superangrypenguin

I'm exploring picking up a W212 wagon as a winter only car. Do the wagons have a spare tire or are they all on RFTs like on the sedan?

Danke!

alan_e550

My 2011 e550 sedan has a full sized spare, the wagon probably would too

bmwpowere36m3

2011 E350 wagon, full-ish size spare? I believe it was a 155/70/17 on steel rim and the wheels are 245/xx/17. I haven’t taken it out, not sure if it has any speed/distance restrictions.

Our ‘95 E320 wagon had a full size, alloy, spare.

places

Ahhh, those were the days!

DFWdude

You haven't specified what year W212 wagon you are considering. Someone can correct me, but I believe the pre facelift cars and sedans all had conventional tires. You might see RFT tires on some face lift (2014-2016) models, but I doubt it. Certainly any delivered with OEM RFTs have long been replaced by conventional tires, as RFTs are not very popular.

Most (if not all) W212s of any year had compact spare tires due to the limited space available (by design) below the rear floor. My 2016 sedan has a compact spare.

RFTs didn't become a Mercedes THING until the W213 models (2017 and newer).

LILBENZ230

Yeah I never saw RFTs on any W212s. Had a few as loaners, and looked at many before purchasing. Don't think this is an issue.

up_too_late

My 2015 wagon has a spare.

rey_winslow

My 2016 has a spare but it's not full size.

XJLFTW

I just picked up a 2014 wagon, it has a spare (donut) under the 3rd row seat.

superangrypenguin

Gosh I miss this community a lot b/c of all of the great responses (moved onto the 2019 A8 as a daily from the 204 a few years ago but now looking at a MB as a winter car (the A8 is my baby)! Thanks everyone! I'm *shocked* that there's a donut/spare tire of any kind on the wagon. Big plus! Thanks!

bzcat

Facelift S212 still has donut spare.

If you are looking at S213, they have run flat tires.

Fliplegend

My 2016 has a donut spare.

Badwolf

2015 E250 came with rft, came with a jack and compressor pump with goo. The rest of the room is for the blue tech def tank

LILBENZ230

Diesels are different story, but no diesel S212s here in the US recently.