Sentences with phrase «car at low speed»

He claimed that the defender had reversed into his stationary car at low speed causing him nerve damage.

Weighty controls and a flat, short - travel, heavy - feeling ride are the familiar character traits of this car at low speed.

Our only reservation is that it isn't as involving as the old car at low speed.

For the rest of us, it's unnecessary and saps some of the intrinsic fun of flicking about a small car at low speeds.

These features have already been previewed in the concept version of the upcoming Q8, which also uses the starter - alternator to drive the car at low speeds.

A curious side - effect: the near - silence of the car at low speeds makes traffic jams (I live in LA) seem less awful!

The stored electricity assists in acceleration and can even power the car at low speeds.

Routine handling: It takes muscle to steer the car at low speeds, and the steering still is stiff at highway speeds.

The other big news for 2012 S80 models is that they now come standard with City Safety, an ingenious system that automatically stops the car at lower speeds if it senses the driver is distracted and fails to brake ahead of a potential frontal collision.

These include blind spot monitoring, rear cross traffic alert, a rearview camera, lane departure warning, forward collision warning, and Mazda's Smart City Brake Support, which automatically stops the car at low speeds if the driver doesn't respond to an imminent crash situation.

The 2 - stage i - VTEC system cuts off all four cylinders, allowing the electric motor to propel the car at low speeds or while cruising on a level surface.

Not exact matches

This primarily makes the car harder to drive at low speeds and for parallel parking, but does not materially affect control at high speed, where only small steering wheel force is needed.

At high speeds the car worked great, but at low speed it was all over the place, as it was prone to suddenly losing and then regaining all its downforce as the air pressure moved around - an effect known as «porpoising»At high speeds the car worked great, but at low speed it was all over the place, as it was prone to suddenly losing and then regaining all its downforce as the air pressure moved around - an effect known as «porpoising»at low speed it was all over the place, as it was prone to suddenly losing and then regaining all its downforce as the air pressure moved around - an effect known as «porpoising».

Such transmission tweaks include reducing the engine's time spent operating at a very high rotational speed to lower mechanical friction, or reducing time spent with an open throttle to lower air friction in the cars cylinders.

Those cars charge up their batteries with electricity generated when the car brakes and then used that «recycled» energy to power their electric motors, which take over from the vehicle's gasoline engine at low speeds and in stop - and - go traffic.

Like any full hybrid, the 300h can run on electric power at low speeds for short distances; an EV mode, activated via Drive Mode Select, raises the threshold where the car transitions to engine power.

However, if you drive to the car's strengths — low centre of gravity, supreme balance, exceptional rear grip — then you can cover ground at quite extraordinary speed without ever feeling that the car is teetering on the edge of a large insurance claim.

The roof is where this car differs, of course; the fabric roof is fully electric and lowers in 9.5 sec at speeds of up to 18mph.

Since the small electric motor can only power the car when creeping forward very slowly, the gasoline engine is constantly starting and stopping at low speeds with a noticeable shudder.

The car's ABS system which prevents wheel lockup can not work properly at low speeds.

The air suspension's continuous damping control system has also been recalibrated to offer a plusher ride at trundling speeds and lowers the car slightly when you're getting after it out in the Bavarian countryside.

It's fine at lower speeds, but the diesel - powered Jaguar XE simply isn't a very fast car, and this becomes apparent when merging onto an English motorway or passing on a two - lane road.

The steering is heavy at low speeds, but as soon as you muscle the throttle the car just loosens up, as if it's finally able to breathe and stretch itself.

It looks slick when raised, but you'll still want to lower it — a 10 - second affair that can be done at speeds up to 30 mph — to show off the car's giant roll hoops.

It works with the independent AMG sports air suspension, the automatic level control and the Adaptive Damping System to enhance agility, lowering the car at high speed for improved stability.

This mode lowers the car, switches it to a firmer damping rate and adjusts the angle of the rear spoiler, producing genuine downforce at higher speeds.

Our test car was fitted with the # 2600 Dynamic Pack Plus, and at lower speeds there is just enough give in the suspension to give a cushioned and settled ride quality on the optional 20 - inch wheels.

