Fabia advice or other small estates

[philpalmer]

Hi there.
Just wondered if anyone knew when Skoda stopped you from moving the squabs/bolsters (not sure correct term) on the back seats forward when putting the seats down... so you can get a flat loading area.

My car is a 2009 1.4tdi fabia and I can do it but not on my wife's car. She has a fabia 2017 1.2tsi.
I'm looking at getting an estate. I saw someone online saying that on the mk3 hatchback they stopped this but you could still do it on the estate.
However we went to see one today. It was a 2017 car and I couldn't do it.

The alternative is a Honda hrv which seems to be a groovy way of folding the seats flat where the rear seats drop down into the footwell to give the flat load bay I'm looking for. The jazz also does this but is a bit small and the civic looks perfect but rear visibility is a big problem.

Happy to consider anything else. Not sure if Golf seats fold flat.

I'm looking Japanese or vw/skoda as I've been told to keep away from anything with a wet belt.

Sorry for the longwinded question.
Thanks

Phil

[Belle427]

Maybe take a look at the Yeti, I cant remember if the seats fold flat though sorry.

[Deerfoot]

Belle427 said:

Maybe take a look at the Yeti, I cant remember if the seats fold flat though sorry.

Pretty sure that the seats can be totally removed on some Yetis, of course that's OK if you have the space to put them..

A few years ago we ran a Volvo V60 alongside a Mk2 Honda Jazz.

The Jazz had by far the better designed load space and the seats were just a genius solution. We used the Honda over the Volvo to collect a washing machine from Comet..

[Snow and Rocks]

Civic Tourer too old?

Great car with a huge boot for the exterior dimensions and surprisingly nice to drive with the very economical 1.6 DTEC.

[Belle427]

Deerfoot said:

Belle427 said:

Maybe take a look at the Yeti, I cant remember if the seats fold flat though sorry.

Pretty sure that the seats can be totally removed on some Yetis, of course that's OK if you have the space to put them..

A few years ago we ran a Volvo V60 alongside a Mk2 Honda Jazz.

The Jazz had by far the better designed load space and the seats were just a genius solution. We used the Honda over the Volvo to collect a washing machine from Comet..

We have a few jazz in the family, have always liked them. Would have one myself if they had a bit more go in them but all the ones I have driven just feel gutless.
I appreciate they are aimed at a certain market.

[ZX10R NIN]

Kia ProCeed is well worth a look.

[Deerfoot]

Belle427 said:

I appreciate they are aimed at a certain market.

That's a UK thing mainly. In the States and Canada the Honda Fit doesn't suffer from this.

It never bothered us, we bought our Jazz in our thirties. I'd have another Mk2, it was totally reliable in our ownership, we put tyres on it and got it serviced by Honda every 12 months.