mmmamg

I have my wagon for 2 years but used it for short trips as my dd. Have 11,000 miles on it. Really hate airlines lately so decided to take a 800 miles one way trip and enjoy my wagon.

First, it was really enjoyable trip and I didn't have any incidents or tickets, lol.

Was pleasantly surprised by comfort - most highways were better than street roads and it was really quiet (my average mph came at 80), average mpg 20.4 riding on Bridgestone all season tires I put in several month ago.
Tire pressure cold 39f/37r but after driving many hours it was 45/43 and it was very comfortable to me.

The car drives like a tank, so stable and secure. Went through TN mountains in wet conditions and it was fun and car provides superb confidence.
Really impressive highway acceleration: when you cruising at 85 and accelerate to 100+ it just goes... no drama, no noises (I drove almost all time in comfort mode). Pushed car couple times to higher speed (max I got 146) when it was safe and it was the same level of effortless confidence.

Interesting detail about auto cruising : it works, it does the job to stay in line (personally I don';t like it - I prefer to be in control of steering) but mpg dropped to 17 from 20.

Massage function was very useful for me to stay comfortable, climate control and wipers worked great.

Enjoy your cars!

E63Wagen

Have a similar story:
Drove my 2020 wagon from CA Bay Area south via Interstate 5 to Orange County to visit fam between the holidays. Only about 2k miles on my car then, so still on the original Michelins. Even still, the ride was solid, relatively quiet, and effortless. One thing that was so awesome was just being able to point the car where I wanted it to go, and BAM, I was there. No drama, no waiting for turbo spool up, no worrying about ANY other vehicles being able to beat me to the spot. Only hit maybe 120 a couple of times, but mostly I was at 85-90mph. I have the standard seats, and never felt I needed more support, but then again I wasn't on a track taking any turns.

And this car IS a sleeper. Never did anyone even look twice at it unless I was punching it to overtake them...and by then all they saw were my taillights!

This car rocks!

Uber Wagon

Of every car I have owned, the AMG wagon has always been the best long haul vehicle. Can't want to do a road trip with the 2019....

Michael Khan

I did a road trip in my E63 amg S from NYC to Syracuse to see my little brother in College. Was a 4 hour drive, did not stop once and just drove all the way. I have the bucket seats and the ride was great, MPG was amazing.
Really surprised how well the car did. I got my car January of 2019 and I put 17k miles on it already lol. Track days, rallies and road trips, this car is amazing. Keeps up with super cars and hyper cars and is a great track beast and long road trip car. I wish I was able to get a wagon but maybe in the future if mercedes ever decides to make a E73 I might get a wagon version of that.

MuffinFlavored

> no drama, no noises (I drove almost all time in comfort mode)

I paid good money for the drama and noises!

diamondblak05

Some of you guys don't drive your vehicles enough.....I buy my vehicles to drive and enjoy, not to store and stare at them. This past summer, wife and I drove to NY and back in my ML. 2500+ miles total without any issues. I do hate NY roads though....esp with 21" wheels. Averaged 85+mph and 17mpg with a heavy foot. Steady and solid as a rock with tons of power to make muscle cars, ricers and wannabes look silly. On a side note, though I am against road racing or reckless driving, I did wanted to test the no speed limiter and got up to 170 several times and one time got up to 180 but wife was gonna puke so had to let off. Need to travel west (through the mountains) to test top speed this summer.

TugboatBill

Glad to see even though you're driving 180 mph on public roads you're not doing it recklessly.

jide25

Sorry - wrong thread. Can’t delete from my phone?