I would be grateful for a little help from Yeti owners in particular and Skoda owners in general. To avoid a shaggy dog story I will be brief. The Yeti would be an ideal vehicle for me at the moment. Arranged a test drive with my local dealer and was fortunate to be able to take the car out for the morning. My wife and I really liked the car, drove better than expected, plenty of room. It was hard to fault. Here comes the but.... After an hour or so in the car I became aware that my back was a little uncomfortabe. The seat squab felt too flat and there was no tilt adjustment. Or lumbar support (not fitted to test vehicle) In short I was uncomfortable enough to hold off ordering one.

We were both disappointed as we both really liked the car. My concern was that the car would be used for longer journeys and not short local runs. It may have been my back on the day or a characteristic of Skoda seats. The dealer did comment that some people find the seats on the firm side.

Q Is the dealers observation fair.

Anybody have a Yeti with the lumbar support option.

Any general observations would be welcome. We will test drive again in the near future but just wanted to hear from current Yeti owners.

Thanks J James

welcome to briskoda

Hi and welcome,

I have the standard SE seats without the lumber support and so far after 4500 miles of ownership I have been very happy with the seat comfort, better than the sport seats with lumber I had with the previous Golf.

Only the Elegance spec comes with lumber as standard (option on SE) and unfortunately the excellent electric seats which interoperate tilt are not available in the UK. Would recommend you find a dealer with an Elegance to try out, you may also find the standard leather seats offer a slightly different level of support.

Regards,

TP

Hello and welcome

I would be grateful for a little help from Yeti owners in particular and Skoda owners in general. To avoid a shaggy dog story I will be brief. The Yeti would be an ideal vehicle for me at the moment. Arranged a test drive with my local dealer and was fortunate to be able to take the car out for the morning. My wife and I really liked the car, drove better than expected, plenty of room. It was hard to fault. Here comes the but.... After an hour or so in the car I became aware that my back was a little uncomfortabe. The seat squab felt too flat and there was no tilt adjustment. Or lumbar support (not fitted to test vehicle) In short I was uncomfortable enough to hold off ordering one.

We were both disappointed as we both really liked the car. My concern was that the car would be used for longer journeys and not short local runs. It may have been my back on the day or a characteristic of Skoda seats. The dealer did comment that some people find the seats on the firm side.

Q Is the dealers observation fair.

Anybody have a Yeti with the lumbar support option.

Any general observations would be welcome. We will test drive again in the near future but just wanted to hear from current Yeti owners.

Thanks J James

Judging from my experience with Skoda (Oct 1 for 130,.000 km/81,000 mi, Oct 2 since 9/09 - Yeti seems to be assembled using mostly Oct2 hardware) and German cars in general - yes, they tend to be on the firm side as compared to the French cars, for example.

But, in the long run, I learned to appreciate and prefer the former over the latter, especially on long journeys. Some extra money buys the lumbar support for front seats. My Oct 2 has them, but once set, we haven't touched them since (looks like if they weren't there, we'd survive anyway). The old Oct1 didn't have any and I was fine, with my 196 cm /107 kg (6'5"/238 lb). So for me, it wasn't that important, I think it's a more complex tire-suspension-seat relationship that cannot be evaluated during a short ride. Low-section tires, for instance, tend to ruin most of suspension and seat-generated comfort.

May I suggest to carry on and order the car - there's plenty of pros in owning a post-1996 Skoda - and, as in most real-life situations, a con or two as well - I'd be worried if there weren't any.

Good luck.