Sentences with phrase «felt the car steer»

I could feel the car steer beneath my hands, which was unsettling at first but easy to get used to.

New this year is Lane Keep Assist, but I never felt the car steer itself back into the correct lane, despite my purposely veering off course to test the system.

Not exact matches

The steering is so precise that if you time corners right, you may even think you've tamed this car enough to be a team — it will feel as if it's reading your mind.

«We developed a vehicle which make drivers feel as if they're steering something that's not a car,» Kinoshita said.

We can feel or hear the score of peace but the rain is pouring and the cars are flying past and we are gripping the steering wheel just trying to get home.

For example, whenever Johnsonlaunches into a five - minute explanation of what he was feeling in the car as itentered a turn — including information such as throttle position, brake pressureand how the steering handled — Knaus will visualize in slow motion what's goingon inside the car as it rolls through the turn.

Annoyed by a crash which he feels clearly wasn't his fault, Brezina gets out of his car (after replacing the steering wheel because obviously he doesn't want to be penalised) and begins to sprint and stumble his way towards the other car.

In government, it can sometimes feel like you are trying to steer a heavy goods vehicle, rather than drive a light and nippy sports car.

You keep telling yourself there's nothing you can do, so «let go» and «be Zen» about it, only to feel your hands gripping the steering wheel and your eyes rolling out of frustration at the car that jettisoned into your lane.

At these times the fast steering isn't such a boon because inputs set the HS on edge and it can feel like there's a disconnect between the road and the car.

The steering is really hefty, the clutch a bit of a pain, and although beneath all that is a car with a workable balance, I'm not sure you'd feel that keen to dip into its reserves as freely.

The Camaro's engine, transmission, steering, and suspension work together in such a way that the entire car feels engineered, not simply bolted together from spare parts.

Most 3 Series buyers won't care a lick about brake or steering feel, or the way their car turns in and takes a set through a series of S curves.

Thankfully, it's a solid platform to work from, and the car offers a compliant ride without feeling dowdy — in fact, the steering is rather sharp, a refreshing change from the novacaine - laden steering racks installed in Cobalts and Cavaliers of days gone.

To me it feels like the power - steering hamsters aren't running fast enough in their wheel, and the car doesn't quite make the turn that I had visualized.

In the LFA, the steering makes the car feel light and nimble and chuckable, but even the heaviest right foot must first get used to the sky - high revs required to smoke the tires.

If you want to know what truly great steering feels like, the 996 C2 is the car: fast, accurate, perfectly weighted and dripping with feel.

Equipped with exactly the same suspension as the M3 with the Competition Pack, the compact M car felt notably more steering - nervous, corner - greedy, and surface - affected than its bigger brother.

The steering is super precise, and you have a good sense of the front of the car, even if there's not the sort of steering feel you get in a Lotus Elise or Porsche Cayman.

The typical crossover buyer may not speak in terms of on - center steering feel and load buildup, but all drivers know good steering when they feel it: Goldilocks will get in this car and instantly feel like she's connected with the wheels and in control of her vehicle.

The C30 torque steers, yes, but that torque also makes the car feel muscular during highway driving and while exiting corners.

Steering feel remains a little on the light / vague side, and clutch takeup is a little mushy, but on a whole, the manual version of the hottest TL feels like a different, much sharper car.

Even with the CVT, the WRX feels like a bona fide performance car with slingshot - like acceleration, direct steering, and a rewardingly rigid suspension.

Combined with steering that is either a shade too light (in Comfort) or way too heavy (in Dynamic) and you end up with a car that can be coaxed along at a crazy speed but also one that feels flat - footed at times and never really settles into a rhythm.

For once, I'm wishing for the numb electric power steering that more and more German cars now have, because this is something I definitely don't want to feel.

The end goal, Audi claims, was to marry the chassis balance and steering feel of a rear - wheel - drive car with the grip and idiot - proof nature of all - wheel drive.

There's not much steering feel but the rate of response and weighting are both consistent, so you can place the car accurately — until tyre squeal sets in, quickly followed by persistent understeer.

At the track, the XFR's compliant chassis and quick, positive - feel steering mask the car's heft and inspire you to drive the 4306 - pound sedan like a small sport coupe.

Arguably, the biggest break from the past may be how the car feels: the sport suspension isn't as harsh as before, nor does the new power steering design provide as much feedback as previous models.

There are a few quirks to get used to — the brake pedal isn't a pedal, it's a touch - sensitive, pyramid - shaped rubber button where pressure, not pedal travel, equals stopping power; the feedback - free, hydraulic rack - and - pinion steering is as disconnected and consistent as a rheostat, and it feels like that of no other car on the planet — but the sharp - yet - pillowy ride and handling combination is almost supernatural.

Strangely, the base car has hydraulic power assist for its steering and the Turbo gets electrically assisted power steering that is a bit light and largely devoid of feel.

The steering, now electrically assisted, feels better than what you'll experience in most cars, as does the firm brake pedal.

New suspension geometry is said to improve handling and steering feel, at the same time as keeping the Genesis's ride as comfortable as befits a luxury car.

«The steering has bundles of feel but is light and seems to twitch the nose of the car into corners almost unnaturally fast at first,» he wrote.

There are drawbacks to the car as well (iDrive is a little clunky with no Bluetooth streaming for 06», all - wheel drive changes the steering feel a little, and it takes a bit to learn the controls by feel as cruise control and the blinkers are right next to each other on the left side of the column).

Initially you feel a little steering «search» over bumps and undulations; this is fairly common with race cars on cool tires.

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.

Despite the reduced weight and the characteristically light steering, it still feels like a huge, heavy car, the 20in rims clattering over bumps, breath being held instinctively whenever a lorry comes the other way.

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.

To improve turn in, Ferrari debuted its own rear wheel steering system on the F12 Tdf, making the car feel hyper alert in tighter twistier sections of road.

However, I loved my car - so much that I replaced it with another one (the facelifted car, which did not look as coherent, but had some effective mechanical changes that made a significant difference to the steering feel, handling and refinement).

Recap, the vibration is felt in the entire car, and it is the worst on the steering wheel (back and forth vibration).

What the CLS lacks is detailed feedback; the steering is quick and accurate but you still feel isolated from those wide front contact patches, and even on its stiffest suspension setting the CLS55 doesn't have the ultra-tight body control of a true sports car.

A smaller steering wheel is used to give the BRZ that sports car feel, while a tachometer with digital speedometer is placed in the center of the gauge cluster to relay the most important info to the driver.

But the Competition Package can't alter the basic physics of the M6's 1850 kg kerb weight, and it always feels like a big, heavy car — especially if you indulge the temptation to disarm the stability control to steer it from the rear.

I found the steering to be excellent; I was able to put the car exactly where I wanted to and, as a bonus, the steering wheel has a nice chunky feel to it, with a grippy leather cover.

The flat - four engine revs freely and pitter - patters behind your head, while the unassisted steering lightens up and gives the car a lively feel.

It isn't as heavy as its sibling X3 crossover I tested the week prior, and during high - speed driving the steering wheel feels incredibly natural and intuitive — like a good sports car's.

More impressive still, given that this is an open - top car, is that the steering column feels rock - solid and there's no hint of flex or shudder from the chassis.

Feedback is at a race - car level and so immediate you find yourself with what feels like extra time to react, which in turn allows you to lean on the car hard using throttle and steering adjustments that are slower than you'd expect.