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I'm 6 foot 6. I don't really get back pain though. It's mostly my driving leg as it feels like it doesn't get to relax easily. The discomfort has improved so I'm hoping I'll find a solution which will solve everything. Really don't want to sell it just yet! haha.

And thanks for the feedback everyone else. Appreciated.

Which part of your leg was getting the pressure and how do you place your driving leg? I feel it's more that I can't relax my right leg as it's always jacked up or on some sidewards angle. Hopefully a wedge cushion will help though! You being 2 inches taller at 6ft 8 is giving me hope! Haha.

Well I can say I gave your car a good test drive before it was sent. Haha. As for the the previous owner... what did you mean by 'seats on longer for him'? I'm guessing a typo but I'm curious because I'm tall and am finding the Skoda to be way less comfortable than my previous cars. Apart from that I love it!

Yeah it's a cool colour. I'm pretty sure they call it Steel Grey here in Australia.

Thanks so much for that. Will make it much easier to try this idea. Apart from being a cheap option, it's also reversible if so desired. I think this could be good as it'd allow a greater degree of angle whilst adjusting the height as the seat seems to tilt more than separate height and tilt. Eg. You can crank the angle and then maintain that same angle when trying to add a bit of height to the seat which I think would help the long legs too and addresses an element of what @varaderoguy also said.

Haha, excellent. I buy a car from Melbourne sent to Adelaide and you buy a car from Adelaide sent to Melbourne at a similar time. I'm going to guess VW Reynella?

Yes I think I need the more tilt option for that leg support then I'll more likely have leg contact along the whole seat. A cheap option to try anyway! Thanks for the info. Very much appreciated.

Thanks mate! Yes, I was the same. Nearly bought the flat grey one too but then saw the quartz grey and that ticked both sporty and style. Also stock was disappearing so I actually got mine delivered from Victoria to SA. Bugger all in SA anyway. Wasn't the cheapest one available but it had the colour, every option I wanted and less than 3k on the clock. Now just to sort those damn seats. Hah. Fingers crossed!

New Skoda owner here. Have been loving it except for some very serious discomfort in my right leg but I'm hoping this can be rectified somehow! Have posted about it here and have done a heap of reading. Fingers crossed. Here's my new beast. Such a nice car (if I can fix my discomfort issue). Fully opted minus the powered tailgate. From Australia BTW.

Ok awesome. That sounds like a promising solution or compromise at the very least. If it's easy to dig up the specs/links for these parts, that'd be awesome. Do the rubber blocks need a hole drilled to go through the screw part or just under the rail somewhere and then it's held in place with the longer screws? This sounds like what I need though for sure as today I experimented driving with my hat folded under my right leg to simulate extra height angle at the front and it did feel mildly better I think. And yes, I have already found that rest spot on the right hand carpet moulding. Haha. I've been trying everything as I really want to keep this car!

Yes, I think the bolsters may be a part of it as there isn't really a way your feet/legs want to go which is really quite weird and I think it is to do with this offset. To rest your right leg on the door side is quite a stretch to most cars while the left side doesn't really leave the centre console. When trying to move your leg right, that bolster seems to dig into your butt/glut/hip area. Does your non vrs have the bucket seats too? Or the offset is still enough to upset your right side?

Thanks for the feedback. So blood flow may be getting restricted further up the leg? (closer the the hip). I do have the seat tilted as far as possible as It feels like the seat isn't long enough to support the knee end of my thigh as my leg struggles to relax. It either feels like I'm almost having to suspend my right leg or constantly trying to keep my foot from pushing on the accelerator. When I first got the car, I slammed the seat low and flat but that was bad. Definitely caused injury. My leg can feel a bit better when I have my right heel far left so my foot is on quite an angle but then my ankle starts to get numb/uncomfortable. Maybe I'll try less tilt but put something on the edge of the seat to support the knee end of the thigh.

Hey all, Long time lurker here and I finally bought a near new 2019 demo RS 245 wagon. Beautiful car and I absolutely love it BUT..... it's the most uncomfortable car I've ever driven. Now I'm definitely tall. 6 foot 6 and I've nearly always driven large Ford Falcons/Holdens but I have had smaller loan cars every now and then which haven't caused pain after driving. I can't seem to get my right leg comfortable. I don't feel too crammed at all as the Octavia is known for having some leg room but my right leg (RWD) feels so unsupported and after 30 minutes of driving I start to get pain/discomfort in the hip/glutes and sometimes a sciatica sensation on the side of my leg at worst. Has any other 6 foot 6 plus people gotten comfortable in the RS 245? Have also read about the RHD seats being offset so I'm not sure if that's part of it or not. I'd love to know that other tall comrades have gotten comfortable and how they achieved this? I really don't want to rip the seats out and I also don't want to sell it (It's only got 3000 on the clock). Help?!!