Possible new works van...

[Rustynuts]

Decided a while ago that a better vehicle for work for me is anything but a van. So been looking for alternatives, and seen this.

 

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201509166960876

 

Anything stand out as dodgy, need special attention, or what have you? Not worried about service intervals or haldex oil changed etc. just Yeti specific stuff.

[Ootohere]

Have you phoned to see there is no error with the advertised price?

[KenONeill]

If you need it for "stuff worth stealing" regularly, I'd want to get privacy tints on the glass behind the B-post.

[Rustynuts]

Have you phoned to see there is no error with the advertised price?

That was gonna be my first question. After I'd done an HPI check of course.

[Rustynuts]

If you need it for "stuff worth stealing" regularly, I'd want to get privacy tints on the glass behind the B-post.

It'll be getting security tint at the earliest opportunity.

[Rustynuts]

Then again...

 

http://www.rugbyadvertiser.co.uk/news/local-news/rugby-car-dealer-prosecuted-after-selling-dangerous-and-unroadworthy-ford-ka-1-6970069

[Ootohere]

Do you really need the AWD?

Would a Skoda Roomster not be a better choice, it is well known among the toe rag fraternity that one parked outside a house and 

you might as well just go someplace else.

Silly really because they could be taking and driving away and a big screen TV fits in quite easily.

[Wardy]

That does seem cheap for a 2012 and that mileage, even if it is a base spec.

 

Great shout with the Roomster too. Loads of space and a decent buy second hand

[Rustynuts]

That's the reason for the Yeti over the Roomster. 4wd in winter in the Yorkshire Dales will be a big bonus. Most of my work is in winter, and I need to be mobile. I've managed over the years with winter tyres and a brave pill before I go to work, but the extra driven wheels are a real plus point.

[DonjSZ5]

Priced to sell.

[33q]

no....just no...

[Rustynuts]

no....just no...

 

Is that no to a Yeti, or no to this particular Yeti?

[Wardy]

Priced to sell.

 

Possibly, and possibly for a reason.

 

Book price tends to indicate that should be nearer £9-10k for this mileage. For me, it all comes down to what similar age/mileage/spec are going for on AutoTrader and eBay.

[Rustynuts]

Then again there's this one. It's been on sale for over a year and has dropped over £2k in that time.

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2010-SKODA-YETI-2-0-TDI-CR-S-4x4-5dr-/281739148077?hash=item4198f63b2d:g:fkYAAOSwGvhT17ZX

 

But I wouldn't buy from Motorhub...

[33q]

Is that no to a Yeti, or no to this particular Yeti?

 

just this one....the dealer appears not to be of the highest repute....it seems too cheap....dealers sell cars cheap for a reason. Look at the dealer stock....do the other cars seem worthy?

 

It's the most expensive car on the dealers forecourt....

 

if it looks like a duck....and smells like a duck.....it probably is a duck

[Rustynuts]

Well, I'd already decided the dealer was one to avoid. The fact that he's been prosecuted last year for selling unroadworthy vehicles is enough for me. If it was on my doorstep so I could have a look without putting in any legwork I'd go have a look. But I'm not doing 350 miles round trip to see it.

[Falmouthboy]

Wise move - almost bound to be issues with it and 350 is a long way to go to resolve them!

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