Sentences with phrase «cambered roads»

I had a fun time briskly flowing the car through the smooth but narrow and cambered roads of the Nilgiris.

The unassisted steering feels odd, the way the car moves around on rough, cambered roads is unsettling, and the hard - working engine is a little too boosty and blunt to truly convince.

As before, the Megane uses a dual - axis front axle with a separate hub carrier to lessen the effect of torque steer and cambered roads.

In the spec you dream of choosing — bigger optional 18 - inch front and 19 - inch rear teledial wheels and sport suspension (same spring rates, firmer dampers, stiffer front anti-roll bar and the rear anti-roll bar standard cars do without)-- heavily cambered roads and undulating braking zones still require concentration and the ride is choppy.

Not exact matches

Despite its modest power (123bhp) and pace, I'm sure it would feel a little less benign if you were on a dark, wet road and got caught - out by a tightening off - camber corner.

And a small, diabolical little road course with more off - camber corners than you can shake a Snell sticker at.

Then, occasionally, you find yourself on a twisty road in the middle of nowhere approaching an on - camber corner with an opportunity to heel - and - toe from 4th to 3rd, kissing the apex and feeling the car squat and dart ahead as you squeeze the throttle.

Driving with extreme camber angle on rough roads will put undue stress on the suspension components, which may have caused your toe angle (controlled by tie rods) to be effected as well.

The F 400 features a new active system that actually tilts the wheels, varying the camber angle on the outer wheels between 0 - 20 degrees, depending on the road surface.

This one, Paul readily concedes, isn't quite there yet, as I discover on the awkwardly cambered section of road that had the Maser in two minds.

It's not unusual for tyres to wear unevenly due to the camber of the road.

I drove it in the snow, once — the Goodyear Gatorbacks were so useless that the camber of the road caused me to slide onto the shoulder at 15 mph on a flat straightaway.

The suspension's pliancy isn't the result of some complex racing dampers, but rather the outcome of a well - judged setup for Britain's cambered and lumpy B - roads.

But it's also a car that some may quickly tire of, with no LSD to tame the 247bhp the ST puts to its front wheels, and a nose that seems to react to every camber and rut in the road.

The extra compliance is welcome when the time comes to navigate something less smooth than the German autobahn, such as secondary Italian roads dotted with drastic camber variations, impromptu transverse ridges, and frost - bitten shoulders.

Its steering is slower, but the wheel tightens and unloads according to road camber, vehicle yaw, and pitch.

Excellent steering and chassis dampening allowed the ST to tackle England's bumpy, cambered B roads at an almost - inconceivable pace.

As the owner of a 250 cup who is looking for a new suspension setup, I looked into this, I think I'll go with the KW var 2/3 or Bilstein PSS, plus camber plates (either the AST ones that go with the Bilstein or the KW that comes from the Clubsport kit, which is too stiff for me as I use it 99 % of the time on the road)

Keep turning, and the extra camber, sticky Nittos, and trick suspension pieces let the car's front - end grip the road like a rock climber scaling the Grand Tetons without a rope.

The result isn't dramatic, the Alfaworks 4C is still hunts out cambers in the road and the steering wheel is tugged around in your hands.

The road settings for the suspension don't turn the GTS into a cosseting cruiser, but they soften things sufficiently to let it cope well with B - road bumps and although you'll still find it distracted by cambers, you're not left fighting the car.

The riverside road isn't ideal because of its low speed limit and high number of cyclists, but the gentle path it traces along the river features curves of various radii and cambers that I enjoy tackling at any speed.

Also, the 4C seems to seek out even the slightest cambers in the road and over any imperfections the steering wheel is tugged around in your hands.

What unfolded was a hard - driving sports car lover's dream: a challenging stretch of twisting, heaving, off - camber, dipping road interspersed with enticingly empty straights.

It isn't that the steering is too light — it feels weighty and precise — just devoid of useful detail about the road's surface, save for the camber changes that tend to excite the torque effects.

