Over 500 miles and NO mention of sickness from the oldest child. HURRAH. This beats an Audi A4, Mazda 323, Jaguar XK8, Jaguar XJS, Octavia, Mazda 6 (did not fare well at all - I'll spare you details ) and BMW 3 series. When you have a child that is sweating and literally going green in the back (whilst you're trying to seal up the little holes they put in plastic bags now before you hand it over to them), you will know that this is THE most important factor in buying a car. Happy days...

Over 500 miles and NO mention of sickness from the oldest child. HURRAH. This beats an Audi A4, Mazda 323, Jaguar XK8, Jaguar XJS, Octavia, Mazda 6 (did not fare well at all - I'll spare you details ) and BMW 3 series. When you have a child that is sweating and literally going green in the back (whilst you're trying to seal up the little holes they put in plastic bags now before you hand it over to them), you will know that this is THE most important factor in buying a car. Happy days...

I'm a rubbish passenger myself ( unless pillion on a motorbike), so can totally empathise with you on this. Used to hate childhood journeys in any Jaguar but by far the worst was the Citroen ( with pneumatic suspension) and infact most Renaults seemed to have an averse effect too.

Glad the Yeti is proving to be a success and hope you have plenty of "non-green" future motoring.

Over 500 miles and NO mention of sickness from the oldest child. HURRAH. This beats an Audi A4, Mazda 323, Jaguar XK8, Jaguar XJS, Octavia, Mazda 6 (did not fare well at all - I'll spare you details ) and BMW 3 series. When you have a child that is sweating and literally going green in the back (whilst you're trying to seal up the little holes they put in plastic bags now before you hand it over to them), you will know that this is THE most important factor in buying a car. Happy days...

This is so true!! and I am very pleased for you. Memories of my own car sickness and then both my children still haunt me. On an open road keeping up a good pace to cut the journey times for the kids only to have to stop for one of them to recover - journeys seemed to stretch on for ever. We even waited to 2.00 AM so that they would be both asleep and, hopefully, miss most of the trip.

I don't know if my grandchildren suffer. On the 2.2 hour trip from N Wales to Manchester, they either sleep or complain about the boredom. We are investing in a DVD player to help with the latter.

This is so true!! and I am very pleased for you. Memories of my own car sickness and then both my children still haunt me. On an open road keeping up a good pace to cut the journey times for the kids only to have to stop for one of them to recover - journeys seemed to stretch on for ever. We even waited to 2.00 AM so that they would be both asleep and, hopefully, miss most of the trip.

I don't know if my grandchildren suffer. On the 2.2 hour trip from N Wales to Manchester, they either sleep or complain about the boredom. We are investing in a DVD player to help with the latter.

Thanks - we too have had to stop on long journeys to enable our child to recover. Not nice. I don't think people realise how disabiling car sickness can be - when I was looking in to buying cars I actually tried to find research on what type of car would be best or what to avoid. But there's none - maybe cos models are constantly changing. I wouldn't have thought the Yeti, being tall, would be a good idea, but a spontaneous test drive proved otherwise.

By the way - I'd get 2 DVD players - otherwise you'll get fights and cricked necks. They are not much more than one - Argos have a good selection. Best £200 we ever spent - my husband and I have whole conversations now and can even pause to think without interuption!

Good morning Charlie,

That is such good news to hear a relief for you and you husband and I am sure the kids are very happy with the Yeti too :yes:

And yes I agree with the DVD- it really helps stopping the arguments and the "I'm bored /are we there yets!"

Best wishes

Lady Penelope

Happy days....do you think its maybe because the rear seats are raised slightly?

Oooh, poor nipper :(

Travel sickness is absolutely ghastly. Luckily I seem to have grown out of mine, although I still do get queasy if I'm a passenger and I try and read anything.

I'm not a firm believer (to say the least) in alternative remedies, but I did see an episode of Mythbusters on TV where the only thing that worked - apart from strong drugs with heavy side-effects - was a ginger pill. I'm sure you've tried everything, but thought I'd pass that on in case you'd not heard of that one.

Oooh, poor nipper :(

Travel sickness is absolutely ghastly. Luckily I seem to have grown out of mine, although I still do get queasy if I'm a passenger and I try and read anything.

I'm not a firm believer (to say the least) in alternative remedies, but I did see an episode of Mythbusters on TV where the only thing that worked - apart from strong drugs with heavy side-effects - was a ginger pill. I'm sure you've tried everything, but thought I'd pass that on in case you'd not heard of that one.

Ginger isn't liked but mint tic-tacs go down well (I'm also not great believer but mint is supposed to calm stomachs). I thought (octy 888 mentioned) the seats being raised would make it worse as coach journeys even make me feel ill. Also the Freelander makes them ill (but this could be the way Grandpa drives?!). The fact that you can see out more over the hedges does help, I think. Also Grandma bought those wristbands that press on a particular point to 'reduce' sickness. I don't think they work but if a child believes they work you're half way there! The only thing I can think of is somehow the Yeti suspension prevents that 'wallowy' sensation.