Sentences with phrase «despite having the wheels»

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OTTAWA — The Conference Board says Canada has been spinning its wheels in the critical area of business innovation despite a decade of trying.

Firstly, he's only 18 and hasn't had all that much time behind the wheel of F1 machinery — despite his tests last year, which were in a 2014 car anyway.

Despite jumping back behind the wheel of an adapted Fun Cup Endurance race car in July, just less than three months since his accident at Donington, Monger has since set his sights back on single seaters.

Despite being a large stroller, parents make comments that they can fit their BOB Sport Utility Stroller into their car trunks without having to remove the wheels.

We already know from the CCTV that there were no members of public to take offence, despite what the police claimed - so the case would hinge on whether a police officer, in this instance an experienced member of an elite firearms unit, felt «threatened» because a middle aged man had muttered a sentence which included the word «fucking» with his earshot, whist walking away wheeling a bicycle.

NYC Council members are demanding an oversight hearing into school - bus drivers who have kept their jobs despite being disciplined for hitting kids, boozing behind the wheel and even allegedly taking photos up a girl's skirt.

The most prominent characters include Haven Hamilton (Henry Gibson), a socially conservative, arrogant country music star; Linnea Reese (Lily Tomlin), a gospel singer and mother of two deaf children; Del Reese (Ned Beatty), her lawyer husband and Hamilton's legal representative, who works as the local political organizer for the Tea Party - like Hal Philip Walker Presidential campaign; Opal (Geraldine Chaplin), an insufferably garrulous and pretentious BBC Radio reporter on assignment in Nashville, or so she claims; talented but self - involved sex - addict Tom Frank (Keith Carradine), one - third of a moderately successful folk trio who's anxious to launch a solo career; John Triplette (Michael Murphy), the duplicitous campaign consultant who condescendingly tries to secure top Nashville stars to perform at a nationally - syndicated campaign rally; Barbara Jean (Ronee Blakley), the emotionally - fragile, beloved Loretta Lynn - like country star recovering from a burn accident; Barnett (Allen Garfield), Barbara Jean's overwhelmed manager - husband; Mr. Green (Keenan Wynn), whose never - seen ailing wife is on the same hospital ward as Barbara Jean; groupie Martha (Shelley Duvall), Green's niece, ostensibly there to visit her ailing aunt but so personally irresponsible that she instead spends all her time picking up men; Pfc. Glenn Kelly (Scott Glenn), who claims his mother saved Barbara Jean's life but who mostly seems obsessed with the country music star; Sueleen Gay (Gwen Welles), a waitress longing for country music fame, despite her vacuous talent; Bill and Mary (Allan F. Nicholls and Cristina Raines), the other two - thirds of Tom's folk act, whose ambition overrides constant personal rancor; Winifred (Barbara Harris), another would - be singer - songwriter, fleeing to Nashville from her working - class husband, Star (Bert Remsen); Kenny Frasier (David Hayward), a loner who rents a room from Mr. Green and carries around a violin case; Bud Hamilton (Dave Peel), the gentle, loyal son of the abrasive Hamilton; Connie White (Karen Black), a glamorous country star who is a last - minute substitute for Barbara Jean at the Grand Old Opry; Wade Cooley (Robert DoQui), a cook at the airport restaurant where Sueleen works as a waitress and who tries unsuccessfully to convince her that she has no talent; and the eccentric Tricycle Man (Jeff Goldblum), who rides around in a three - wheel motorcycle, occasionally interacting with the other characters, showing off his amateur magic tricks, but who has no dialogue.

Despite reports of September, it looks like we have a solid, reported release date for Wonder Wheel, the upcoming film written and directed by Woody Allen.

That's where Frank the Bastard finds itself, since despite having a mysterious title and a mysterious premise (a young woman confronts her past when she returns to the creepy commune she grew up in), the movie just spins its wheels as it looks for the dullest way to finally admit the pitiful details of its mystery plot.

