Sentences with phrase «at driving a stick»

I'm still new enough at driving a stick that I can't blame the car for most of my stalls and jerky shifts.

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Television footage appeared to show a police van striking a group of protesters, reversing into them and then driving forward, leaving several people bloodied and at least one man stuck under the van's wheels.

The Roku Streaming Stick, which resembles a USB thumb storage drive, will be available in Canada and the United States in April at $ 59 and $ 49, respectively.

An uptick in annual headline inflation in August was primarily driven by rising energy prices, and core inflation remained stuck at 1.2 % for a second consecutive month.

There is much that could be said about this, but I will stick with one thing, based on discussion at about the 2 minute mark: When atheists insist that atheism does not drive behavior, and then then campaign on behalf of atheism, ridicule religion and religious believers in the name of atheism, seek to change laws in favor of their atheistic positions, recommend the extermination of religion, and practice falsehoods like Dawkins's in support of atheism, they prove that their atheism drives their behavior and that their premise is false, disingenuous, and (as far as I can tell) useless for anything but giving atheism rhetorical cover from being implicated in atheists» atrocities.

Put man in the simplest cabin and he will plant petunias about the door; drive him into a cave and he will play the artist on the wall; leave him nothing but sticks and he will devise a flute; bind him in chains and he will drag them to some remembered cadence; imprison him and he will sing hymns at midnight.

Driving a manual - shift car in the UK is hard enough for me, but at least I am using my dominant hand on the stick; it must be even worse for righties.

And the Sun quotes a Burnley insider as saying many of his teammates thought it was all just an elaborate joke at first: «Ashley got a bit of stick from the other players when he first turned up driving the Smart car.

Ken Baker could have left politics and gone on to do something more financially lucrative but he's stuck at the great mission that he launched when he was a member of Margaret Thatcher's government - the drive to deliver technical education to children who, without it, may struggle in the jobs market.

NYC Councilman David Greenfield, who says he gets stuck behind a garbage truck «at least» three times a week while driving his kids to school, is introducing legislation that he says could fix the annoying traffic jams.

Had Hevesi stuck with the implication that life with a chronically ill loved one can at times drive a person beyond reason, he might have approached the resolute dignity Nixon nailed in the Checkers speech.

Goddard thinks that at least some will stick around, and even move further north during the strong El Niño, which drives powerful northward currents along the coast.

If you can't devote time to driving to the gym or you're stuck at home with kids, working out in your own home may be your best option for fitting in quick calorie - burning session.

The problem that must be healed at the root is the problem that drives your emotional eating, binge eating, mindless eating, food obsessions, food addictions, self - sabotage, or any other unhealthy behavior that is keeping you stuck in the muck.

When he would hit failure at around rep eight, he would drive the weight to the sticking point and flex - hold for six seconds.

A few months ago when I made the move from Los Angeles (land of healthy fitness options — both free and paid — on every corner) to Alabama (where options around me are incredibly limited and at least a thirty minute drive from our home), I found myself stuck in a fitness rut, despite my resolutions.

, we're driving Free and Single to be the best it has ever been — finding you more great dates and interesting people than you could shake a stick at!

The funny thing, too, is that, if you ask me who I identify with more in terms of their ambition and their drive, I'm more like Adam Driver's character in that I'm much more ambitious, or at least more comfortable with my own ambition than Ben's character, who's been stuck on the same movie for ten years.

If the Left can't understand and sympathize with the plight of at least some low - income and minority, largely urban, populations who are stuck in woeful schools and want to «get out,» and if the Left can't characterize that desire for educational and social mobility as anything other than a drive for «privatization,» well... so much for the Rainbow Coalition.)

In particular, I think about finally using data to drive meaningful instructional shifts rather than getting stuck in our old pattern of looking at data, making adjustments, and never returning back to a connected plan to see if those changes actually had an impact on students.

But at the very same time, Mabry's AEA filed a politically - driven lawsuit, alleging that Alabama's new educational choice program — which especially benefits low - income kids stuck in failing schools — is unconstitutional.

I dare not drive down the street and get stuck again, so I park at the 7 - Eleven on the corner, grab my shovel, and hoof it.

When I first drove in Europe in the 1960s, you had to be careful to schedule fill - ups outside the sacred mealtime hours once away from dedicated motor toll roads, lest you be stuck with an empty tank for a couple of hours at midday.

If you're not hungry for power or attention and aren't looking for the most stimulating driving experience in the world, the stick shift - equipped 2018 Audi A4 is a solid choice of luxury sport sedan, or at least sporty luxury sedan for those who feel like you have to step up to the S4 to hit «sport sedan» status.

