Sentences with phrase «cars in a straight line»

To me it could be carnage, you could lose the car in a straight line.

In testing he said that the car was so slow that «every corner is flat out», and in Canada he claimed that the difference to other cars in straight line speed was dangerous.

It doesn't feel as rabid as the original car in a straight line (admittedly this car is completely standard and the original has been tickled) and, even with the Active Yaw Control, you sense the weight in fast transitions.

That's until we start hearing a banging noise or make a true effort to keep the car in a straight line.

The base Laredo 2 - wheel drive comes very well - equipped, while the top - of - the - line Grand Cherokee SRT8 can embarrass some high - performance cars in a straight line.

If you need to struggle with the steering wheel to keep your car in a straight line, it's possible you have a loss of alignment caused by tire damage or uneven wear.

It's a speedy little car in a straight line, piling on speed effortlessly, and also decelerates strongly thanks to 320 mm front disc brakes.

There's a long list of modern SUVs that would mock most sports cars in a straight line.

Trying to point your car in a straight line is an exercise in futility due to the fact that vehicles handle like they're driving on a surface made of butter.

The gameplay in Drag Racing is simple — just race against another car in a straight line.

Not exact matches

In spite of the eye - popping straight line speed, these are GT cars that will never see a racetrack.

In the closing laps six of the 11 cars still running ran out of fuel: Senna, Johansson, Brundle, Warwick, Piquet, and Boutsen — though Boutsen was lucky enough to do so right on the pit straight and was able to push his car across the finish line.

In that years Le Mans (it's only race) the car qualified well and was making its way up the field, but the normally - diligent engineers had overlooked something: because the car was faster in a straight line it was also heavier on its brakeIn that years Le Mans (it's only race) the car qualified well and was making its way up the field, but the normally - diligent engineers had overlooked something: because the car was faster in a straight line it was also heavier on its brakein a straight line it was also heavier on its brakes.

Even though aerodynamics wasn't really a thing back then designers realised that by covering the wheels their cars would go faster in a straight line.

A week after the launch the car had a quick straight - line test at a very wet airfield in Leeds (a far cry from the glamour and sunshine of F1's Barcelona tests!)

Huge, 18 - wheel haulers that bring the cars around the country during the 38 - weekend season are parked in a perfectly straight line: a life - sized toy box.

The size of the DRS flap is also tripling in size, which will mean an enormous straight - line speed penalty for the car in front, further helping to promote overtaking.

Jayden would also line up cars, magazines or blocks on the floor or a table in as straight a line as he could make, never stacking objects as other kids would.

The Mustang is undoubtedly the better drivers» car of the pair, though the Charger is considerably faster in a straight line and arguably the cooler of the pair.

The Adaptive function not only measures how the car is currently being driven (for example, cruising in a straight line will call up Comfort Plus; steering and braking hard will call up Sport), but also uses information from the navigation map to proactively switch into Sport if the car is approaching a series of switchbacks, for instance.

But whether we like it or not, on paper at least, Audi's current RS3 super-hatch is the quicker car in a straight - line.

Those cars could only go in a straight line; these cars can do anything.

RYAN BRISCOE: Also it's a public road so you have a lot of crown in the road, so the car doesn't want to go in a straight line.

You slide into a Corbeau seat, legs straight out in front of you but canted towards the car's center line, rollcage criss - crossing around you.

Of the three cars, it's arguably the most visceral when rocketing in a straight - line, despite having less power on tap than either the Volkswagen or the Hyundai.

Once the Tesla's launch advantage is used up, however, we have little doubt the Porsche is the quicker car — not just in a straight line but, more emphatically, on any fast, challenging road or circuit.

Again, see the post above about the Golf R. Perhaps if you are a bonehead who can do nothing but mash the pedal in a straight line, then by all means a chipped Audi GTI is the ultimate driver's car.

But for most owners of these cars it is all about the prestige and the occasional stomp on the throttle in a straight line.

When you reverse, begin in a straight line, then slowly turn your car in the opposite direction to the one you want your trailer / caravan to turn.

