[s-cars] Trip report - Chevy 'Burban

[Robert Myers]

I hear ya, Lee.  A while back I needed to rent a car and all that was 
available on short notice was a Dodge dual cab long bed peecup with a 
hemi engine.  That thing was HUGE!  Slushbox, of course, and with so 
much torque it was almost impossible to drive.  Just a very light 
touch on the go pedal would spin the tires as if it were on ice.  It 
was so long that I was unable to park it in my spacious two car 
garage and close the garage door.

It was a miserable experience.

Bob


At 12:07 PM 11/8/2007, Lee Levitt wrote:
>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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