The detente at the end of the pawl lifter on the cam driven gear that the shifting shaft acts upon could be getting stuck as it's old and worn out.

Those of us who know what camshafts are and who learned to drive stick shifts at a young age tend to think we're good, safe, fast drivers out of the box; turns out, we're mostly not.

We started our drive at the top with the Mercedes - AMG C63 S. Where its rivals have been retreating to smaller, six - cylinder turbocharged engines, Benz and its Mercedes - AMG team have stuck to its eight - cylinder guns.

Now I am stuck at my mechanic's (unless I pay $ 450 to have it towed to the closest Nissan dealer) unless I am trying to do the drive cycle and even that is technically illegal.

Driving the 997 R - GT at speed down these stages, it feels nimble and sticks to the road, shrinking around the driver.

It doesn't want to be driven slowly; the engine chunters and splutters, the throttle sticks occasionally at low revs (a common problem) and the cold, unservoed brakes feel useless.

I've been driving stick - shift cars since the 1970s, and when I drove this TDI, I stalled it more than once, both pulling away from a stop in first gear and at low speed in second gear.

You change into fifth gear at about 45 mph - much sooner than you are accustomed to if you drive a car with a stick.

Providing the stick is the company's very own four - wheel drive system, which is fed by a diesel engine producing as much as 420 Nm (310 pound - feet of torque) at 1,500 rpm.

When I first bought it to deliver mail, I hadn't taken the console out yet so I had to sit on the console with my head sticking out of the sun roof to deliver mail out of the passenger door while driving at the same time.

Driving one isn't engaging or exciting, but in its own way, that is freeing and relaxing when you're stuck in a traffic jam, but you look up and see that at least you're getting 50 - plus mpg, you're comfortable and the cabin is quiet relaxing and spacious.

When everyone else is stuck at home because of snowy, icy roads, we have no trouble because of the 4 wheel drive.

What can cause the code P0446: - faulty vent control valve - blockage at the vent hose, vent filter or vent control valve - open or short in the vent control valve circuit - bad charcoal canister - EVAP system leak - faulty EVAP system pressure sensor - bad vacuum switching valve (VSV)(Toyota, Lexus)- stuck open purge valve (solenoid) Examples: - A GM technical service bulletin for 1999 - 2007 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra describes a problem when if the vehicle is driven in dusty environment, the dust can enter into the canister vent hose and cause restricted air flow that can set the code P0446.

While the debate is always ongoing, I highly recommend those who worship the stick - shift god at least give the 8 - speed a chance during a dealer test drive.

It can be tricky at first, but once a driver knows how to drive with a manual transmission, using a stick shift can add a fun element of control to driving.

The only thing I wasn't sure about when I test drove was it seemed at one point as though the 4WD was sticking and not disengaging.

Very doubtful we would use it at higher speeds to spill coffee.Do you think it will be like driving in 4 wheel drive in 4 low, will the gearing be that low.If you ever actually own one of these cars I'm sure you will recognize the difference owning 3 cars.It's a great feature and I believe we need more innovations like this.My wife drives a stick and can hyper drive better then you can coast.

When equipped with front - drive and the stick - shift, the Juke NISMO RS is making 215 horsepower at 6,000 rpm and 210 lb. - ft.

The main interruption is likely to come from tyre noise, and large wheels are likely to exacerbate this, so it's worth sticking with 18 - inch alloys for the smoothest journeys, or at least taking a test drive in a Koleos with bigger wheels.

The Vento sticks to the road and is extremely stable at high speeds, making you feel confident to drive on the highways.

At one point, I found myself stuck in a small traffic jam and was surprised to find that I wasn't as frustrated as I normal am in such a situation — possibly because of the «green glow» that you get when start to believe that you're saving the environment by driving electric and that you're not wasting fuel (and money) by idling.

The EPA rates the fuel economy of the Sable at 18 mpg in the city and 28 mpg on the highway, but our observed average, which included city, freeway, and highway driving, stuck at 19.8 mpg.

4 Wheel Drive, never get stuck again... Where are you going to stumble upon a nicer SUV at this price?

Knowing how to drive a stick, I ignored it and was just fine, but I tried shifting at its direction and found it consistently early and the engine lugged.

At the intersection of Colonial and Mercy drives, two teen - agers in a brown Toyota expressed their opinion of the Surf out for a short test drive: They honked and waved and one stuck her head out the window and shouted, «I like your truck.

Stick the GT3 through any series of bends at any speed and through almost any driving line, and the chassis bends to your will, changing its behavior to suit your driving style.