When I force start the car when it's about to stall at low speed or trying to push - start it, I get the oil warning light and the car stalls (this happened to me sometimes).

I recently noticed my car is making a barely - perceptible, low - pitched, buzzing or droning sound at highway speeds.

But check the car has oil rads fitted, and an induction kit, sports cat manifold and remap will speed up the changeover to the top cams and lower the rev point at which this happens.»

On a MacPherson strut car, sometimes the springs of the front suspension will bind in their seats, and when turning the wheel sharply at low speed (or at a standstill) you end up with a kind of «bung, bung, bung» sound as the spring intermittently lets go.

Acceleration is brisk and buttery smooth, as you'd expect from a luxury car, though passing at 60 mph doesn't have quite the punch it does at lower speeds.

The GTE's drivetrain feels a generation ahead of most other dual - motor vehicles and is a truly pleasant car to use at low speeds.

The steering is comically heavy at low speed but all it takes is 15mph showing on the speedo for the wheel to free up and provide the driver with an experience unavailable in any modern car.

The idea of the set - up is that it boosts agility at low speeds by more quickly pointing the nose of the car at the apex, while also increasing stability and grip when going faster.

On bumpy roads the car does feel very tautly sprung at low speeds, despite the softer spring rates, but that does settle once on the move.

The revised steering is much heavier than I remember, especially at idle and low speed, but it's also less jumpy and more linear in its response, so you feel much more connected to this SLR than the standard car.

At higher speeds, reaching the edge of adhesion results in understeer — at lower velocities the combination of the engine's urge and the quattro system's rear - biased torque split means it can be persuaded into brief bursts of power oversteer; although this isn't a state the car shows any enthusiasm foAt higher speeds, reaching the edge of adhesion results in understeer — at lower velocities the combination of the engine's urge and the quattro system's rear - biased torque split means it can be persuaded into brief bursts of power oversteer; although this isn't a state the car shows any enthusiasm foat lower velocities the combination of the engine's urge and the quattro system's rear - biased torque split means it can be persuaded into brief bursts of power oversteer; although this isn't a state the car shows any enthusiasm for.

The car has upwards of 115K miles now and I'm hearing what sounds like aged bushing clunks and creaks coming from the rear suspension, especially at fairly low speed largish bumps and dips.

The car starts jerking (as if it were on a hill with low speed / incorrect gear) on the 2nd gear at 2500RPM.

At lower speeds, the system uses cameras and other sensors to provide «assistance» to the driver; for instance, in a traffic jam, the car would present the driver with either the option to accelerate and overtake or to brake and fall behind the car in front.

Some may want more power steering assist at low speeds, in the vein of the A4 or C - Class, but the IS exhibits better feedback than either of those cars.

My 2011 Toyota Yaris starts fuel injection a bit above 500 RPM, and if you accidentally let the engine speed fall to the injection point, the injection at these low RPMs is smooth with no strange sounds from the engine that you could hear on older cars.

The car still understeers predictably at the limit, which is something that is reassuring on the Nordschleife, no matter what some drivers might report from low - speed tests on a skidpad where there are no trees to hit.

«Thanks to the engine kicking in at low speeds instead of at launch, this hybrid makes the transitions more smoothly than most luxury cars with a stop / start feature.»

At one point, though, the car performed a sort of low - speed, balletic lane - change maneuver that was wholly unintended.

Our first taste of the car is exclusively on track and behind a pace car that appears to be on a qualifying lap, so the subtleties of ride quality, low rev response, and the finesse of the controls at low speeds will have to wait.

My car makes this tapping noise (chain like tapping noise) and (most noticeable) when driving up hill, or at low speeds under a load.

As with similar systems, it can turn the rear wheels up to five degrees in the opposite direction from the front wheels at low speeds to improve agility and tight manoeuvring (cutting a metre from the old car's 12.4 m turning circle), and in the same direction (by up to two degrees) at higher speeds for stability.

So at higher speeds, when the car is headed in a straight line, an electronically controlled motor lowers another set of flaps to stall the diffuser, in F1 parlance, thereby reducing drag as well as downforce.