If you can’t trust them why are you going there ? If you reallywant to ease your mind just say you want 2 new tires on the rear . That is what is now the standard practice no matter the drive system of the vehicle . As I said before you are really making this to complicated .
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I have little options, unfortunately with regard to choice of shop: everything here has to be special-ordered, it seems. The tire to keep happens to be in the rear, hence the question. In any case, it is a good idea in my general experience, in these days of split attention, to be informed beforehand.
Technically, it should go to the front, but because you’ve only driven 1,500-2,000 miles on it, IMHO it could remain on the rear.
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I know that you are struggling with just getting your tires for your trip, so this may not be relevant for your exact situation: but if you shop around you may find deals that sell you 4 tires for the price of 3. Having an extra full sized free tire would be nice for future rotations. 
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Thank you. Most of the deals that I was able to find were $100 off for 4 Goodyear tires, so don’t know. Then there is the added complication of run-flat tires for the 2016 MB E250, so I decided to stick with 3 Bridgestone DriveGuards, as far as possible.
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These tires are $250 each, I don’t think you will get one for free.
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Right, my thinking too. Thanks!
An update: got new tires, and I insisted on the rear tire be moved to the front (which he initially did not think was needed without looking at it, but it was also Friday evening, and then he did). The mechanic suggested I go back and get lugs checked after 25 miles, and that can only happen on Monday (because the shop is closed for the weekend). So our trip has to be pushed back by a day. I wonder if I can take it to Walmart tomorrow to get the lugs checked, otherwise, oh, well!
Just get your lug wrench out and check them yourself . This is not Rocket Surgery.
I forgot this silly vehicle does not have a spare tire so no lug wrench . But any parts store or Wally World will have one .
I think I have this, though perhaps not of as good quality: I think my entire box cost about the same as the price for this. OK, so I can check this out myself. My wife will be happier. Thanks!
Be sure to check your Owner’s Manual for the correct torque for those lug nuts.
Well have a good trip. It took 152 posts but on his way. we’ll see what happens on the return trip.
Are you sure he is on his way? LOL
Not yet. Lots of stuff to do here, but flexibility is the benefit of driving:-)
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If you had flown, you would be there already
True but that would have been only a couple posts like are cloth or paper masks better?
Would have had to rent a car then. Ideally, I would have liked some sort of Autotrain, where the car goes into the train. Like they have on the DC-Florida route.
Anything as long as they are N95+?
At this point, weather.gov seems to look good for west of Denver on I-70 (for Tuesday, which is when we expect to hit that) so I am tempted to try that. Basically, get to Denver, and hole up for the night, and then if things look good, take I70W, or go sounth on I-25 to Albuquerque and then go West.
Btw, the tire shop writes “Wheel Nut Torque Range (ft/lb.): (Standard) 96/96.” What does this mean?
That may be refer to the wheel bolt torque spec of 96 newton-meters. That’s about 65 70 foot-pounds. I would have expected it to be a little more than that.
Model number? 172, 204, 207, 212, 218?
Btw, does it not say ft/lb AND SAY 96/96? Not sure why it has two numbers.
Model number of the car? It is a 2016 Mercedes E250 Bluetec (sedan, not 4Matic)?