[s-cars] Trip report - Chevy 'Burban

[Bruce Mendel]

They are scary. I put backup sensors and a license-plate mounted backup
camera into mine when I had it. $250 for both on ebay, and solved the
problem very well. I wonder is sensors are a factory option and your truck
just did not have it?

But without those things, it's "back up until you hear glass breaking".

Bruce
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lee Levitt" <lee at levitts.net>
To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 12:07 PM
Subject: [s-cars] Trip report - Chevy 'Burban


> 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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