# Mercedes E350 for cross country trip?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/mercedes-e350-for-cross-country-trip/50222>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [June 12, 2010, 3:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mercedes-e350-for-cross-country-trip/50222 "2010-06-12T15:43:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![nowmaybe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8edcca/32.png) [@nowmaybe](https://community.cartalk.com/u/nowmaybe)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 3:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mercedes-e350-for-cross-country-trip/50222/1 "2010-06-12T15:43:35Z")

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If click & Clack think a Mercedes is a good car for a long vacation trip for a family of five, each of them should try sitting in the center of the rear seat for about half an hour. It would be a great car for this trip for a family of four, but that poor person in the middle of the back seat may never be the same. I like the suggestion of flying to Denver and renting an RV. Of course Phoenix would be closer to their AZ destination, and those RVs are not cheap by the mile.

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**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mercedes-e350-for-cross-country-trip/50222/2 "2010-06-12T15:55:54Z")

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I did not hear this particular show but I agree with you about a family of five in one of these.  
After a 100 miles, one-way trip in one of these with yours truly sitting in the center of the back seat I’ll say that this short less than 2 hours jaunt was sheer, unadulterated torture.

This 100 miles seemed like a 1000 and it cured me of ever considering a ride like this again.