Its thin - rimmed steering wheel performs an interpretive dance in your hands, sharing with you its fascination with changing road surfaces, cambers, and grip levels.

Fortunately we know of some nearby that do a decent job of replicating our wonderful brand of poorly surfaced, hugely cambered and dastardly tricky B - roads.

Get on the throttle hard at the exit of a corner and one of three things will happen: Sometimes you'll feel the tyres dig deep into the positive camber of the road, wall of death - style, and slingshot you out like the car has just hooked an elbow round a lamp post on the inside of the corner.

It literally starts wriggling around, talking excitedly about all the bumps in the road and sometimes making a bigger gesture as a camber attracts its attention.

The resulting precision in camber and track allows high cornering speeds and gives the driver optimum, highly precise road feedback right up to the very high cornering limits.

High road crowns, shifting cambers, sudden drop offs, none of it phases the composure of the GT C Roadster, and the steering is quick to react and its feedback feels more interesting and nuanced than it does in the coupe.

The design features high lateral suspension stiffness, improved toe angle control (with the addition of new connect bushings) and improved camber angle control under load (for increased tire contact with the road when cornering) versus the previous generation Altima.

Then you get to real - world roads — broken pavement, camber, truck grooves — and it starts to fall apart.

I would be interested to see what toe they are running front and rear, which is probably equally important to camber for a street / road rally car.

Optimized suspension geometry settings with adjusted camber angles have made substantial improvements in road - hugging traction and riding comfort.

At select locations, Toyota invited showgoers to take part in the Tacoma Off - Road Challenge, a purpose - built off - road course with a steep - hill climb, muddy ditches, off - camber situations, and other obstacRoad Challenge, a purpose - built off - road course with a steep - hill climb, muddy ditches, off - camber situations, and other obstacroad course with a steep - hill climb, muddy ditches, off - camber situations, and other obstacles.

«They are relatively insensitive to cross - winds and the camber of the road,» Larsson says.

It steers well when challenged and is not easily distracted by sudden changes in road surfaces, such as dramatic camber irregularities or nasty potholes.

Doing so also better ties down the body vertically, which has a tendency to bob about over undulating roads with changes of camber.

On the Honda - designed off - road course, the Ridgeline ate up everything we threw at it, including slow - speed off - camber crawling and faster - than - recommended passes over rough terrain.

Meanwhile, finely tuned camber characteristics keep the tyres on the road when turning to increase the car's cornering performance.

For this price, we will: check tire depth & adjust tire pressure, rotate tires if necessary, perform precision computerized wheel alignment, adjust caster camber & toe if applicable, center steering wheel and road test the vehicle.

Handling on the Camry is generally responsive, but we found that when crawling along in traffic, the steering wheel has an alarming tendency to pull sharply to the left or right depending on the camber of the road.

Introduce that response to a less - than - perfect road surface, and the MINI will follow cambers and tramline slightly under throttle; there's electronic differential locking as part of the MINI Clubman's expansive electronic control repertoire, however, a mechanical system would be more capable of handling the torque delivery.

Club Motorsports is a daunting 2.5 - mile road course built on rolling, wooded terrain with 250 feet of elevation change, lots off camber corners, and blind turns better suited for something like a Porsche 911 GT3.

I had the track all to myself at Gingerman Raceway in Michigan, a fun little road circuit just over two miles long, with plenty of late apexes and reduced - radius, off - camber turns.

The rear selectable locker is a true off - road show stopper when it comes to pushing the Tacoma through tight, off - camber or rocky trails.

But it's so sharp it follows every road surface, even unexpected off - camber dips on the outside of fast corners, making the lightweight 2380mm - wheelbase coupe feel nervous at the limit in a way that, say, a mid-engined Cayman or Boxster, would never allow.

However, the rear swing axle, jointed only at the differential, not at the wheels themselves, could be treacherous at high speeds or on imperfect roads due to extreme changes in camber.

Unlike the rear strut suspension under the Camry, the Altima has a multi-link setup that adjusts caster and camber while it travels up and down, keeping the tire level and flat with the road surface.