Whenever we get a new vehicle, I try to take it on a significant road trip as soon as is personally possible.
We just returned from our initial trip with the Nitro. 3,879 miles worth, in 6 days.
We went to the Black Hills in SD. (unknowing at the time of planning, that it was the week of the Sturgis bike rally
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I used to live in Spearfish, but had not been back since '73. I bought my first motorcycle there and learned to ride in Spearfish Canyon.
Anyhow, the Nitro. In a word, superb.
We have the SXT with some options. Cruise, 3.73 rearend, full spare, 4 spd auto, etc. Most of the trip was driven between 75 and 80 mph (never drove over 100 mph). It was loaded with 2 adults, 2 teenagers and all the stuff necessary for living out of it for several days. Up in the hills, canyons, etc., it handled much better than I had imagined it might. All that electronic road handling stuff must work pretty good, I reckon.
The average, out of the 3,879 miles, was 22 mpg. That was tanks ranging anywhere from 19.5 to 25.4 mpg. Which was about the same, or maybe just a skosh better than the '05 Dakota Quad (also with the 3.7 V6) did on a similar trip in '05.
We just returned from our initial trip with the Nitro. 3,879 miles worth, in 6 days.
We went to the Black Hills in SD. (unknowing at the time of planning, that it was the week of the Sturgis bike rally
)I used to live in Spearfish, but had not been back since '73. I bought my first motorcycle there and learned to ride in Spearfish Canyon.
Anyhow, the Nitro. In a word, superb.
We have the SXT with some options. Cruise, 3.73 rearend, full spare, 4 spd auto, etc. Most of the trip was driven between 75 and 80 mph (never drove over 100 mph). It was loaded with 2 adults, 2 teenagers and all the stuff necessary for living out of it for several days. Up in the hills, canyons, etc., it handled much better than I had imagined it might. All that electronic road handling stuff must work pretty good, I reckon.
The average, out of the 3,879 miles, was 22 mpg. That was tanks ranging anywhere from 19.5 to 25.4 mpg. Which was about the same, or maybe just a skosh better than the '05 Dakota Quad (also with the 3.7 V6) did on a similar trip in '05.
