Sentences with phrase «car feels stiff»

As fast and as smooth as the B7 is, though, it's also burdened by its weight, and the car feels stiff and rigid rather than light and lithe.

Not exact matches

The cars are too grippy, the combat feels a bit stiff, and the Tommy gun has way too much ammo.

You can sense the increase in stiffness just rolling across the larger stones in the car park, with the whole car feeling tighter, stiffer and more honed.

On winding back roads and highway on - ramps alike, it felt stiff enough to tackle corners aggressively without upsetting the balance of the car.

Changes to the suspension's geometry, springs, dampers, and tires have made the car feel planted but not stiff - legged.

The ride is very firm and you can feel how laterally stiff the car is just rolling from standstill.

Given its stiffer, sportier feel, we suspect it will be a little harsher than the previous car.

What the CLS lacks is detailed feedback; the steering is quick and accurate but you still feel isolated from those wide front contact patches, and even on its stiffest suspension setting the CLS55 doesn't have the ultra-tight body control of a true sports car.

Yes, the suspension is stiff — due in part to our car's optional sport package — but the car always feels poised and ready to attack without being uncomfortable.

There is a fair amount of roll and the chassis doesn't feel unbearably stiff — over the big kerbs it's wonderfully pliant, in fact — but body control is good when the corners come thick and fast and the car isn't unsettled by bumps.

The stiff, short - travel clutch pedal felt especially strange at the end of a workday during which I had driven our Four Seasons Volkswagen Jetta TDI (one of the smoothest - driving cars I've ever piloted).

Thanks to softer springs and dramatically different calibration for the Bilstein dampers, the 2015 Nissan GT - R's suspension feels supple, not stiff, and the car rides rough pavement without any annoying patter from the tires.

They want a car that feels sporty, even if that results in an idiotically stiff ride, pointlessly heavier steering and needlessly brutal tip - in on the accelerator pedal, none of which makes for better or more satisfying progress down a wiggly road.

I desperately wanted to love the RS5 as I prefer the looks and cabin, but the ride was harder, rebound too stiff, front was very nose heavy and the whole car felt sluggish compared to the M. Not in the same league in my opinion.

Alright, let me be honest and tell you a few things that I dislike about this car: - Gas Mileage (Hyundai claims it gives you 25 mpg in the city, which is not true, I get not more than 23 mpg in the city for sure)- Traction Control (The traction can not handle the acceleration and the wheels would start spinning, even on the dry roads, not sure what to blame)- USB port - The built in USB port does not support android, at least not in my case, therefore I have to rely on Bluetooth or AUX)- Dull Alloy Wheels - The dullness of alloy wheels for the SE trim does not compliment the car over all, but eh, I can't complain much as it is a BASE model Now, the things I absolutely love about this car: - Great Turn Radius - Beautiful LED lights (even with base model)- Highway mileage (35 mpg even driving at 75 miles an hour, you might get better than 37 mpg if you drive at 55 miles an hour)- Spacious trunk - Great leg room for rear seats - Just enough power to accelerate quickly and merge on to the highways / freeways - Amazing Brakes - Sports, ECO and Normal Mode (For those who do not know, once switched to SPORTS mode, the car's steering becomes stiff as well as the engine along with the help of transmission helps you accelerate the car faster, you actually feel like driving a sports car.

The car's body feels rock - solid, stiff in the chassis but capable of riding smoothly and comfortably on its springs.

The new structure is stiffer and lighter, giving it a big car feel on the road.

It is a smooth and easy going car with a pleasant ride, but taking on options will have an effect on the ride: the 18 - inch tires will make occupants feel road imperfections and the run flat tires will make the ride stiff and lumpy.

The Corsa VXR's stiff suspension is a characteristic that's all too common in modern performance cars — it provides a planted and assured driving feel, but when you're not driving «on the edge» comfort is compromised.

I'd ask for stiffer steering response and a little more road feel, but these are nits in a car that's always ready to dance.

