Who'd have thought it?  (Well, we all would, I guess).

 

The cars that are cults (msn.com)

Autocar likely just copied as someone somewhere in the world wrote.

Is the club only active in England or is it the UK? 

I get more people waving at me in the Impreza than the Yeti. Well, I think they are waving.

Edited 27 May, 20242 yr by Prezafab

16 minutes ago, Prezafab said:

I get more people saving at me

So what is your interest rate?

I did see a Chrysler PT Cruiser yesterday. You definitely have to be in cult to drive one of those - I had a company car one for 6 months until something better came along !

Recently sold my 4th and final Yeti and bought a new Karoq.

 

I had people come and chat about the Yeti and the odd wave and yes I was a member of the Yeti Owners Club.  

 

Karoq is a good car with far more tech but I know no one will want to ask about another generic SUV

4 hours ago, logiclee said:

Recently sold my 4th and final Yeti and bought a new Karoq.

 

I had people come and chat about the Yeti and the odd wave and yes I was a member of the Yeti Owners Club.  

 

Karoq is a good car with far more tech but I know no one will want to ask about another generic SUV

Sadly we are all slowly reaching the stage of changing from the Yeti to a more modern car. I've had 2 continuously over the last 12 years and will miss the Yeti once it's gone. Heavens knows why Skoda didn't do a MK2 or 3 version

 One of the best cars I've ever owned over 60 years of motoring.

5 hours ago, Prezafab said:

I get more people waving at me in the Impreza than the Yeti. Well, I think they are waving.

 

If you can see more than one finger it counts as a wave.

 

For me the Yeti has been a unique experience. It's the only time I've walked up to random strangers to ask about their car (before I ordered mine) and this is the only on-line group I am or have been a member of; although when I joined the forum 11 years ago it was much more a social network than it is now as the original members have moved on. However it still remains a useful font of knowledge on all things Yeti. If we are a cult then you can count me in.

1 hour ago, Expatman said:

Sadly we are all slowly reaching the stage of changing from the Yeti to a more modern car.

 

My Yeti was 7 years old and the value was still strong.  I knew that at 8 years main dealers would just move it on as it could no longer be "Approved Used" so decided to trade it.

 

My Yeti actually sold in 4 days at £18295. 

Edited 27 May, 20242 yr by logiclee

19 hours ago, Prezafab said:

You definitely have to be in cult to drive one of those

I had to read that twice 

10 hours ago, KiNeL said:

I had to read that twice 

I wore very dark glasses when I had to suffer one for six months. My other half called it the purple pimpmobile...

23 hours ago, Expatman said:

Sadly we are all slowly reaching the stage of changing from the Yeti to a more modern car. I've had 2 continuously over the last 12 years and will miss the Yeti once it's gone. Heavens knows why Skoda didn't do a MK2 or 3 version

 One of the best cars I've ever owned over 60 years of motoring.

I'm only a few months behind you as a Yeti owner, Expatman, and also on my second too.  Best car?  Well, I will have been driving a Yeti for thirteen years by Christmas, compared with our Volvo 240 Estate's nine back in the eighties, and the current 1.2 DSG, if all goes well, could be my last!

 

 

1 hour ago, Brijo said:

I'm only a few months behind you as a Yeti owner, Expatman, and also on my second too.  Best car?  Well, I will have been driving a Yeti for thirteen years by Christmas, compared with our Volvo 240 Estate's nine back in the eighties, and the current 1.2 DSG, if all goes well, could be my last!

 

 

You have the same problem as me! Do I keep my Yeti 1.2 DSG SEL Drive bought new in 2017 with all the options - electric memory seats, heated windscreen, leather interior, Android Auto etc. - or do I recognise it’s coming up for 8 years old and swap it for something else? It has been dealer serviced since new and apart from needing a replacement head unit (radio) at 2 years old has been faultless. Head Unit was replaced under warranty so no cost to me.

But what to replace it with? Most modern cars have such dark funereal interiors I just couldn’t live with so options are restricted to a few cars. New Lexus LBX is brilliant but after an extended test drive my wife found the passenger seat uncomfortable so it was reluctantly ruled out. My wife has a dodgy back and some car seats suit and others don’t for no obvious reason. VW T-Roc and T-Cross were initially promising but after an extended drive we found them disappointing - and both had black everything interiors!! Got a test drive in the new Mini Countryman at end of June but if that doesn’t work I suspect we will decide to keep the Yeti and hope for trouble free motoring as the years mount up.

