have had no issues at low annual use as she does reasonable length trips at least weekly. It will not be having the fix so should run happily for many years as we tend to keep her cars until they are 12 years old or more.

if you do used a little loctite - I believe that the originals were treated with something similar