Sentences with phrase «driving at a steady speed»

Drive at a steady speed and leave enough space for cars to enter your lane safely ahead of you, and you'll be able to cut your commute even before you've started your own business.

There's also a bit of surging and slowing as the batteries kick in and then lay off, but you're unlikely to notice it unless you drive at a steady speed on flat roads.

It almost works too well, though: after about 20 minutes of driving at a steady speed on a straight stretch of highway with little steering input involved, this driver was advised to «take a coffee break.»

Noise Driving at a steady speed of 60mph, we set a RadioShack sound - level meter on the passenger seat.

But, of course, nobody drives at steady speed like that so expect real - world electric range to be significantly less.

It's doubtful that this has had any real world effect on safety; most truck collisions don't involve driving at a steady speed on a motorway.

1) Driving at a steady speed of 55 - 60 mph on an open highway or interstate, I'm getting over 40 mpg.

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John Warburton explains his fruitful pre-WW1 relationship with the Luton factory and the car's début at Waddington Fell / Auto - biography: Ronald «Steady» Barker — Matthew Bell travels to Wiltshire to meet the incorrigible 93 - year - old motoring journalist and learn about his life and career / 10EX: the full - bore Phantom — An experimental car that was the first post-WW1 Rolls - Royce built purely for speed, David Burgess-Wise drives this fascinating machine / Vintage Revival Montlhéry — In a two - part article, Robin Batchelor describes The Automobile's journey to Montlhéry while David Burgess-Wise reports on the action as the banked circuit reverberated again to the sound of prewar cars and motorcycles / Back on the Road — Michael Ware reports on the restoration of a 1947 Dellow, one of only two survivors of the four original prototypes for this highly effective trials car

To help maximize gas mileage, the V - 8 engine is equipped with cylinder - deactivation technology that operates the power plant on 4 of its 8 cylinders under certain driving conditions, such as when coasting down a hill or cruising at a steady rate of speed on the highway.

It even drives well, staying planted in its lane on the highway with minimal steering inputs, and steering is firm and steady at speed, but effortless at low speeds, making mall parking lots and school drop - off maneuvers a cinch.

And you still have to deal with the odd off - on - off - on hybrid power delivery at a steady cruising speed that is enough to drive you batty.

The 2014 Evoque is available with a new Active Driveline system that is the world's first «on demand» four - wheel drive system which enhances agility and improves fuel efficiency by operating in front - wheel drive only during steady - state driving at speeds above 22mph.

In action the steadier steering and improved stability afforded by the new car's longer wheelbase make the new - generation 2012 Porsche 911 easier to drive, especially at higher speeds.

At steady road speed it can keep the engine at optimal rev speed without suffering a failure to accelerate if the driver floors it, and the 500h has a more efficient final drive ratio than previous Lexus hybridAt steady road speed it can keep the engine at optimal rev speed without suffering a failure to accelerate if the driver floors it, and the 500h has a more efficient final drive ratio than previous Lexus hybridat optimal rev speed without suffering a failure to accelerate if the driver floors it, and the 500h has a more efficient final drive ratio than previous Lexus hybrids.

The 2.0 - liter gasoline engine drives the front wheels; the front axle features a built - in clutch that switches the system to Parallel Drive Mode mainly for engine - powered travel at high speeds / steady - state cruise.

The Fit is fun to drive around town, energetic if not real quick to accelerate to highway speed or go up hills, and quite acceptable cruising on the highway at steady speeds.

Having air cooled vented seats while driving fast in the desert sun is a plus... especially when the cool air comes out at a steady speed.

Bonita Springs drivers can stay safer on rainy, slippery streets with the ASPC system, which is able to provide steady cruise control at low speeds in difficult driving conditions, so you can focus on steering.

Drive on cruise control: I've heard that driving at a slower, steady speed uses less gas.

I've tried wakeboarding behind a boat once or twice, but you always have to trust the person who's driving the boat to stay at a steady speed.

Just hearing the names of these transmissions would put second thoughts into most people not serious about driving a 40 ton rig at highway speed, or through tight turns on a mountain road, or for that matter steady up and down shifting in a city.