Sentences with phrase «as blacktop»

It can operate on flat surfaces, such as blacktop or concrete, as well as more rugged terrain, such as grass, scrubland, sand, and gravel.

Not exact matches

Along a stretch of 12 - lane highway on the west side of Houston, a strip of blacktop straddled by so many oil and gas firms that it's known locally as the «energy corridor,» sits the sprawling campus that's home to Shell's deepwater operations.

Blacktop politics are as old as the roads that led to Rome, but the time lag between a politician promising to improve public infrastructure and cutting the ribbon has grown longer — to years, and sometimes as much as a decade.

It's as smooth as freshly poured blacktop.

With its dense population and abundance of roofs and blacktop, the Lower East Side has been identified as the hottest neighborhood in Manhattan, said White Roof Project executive director Heather James.

But it still has the power to leave audiences disoriented, just as Hellman's best films Ride in the Whirlwind, The Shooting, Two - Lane Blacktop, and Cockfighter once did.

The road in Two - Lane Blacktop is treated as an irreducible given, for the characters and for the viewer.

Bigelow will forever have my heart as the women responsible for one of my foundational films as a younger asshole, Near Dark, whose band of nomadic Midwestern vampires led me to her Two - Lane Blacktop homage The Loveless (the debut vehicle for Willem Dafoe); her fascinating phallus - play Blue Steel; and then forward into the years - ahead - of - its - time Strange Days.

Two - Lane Blacktop presents the American, masculine ideal of freedom of movement and expression as its own prison, and Road to Nowhere does the same for cinema.

This film and Two - Lane Blacktop (a film that was my first assignment as a camera assistant and that was also subject to poor initial reviews) represent two poles of the directorial aesthetic that has informed my own work as cinematographer.

Alas, legends don't necessarily show up even as a blip on the Hollywood radar, so such enigmatic, eloquent, often brilliant, always inimitable films as Two Lane Blacktop, Cockfighter, China 9 / Liberty 37, and Iguana have emerged sporadically, with limited - to - nonexistent theatrical release.

Its oneness with the blacktop, as well as its refined damping and superior body control, always have made it special.

With warm tires and on dry blacktop, take - off often is a brief and shrill shouting match, but as soon as the first raindrops fall, the chip - controlled guardian angels work overtime by means of diligent torque distribution (between the rear wheels) and cautiously dosed torque vectoring (by momentarily decelerating those two wheels that are closest to the apex).

21,058 miles Our 135i is definitely sporty enough for most - I keep absentmindedly referring to it as the M3 - and a bit too hard - core for others; the big wheels, with their wide, low - profile tires do tend to crash over the fresh potholes in our freeze - thawed blacktop.

«After 27,000 miles of terrible ride quality over anything but perfectly smooth blacktop, I'm completely turned off by these wheels, as much as I initially liked the look,» he grouses.

As a lover of old cars, it's true, I wouldn't be averse to carving up all that blacktop in an old Peugeot or Humber Super Snipe.

Especially through undulating corners, on off - camber blacktop, and along aquaplaning grooves, it sometimes feels as if car and driver are debating who is in charge.

The 30th Anniversary edition will be available on SE and SXT models, as will an available Blacktop appearance package.

Dodge Grand Caravan, America's best - selling and most awarded minivan ever, as well as the most affordable minivan with a U.S. Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) of $ 19,995, gets a sinister look and added content with the Blacktop package on SXT models for only $ 595 U.S. MSRP

The Prado's 2.8 - litre turbo - diesel isn't the most exciting powerplant going, only achieving what we'd terms as «adequate» status on the blacktop, while those six - monthly services will counter to some degree the Prado's historically very strong resale value.

There are also a variety of optional packages for the 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan model line such as the Dual DVD / Blu - ray Entertainment Package, the Blacktop Package, Uconnect Hands - Free Group, and the Driver Convenience Group.

TRANSMISSION: 8 - SPEED AUTOMATIC 8HP70, BLACKTOP PACKAGE, Keyless Start, Bluetooth Connection, Rear Spoiler, BLACK; HOUNDSTOOTH CLOTH SPORT SEATS, ENGINE: 5.7 L V8 HEMI MDS VVT, MANUFACTURERS STATEMENT OF ORIGIN, QUICK ORDER PACKAGE 28H R / T, TIRES: P245 / 45R20 BSW AS PERFORMANCE, TORRED CLEARCOAT, WHEELS: 20» X 8...

