I currently drive a 2.0TDi DSG octavia (L&K model) but am thinking of swapping to a Yeti. One thing bothers me however and that is the claims in some road tests that the Yeti suffers from a lot of cabin noise. I would welcome the opinions of Yeti owners as to how noisy the car is at motorway speeds and general A & B road driving. Can you talk at normal volumes, hear the radio without turning it up? Would you consider it a quiet car?

I will probably go for the 1.4 TSI version (when it is available with the DSG box) or the 2,0 TDI DSG in Elegance trim.

YES.

Radio is much quieter than I needed it to be on my old Freelander. There is some "rumble" on rough tarmac but nothing really noticeable.

Noise is very subjective and inevitably depends on what you're used to driving, the road surface, model - eg petrol being quieter than diesel and 5-speed gearbox being a bit worse than 6-speed at 70mph, tyre types etc. I'd guess that most would agree that some reviews exaggerated any noise issue (though maybe some early reviewers had pre-production cars that had inferior soundproofing) and that the Yeti offers a decent modern average in terms of noise - not notably quiet but no noisier than average either. I would have thought that the 1.4TSi would be one of the quietest Yetis.

The obvious answer surely is to take an extended test drive and see for yourself.

I would say it is a quiet car. The most noise is created by the tyres and the road surface being driven over.

There has been a very recent thread on this topic.

noise...what noise??? mines great'....no rattles, squeaks, wind noise etc etc...and i live in an exposed high ground area, with potholes size of mars

Can you talk at normal volumes, hear the radio without turning it up? Would you consider it a quiet car?

without question the Yeti is a refined and quiet place to be. Having had VWs, Audis, Renault in recent years, this Yeti continues to amaze me with its properties - including having a very peaceful ride both on motorways and on the rougher stuff.

I hope that settles your thoughts, but would echo others - take it for an extended test drive for your OWN satisfaction.

Have a test drive, humans have different tolerances with regard to noise levels, personally I have no problem with regard to road or wind noise.

I currently drive a 2.0TDi DSG octavia (L&K model) but am thinking of swapping to a Yeti. One thing bothers me however and that is the claims in some road tests that the Yeti suffers from a lot of cabin noise. I would welcome the opinions of Yeti owners as to how noisy the car is at motorway speeds and general A & B road driving. Can you talk at normal volumes, hear the radio without turning it up? Would you consider it a quiet car?

I will probably go for the 1.4 TSI version (when it is available with the DSG box) or the 2,0 TDI DSG in Elegance trim.

Coming from an Octy Combi myself, the Yeti is much quieter.

Coming from an Octy Combi myself, the Yeti is much quieter.

Ditto to this.

I think that the Yeti CRD contributes a fair bit to the improvement over my former PD engined Octavia Estate. There again, wind noise is much reduced too. Tyre rumble is about the only thing that remains but is still quite acceptable. It's not Jaguar XJ quiet but not far from.

I currently drive a 2.0TDi DSG octavia (L&K model) but am thinking of swapping to a Yeti. One thing bothers me however and that is the claims in some road tests that the Yeti suffers from a lot of cabin noise. I would welcome the opinions of Yeti owners as to how noisy the car is at motorway speeds and general A & B road driving. Can you talk at normal volumes, hear the radio without turning it up? Would you consider it a quiet car?

I will probably go for the 1.4 TSI version (when it is available with the DSG box) or the 2,0 TDI DSG in Elegance trim.

Not especially so, it's an area of disappointment (along with the trim rattles) but after 2,000 miles I feel it's significantly less refined than the Subaru Legacy that preceded it, despite having two less driven wheels and a whole lot less in the way of mechanics.

There is no noise when driving up to 100 km/h. This car is very quiet IMO. You can hear the tyres rolling (never experienced such sound before in any car) but it's not unpleasant. When I have my radio on (always) I cannot hear the tyres anyway.

Our Yeti is one of the quietest cars I've owned. I do have a hearing problem (my wife calls it "selective" :-) but in the Yeti for the first time, I can hear what people are saying on the radio while the vehicle is in motion.

Our Yeti is one of the quietest cars I've owned. I do have a hearing problem (my wife calls it "selective" :-) but in the Yeti for the first time, I can hear what people are saying on the radio while the vehicle is in motion.

My hearing is pretty good.

My only comment on this topic would be that, on the motorway (never over 70mph though, honestly Officer) or country roads at whatever pace seems wise, I have never had to turn the radio up to hear it when travelling faster (unlike in the Octavia, Superb or Merc that preceded it). I can hear every word of plays and interviews, or off my audiobooks played over Bluetooth to the sound system.

A little tyre rumble at times, but no squeaks, creaks, body rumble or wind noise at all.

My hearing is pretty good.

My only comment on this topic would be that, on the motorway (never over 70mph though, honestly Officer) or country roads at whatever pace seems wise, I have never had to turn the radio up to hear it when travelling faster (unlike in the Octavia, Superb or Merc that preceded it). I can hear every word of plays and interviews, or off my audiobooks played over Bluetooth to the sound system.

A little tyre rumble at times, but no squeaks, creaks, body rumble or wind noise at all.

I understood the radio on that spec turns itself up as the speed and noise increase, so you wouldn't need to adjust it?

I wear hearing aids and I do find the car significantly noisier than my previous Superb, perhaps it is a particular frequency noise that the hearing aids are over amplifying. The noise all seems to be tyre related and they also seem very firm giving quite a bumpy ride compared to the Superb again. It is certainly a quiet car if I turn them off though, but then I can't hear the radio very well either. It probably depends what car you had before, as the superb is a proper saloon car it seemed to reduce the road noise significantly. My wifes Fabia diesel estate is not that noisy overall but it has an unpleasant booming sound at speed!

Try Sun blinds to cut down some of the noise. They act like curtains.

Mike