And despite Exarchopoulos» confident swagger behind the wheel, the script seems to have no interest in her racing career.

First he's gimped - up to satisfy the didacticism of the time (with the trucking industry presenting limited opportunity for a moral, the movie settles on putting the fear of God in us over falling asleep at the wheel), then his role is reduced to reaction shots: When Paul finally takes the stand in the courtroom climax, all Bogart manages to squeeze out is «Wull yeah, but...» This is Raft's show, despite the film's studio - sanctioned absorption into the Bogey canon, though Bogart would have his revenge by stealing the lead in High Sierra — and in theory, every one of his Midas - touched career opportunities subsequent to High Sierra — out from under him.

Despite having all - wheel drive, the Golf R behaves like a front - wheel - drive car because it doesn't direct more torque to the rear wheels; under light loads and when coasting, the rear wheels are decoupled from the driveshaft to improve gas mileage.

Despite its size, the model has the tighter turning radius of a small car thanks to an all - wheel steering system, Audi says, which is made possible with the removal of the steering shaft and steering hydraulics.

Despite the traction issues inherent in a heavy, front - wheel - drive car, the Accord tends to encourage bad behavior, mostly because of how good the V - 6 sounds.

The driver's seat is fairly comfortable, with heated and cooled seats and a heated steering wheel in the offer - more - for-less Kia tradition, and the second - row seat has plenty of head - and legroom for average - size adults, though the seat cushion is a bit low despite the fact that it's right on top of the hybrid battery pack.

In my humble opinion, despite the fact that the car suspension will be harder to install and that there will be interference between the wheel and the car body, having the car's suspension roll center above its cg is a lot more beneficial as:

Despite the size increase, Audi claims that the new car has maintained its weight (although the company is not yet publishing final figures for the U.S. - spec model); if so, then the A8, tipping the scales at some 4400 pounds, will keep its position as the trimmest entry in the all - wheel - drive, ultra-luxe sedan class.

Prosser explains: «Despite channelling more than 500bhp to the rear wheels, the GT has prodigious traction, and the throttle response and rate of acceleration away from the corner is astonishing.»

It takes a lot of effort to unsettle the Subaru WRX despite it not having the fancier all - wheel - drive system of the WRX STI.

Like the Merc, the BMW has a twin - turbo hot - V V8, an automatic gearbox and four - wheel drive that can be switched to rear - wheel drive at will, just like the E63 S. Despite having 0.4 - litres extra engine capacity, the BMW doesn't quite match the E63 S's 604bhp, but sits ahead of the non-S with 592bhp.

The steering is nervous and strangely artificial off - center, not unlike what we've experienced in the Ford Focus ST.. Under hard acceleration, torque squirms through the steering wheel, despite the fact that this MKC is equipped with all - wheel drive.

It comes only with rear - wheel drive, and despite the car's compact dimensions, Mercedes has managed to squeeze a twin - turbo V - 8 engine under the hood.

Despite the damage, we couldn't keep the Ram on the sidelines for long; our drivers were so eager to get behind the wheel that some 13,000 miles passed between the hail abuse and our finally having it fixed.

Despite not having carbonfibre wheels, the Viper is the most dedicated of three when it comes to the task of being a capable track car.

Another downside is that despite being 0.2 - inch taller than a 17 - inch wheel - equipped soft - top, the RF has 0.6 - inch less headroom.

Despite its slightly rugged appearance, the Niro comes only with front - wheel drive, so shoppers looking for AWD capability will have to step up to the conventional Sportage SUV.

Having by and large crumbled under the force of a recent storm, Malibu's roads are a glorious mess, but the chassis is composed, the suspension supple despite the kinetic challenge of 21 - inch - wheels.

Despite its all - wheel drive, though, the regular R8 has always been quite the drifter.

Despite the front - wheel - drive setup and showy 17 - inch wheels, Volkswagen says the Taigun has enough ground clearance to handle mild off - roading.