BLACKTOP PACKAGE - inc: Black Headlamp Bezels, Gloss Black Rear Fascia Applique, Gloss Black Grille, Touring Suspension, Wheels: 19» x 7» Gloss Black Aluminum, Tires: P225 / 55R19 BSW AS Touring, Gloss Black Exterior Mirrors

BLACKTOP PACKAGE - inc: Body Color Wheel Lip Moldings, Bridgestone Brand Tires, Tires: P265 / 50R20 BSW AS LRR, LED Daytime Running Headlamps, Body Color Shark Fin Antenna, Wheels: 20» x 8.0» Gloss Black Aluminum, Dual Rear Exhaust w / Bright Tips, Gloss Black Badges, Body Color Sill Molding, Black Headlamp Bezels, Delete Roof Rack, Body Color Front Fascia, Body Color Rear Fascia, Gloss Black Exterior Mirrors

Here at your local new Dodge dealer, one of our favorite things to recommend as an add - on to some of our vehicles is the Dodge Blacktop special - edition packaging.

TRANSMISSION: 6 - SPEED AUTOMATIC, 8.4» UCONNECT TOUCHSCREEN GROUP, RALLYE APPEARANCE GROUP, BLACKTOP PACKAGE, ENGINE: 2.4 L I4 MULTIAIR, GO MANGO, LIGHT TUNGSTEN / BLACK; PREMIUM CLOTH SEATS, RADIO: 8.4, TIRES: P225 / 40R18 XL AS, WHEELS: 18» X 7.5» GLOSS BLACK ALUMINUMThis vehicle includes a Money - Back Guarantee *...

A Blacktop Package, featuring black alloy wheels and black accents, for all models except SE and Limited, as well as a California Appearance Package for the SXT and Limited, both became available for 2014.

BLACKTOP PACKAGE - inc: Wheels: 20» x 8.0» Gloss Black Painted Aluminum, Black - Edged Premium Floormats, Fog Lamps, Leather Performance Steering Wheel, 3.07 Rear Axle Ratio, Rhombi 2 - Pc Wheel Center Cap, Challenger Blacktop Grille Badge, Rear Black Spoiler, SiriusXM Satellite Radio, For More Info, Call 800-643-2112, 1 - Yr SiriusXM Radio Service, Firestone Brand Tires, Black Grille w / Bezel, Tires: P245 / 45R20 BSW AS Performance, Gloss Black I / P Cluster Trim Rings, Black Fuel FilBLACKTOP PACKAGE - inc: Wheels: 20» x 8.0» Gloss Black Painted Aluminum, Black - Edged Premium Floormats, Fog Lamps, Leather Performance Steering Wheel, 3.07 Rear Axle Ratio, Rhombi 2 - Pc Wheel Center Cap, Challenger Blacktop Grille Badge, Rear Black Spoiler, SiriusXM Satellite Radio, For More Info, Call 800-643-2112, 1 - Yr SiriusXM Radio Service, Firestone Brand Tires, Black Grille w / Bezel, Tires: P245 / 45R20 BSW AS Performance, Gloss Black I / P Cluster Trim Rings, Black Fuel FilBlacktop Grille Badge, Rear Black Spoiler, SiriusXM Satellite Radio, For More Info, Call 800-643-2112, 1 - Yr SiriusXM Radio Service, Firestone Brand Tires, Black Grille w / Bezel, Tires: P245 / 45R20 BSW AS Performance, Gloss Black I / P Cluster Trim Rings, Black Fuel Filler Door

The Blacktop package is based on the Dart SXT model with the Rallye Appearance Group package, adding as standard equipment gloss black mirrors, projector fog lamps, an integrated dual exhaust, LED «racetrack» tail lamps, leather - wrapped steering wheel and Bluetooth.

I first met Chance about 10 years ago as a small dog chained to a pole on the blacktop in front of a residence on Holmes Street, with no food, shelter or water on a 99 degree hot summer day.

Take on thousands of unique missions as you explore over two thousand miles of back road and blacktop in this Mediterranean paradise.

In addressing contemporary political, social, and spiritual issues, March's work transcends the physicality of material surfaces, as the panels of his Tribes series consist of natural and manufactured materials including soil, wheat, deer hide, blacktop patch, printed fabric, and carpet.