Sentences with phrase «couple mile drive»

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Whether it's an overzealous attendance policy or taking employees» frequent flier miles, even a couple of unnecessary rules can drive people crazy.

That's about 2 1/2 miles from Wrigley, a couple of blocks further than DeVry but about the same distance in driving time, according to online mapping sites.

He added that while «a couple of modest play features, like a slide,» may be included, there was never any intention of creating the kind of attraction that «people would pile their kids into the car and drive miles to see.»

The couple last week packed up the kids — ages 1 and 3 — and drove two days and 780 miles to Syracuse to look at rental houses.

The valet in question occasionally drove the couple from the governor's mansion in Albany to their Hudson River home, 100 miles away.

I bought a second hand 2009 Corsa D (68K miles) a few weeks ago, it drove perfectly for the first couple of weeks and this week it gradually started to stutter / judder under load / acceleration, usually...

In any case, a couple beers and a great concert are amazing rewards for nearly 2,000 miles of driving over the last several days.

We drove the 2015 McLaren 650S over Laureles Grade and back (not far, but far enough), and found it even more poised and supple at civilian speed than we remember from putting a couple hundred miles on the McLaren MP4 - 12C in metropolitan Los Angeles.

For non-synthetic oil, how long can you go without changing the oil if you regularly only use a vehicle a couple times per month, for 30 miles per drive?

after many countless hours of looking I came across the Scion tc a couple of months later i found a 2007 with 101,000 miles, i took her for a test drive and I fell in love 3 days later i bought her!

when i picked it up and drove 3 miles to a store went in, and was back out in a couple minutes, it would crank with no fire and started after 2nd try.

Last winter I had a very tense hour driving the last couple of miles to Drumoak in Aberdeenshire as I didn't prepare his route (but trusted a Tom Tom... mistake!)

Often, though, we'd drive off with disappointing numbers and were pleased to find we gained back a couple of miles by the time we arrived at our destination.

I've driven it a couple hundred miles maintaining about 4000 RPM for hours at a time.

Honda says EV mode can last up to a couple of miles in city driving.

The 530e iPerformance, which is a plug - in hybrid that features a 2.0 - liter turbo - four coupled to an electric motor, is EPA rated at 29 mpg combined and can travel 370 miles on a full tank and a full charge in rear - drive guise or up to 16 miles solely on electric power.

Coupled with an AMG - tuned all - wheel drive system, the E63S Wagon rockets from zero to 60 miles per hour in 3.6 seconds — quick enough to get anyone to soccer practice on time.

Powered by a 3.5 - liter V6 with 250 horsepower and 253 pound - feet of torque that is coupled with a five - speed automatic transmission, the Pilot can achieve 18 miles per gallon in the city, and 25 mpg * on the highway with front - wheel drive models, while the AWD models achieve slightly lower levels of 17 mpg in the city and 24 mpg on the highway.

I only had it a couple days and drove maybe less than a hundred miles, so there was no time to record a meaningful mileage figure.

I drive past one a couple of miles from the house to go to Commonwealth Dodge.

Over the course of three days and driving through nine states, the couple averaged 84.1 miles per gallon (35.71 km / l), spending only 4.65 cents per mile.

A stretch of easy driving on a long descent down from a mountain added a couple more miles.

From a stop, the electric drive can power the Yukon Hybrid up to about 30 mph for a couple of miles or so before the gas engine takes over.

[5/4/2016] Yesterday I drove home the 2016 Civic LX coupe equipped with the 6 - speed gearbox, and after a few miles behind the wheel it seemed as though finally a new Civic had a bit of the grit of the previous generations coupled with the convenience and comfort I now appreciate more than I would have 15 years ago.

With claims of 22mpg in the city and 30mpg on the highway in the more efficient rear - wheel drive guise (adding all - wheel drive drops both figures by a couple of miles - per - gallon), it's comfortably the most efficient engine in the range, and better in many cases than what smaller, turbocharged four - cylinder gasoline engines in rival cars can muster.

I have driven my cabriolet 42,000 miles and have had a couple of issues come to surface.

2007 chevy impala ls flexfuel v6 3.5 liter runs drives great 180,000 miles no problems tires have good thred paint is a couple months old look clean the interior is pretty clean to.has an affermarket pioneer aux cd player has good cold ac also has brand new hello lights and pre wired for subs i am asking $ 3,100 obo no low ballers please yes im in tucson

An Australian couple recently drove a Chevy Cruze Eco 9,552 miles and managed to average 64.42 miles per gallon during the trip.

The couple, who live in Oberlin, Ohio, drove more than eight hours and 500 miles to visit North Shore Animal League America.

Seven mile beach is a short drive away, as are a couple of nice, smaller beaches (Cemetery Beach and Smith's Barcadere were both fun).

• Paradise Drive - Thru, a couple of miles down de road, sounds like fast food.

The dilemma has driven Soho's fanciest galleries to a neighborhood a couple of miles away.

This bespoke plug - in hybrid system, developed and produced by the BMW Group, enables a range in everyday driving of up to 35 kilometers (approx. 22 miles) and a top speed of 120 km / h (approx. 75 mph) on electric power alone, coupled with a «glued - to - the - road» all - wheel driving experience headlined by powerful acceleration and a dynamically - biased distribution of power through enthusiastically taken corners.»

Wind promoters themselves admit that their pile - driving can be heard up to 80 kilometers (50 miles) underwater, and can be harmful to whales within a couple of kilometers.

A married couple with 1 traffic violation who each drives approximately 12,000 — 15,000 miles per year pays about $ 1,423.69 for car insurance.

A married couple with a clean driving who drive 9,000 to 16,000 miles each year could expect to pay anywhere from $ 1500 to $ 4400 per year.

I was driving home from dinner [a couple weeks after the shooting] and there was a car accident that happened one - fourth of a mile in front of me, and I stopped to check if everyone was ok and give whatever I could to try and help someone if there was something wrong, and thank God there wasn't, but it just showed how everything can change so quickly,» Haab said.

Environmental consciousness may have helped avoid even greater increases in vehicle miles driven over the past couple of decades with some people taking alternative types of transportation.

We were forced to drive thirty five miles with it tilted backwards at an extremely severe angle, supported only by a couple of tiny straps and one of the bands road cases.

«Guests will travel past water fountains and Shetland ponies leaping as they go up the two - mile long drive to the house,» Lucille Michel, the couple's florist, has told UK Grazia magazine.