Despite the test car having more than 2000 miles under its wheels, its 1.6 feels surprisingly unwilling to stretch to the upper reaches of the rev counter.

Despite our best efforts, the precise spec of the cars is not otherwise identical, the manual car (Mexico Blue) boasting Porsche Torque Vectoring, 20in Carrera S wheels, PASM Sport suspension and PCCB brakes, while the PDK car (Pastel Orange) has 19in Carrera alloys, passive damping and cast - iron brakes.

But despite its 355 - hp engine, all - wheel drive, and five - door body, this high - powered baby Benz still has us scratching our heads.

Very little can create the all - enveloping, sensory overload delivered by the Lamborghini Aventador LP 750 - 4 Superveloce, and nothing has quite the same mix of brutal response, thunderous noise, and that odd feeling of relief when you've finished your time behind the wheel and survived despite trying to exploit all it has to give.

Despite the tighter chassis, the XKR - S still rides remarkably comfortably and, although gearchanges snap through briskly from the steering wheel paddles, you can click it back into D and the Jag swooshes along in total calm.

Despite this car featuring 21 - inch wheels (a # 3372 option) ride comfort has improved on the latest model, which is now markedly less jerky.

From the first turn of a wheel, it is easy to see that the brief — making a daily - driver supercar — has been met, not least because of the AMG Mercedes engine, surely as bulletproof and practical a V - 12 as has ever been made, despite having 550 horsepower.

Despite these stubby ends, the hatchback has a smooth, tall, sloping roofline; sculpted lines on the profile that run through the door handles and between the front and rear wheels; and a handsome, well - executed interior.

Despite the weather, the surefootedness provided by the standard, all - wheel - drive 4Matic system in the 2014 S63 AMG allows us to occasionally thumb our noses at the rain and use the twin - turbo 5.5 - liter V - 8's 577 hp and 664 lb - ft of torque to take advantage of rare openings in traffic flow.

«Despite four - wheel drive, the Cossie has a hot hatchback - like feel: all front - end bite with a playfully mobile tail.

Blessed with permanent four - wheel - drive (the sort of four - wheel drive that has nothing to do with dirt roads and everything to do with maximum high - performance tarmac traction), the S5 can manage sub-five-second 0 - 60 mph times despite its nearly two - ton curb weight.

Despite all the characteristics, the creators have found what they can improve in the car: a red leather interior fashioned quality Mastik, velourfloor mats, tinted xenon headlights and R23 alloy wheels, Alcantara ceiling, aluminum pedals, and other ideas of engineers.

This is despite better performance and a larger footprint — the 981 has a longer wheelbase, wider tracks and larger wheels.

But, despite having to guide a 5,500 - pound beast through the corners, the steering wheel was remarkably light in my hands but incredibly accurate and reassuring.

Despite the fact that the Lancer SE did not have the $ 395 Fuse option, dead buttons for the hands - free phone system stuck out from the steering - wheel hub, hinting at what could be.

The ONLY comment EVER made against wheel motors is unsprung weight, despite the fact commentators have ZERO idea what the weight of a wheel motor is.

Despite heavy camouflage, styling details of the car can still be made out, with apparent nods to the current CTS and CT6 at the front and rear, and even the wheels will have the same black finish as the CTS - V.

BMW has worked hard to give the 218d Active Tourer similar control weighting characteristics to the rest of its line - up, despite the adoption of front - wheel drive.

Here is why: Despite the fact that it is front wheel drive, it has a massive 5.3 - liter V8 engine chugging away under the hood.

The RLX Hybrid pairs three electric motors with the 3.5 - liter V - 6, which yields a total of 377 horsepower and a considerable boost in the EPA rating for city driving despite standard all - wheel drive.

The Panamera Sport Turismo has a surprisingly fluid, compliant ride quality despite the enormous 21 - inch wheels that some models wear.