We have now cracked the 1000 mile mark.

Took the visiting in-laws (from Manchester) out for a drive around the Lakes in the Yeti today - SWMBO also sat in the rear for the first time. When we got back SWMBO said it was uncomfortable in the back and that they seemed to be bounced around a bit - I thought I had been driving considerately for a smooth ride!.

Has anybody else had such comments or experienced an uncomfortable ride in the rear?

My dog has never complained.

Glad to hear you're up and about by the way.

Yes ,my 28 year old son whinged about how the ride was uncomfortable on the couple of times he's been in the back.( The dog loves it)

O.K. in the front.

Cheers Bob - got another 4 weeks in plaster but it was nice to get back into the Santa Express after 5 weeks of abstinence! Funnily enough our Staffie, who is enormous for his breed, never seems to whinge!

The point is, how often (and how far) do you carry people in the back? 95% or more of the time it's only me, SWMBO and the dog on board, and the rare occasions we do carry someone else it's friends/relatives who've come to stay for the weekend and I'm collecting them from airport/station, or perhaps running them out to a local pub for lunch. Quite frankly, I'm not bothered if the back isn't the best place to be.

Did you have the rear seats in or had you taken them out?

I've been out back in mine for short trips in town and found it slightly less comfortable than up front but not by much. Went around in a new Discovery the other day and it was the same. Nice up front and less comfy out back. More so than Yeti even in that it has very flat unsupportive seats back there. So Yeti is normal in this regard I think. The rear suspension might also just be a tad harder than the front?

Kids never complain about the back seats in mine.

Its nice to be able to recline the rear seats a little, makes a big difference to seat comfort.

The only problem I've found in the back is you get thrown around a bit.

Because it handles quite well the other Yeti driver in the household doesn't seem to slow down as much for corners as I'd like...

Sat in the back for the last three hours of our trip down south, about three hours up the m74 and then along the A70 and some bouncy b roads. Seemed fine to me. Had to get SWMBO to be less enthusiastic with the throttle a few times though (concerned about fuel consumption more than comfort )

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I let the wife drive mine a few times, and I've sat in the back with my 10 month old son.

And the only problem with comfort I found was if I reclined the chair it gave me back ache. As soon as I put it back to a regular car seating position it felt normal again.

Just my opinion but it did help me.

The point is, how often (and how far) do you carry people in the back? 95% or more of the time it's only me, SWMBO and the dog on board, and the rare occasions we do carry someone else it's friends/relatives who've come to stay for the weekend and I'm collecting them from airport/station, or perhaps running them out to a local pub for lunch. Quite frankly, I'm not bothered if the back isn't the best place to be.

Totally agree with Bobdog. My suggestion would be it's a damn sight better than walking and they should be eternally grateful I left the seats in!

Based purely on test drive feedback.. We took a friend along who is 6ft plus and not (shall we say) slender.

Initially they sat in the seat with the centre section up in the seat position.

Their view was that they seemed slightly disconnected from the car, there is not much in the way of seat sculpting in the back, probably so that when they are folded flat you get a flat load bay.

We then took out the centre seat and slid the other towards the centre. That was much worse, there being nothing close by to give the impression of being secure. The IHO, said it was a bit like sitting on a pedestal - I dont think she meant the W.C type.

Finally (and not much further down the road) we put the centre seat back and dropped down the table, this was much the best according to those who tried it out.

I kept a firm grip on the steering wheel at all times.

Like others have said we rarely use the back seats in any of our cars, the kids have fortunately left home and there are far too many grand kids to put them all in the car in one go.

I read a review recently comparing small SUVs that said the Yeti had about the best ride in the back. Comparing Mazda CX-5, Subaru Forester, Nissan X-Trail, Volkswagen Tiguan, Honda CR-V and Skoda Yeti :

http://news.drive.co...0412-1ww8o.html

Our back seat testers found it [Honda CRV] to be the most comfortable of the Japanese-branded cars to travel in after the Volkswagen Tiguan and Skoda Yeti.

Edited 29 April, 201214 yr by blouis79

Just watch out if you use the centre seat belt. My son unclipped it after a journey and it "pinged" back up and walloped his grandfather in the face.