JD Power reviewed the CT6 thusly: «Normal, Sport, and Snow / Ice driving modes adjust the car's response, but even in Normal mode the CT6 feels too taut and stiff.

Potholes and heaves are soaked up though don't completely disappear, the car is tuned fairly stiff for a sporty communicative feel.

Ride: It's stiff enough that you can feel the pavement through the Eagle tires, but not so jarring as an all - out performance car's suspension.

Giving the award, Miguel Cortina noted, «The suspension is just what you want to feel in a car like this — stiff, sporty, rigid.

The car stretches to 206.5 inches from end to end, features LED lighting, weighs 4442 lbs and has a much stiffer feel, a result of the use of aluminum / steel hybrid material.

The result is a car that doesn't feel as stiff or sharp as a hot hatch but it still lithe in cornering and feels well connected to the road.

The 2000 LeSabre has one of the stiffest bodies of any car on the road, and you can feel it.

Also standard is a computerized suspension system that Ford says offers a stiffer, sports car ride or a less harsh ride, depending on the driver's preference, but I didn't feel much difference in either mode because the ride and handling were too close to perfect.

The Passat like most VW's is set up stiff and sharp bumps upset the cars composure and are felt inside the cabin too.

The new cars featured a 30 percent stiffer body with a more rakish profile and sharper lines, reflector headlights (as opposed to projector headlights), and a more upscale - feeling interior.

MacPherson struts in front and a double wishbone in the rear make up the 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid's stiff suspension, which has a feel appropriate for a car at the low end of Honda's model line.

In «Sport Plus» mode, the suspension turns stiffer and is lowered by 15 milimeters, giving the occupants feel as if they are sitting in a sports car.

So Lexus gave the car 2 1/2 inches more height, revised the suspension geometry and gave the steering a stiffer feel.

The car's suspension is quite firm, but in true BMW tradition, the damping is sublime - it helps what is essentially quite a stiff car feel planted and not overly fidgety / bouncy.

While the lighter A6 does a great impression of a car a segment smaller, in the S6 we could feel every single pound, a feeling that we could not really write off to a stiffer suspension.

However, the body feels very controlled due to the stiff set up and in spite of the car being so bulky and large, body roll still feels very much under control.

The Malibu's steering feels slow and stiff, and compounds the sensation that this car seems heavier than the 3,650 pounds it weighs.

«Not only is its electrically assisted steering system unexpectedly sensitive,» Car and Driver says, «you can practically feel the thousands of man - hours spent developing its Michelin tires, its stiffer structure, and, on Z51 models, its electronically controlled limited - slip differential.»

That car rolled on a wholly new chassis that was lighter and stiffer than before, enabling this big sedan to feel more lively than it really had any right to.

It somehow feels like that car yet in a sharper, stiffer and more advanced package; if you've driven both, you will notice the evolution.

The car always felt sports - car stiff, but the ride was just a tad compliant in these modes.

Many times, the low - profile tires and suspension tuning of luxury cars has become too stiff to call comfortable, but the Legacy's ride did not detract from steering feel or turn - in, and I found the Legacy 2.5 i Touring fun to drive.

I just never feel rewarded driving the car in a sporty manner, so why bother with stiffer dampers?

The four - wheel independent suspension does a credible job of managing the bumps and curves, but I feel as if the car could use a stiffer set of springs.

The car's body feels very stiff.

Yes, the cars feel heavy and a bit stiff but car chases are still entertaining.

The steering on the sporty driver's seat was extremely stiff however and I felt as though I was fighting against the horsepower of an actual racing car.

A person is hit very hard in an accident, they walk out of the car, they're feeling ok — then maybe the next day they're a little stiff and sore, but they have to go to work, they just take Advil, and then three weeks later they realize they can't really move their shoulder the way they used to, go to the doctor, get an MRI and the person learns that they have a much more severe injury than they thought.

It flies around corners happily enough, although even on the smooth tarmac of the car park in Las Vegas, the car felt a little heavy, the ride a little stiff and brittle.