{"id":12580,"date":"2008-03-18T21:26:29","date_gmt":"2008-03-19T04:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/03\/18\/car-talk-5.html"},"modified":"2008-03-18T21:26:29","modified_gmt":"2008-03-19T04:26:29","slug":"car_talk_5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/03\/18\/car_talk_5.html","title":{"rendered":"Car talk"},"content":{"rendered":"

The occasionally amusing thing about business travel is getting to drive unexpected cars. Yes, usually I end up in the standard mid-sized sedan yadda-yadda — but occasionally the vagaries of supply and demand mean that I end up in something unusual — a giant SUV, or a Miata, or, in the case of this most recent trip, a Chevy HHR<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Which basically seems to be Chevy’s answer to the PT Cruiser, but for all of that it was a pleasant enough vehicle, nicely styled inside and out, with good cargo capacity and decent performance. Biggest problem wias a very low front windshield, which meant that I couldn’t see overhead traffic lights without stooping.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The occasionally amusing thing about business travel is getting to drive unexpected cars. 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