Inside the Beltway is still a pretty huge space compared to the built up parts of DC. There are large swaths of suburban Maryland and almost semi rural bits of

Inside the Beltway is still a pretty huge space compared to the built up parts of DC. There are large swaths of suburban Maryland and almost semi rural bits of Virginia in there that are just fine to drive large vehicles in, although they're still largely unnecessary unless you're an actual commercial contractor or something. I would rank Virginia's absolutely absurd speed limit enforcement policies as a far greater threat to ones sanity then trying to pickup-friendly street parking in say Fallc Church or College Park. Now within the stones of DC... I would definitely do whatever it takes to avoid driving anything larger than a Sentra on a regular basis.