 

I actually think now is the time to buy one of the last ones (17/67/18 plates) with moderate mileage. Or if you already have a good one, have it spruced up and keep it - what's to lose - parts will be available for years and they don't suddenly become unreliable.

 

My other half's is a keeper in the spec she wanted, despite looking first at Karoq, Tiguan etc for similar money. Yes it's feeling it's age in some ways in comparison (the ride in particular), but it has that easy-going familiarity about it and is the right size and shape. It handles and steers almost too well in 4x4 guise.

Edited 28 May, 20242 yr by Prezafab

8 hours ago, Expatman said:

New Lexus LBX is brilliant but after an extended test drive my wife found the passenger seat uncomfortable so it was reluctantly ruled out. 

 

 

 

A good friend and workmate of mine was set on the new Lexus LBX. He'd sorted out his finances, worked out the lead times and spec he wanted. Then he test drove one and ruled it out after 10 minutes.

 

He's since bought a nearly new Karoq 1.5TSi DSG Sportline, 6 months old with 45 miles on the clock.  Picked it up last week. 

3 hours ago, logiclee said:

 

 

A good friend and workmate of mine was set on the new Lexus LBX. He'd sorted out his finances, worked out the lead times and spec he wanted. Then he test drove one and ruled it out after 10 minutes.

 

He's since bought a nearly new Karoq 1.5TSi DSG Sportline, 6 months old with 45 miles on the clock.  Picked it up last week. 

What did he not like about the LBX? We certainly would have bought one if the seat had been comfortable for my wife. Smooth, quiet, refined and beautiful cabin and finish, amazing customer service by Lexus as well. They brought the car 40 miles for me to test drive and would have collected and delivered for annual servicing. 

11 minutes ago, Expatman said:

What did he not like about the LBX? We certainly would have bought one if the seat had been comfortable for my wife. Smooth, quiet, refined and beautiful cabin and finish, amazing customer service by Lexus as well. They brought the car 40 miles for me to test drive and would have collected and delivered for annual servicing. 

 

He didn't like the CVT experience under load and found the electronic monitoring too intrusive.

 

But his biggest gripe was knee room and the centre console, he's 6'6" and said the centre console was digging into his leg. 

2 hours ago, logiclee said:

 

He didn't like the CVT experience under load and found the electronic monitoring too intrusive.

 

But his biggest gripe was knee room and the centre console, he's 6'6" and said the centre console was digging into his leg. 

I can understand that, the LBX is a small car so anyone 6'6" would find it a tight fit. As for the electronic "aids" the LBX makes it easy to turn them off to your configuration. Sadly all new cars have to be fitted with these aids by edict. In my opinion they are at the least annoying and can be positively dangerous, for instance by steering the car into danger rather than away from it. 

Another tick for the Yeti which doesn't have any such frippery.

Biggest looming problem for you guys is corrosion which will often signal the end of the road for a car long before its mechanicals give out.

 

Thankfully not something we don't have to contend with here in Spain where underneath my 13 year old (come September) would pass for 3 or 4 year old in Blighty!

 

For anyone happy to drive a LHD  there are many many cars in similar condition to be had.

 

www.milanuncios.com

 

 

 

Edited 29 May, 20242 yr by KiNeL

3 hours ago, KiNeL said:

Biggest looming problem for you guys is corrosion which will often signal the end of the road for a car long before its mechanicals give out.

 

www.milanuncios.com

 

 

 

 

Yep

 

My Yeti was just over 7 when I sold it. It was the oldest car I'd owned for decades. 

 

It was pristine to look at.

The last photos I took a week before it went.

 

But underneath it showed the signs of 7 UK winters and salted roads.

 

For the last couple of years I'd considered what to do for the best, sell it while it still had significant value or keep it until the wheels fell off.

What really got me was my change in mileage and diesel not being the ideal choice.

No piccies but I can imagine!

I sold my Yeti and wish I had not. Bought a Karoq 1.4 sportline I still miss not having a ignition key and grab at non existent hand brake .