Sentences with phrase «at motorway speeds as»

Despite only having five speeds, you're never left reaching for a sixth cog at motorway speeds as the engine will happily sit quietly at around 2000rpm.

It gets a little noisier at motorway speeds as the lack of a sixth gear means the engine has to work quite hard, but it's not overly intrusive.

The Skoda is just as happy cruising at motorway speeds as it is tackling the cut and thrust of urban driving.

Not exact matches

At one point I was so scared as the speed limit in UK is 70 mph on motorways and he drove at the car's maximum (we have BMW 3 series sports coupe if you are wondering) speed for 30 minAt one point I was so scared as the speed limit in UK is 70 mph on motorways and he drove at the car's maximum (we have BMW 3 series sports coupe if you are wondering) speed for 30 minat the car's maximum (we have BMW 3 series sports coupe if you are wondering) speed for 30 mins.

The diesel engine tested here doesn't feel as keen as its torque figure suggests, but as a cheap to run company car choice it's hard to fault, with little fuss at motorway speeds and just enough grunt to make the odd country lane interesting.

It's worse in busy traffic with a lot of stopping and starting or at a slow speeds such as approaching traffic lights, however in recent months it's started happening on dual carriage ways and motorways at 60 - 70mph.

On the motorway, the rear spoiler will fold flat at speed, providing the same DRS effect as Woking's F1 racer.

And there can be few more refined motorway cars, especially as the gearbox's stratospheric eighth gear means the engine stays under 2000rpm even at brisk cruising speeds.

Dick Turpin, I understand what you are saying but numerous reports, tests and surveys show your «facts» to be totally incorrect, if the speed linit is increased the average goes up by a small amount and most keep well below that limit even more so if they feel it is a fair speed limit, lets face it the same people who speed through a built up area at 90 + will still speed if the limit was raised but a massive percentage of the population will still stay below the safe limit, especially if the education (ie at 30 the kid would be hurt at 40 probably dead) but then I wouldn't want the lower speed limits altered they are fine as they are but the motorway....

It's range also doesn't plummet as some of its rivals do when sitting at motorway speeds, making this a reasonable car to drive long distances in.

The ride is firm and unforgiving around town and at motorway speeds it fidgets about over sudden changes in the road surface — not helped by the 18 - inch alloys fitted as standard on the Sport.

At cruising speeds, the 300h is impressively smooth, quiet and comfortable, although the way the aforementioned CVT (continuously variable transmission) can cause the engine to drone as you overtake or join a motorway.

Better news is that the Kona is fairly quiet at motorway speeds, which is good, because cruising and pootling around town are really what it was designed for; as long as you don't expect more, you shouldn't be too disappointed.

You begin to feel the short wheelbase at motorway speeds, but you can't expect a city car to be as stable as larger models at higher speeds.

At motorway speeds and on smoother surfaces it feels more settled and calm — which will be good news to prospective owners planning to use the E63 as big, powerful saloons are most commonly used: to cover big distances.

Crosswind Assist is also on board as standard, as it makes van journeys considerably safer, especially at higher speeds and e.g. on motorways.

Refinement really takes a hit at speed, as does ride quality about town, and in order to benefit from the Leon's extra frugality you either have to cover plenty of motorway miles or have very sharp eco-driving skills.

It's the same story with the roof up, as the multi-layered hood is quiet even at motorway speeds.

Indeed, I have got a revolutionary idea; if the government really are serious at reducing the number of speeding offences why don't we start at the other end and increase the motorway speed limit to 80 mph and correspondingly adjust upwards levels at which enforcement activity takes place — just as they do on the continent.