Sentences with word «backroad»

Out on the surprisingly twisty backroads of Texas Hill Country, the time invested on the «Ring shines through the fog from the lazy powertrain.

He was very knowledgable about the vehicle, was not pushy and let us do a real test drive on backroads and interstate.

Our route took us from the resorts and golf courses of coastal Newport Beach, California, through the twisty backroads of Palomar Mountain in San Diego County and to the southern border regions of California, where border patrol guards are stationed at various checkpoints along our drive.

While the rest of the world got to tear around backroads in cars like the BMW E46 M3 CSL and M3 GTS, we had to get our kicks behind the wheel of a plain vanilla M3.

We saw 18 - 22 mpg in mostly hilly, twisty backroads driving.

Add in that bulletproof Hyundai reliability, and you'll be beating this car through backroads for years to come.

The ix35 turns in with a pace appropriate to its dimensions, feeling as confident as most small hatches through winding sections of country backroad.

The ability to fling a 17 foot luxury sedan around backroads with reckless abandon is not usually something many of us get to enjoy.

The QX60 is designed for comfort and practicality above all, not spirited drives on winding backroads.

Howard Blount has traveled and written about many places at Backroad Planet and I was happy to discover that he'd spent many of his younger days exploring the BRP.

Exploration concluded with a cruise through wineries and farmlands, stopping on the side of a secluded backroad for another chance to oogle the LC.

When I was growing up, «camping» meant taking backroads in hills and along rivers until we found a place that looked picture perfect, and sleeping in the bed of the truck at night.

In a week spent bombing along backroads and cruising down stretches of highway, we found the 2017 Impreza to be a nice car to drive overall, but it's still not a full - on sport compact.

The suspension is softer, and the car is more at home on the highway than on twisting backroads.

It's great for running in the driveway and in the backyard — and on dirt backroads as well.

It stuck to the twisty corners of my favorite backroad even as I pushed far beyond the posted speed limit.

Rather than cruising down the PCH or participating in high - gloss concours, Hummel enjoys his 356 out on the rutted, puddle - filled dirt backroads of California.

Get out the 4 x 4 vehicles for a thrilling backroad adventure.

Now, given their proclivity for road racing, backroad blasts, and role as a usable classic, values are beginning to shoot up.

Yes, it's expensive and more of a sports car than a truck, but if we had to pick something to hop in and bomb across the country while still having the ability to explore backroads (both dirt and tarmac), this would be a hard truck to leave at home.

Exploring Colorado backroads with friends and road trips to and from Colorado.

Those naysayers ought to spend a week with the 2016 Nissan Maxima SR hustling it around curvy backroads before they so easily dismiss that nod to Maxima's sporting past as nothing more than marketing hyperbole.

The route runs through the flat, dull turnpike slog in Ohio to the mountains of Pennsylvania, the meandering backroad hills of West Virginia and on to the heat - soaked, bumper - to - bumper grind of summer beach traffic.

I like football big trucks four - wheel driving playing in the mud off - roading Backroads country all that good stuff

For thirty - five years Backroads has hosted thousands of families, couples and singles for... West and beaches of Costa Rica, we have great new trips planned for 2015.

Eventbrite - Courtney Deva Porter presents Black Cowboy Experience Backroad Caravan Trip - Sunday, May 28, 2017 Monday, May 29,.

Audiences have been down this dusty backroad before.

Mr. Cumes has worked internationally extensively, overseeing European operations for Backroads Active Travel in France.

Though the SUV can survive light trails and muddy backroads with relative ease if you specify the optional all - wheel drive system, anything more arduous and demanding than that will be pushing the Nissan Pathfinder's limits — so, if off - road capabilities are a concern for you, something like a Jeep Grand Cherokee or a Toyota 4Runner will be more suitable for your requirements.

Steer clear of the larger optional alloy wheels and the Fiesta deals brilliantly with the sort of nasty sharp - edged bumps and potholes that are all too common on British backroads.

It's a usable and non-compromising power upgrade over the naturally aspirated models that returning better fuel economy and offers improved backroad manners.

Over my favorite twisty mountain backroads, the M5 barely batted a headlight as it swept through the turns.

This delivered a quick rack and weighty feel for the winding and undulating backroads around Nashville upon which I tested the Red Sport.

Along narrow, single - lane backroads on the outskirts of Melbourne, the system operates benignly to offer a rear - biassed feel, shuffling power to front wheels only when necessary.

A bit of car news now: One of our favorite budget backroad blasters is the Subaru BR - Z — and its identical twin, the Toyota GT 86.

My empty - tank average of 27.2 mpg at the end of a week that included highway cruising, city stop - and - go, and a bit of spirited backroad motoring seems to affirm that claim.

Andy Yoder, Yoder Backroad Kennel, Millersburg, Ohio Seven dead puppies found in one day; dog had severely embedded chain collar

Saturday, June 6, the 14th Street Gallery in Plano, Texas, is holding a reception for Viewing the World Through a Toy Camera by Chip VanPelt and Backroads by Joe Ing.

Riders of all ages and skill levels ranging from beginner to recreational and elite tour the gorgeous backroads east of Redding.

Our well - loved and rather expensive first sofa was a Thomasville Country Inns and Backroads love seat.

The vivid paintings transport the viewer to locations around the country, such as the Heidelberg project in Detroit or the rural backroads of New England.

Their car, however, is dead, and as they try in vain to get help, they come to realize they are not alone on these desolate backroads — a terrifying evil is lurking in the surrounding woods, intent on never letting them leave... The Monster is both written and directed by American filmmaker Bryan Bertino, of the horror films The Strangers and Mockingbird previously.

Our tour group consisted of myself, my wife Julie, and Howard Blount from Backroad Planet.

First, that this isn't just a fine - handling SUV but a surprisingly well rounded one, too, dealing as consummately with the realities of the British rush hour as it will a fast backroad kink.

Riding with close to 80 psi in the rear tires of this 3/4 - ton over rocky and rough desert backroads was unpleasant at times, to say the least.

After piloting the Maxima around Woodinville's sun - soaked backroads, I had a chance to hop in Nissan's 370Z Nismo.

Your experienced Driver / Guide will enable you to see and experience backroad places, Country hospitality and nature in the wild.

Long drives back to Charleston past the hayfields and cotton fields of South Carolina backroads.