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Old Aug 16, 2025 | 11:45 PM
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Another road trip...

Another 5+ hour road trip. Fwy then mountains. Up to a lake (Sequoia/Kings Canyon for you Cali folks). Cabin stay, lots of dirt, paddleboards, floaties, met our kids and grandkids and other fam, full week, lots of playing, lots of dirt. Drove home. What a fabulous car! Period. Now at 130k miles and nuttin but oil changes and what, wiper blades/tires? Side note: I frankly don't understand why I've read so much about discomfort with the seats. We've taken 9-10hr stints before in complete comfort (ivory leather, btw). This is a seriously fabulous car. Lets hope it stays that way! When I did my research in 2016, this E350 got better equal-better marks than Lexus and Acura for reliability, and far exceeded BMW and Audi. At this age and mileage, the car is tight, runs strong, consumes zero oil between changes, and returns 30mph on the superslab. All in complete comfort and silence, well except for the stereo of course. Did I mention this was a fabulous car?!!


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Old Aug 17, 2025 | 12:26 AM
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It looks like you enjoyed the trip
You are enjoying your car too, which is great and wish you have many happy miles without any trouble at all
Happy Days
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CANYON REGION JOURNEY

These W212 facelift E350 drive really well on the motorways. Enough power to keep up with anything but a turbo.

The electric steering rack gives them crisp handling on wide stock tires.

The aircon runs a capable blower fan to cool down all occupants.


Nice mountain canyon tour


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Edward993. There is no need to ask you if you think your Mercedes is FABULOUS, is there?
I would surmise that you might even love your Mercedes. Might you?
If you have fallen in love with your Mercedes, would you consider being quoted in the thread “What do you love about your MB”?




https://mbworld.org/forums/general-m...t-your-mb.html



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Old Aug 21, 2025 | 11:11 AM
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Good to hear that things are working well!



I think this generation E class is fabulous as well.
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