E53 and car seats
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E53 and car seats
I have a G and a GLS. Both fit (yes G too) car seats comfortably. I am assuming the E will have more space than the G. Is that true? I need a commuter car and want to save the G for special things (rather than add all the miles on it). What's the rec on the car? I really like that it is hybrid and will cover my daily driving on battery range (less than 30 miles/day).
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I have a G and a GLS. Both fit (yes G too) car seats comfortably. I am assuming the E will have more space than the G. Is that true? I need a commuter car and want to save the G for special things (rather than add all the miles on it). What's the rec on the car? I really like that it is hybrid and will cover my daily driving on battery range (less than 30 miles/day).
An E53, especially the wagon, with more storage space in the back, is an excellent daily driver. Since you have a G and a GLS, you have hauling options and could also go with the E53 sedan as your daily driver. A garage combination of G, GLS and E53 would be great. The battery range will easily do 30 miles per day.
I recommend going for the E53.
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I can't comment on space, either. Don't have kids, so child seats is not a thing for me. Neither are 4-doors really, as I rarely have passengers in the rear. However, I was just wondering why a complicated hybrid when you seem to wanna drive electric mostly? You still have all the combustion engine maintenance needs and schlep it along on your commute for no good reason. Why not an EV for commuting? That's what they are perfect for. You have the G and GLS for potentially longer trips if you don't wanna deal with having to charge an EV on a road trip.
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I can't comment on space, either. Don't have kids, so child seats is not a thing for me. Neither are 4-doors really, as I rarely have passengers in the rear. However, I was just wondering why a complicated hybrid when you seem to wanna drive electric mostly? You still have all the combustion engine maintenance needs and schlep it along on your commute for no good reason. Why not an EV for commuting? That's what they are perfect for. You have the G and GLS for potentially longer trips if you don't wanna deal with having to charge an EV on a road trip.
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@superswiss makes good points as always. My counterpoint on this one is that the E53 only comes in hybrid format and it's pretty awesome as a daily commuter.
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I can't comment on space, either. Don't have kids, so child seats is not a thing for me. Neither are 4-doors really, as I rarely have passengers in the rear. However, I was just wondering why a complicated hybrid when you seem to wanna drive electric mostly? You still have all the combustion engine maintenance needs and schlep it along on your commute for no good reason. Why not an EV for commuting? That's what they are perfect for. You have the G and GLS for potentially longer trips if you don't wanna deal with having to charge an EV on a road trip.
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electric just for commute. Car will drive a lot more miles than electric range. Too many miles on my gls and g already and want to save the g now. Not buying the e. It'll be a short lease. Have had 11 evs so far. Kind of sick of them. Luxury factor isn't there (they are adding it now to bmw and Mercedes) in teslas (what I mostly had) and I'm just bored of them. Want luxury and character and comfort for kids drop offs.
