"Before heading on a trip to Tahoe last weekend, GM offered me the use of the company's 9,000-pound monument to excess - the new electric Escalade IQL (starting at $130,405) - for a week to test-drive. Before you continue, note that I'm not a professional car reviewer. TechCrunch has excellent transportation writers; I am not one of them. I'm just a car enthusiast, one with two electric cars in the family (this is not uncommon in the Bay Area)."
"I was immediately game. I'd first glimpsed one last summer at a car show, where some regional car dealers had stationed themselves at the end of a long field of exquisite vintage automobiles. My immediate reaction was "Jesus, that's enormous," followed by a surprising admiration for its design, which, despite its enormous scale, shows restraint. For lack of a better word, I'm going to say it's "strapping." Its proportions just work."
"This thing is a monstrosity - at 228.5 inches long and 94.1 inches wide, it made our own cars look like toys. My first apartment in San Francisco was smaller. Trying to drive it up my driveway was a little harrowing, too; it's so big, and its hood is so high, that if you're ascending a road at a certain slope -"
GM provided a weeklong loan of the electric Escalade IQL (starting at $130,405) for a test drive. The vehicle weighs about 9,000 pounds and measures 228.5 inches long by 94.1 inches wide. The exterior design appears restrained and proportionate despite the massive scale, prompting admiration for its strapping presence. Practical challenges emerged in everyday driving and parking in urban hilly environments due to the SUV's size and high hood that limits forward visibility. Time was spent driving locally to acclimate before a planned 200-mile trip to Tahoe City, and the vehicle felt like a tank.
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