Sentences with phrase «about the gas pedals»
«If you think about the gas pedal and brakes on a car, GABA is the brakes,» explains co-author Michael Poulter, a neuroscientist at the Robarts Research Institute at the University of Western Ontario.
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They produce product that are poorly designed and which harm people — cars whose gas pedals stick to the metal — and they conceal it, lie about it, and finally admit it when we see a copy of the memo they signed.
«If we change our mind about pressing the gas pedal even a few milliseconds after the original «go» message has been sent to our muscles, we simply can't stop.»
Those methods also destroy evidence about how hard the gas pedal was pressed.
Think about like the engine of a car that in a safe haven would be in a nice, slow, idle, not stressed at all versus in your garage a car where there's somebody who has their foot all the way down on the gas pedal and so that engine is just accelerated at much higher speed than it ought to be for a car that's parked in a garage.
Before we all even heard about «leaning in,» Facebook COO said women need to «keep their foot on the gas pedal» until they have kids
If I increase my RPM when I am in 1st gear, to say about 3k (by aggressively pressing down on the gas pedal), when I let go of gas pedal, it drops to 2k.
The most efficient method of driving seems to be to accelerate up to speed in town using both power sources and then lift off the gas pedal to shift it into EV mode, which is able to maintain speeds of up to about 40 mph on its own, sort of a takeoff on hypermilers» «pulse and glide» approach.
It feels special then, even before you've thought about pinning the gas pedal to its stop.
Thundering down one of the lazy bends at about 80 mph, the Camaro responds readily to throttle adjustments, even shrugging its hips gently at the lift of the gas pedal.
The clutch pedal was just about right, if not a little easy, but the gas pedal had no resistance at all.
The M - Class comes standard with a number of around - town driver - aid features, including downhill speed regulation and an adaptive brake system that automatically dries the rotors when driving in wet weather, assists on hills by holding the brakes for a few seconds, precharges to reduce reaction time when lifting quickly off of the accelerator, and uses a Brake - Hold feature that lets you relax your feet at long stoplights without worrying about the vehicle creeping forward until you hit the gas pedal.
However, if you shift the transmission into first gear or press the gas pedal about three - quarters of the way to the floor, the car blasts up to cruising speed in seconds.
It's hard to back off the gas pedal in town, where we saw fuel economy drop to about 14 mpg.
If I release the gas pedal at about 25 mph, it shifts OK.
It holds the brakes for about 1.5 seconds or until the gas pedal is pressed, preventing rollback — it is particularly effective when towing, giving the driver time to switch from the brake pedal to the gas pedal without rolling.
I was also upset about the fact that they didn't have extenders for the gas pedal.
The only dislike about this car is that sometimes, when I let my foot off the gas pedal, the engine «rattles» a bit.
After stomping the lightweight gas pedal, thrust builds to about 3,000 rpm and then stays smooth to the redline.
My only complaint about the hybrid system is that the EV Drive mode is almost useless if you have anything but a feather touch on the gas pedal.
Flatten the gas pedal and the Fusion will surge forward, but the engine won't start up until about a second or later.
If your dog has a habit of dropping down to your feet near the gas and brake pedals or the clutch, this can be a disaster about to happen.
Driving is as simple as left / right and the only other control you need to worry about is the gas pedal... cause there ain't no brakes!
Step on the gas pedal and give your car a little like for about 2000 rpm.
Teen drivers in particular should not still be nervous about driving by the the time they are pressing on the gas pedal of a car.