[s-cars] Trip report - Chevy 'Burban

[Lee Levitt]

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