Do we get a review of the excavator?
Photography by J.G. Pasterjak
Chevy just dropped off their ultimate swanky Suburban, a four-wheel-drive High Country model, for a week for us to sample–so we immediately hooked a trailer to it.
The Suburban pulls a moderate load like it isn’t even back there, but despite this being GM’s largest SUV equipped with a 3.0-liter Powerstroke diesel engine, it’s only rated for 7300 pounds of tow capacity.
Unladen, this $90,000 (yes, really) monster-size Suburban was showing nearly 25 mpg from its drive up from South Florida by the press car fleet service.
We’ll be driving this suburban all week and pulling a few loads around town, so if you have any questions, this is the place to ask.
Do we get a review of the excavator?
Rons said:Do we get a review of the excavator?
It's barely off the trailer, but I'll be adding my contributions to this thread as things progress.
In reply to JG Pasterjak :
JG, Powerstroke should read Duramax.
eastpark said:In reply to JG Pasterjak :
JG, Powerstroke should read Duramax.
This is what I get for writing copy as soon as I go home instead of going to the bathroom like I needed to.
We fix. Thanks.
Let's just start calling all diesels 'cummins'. People will get the point. Like drinking a "coke" when you really drank a Dr. Pepper.
this is my dream family hauling/road trip/ camper hauling/ bike hauling rig..
just so many "steves"
How long do you have the little tractor thing? Do we have time to build some sweet jumps?
Never mind, I see we”ll have lots of time to build some jumps. Seriously, drive it over here. It’ll be so agricultural.
David S. Wallens said:Seriously, drive it over here. It’ll be so agricultural.
Yeah if I left now I wouldn't make it before spring. It's a lot of things but none of them are fast.
Fueled by Caffeine said:this is my dream family hauling/road trip/ camper hauling/ bike hauling rig..
just so many "steves"
It drives pretty brilliantly for such a large vehicle. I could definitely see doing 500 miles in one and not being worn out.
I'm gonna go on record as not liking camera mirrors, though. I love the idea but every execution I've ever experienced—including this one—is awful. So maybe it's just not such a great idea? The field of view is weird, the focal distance for your eyes is weird, everything is just weird.
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