Sentences with phrase «heavy right foot»

No doubt it's our staff's collective heavy right foot.

In my mixed driving style (and with a decidedly heavy right foot), I usually only get about 20 miles per charge, which still isn't bad.

In this video with non-work-safe audio (now might be a good time to grab those headphones), we see two guys in a Chrysler 300 SRT8 driving along filming as the Corvette ZR1 driver decides to show how heavy his right foot is.

But then I noticed that, in my 24 hours of pretend ownership, I screwed the cumulative average fuel economy achieved by our staff (and clearly displayed on the lovely SYNC screen) down a few tenths with my usual heavy right foot.

Stick a set of Pilot Sport 4S's on the car and traction is not a problem unless you have a particularly heavy right foot that's incapable of feathering the throttle!

Those small, measured throttle inputs that get the best out of turbo engines do very little with the GTS — meaning you tend to drive with a much heavier right foot.

While in my possession, I average 22.2 mpg in mixed driving with my admittedly heavy right foot.

It is possible to induce a small amount of oversteer on power or with an off - throttle flick into a fast sweeper, but really Project 8 wants to dig its claws into the surface, and even a very heavy right foot adds only a fraction of attitude.

While we have to admit to using a relatively heavy right foot at times, this was mainly in an effort to keep the revs high enough to retain some control over performance and prevent the car from stalling when shifting up.

We managed to travel only 15 miles (24 km) with only the electric motor spinning the rear wheels, but the figure depends a lot on traffic flow and how heavy your right foot is.

The Ridgeline is averaging about 18 mpg on the highway — what the EPA says it should get in the city, but my heavy right foot and the aero - unfriendly bikes in the back aren't helping much.

Admittedly, I have a heavy right foot, however, I still would have expected more then... Read full review

We tried to use the Eco feature, which increases the throttle pedal's resistance to a heavy right foot, but we were more often stupidly wasteful.

Those with a heavy right foot shouldn't hesitate to spend a small fortune on the composite brake discs, which, when called upon, dispatch a separate guardian angel to each wheel.

A small drift takes nothing more then enough horsepower sent to the rear wheels and a heavy right foot.

Six - in - one exhaust manifolds with an electronic bypass valve enable the engine to purr at startup and at low throttle settings, while under a heavy right foot the system opens up so the V - 12 can scream fortissimo.

As a heavy right foot, I would go with the larger 3.5 - liter engine, but the Enform infotainment system is the real buzzkill here.

The engine is equipped with start / stop technology to improve economy, but the AMG Sport Exhaust emits a howl that induces a heavy right foot to counter any savings that might yield.

The turbocharged V6 gets 349bhp and 500Nm of torque, and with a heavy right foot it wakes up with a roar.

However, my heavy right foot may have had something to do with that.

Despite my heavy right foot, our test car delivered respectable fuel economy of 21 mpg in the city and 30 mpg on the open road.

Economy measured in at 33 MPG during my week with the car, and a heavy right foot did little to cut in to that figure.

Which is why we decided to conduct a fuel - economy experiment with a heavy right foot.

Put all that together and with a heavy right foot you should be able to sprint to 100km / h in 6.9 seconds.

So you can get out of trouble just as quickly as the 6.2 liter 436 horsepower and a heavy right foot can get you into trouble.

A heavy right foot results in fuel economy somewhere near the bottom of that spectrum.

Would it hold up over a year under our heavy right feet?

A heavy right foot on the throttle will erase that impression, as the twin turbos put the 3.0 - liter V6 on its wide torque peak early in the rev range.

The MultiAir engine loves a heavy right foot and rewards your need for speed with a linear delivery of proper zesty Italian brio.

A heavy right foot will help you keep ahead of traffic and do overtakes on the highway but it really doesn't have the fast pace you would expect from a car that's this sporty looking.

With the two tanks of gas used to complete the road trip, the 3 averaged 31.2 mpg, while later tanks consisting of mostly city mileage produce roughly 27 mpg with my heavy right foot.

We managed 19.8 mpg over our combined testing cycle that heavily favored city driving, but as you'll soon learn that's because having fun in the Beetle requires a heavy right foot.

Instead, it requires a heavy right foot but also precise steering inputs.

When prompted by a heavy right foot, the gas engine engages quickly with a great - sounding, exhaust note getting pumped into the cabin through the audio system.

Performing passes and merging onto expressways takes a heavy right foot to wind up the engine, but it's by no means alarmingly slow.

If you still can't resist the driving so quickly, then at least look into seeing whether the rewards from a gas credit card could offset your heavy right foot.