Sentences with phrase «hitting the brake pedal»

When I stop the car (by hitting the brake pedal), the engine all of a sudden stops while on drive.

We're rushing headlong toward a 180 - degree second - gear corner in a Subaru WRX STI rally car when I drop down the gears and hit the brake pedal.

I hit the brake pedal, and the Brembo ceramic brakes slowed the car down with ease.

When you hit the brake pedal, the piston pushes the brake shoes against the drum.

The new E-Class features even more measures aimed at preventing an imminent accident than its predecessor: Whereas PRE - SAFE ® previously responded to emergency or panic braking — in other words when the driver hit the brake pedal reflexively — the system

If the driver's foot moves abruptly from the accelerator to the brake pedal before an emergency stop, the brake system increases the pressure in the brake lines and brings the pads into contact with the brake discs so that maximum braking power is available as soon as the driver hits the brake pedal.

If you hit the brake pedal suddenly, the system immediately applies maximum available power boost.

Not exact matches

A slight bit of bruised knee showing between sundress and mud boots, Ada hits the ramp with growing confidence and speed then jams the brakes to skid into the corner and pedal uphill for another run.

My contorted foot has hit fresh air where it anticipated a middle pedal and now my generous braking distance is shrinking as quickly as my panic is rising.

You wouldn't believe how hard you can hit the middle pedal, or how you can dive at the apex with the brakes still applied.

My foot hit the pedal in a preliminary, Are you still there, Brakes?

By then, the carbon - ceramic brakes were hot enough to decelerate our gleaming citrus fruit on wheels with such effectiveness that it seemed perfectly OK to ignore the cone markers and to hit the pedal eerily late even though extreme deceleration would occasionally trigger an initial wobble or two.

Upon picking it up my brake pedal would hit the floor before stopping.

When you apply the brakes, does the pedal hit it's limit?

The M - Class comes standard with a number of around - town driver - aid features, including downhill speed regulation and an adaptive brake system that automatically dries the rotors when driving in wet weather, assists on hills by holding the brakes for a few seconds, precharges to reduce reaction time when lifting quickly off of the accelerator, and uses a Brake - Hold feature that lets you relax your feet at long stoplights without worrying about the vehicle creeping forward until you hit the gas pedal.

Technology continues to make your life easier with brake hold, this system when activated engages when you come to a full stop, you can remove your foot from the brake pedal and your vehicle will stay stopped until you hit the accelerator.

This feature helps prevent the car from lurching forward or backward in case the driver hits the accelerator pedal instead of the brake when first starting the car.

Simply remove your foot from the brake pedal and the engine fires back up in the seconds before you can hit the gas.

The theory behind heel - toe downshifting is that as you downshift and brake the Stingray to go into a corner, using your right foot that is covering the brake pedal, you give the throttle a quick hit or «blip» which raises the RPMs of the engine for more torque and power when exiting the corner.

The 2016 CLA is also equipped with Adaptive braking, which sets the brake pads closer to the discs when you quickly lay off the gas pedal, providing more immediate response if you need to quickly hit the brakes.

Adjustable accelerator and brake pedals, which are intended to protect short drivers from air bags, are the surprise hit of the 1999 model year at Ford.The company will offer the feature in more car and light - truck lines in the 2000 model year.Short people, particularly women, are buying the adjustable pedals to enable them to sit farther from the steering column, which can reduce the risk of injury during an air bag deployment.

In a normal car without regenerative braking, every time you hit the go pedal, some of the engine's power is sapped to turn the alternator to constantly recharge the battery.

Largely though, Gran Turismo 6 is a true stunner of a game, and, unless you hit the brake button or pedal, it rarely ever slows down.