[s-cars] Trip report - Chevy 'Burban
Lee Levitt
lee at levitts.net
Thu Nov 8 09:07:33 PST 2007
I'm in the SFO area this week. Hertz put me into a new Chevy Suburban
(at my 4 door rate of $39/day!).
This thing is scary.
It's not a bad truck...if I needed a tow car, this would be it. It's
not bad on the highway...kinda fun to putter along at 65 mph in 4
cylinder mode getting 22 mpg, then putting the foot into it and
watching the mpgs drop to 3.
However, what scares me is that it's *so* difficult to park...or more
precisely unpark. I've had to back out of a couple of parallel
parking spots and there's just *no* visibility.
I just can't imagine a soccer mom driving this thing safely.
Give them a wide berth...and if you see one parked in a parking lot,
be afraid, very afraid.
Lee
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