There are about a zillion posts flying around the blogosphere about BlogHer08, and I’m no exception. However, I’m still processing some of it and want to wait and do a more thoughtful post. What I don’t want to wait on, however, is sharing my thoughts about driving the Chevy Hybrid Tahoe up and back with Suebob.

I’ve posted a full review of the Tahoe over on the BlogHer site. If you don’t want details, then here’s the bottom line: It’s a great vehicle with the potential to get great fuel economy and reduce our carbon footprint and fuel consumption in a conspicuous way. We averaged 24 mpg there and back. We did drive it easily, staying between 60-65 mph, and easing into starts and stops.

I’ve also left a post over on BlogHer about GM and how impressed I was with the way they approached the carpool idea, which was, basically, to let us have the vehicle, the keys and free reign. They get it. They have a product they believe in, and are willing to risk handing it over to a Prius owner with no strings, an extra day on either side of the scheduled drive, and hot damn, they also paid the $50/day parking charges.

I took them at their word. We put that vehicle through its paces on the drive up and back, and I spent some time with it on the extra days taking it to and from my daughter’s school out in the strawberry fields, as well as the beach. (Yes, I have more to say about the beach trip in a separate post soon where I offer to kiss every RIM employee involved in the design of the BlackBerry Curve).

It is a lot of car built for small women. Big ones too, but I say small because I am a smallish person who drives a small car that she loves. I was fully prepared to be completely unimpressed and somewhat skittish about driving a full-blown SUV, but oh, about a mile into it I was over it. Completely.

Finally, I just have to say that I could not have had anyone who was more fun to drive with than SueBob. She’s a native of the San Luis Obispo/Central Coast area, so I was treated to a terrific tour of all her old haunts, funky restaurants, introduction to some of her really nice and creative friends, and stories, stories everywhere. Go read her blog — you’ll enjoy it.

Even though we’ve been Twitter buddies for awhile, the morning I picked her up was the first time we’d ever met face-to-face, and it was like meeting an old friend you knew forever. I don’t know many people who have the ability to set me at ease at the first second we met, but she did it, and it was a really fun drive with her. Thanks, Suebob for a great road trip and a great time.

And thank you, GM, for getting it, and trusting me with your very big, very cool, new hybrid. Even if strange men did follow me home when I drove it.