Hello, i am thinking of buying used Yeti, petrol 1.2, with about 175.000 km, from about 2012.

What would be most important  to look for certain troubles in a car that old ? Any errors, defects or damages i must look for ?

 

Is it still good to buy a car that old and with so many kilometers?

Do you think 1.2 is enough for my needs ? I do it all - city drive, highway, rural roads, hills and mountains. I don't need super fast car, just normal it can be a little slow, just ready to go up the hills sometimes.

 

I really like space and higher position in Yeti, the diversity of rear seats, greater ground clearance and capability to drive on bumpy surfaces. And hopefully economy (mpg).

 

Thank you for your answers 

Any car of that age and mileage potentially could have problems so it's going to be down to how the car had been used and maintained and a decent dose of luck. My 2013 1.2 Elegance had now done around 120,000 km and over the 10 years I've had it has caused me very few worries. It's regularly serviced and I've had a few repairs but nothing exceptional - new brakes and discs, replaced shock absorbers (picked upas an advisory on an MOT but I got them done as I was planning to keep the car for a few years longer). The interior has held up very well so I don't think there were any compromises there. As for suitable for your use, most of my driving is on local roads in a relatively flat part of the country but when I've gone on holiday it has coped pretty well - four adults, three dogs and all our luggage including a heavily ladden roof box and although going up long, steep hills in Devon and Cornwall could be a bit slow we got there without the car seeming to struggle.

Fuel consumption has been pretty good for a petrol car with this shape - I generally get 40+ miles per gallon (so about 10 miles/litre) driving around locally with a light foot but high spped runs will bring that down quite quickly.

Overall I would say if the car looks clean and has a decent servcie record at that age and mileage you could do a lot worse.