Despite a drop of nearly 1000 pounds compared to the 3,803 - pound road version, the NSX GT3 doesn't feel insanely fast in a straight line, but I quickly gather that the race car has serious pace.

The TT - RS is not bad, but when one's only defense of one car vs another is that «its faster in a straight line» either the car sucks or the are an automotive neanderthal.

I would love to see all those cars mentioned, in a straight up race to finish line.

Going fast in a straight line is fun for a little while, but if you're into turning corners, you'll find yourself wishing for more connection to the car — and the road beneath those sticky Pirellis.

The 570S feels quick in a straight line — how could a 562bhp car that weighs 1400 kg not?

The GT3 now feels so fast in a straight line that it seems absurd to expect any more performance from a road car.

It makes the SLR Roadster, unveiled at Geneva in March and now in production at an eye - watering # 350,000, a more enticing prospect than its coupe cousin, promising to kill stone dead even the subtle scuttle wobbles that afflict the mainstream Merc SL65 and in so doing putting some clear blue water between itself and a car that, on paper, all but matches its straight line pace for less than half the price.

Once you're on the road in today's SLK250, though, the engine delivers good straight - line performance, even if this is no sports car.

What strikes me most of all in this car is the incredible number of simple straight lines, many of them with a kink or two in them.

You can't see the road which now dives over a slight summit but making a deliberate effort to stay a bit to the right before diving over the crest will help you to point the car to brake in a straight line for the hairpin.

Getting the car off the line is tricky, as dumping the clutch anywhere above tickover seems to result in a black number 11 being drawn on the mile straight.

Subaru has said the car will weigh around 1220 kg, which puts it close in terms of straight - line performance and power to weight ratio with a Renaultsport Clio 200 Cup, though it's rear - wheel drive rather than front and both Toyota and Subaru possess a choice of 6 - speed manual or 6 - speed auto gearboxes.

Now I'm just a dude driving a car, noticing how the adaptive air suspension soaks up bumps quite nicely in straight lines, even bouncing a bit like a Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham d'Elegance circa 1984.

In a car which needs to brake, the dirty part is even less inviting, so you turn earlier still but if you are able to make a later turn in a nimble car, you can apex later in the dip then exit in the middle of the road, ready to ease right and brake in a straight line for PriorIn a car which needs to brake, the dirty part is even less inviting, so you turn earlier still but if you are able to make a later turn in a nimble car, you can apex later in the dip then exit in the middle of the road, ready to ease right and brake in a straight line for Priorin a nimble car, you can apex later in the dip then exit in the middle of the road, ready to ease right and brake in a straight line for Priorin the dip then exit in the middle of the road, ready to ease right and brake in a straight line for Priorin the middle of the road, ready to ease right and brake in a straight line for Priorin a straight line for Priory.

When all that's needed is a dab of brakes and a flick of steering to get the car pointing in the right direction, so you can unleash all of its power in a straight line, you experience the car's best assets; its corner entry agility and acceleration.

It already feels like we've won the lottery when we line up all five cars shoulder to shoulder in the car park at the main entrance by the Döttinger - Höhe straight.

In theory this allows the car to drive in the straightest line possible for the longest time and this technique may still be best in something powerful and rear drive — and — when you're on your owIn theory this allows the car to drive in the straightest line possible for the longest time and this technique may still be best in something powerful and rear drive — and — when you're on your owin the straightest line possible for the longest time and this technique may still be best in something powerful and rear drive — and — when you're on your owin something powerful and rear drive — and — when you're on your own.

A new four - link front axle decoupled from the spring struts gives the C300 Coupe good lateral grip and stability, while a five - link independent rear keeps the car planted in a straight line.

The Pirelli Cinturato P7s fitted to the test car offered enough traction in a straight line but little in the way of control during a corner.

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.

LaFerrari takes advantage of the electric boost in a straight line, where the tires can handle the extra power output, but when the car is exiting a corner and the tires, limited by grip and lateral acceleration, can only transmit a limited amount of torque to the ground, the KERS system uses the V - 12's excess torque to recharge the battery pack.