Sentences with word «darty»

There's just enough dead space on - center so the Q30 never feels darty in a straight line — unsurprisingly, it has a very Germanic sense of straight - ahead on the highway — and enough heft as you dial in more steering to keep the driver apprised of what's going on at the front tires.

â $ œTouchy on - center steering makes the CT a bit darty on straight roads.

====== EXPERTS RAVE: There's a comfortable and assuring tautness to the way every Fusion rides, and the standard electronic power steering accents the fine ride with accurate and nimble - feeling steering that isn't too darty or over-assisted.

This gives you aggressive but not overly darty steering, a firm but not punishing ride, and throttle response tuned for around - town ease instead of instantaneous, track - oriented responses.

The steering doesn't offer great off - center feel, which is surprising since it can get quite darty on the freeway, though it didn't help matters that our test car was out of alignment and pulling slightly to one side.

In fact, it feels like a softened - off and slightly less darty MINI with a higher seating position.

The result, relatively speaking, was a more engaging car, if a touch too darty in the steering response given the lack of real feedback under the palms of your hands.

The short wheelbase makes for great maneuverability, though it can feel somewhat darty and sensitive at freeway speeds.

MSO has softened the overly darty steering that blighted the early cars and locked the hinge that seemed to link the front and rear axles.

The steering is so sharp that small movements of the wheel are met with almost darty moves.

Interestingly, Mini offers a sport suspension package and a limited slip differential for $ 500 each, which should further enhance the Cooper S» darty handling.

You soon get used to the small wheel too and its initially darty responses.

With 2.0 turns lock - to - lock compared with the old Tuscan's 1.75 turns, the steering is less aggressively pointy, which has calmed the front end's formerly darty, hypersensitive feel.

I remember those cars as having more darty steering, too, although this car's rack still feels a bit busy on the highway.

The ride feels no firmer than the already borderline - firm lesser FQs, but the tweaks have upped agility and given the steering a more progressive, less darty off - centre response.

They're more for really high - strung driving and this M760, even as fast as it is, doesn't really jive with quick, darty movements.

The nose of the i3 was very darty and twitchy in response to the smallest inputs.

With it being so light it is way too easy to turn and it handling becomes darty.

Kerb weight sits at a miniscule 830 kg, so regardless of which unit is driving the front wheels, there's huge fun to be had by using the tiny dimensions and darty chassis to maintain momentum through the bends.

Stiff suspensions translate every bump and direct steering can be darty at highway speeds.

It's actually quite fun, though you must be sure to brake in a straight line or it can be a bit darty under heavy braking.

There are four classes that make ideal pirating ships: The tiny, darty Pinnace class, the swift, deft Sloop class, the balanced, steadfast Brig class, and the formidable Frigate class.

Shortening the wheelbase and quickening the steering ratio was a key part of hitting those agility targets, but at first it makes the F12 feel darty and nervous, though you adjust to it.

At least one editor thinks the steering is a bit darty, but it is not.

It's light when you want it to be — around parking lots — and firms up so it's not darty on the highway.

The GT C lacks rear grip and its somewhat darty and overly light steering doesn't help you get a feel for what's going on at either axle.

This makes the Niro Touring easy to toss around in traffic and it is almost darty.

The steering is less darty than a Mini and less talkative than that of a Fiesta, but it's accurate enough to punt the DS3 around with Parisian brio and plenty of fun.

It's frustrating, as the Cooper S's chassis balance and darty steering are still present and correct - they're just hard to enjoy on these tyres.

Yet on the highway it's darty and oversensitive, making it difficult to maintain a line in your lane without keeping two hands on the wheel at all times and paying very close attention.

The eighteen - inch wheels make the Focus turn in even more sharply, but I think that they also make the car slightly too darty.

It feels darty and nervous, the steering seems ludicrously fast and so light that you can't get any feel for the grip available, and the car just can't cope with the vicious lumps of this moorland road.

And despite the seemingly ingrained SLR problems — awful brake feel, dead - yet - darty steering and spine - drilling ride (on our car's optional 19in rims at any rate)-- it's a much more likable steer than the coupe.

It has better body control over a cresting, undulating road than any of BMW's high performance M cars and it feels agile, darty and poised in corners.

> Interior and tech - iCockpit layout can take some getting used - to but the small steering wheel suits the 208's darty feel.

The combination of tall architecture and a small steering wheel - with flat bottom and top - controlling quick steering could feel darty and precarious, but it doesn't.

Previously, the darty front - end was accompanied by a low centre of gravity, minimal body roll and a rear - end that could be adjusted with a lift of the throttle.

It's light and darty, but calms a little and gains feel once the tyres have heat in them.

The V -8-powered S4's hefty curb weight, cushy suspension, nose - heavy disposition, and numb steering handicap it so much that the darty, apex - hungry Evolution simply seems to have come from another world.

Initially, the steering seems far too direct and darty (it is), though it is something you acclimatise to.

It doesn't have the firm, darty, sporty feel of a Juke, nor the excellent damping and body control of a Mazda CX - 3.

The steering is darty and takes some getting used to and the chassis doesn't seem to let you find a flow quite so readily.

As expected, the RS will be firmly sprung - testing on the Nordschleife will have no doubt influenced the setup - with the video confirming rear - wheel cocking, a darty nose and the ability to sustain four - wheel drifts are all characters the new car will posses.

Where the ST is keen and darty, the ST - Line feels cumbersome.

I didn't really find it darty or skittish like Andy did.

I was even surprised that it was not all that «darty» on the road for a vehicle with a short wheelbase and tall roof.

If anything, the new X1 corners a bit more sharply than I'd have expected, bordering on darty.

If there's one thing we can fault in the Regal, it's the steering under hard acceleration, there is a tendency for the wheel to get light and darty, while it's not nightmarish vintage Saab - like torque steer, it's the one thing that could use improvement in the car.»

But both exhibit handling manners near perfect for road cars, with steering neither darty nor too slow, and with excellent feedback.