Sentences with phrase «car shunt»

Customers paying list price or lower will receive their orders first, while any customers who pay over the odds will see their car shunted down the list, to be produced once priority production has finished.

Not exact matches

Patience and caution are equally important when trying to recover from a spin during a race, but both of those were ignored in this huge Stock Car Brasil shunt.

Then, Raikkonen shunted into Vitantonio Liuzzi as he tried to lap the Toro Rosso, in a bizarre accident, and the safety car was deployed.

It was a scary shunt, nonetheless, with Elliott's car flying into the air, almost landing on its side at one point, as rivals piled into the carnage.

Sadly, a little while later Hinchcliffe's good work unravelled with a big shunt after he clashed with JR Hildebrand — both cars suffered hefty hits but the drivers were OK.

Hardly the best scenario for ex-F1 star Kubica at Rally Sweden in 2014, shunting into the snow back after catching the car badly at the end of a jump.

Thankfully, it seems both drivers are OK and were able to get out of their cars after the monstrous shunt, although they've been taken to hospital for checks.

Shunts are all part of the entertainment in motorsport and this year's Indy 500 featured one of the biggest we've seen in ages, when Scott Dixon's car went airborne after contact with Jay Howard.

The Swede crashed out of the race behind the safety car, while trying to unlap himself, shunting into the Turn 1 wall.

The Sebring 12 Hours at the start of the year delivered this huge shunt between Jan Magnussen's Corvette and Kevin Estre's Porsche, with the two cars making contact as they lapped a slower car and spinning hard into the wall.

With two laps to go there was another major shunt when 2017 winner Kurt Busch when spun around by the bright yellow Penske car of Ryan Blaney (who'd led most of the race), triggering a 13 - car crash.

Antonio Giovinazzi - Maldonado managed to shunt another car, Kevin Magnussen's, but despite this lack of running, Kev managed to qualify only 0.01 behind Grosjean.

Others to end their weekend with hefty shunts included touring car and GT racer Anthony Reid, who smashed the front - left of an Aston Martin Vantage touring car into the intimidating Flint Wall corner, whilst Max Smith - Hilliard lost control of his 1972 Surtees - Cosworth on the approach to Molecomb.

Witnessed many a shunt on track days in front or behind... normally people going out like nutters not taking a bit time to get feel for car track first (I would for example not push very till second of 6 sessions no matter how many times driven castle come, tracks are live things need to feel & judge grip levels and your tyres on the day first).

A written - off car could have damage beyond the obvious — think flood damage to electrics, frame damage from a shunt or even problems caused by repairing with cheap components.

Next issue is that in a car so quiet you can't help but notice (and hear) the transmission shunt about its business.

• Series 1 cars can suffer from drivetrain shunt which was rectified in post-2004 Series 2 models although owners still complain of some roughness during gear changes.

The new diff is paired with torque vectoring, which shunts power side to side in order to help turn the car into corners.

And get this, one Ford Performance engineer told us the car can «theoretically» shunt up to 100 per cent torque to the rear axle, not 70 per cent as previously stated.

The Corvette Racing crew — from both the No. 3 and No. 4 cars — worked until just after midnight to repair the damage from Magnussen's shunt.

In addition to its model - specific suspension, the Sport's all - wheel drive system incorporates torque vectoring, which shunts power side to side to help turn the car into corners.

Although Magnussen was uninjured in the high - speed shunt, the car was retired on the spot.

Sure, it was shunted to a smaller screen but this did not deter me from spending many long car rides playing the game.

The new license works in three ways: firstly, all your online races will add to both your online reputation (that is, your safety score — the more shunts you have, the worse your score will be), and your online strength (which means Project CARS 2 will be able to match you with drivers of similar abilities when you race on open servers online).

Sometimes a rear end shunt occurs when a car rear ends another car, that then rear ends a motorcycle at a light or stop sign; this chain effect is called a «concertina collision.»

Suppose the car behind the motorcyclist was following too close and stopped too close behind the motorcyclist when the car behind him rear - ended his car, causing him to shunt the motorcyclist.

Even the likelihood of sustaining injury in a rear end shunt is subject to a class divide, with newer, larger, luxury cars driven by our politicians, celebrities and sports stars having more features in the way of crash protection and avoidance than the older, budget versions being driven by our manual worker.

Collision prevention: (Left turn); when entering an intersection keep your wheels straight so that in the event you are hit by another car from the rear you can steer straight ahead, if your wheels are turned you will be shunted into oncoming traffic... ouch!!

The Google cars have done 700,000 miles and the only accidents they have had was one which was a rear end shunt and one which was an accident where the driver had taken control.

• Conduct movement of rail cars • Couple and uncouple cars as and when required • Observe, interpret and relay arm or radio signals when needed • Inspect train and equipment condition on a regular basis • Couple air and electrical connections between locomotives • Maintain records • Throw track switches to facilitate shunting and tie handbrakes • Observe signals from other crew members