I've seen more than a few 2014/15 facelift diesel Yetis recently that look to be bargains in comparison with similar spec and mileage 1.2TSi's. For example £5500 for 90k miles vs £8/9k + for the petrol.

 

Have prices been hit because of emissions fears or were these unusual examples (the diesels dont have anything obviously wrong with them)?

There’s an old saying - the market never lies.

People have fallen out of love with diesels and with the adverse publicity and growth in exclusion zones that loss of love is only going to grow.

Wow - it makes the 1.2 petrols look over-priced and (some of) the 2.0 diesels underpriced.

 

So, if you live outside of London and any of the other cities (planning ULEZ's ?!) the diesels are going to be bargains if you buy 4 or 5 years old now and keep for another 5-7 when it doesn't really matter what they are worth  ?

 

In the meantime you will still have saved an equivalent 10 mpg on every gallon of fuel with the same driving style. I also can't see any government sticking up the duty % on diesel much beyond what it is now over the next few years - unless they want trade to grind to a halt.

 

So a nice 150 ps DSG L&K diesel with 60k on it and FSSH would be a decent buy I think !

Not just where but how you use your car. I changed from diesel to petrol purely because my useage patterns would be the death of a diesel.

47 minutes ago, longedge said:

Not just where but how you use your car. I changed from diesel to petrol purely because my useage patterns would be the death of a diesel.

Me too, diesels now so complex with environmental equipment that really only suitable for frequent long distance use. For most doing 10-12k per year of short trips with only occasional long trips petrol is the go to fuel. Electric fine if can afford one for local trips but for long trips ranges are nowhere near sufficient and reliable recharging stations in remote areas few and far between. 10 mins to fill with petrol, 40-60 mins to achieve any level of charge.

1 hour ago, longedge said:

Not just where but how you use your car. I changed from diesel to petrol purely because my useage patterns would be the death of a diesel.

 

Same here.  I prefer the driving characteristics of diesels and I owned them exclusively for almost twenty years. 

But my usage pattern would kill a modern-day diesel.

6 hours ago, Expatman said:

Me too, diesels now so complex with environmental equipment that really only suitable for frequent long distance use. For most doing 10-12k per year of short trips with only occasional long trips petrol is the go to fuel. Electric fine if can afford one for local trips but for long trips ranges are nowhere near sufficient and reliable recharging stations in remote areas few and far between. 10 mins to fill with petrol, 40-60 mins to achieve any level of charge.

My thoughts as well. As Robjon, I like the driving characteristics of a diesel (had 7 on the trot) with the Yeti being the last and an ideal combination and owned for 4 years. Whilst I've only been doing 8k. a year I was commuting 3 days a week, 20 miles each way on fast roads so it was fine. No problems since I retired in April and been giving it some good runs but my driving is more relaxed now and was time for a change. I do like the characteristics of modern petrol engines as well as long as they've got some go!

When I bought my Superb II 1.4tsi back in June 2015 (just before dieselgate) the opposite was true - everyone wanted a diesel and on the nearly new market they were many £1000's more. My car was 14months old and I could see by the DVLA records it had been in the dealer system since it was 6 months old - great deal opportunity💲🤑

 

These days I suspect due to the diesel publicity then it should be possible to negotiate a great deal on a recent diesel. It's worth remembering later diesels are well sorted these day with much more reliable DPF/SCR implementations compared to the early poor versions.

 

If you buy a new direct injection Skoda petrol they are now fitted with an NEW implementation of a particulate filter (called OPF on a Skoda) - I for one will wait a little for that technology to "mature"

 

 

Never had an issue with my wifes Fabia 1'6tdi, same engine as in the Yeti Greenline. That car had done 11.5k in 7 months from new as a hire car. It then sat in the dealer system for another 7 months unsold, until the price dropped to a very attractive level. We then bought it and in 5 years it did another 14k miles.

Not a single issue with dpf , egr, warning lights etc despite the low mileage. A trip every other week to York and back at 50 total seemed to be enought to keep this Euro 5 car healthy. (We didn't let it have the fix either whilst we had it!)

Diesels are not as bad with low mileage as some allege, unless all the trips are a couple of miles only. A regular blast every couple of weeks down a dual c'way is enough to keep them healthy.

 

We have now changed it to a petrol, but that is because the trips to York have stopped, and all short trips is a concern...

Really miss the performance though of the torquey 100ps, against the weedy 1lt 60ps petrol!

 

Interesting to see though is it just the reputation of the fix affecting the euro 5 cars, or are the euro 6 being hit as hard. I personally would never buy another euro 5 with the fix concerns, possibility of clean air zones etc. Euro 6 should not be affected. When politicians talk about banning diesel into towns, why are they threatening the euro 6 diesels, which are as clean as the latest petrols, and emit less co2. If they allow euro 6 petrol, but not diesel I think there will be a number of legal challenges over that.

I’ve been looking at Yeti diesel prices and the later Black Editions and Montes seem to be holding well enough. Had a few enquiries on mine so far although not sold yet. Local dealer offered me a decent trade in value as they knew it wouldn’t be on the forecourt long. 

4 hours ago, kenfowler3966 said:

Never had an issue with my wifes Fabia 1'6tdi, same engine as in the Yeti Greenline. That car had done 11.5k in 7 months from new as a hire car. It then sat in the dealer system for another 7 months unsold, until the price dropped to a very attractive level. We then bought it and in 5 years it did another 14k miles.

Not a single issue with dpf , egr, warning lights etc despite the low mileage. A trip every other week to York and back at 50 total seemed to be enought to keep this Euro 5 car healthy. (We didn't let it have the fix either whilst we had it!)

Diesels are not as bad with low mileage as some allege, unless all the trips are a couple of miles only. A regular blast every couple of weeks down a dual c'way is enough to keep them healthy.

 

We have now changed it to a petrol, but that is because the trips to York have stopped, and all short trips is a concern...

Really miss the performance though of the torquey 100ps, against the weedy 1lt 60ps petrol!

 

Interesting to see though is it just the reputation of the fix affecting the euro 5 cars, or are the euro 6 being hit as hard. I personally would never buy another euro 5 with the fix concerns, possibility of clean air zones etc. Euro 6 should not be affected. When politicians talk about banning diesel into towns, why are they threatening the euro 6 diesels, which are as clean as the latest petrols, and emit less co2. If they allow euro 6 petrol, but not diesel I think there will be a number of legal challenges over that.

Been a number of reports on the Volvo XC40 forum with the oil level rising due to diesel getting into it because of inadequate DPF regeneration which would be a real concern. No problems with the Yeti but glad I've gone back to petrol now. Of course they are now fitted with PFs so hopefully no issues around those.

My 2014 110bhp 2.0L diesel SE [with extras] sold to a small local garage for use as a customer collection car 4 months ago. It had 37K and was unmarked. Upon collection they admitted they had never collected such a clean and well sorted car. I got £7300, which was over book price for trade.

I do about 10K a year of which on current estimates nearly 1/2 will be towing a small caravan. I have swapped to a 1.5tsi petrol in an Audi A3. The engine has the same torque but is far more flexible and a lot more bhp. Economy via the dash computer is down by only a couple of mpg, in fact on a brim to brim fill up I would say it's the same. The engine is a gem.

Petrol engines have come on tremendously over the last few years, I thought I would miss the diesel, but I have not.  although I do miss the Yeti.

 

Colin