Sentences with phrase «back twisty roads»

I bought this vehicle as a replacement for a much beloved mini-van but found that I do not like what I call the wobblies (basically not great handling on back twisty roads which my area is loaded with).

This has turned out to be the ultimate experience, great comfort on long trips you arrive refreshed, always looking for back twisty roads for the handling.

Not exact matches

The plot of Killer Joe is twistier than an East Texas back road but it's primarily a mood piece.

Lieberman tests Chevrolet Camaro Z / 28 and the Nissan GT - R on three separate test locales: the twisty back roads of Alabama, the drag strip, and the track at Barber Motorsports Park.

It is an absolute hoot on the track and an addictive plaything on your favorite twisty back road.

European bureau chief Georg Kacher called the 1 Series M coupe «a challenging piece, a triple - X-rated driver's machine for semi-professionals... It is an absolute hoot on the track and an addictive plaything on your favorite twisty back road.»

Twisty roads might call for our Alfa Romeo 4C, dusty roads might require our Jeep Cherokee Limited, and coned - off parking lots might have us grabbing keys to the Ford Fiesta ST.. When I needed to head to Indianapolis and back for an overnight trip to visit Andretti Autosport, I didn't think twice about picking our 2014 Cadillac CTS Vsport.

Whether that alters its character on a twisty back road remains to be seen.

The modern Corvette is an honest sports car, so uncompromised that it's a specialized machine best exercised on a twisty back road or a challenging road course.

The car will take long - distance road trips, it will tackle some of the Midwest's twistiest back roads, and it might even try some amateur motorsports.

We spent an entire day cutting through fog, around twisty back roads, and through meandering two - lanes without once tiring of driving the car.

Indeed, I still love the aging 300C (SRT8 or not) for cruising down the highway, for thundering around town, and for hurtling through the back - road twisties.

Yes you're likely to lose them on the next straight, but as soon as the road turns twisty you'll be right back on their tail.

Its 2.5 - liter, turbocharged, four - cylinder engine provides an economical 250 horsepower and 310 lb - ft of torque, yet that is still enough to provide a spirited drive through a twisty back - road, which is essential for Mazda's core beliefs.

Unlike any of the other sedans, the Hyundai falls completely to pieces on twisty, bumpy back roads.

The ride is great and the car eats up motorway miles and can destroy twisty back roads with equal ease.

Encountering some twisty back roads at an enthusiastic pace seems more in tune with the hardware on hand, too.

And after driving multiple versions of the ATS coupe around northwestern Connecticut and parts of upstate New York along some twisty back roads, not too far from Lime Rock Park, we picked our favorite engine and transmission combo.

Surely, if a proper sports car such as a Porsche 911 doesn't require you to pull over for five minutes to set the car up for a mile or so of twisty road, then stop again for another five minutes to change everything back before joining a motorway, does the M5?

Of course, hit a twisty back road and the Sport mode is the only way to go.

Then, toward the end of my loan, I took it over some very twisty Northern California back roads and really hammered on it — paddle - shifting up and down through the eight - speed gearbox, braking smoothly into corners then easing just as smoothly onto the ample throttle.

They're good — deeply, but squidgily bolstered, easy to climb in and out of, supportive on twisty roads and reasonably kind to your (well, my) back on long distances.

The GS 350 delivers very neutral handling and feels exceptionally well balanced when executing turns or hustling through the twisty sections of your favourite back road at speed.

In Sport mode, with the M1 button, I had the DCT dialed in at its most aggressive position in manual mode, sticking to second and third gears over a twisty back road.

Bumps upset it, ruts in the road are like magnets, and you start backing off the power when other cars approach on twisty back roads, because you don't feel confident that you're not about to leap across the center line and punt them into the scenery.

And when you do get the time to take it to the track or some twisty back roads, you'll immediately remember why you bought it.

However, reminders of its girth came on twisty Connecticut back roads, in the form body roll and easily overworked brakes.

Taking to the twisty and often lumpy back roads south - east of Albury, the Elantra SR quickly proves why localised suspension tuning is so important.

Out on twisty back roads, I found the 650S Spider much more than a gentleman's sports car.

Every A6 feels most at home on motorways and fast A-roads; the car is better suited to wide, flowing turns than twisty back roads.

Take one of these on a twisty road, and you'll come back with a big smile on your face.

The Performance Plus package includes heavy duty dampers and sway bars, which I enjoyed as much as possible on twisty back roads.

If this road less traveled is within your risk tolerance and budget, you could take what others castigate as a prim and gelded car and surprise that unwary driver in the GTI — or Volt — on a twisty back road.

Driving the RS quickly (I say «quickly,» not «fast») on a twisty back road becomes an exercise in conservation of momentum and management of expectations.

In the end, I actually relished finding a twisty section of back road and letting the XSE canter through the esses at a pace that belied its old «comfy» sedan status.

The motorway is definitely its natural habitat — not twisty back roads.

Working the throttle down a twisty road, this X5 didn't push me back in the seat with its acceleration, merely doing an adequate job picking up speed on the turn exits.

Moreover, most midsize sedans can't match the Mazda's entertaining character on twisty back roads.

We've yet to experience the Atlas in all weather and road conditions, from twisty back roads to miles and miles of sun - baked interstates.

Contributing editor Basem Wasef heads to the twisty back roads of Spain to drive the 2014 Mercedes - Benz E63 AMG 4MATIC on another episode of Car and Driver: Tested.

But once drivers got behind the wheel, these cars lived up to that money, proving to be «spectacular» on track and twisty back roads.

Even in its raciest, 306hp guise (there is a 477hp RC - F variant, but that's leagues ahead of the regular car in terms of pace and price), the RC is far more suited to the open road than it is on a twisty back route.

Its Skyactiv 2.5 - liter four - cylinder engine with 184 horsepower and 185 pound - feet of torque isn't going to set the world on fire, but is zippy enough to confidently merge onto expressways, and have a good time on twisty back roads.

Thanks to grippy quattro all - wheel drive, it's also no slouch through twisty country back - roads, where torque and traction combine to full effect.

The suspension is soft enough to give a good ride, but still rigid enough to encourage spirited driving on twisty back roads.

The C32 would prefer you take twisty back roads, though.

And any speed on a twisty back road had me giggling like a madman.

With a weight of less than 3000 lbs, the Cayman sticks to the road like thick German glue, tackling even the most aggressive of twisty back roads with the same impressive handling and braking that also make it a fun track car.

My preferred settings for a twisty back road where Sport Plus for throttle and steering, M Dynamic mode for the stability program, and the transmission's Sequential mode dialed into its hardest setting.

It is a joy to drive on the highway or twisty back roads.