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Also, with all seats folded, is the vehicle wide enough to accommodate a sheet of 4 x 8 drywall or plywood?
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No, it wont fit.
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30 mpg or thereabouts would be great on a road trip! Current minivan consistently gets about 21 hwy and 14 city. Can I assume the W210 wagon will get about 20 around town like my W210 sedan?
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Expect to lose 1-2 mpg with the extra weight of the wagon and 4Matic versus your sedan. We get a very regular 27 mpg with a 70% highway/30% city mix. That is still a pretty significant increase over your minivan, but the car typically just hauls my wife and 2 year old son, plus his gear for moving around (folding stroller, toys, etc).
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On another note, oes anybody know how reliable the 4-matic is on the W210? I know on the early W124s it could be problematic and $$$ to fix when something did go wrong. I will do some research too...
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Very reliable. Second generation 4Matic bears no resemblance to first generation, aside from the fact that it is an all wheel drive system. It is much simpler. The only issues I have read about are slight oil leaks on the transfer case. This affected my particular car, but the first owner had it dealt with under warranty with a transfer case replacement. Unfortunately there is no ability to top up the oil on this transfer case.