I have been considering replacing my daily driver with a Nitro. But had not spent any time with one. Well this last week I had to travel on business and got a Nitro for 5 days. Was an interesting experience. 
Just wanted to check with current owners to see if my observations were correct. So here is what struck me:
The Nitro was a base model SXT with automatic trans.
1- Seemed a bit twitchy on the highway. Straight line stability did not seem to be the best.
2- Brake pedal seemed to have a lot of travel. Step on the brake and the pedal keeps going down and going down and going down and....
3- The seat lacked any lower cushion adjustment. Front edge seemed low but no was to tilt the cushion. Maybe would be better with power seats?
4- No dead pedal for the left foot. Seems that the leg just dangled.
5- The seat belt dug into my back every time I got in the car. Due to the alignment of the door, seat, steering wheel, every time I got in the buckle on the seat belt, running down the side of the seat, would dig into my back.
Otherwise I really enjoyed the car but maybe an upgrade to the SLT would be very worthwhile.
Thoughts?
tom…
Just wanted to check with current owners to see if my observations were correct. So here is what struck me:
The Nitro was a base model SXT with automatic trans.
1- Seemed a bit twitchy on the highway. Straight line stability did not seem to be the best.
2- Brake pedal seemed to have a lot of travel. Step on the brake and the pedal keeps going down and going down and going down and....
3- The seat lacked any lower cushion adjustment. Front edge seemed low but no was to tilt the cushion. Maybe would be better with power seats?
4- No dead pedal for the left foot. Seems that the leg just dangled.
5- The seat belt dug into my back every time I got in the car. Due to the alignment of the door, seat, steering wheel, every time I got in the buckle on the seat belt, running down the side of the seat, would dig into my back.
Otherwise I really enjoyed the car but maybe an upgrade to the SLT would be very worthwhile.
Thoughts?
tom…
