Sentences with phrase «car wheelspin»

A fundamental lack of grip means you will see the car wheelspin all the way up into third in greasy conditions, while the skinny front tyres lack proper bite on turn - in.

Not exact matches

The original car's rampant wheelspin was later tempered by a limited - slip differential, which means the front end feels tied - down in a way it never did originally.

Simply push the button marked L / C and move your foot from the brake to full throttle and, after a moment's pause, the car screams off, with minimum wheelspin and maximum forward momentum.

The standard all - wheel drive has a rear - wheel bias, which means it feels like a rear - wheel - drive car but the front pair activates when needed and prevents wheelspin.

Two 1960s muscle cars wobble and wheelspin their way through San Francisco as cop Steve McQueen gives chase to shotgun - toting villians in a black Charger.

This is an idiot - proof performance car, as the clever transmission and torque - vectoring all - wheel drive eliminate wheelspin and send you hurtling forward.

For this you simply must get the car slowed neatly and without locking wheels, smoothly select second (or in a race car, first) gear, then drive out with the minimum of wheelspin.

It's easy to launch hard without any effort, the car's traction control and limited - slip differential mitigating wheelspin without halting forward progress.

The brakes were a letdown though, having to work double - time on the track, both slowing the car and controlling its wheelspin via the electronic limited - slip differential.

In the PDK car, launch control makes it laughably easy, the system permitting zero wheelspin but using a fraction of clutch - slip to prevent the 3.4 - litre flat - six bogging down.

With the traction and stability control in Sport mode, there's a fair bit of wheelspin at launch, but the car quickly grabs hold as I approach the first right - hander.

From behind the wheel, however, the transition is seamless; all you are aware of is the car having faultless traction, zero torque steer, and no wheelspin anywhere, ever, when it's dry.

Because the weight of a car is shifted toward the rear under acceleration in all cars as a rule, this further improves the amount of grip on the rear wheels, increasing the amount of torque that can be supplied to the rear wheels before wheelspin occurs.

Aero invokes the aerodynamic pop - up rear wing (it swings into position when braking from 60 mph and above), Manual lets you shift gears using paddle shifters, Winter eases the car's performance characteristics so you don't slide around, and Launch lets you make a full throttle start with no wheelspin.

With very little wheelspin (Buick) and a lot of wheelspin (Lexus), both cars climbed the hill.

It helps reduce unnecessary wheelspin and keeps your car pointed in the right direction.

Indeed, wheelspin is a problem with the traction control off, and the car will gladly understeer itself straight into the ditch if you lack discipline with wheel and throttle.

In short this system adapts the car's ESP system to reduce wheelspin.

With stability control, traction control and snow tires, the Camaro accelerated up hilly suburban DC streets without wheelspin and the car was rock solid in four to six inches of snow on a night when dozens of cars slid off the highway.

Coming into the same corners in 2nd, there would be some wheelspin, but still the car remained balanced with just the slightest touch of understeer.

The long list of standard equipment includes items you won't find in just any $ 25,000 car, including rear - seat side - impact air bags; an Electronic Stability Program, which applies brakes individually to help prevent spin - outs; the previously mentioned traction control, which regulates throttle and ignition to help prevent wheelspin; and a system to sense whether a child seat is in place in the shotgun seat — if so, the passenger - side front air bag is deactivated.

The new TORSEN LSD keeps wheelspin in check, preserving the rear tires and ensuring that the car goes in the general direction you're pointing when you mash the throttle.

I did launch after launch with my hands off the wheel, even with wheelspin, and the car tracked perfectly straight.

Dipping into the throttle squirts the car through traffic, while sensors and microprocessors keep a close eye on wheelspin and others kinds of slip & slide.

It was hard to launch the car without wheelspin on gravel by the side of the road after a driver swap.

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