[s-cars] Trip report - Chevy 'Burban

[Lee Levitt]

This one *does* have parking sensors. How much do you trust them when 
pulling out at an angle? This thing is so big that it really takes a 
couple of spotters to get out of tight spots.

I just can't imagine a soccer mom, on the phone, being able to 
navigate this thing.

Lee


At 12:10 PM 11/8/2007, Bruce Mendel wrote:
>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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