Sentences with phrase «hitting the gas at»

Dialed to such settings, the transmission — a new eight - speed version of Porsche's dual - clutch PDK automatic — can occasionally ram into gears with unexpected suddenness, but it's an otherwise seamless unit, downshifting two or three gears at once when you hit the gas at cruising speed.

On the freeway outside Marrakech, the feeling of lightness intensified when we hit the gas at 70 mph and made a quick, furtive burst to 100 mph (there are radar cops everywhere in Morocco).

I worried — even hitting the gas at 70 — that the back end might just take off.

Hit the gas at a stoplight and the front wheels will want to get loose (after a hint of lag — may as well just leave the stop / start enabled).

At a four - way stop, you scan the intersection, see it's clear, and then hit the gas at the same time as the person to your left does.

Not exact matches

For the next two years, they traveled around the country, sometimes for months at a time, hitting car shows, swap meets, trade events, rallies, and anything else they could think of to get the Gas Monkey name out there.

They should instead re-examine their practices that might have led to traces of, for example, diesel turning up in the Wyoming groundwater and come up with standards that would make leaks along the well bore impossible before less appropriate and more costly rules are thrust upon them at a time when natural gas prices are hitting 10 - year lows.

Scoring a major asset at a time when oil prices had hit major lows has transformed Perth - based junior Kalrez Energy NL from a gold explorer to an oil and gas producer.

When I hit 154mph some tail lights came into view ahead of me and I immediately lifted off the gas, since I knew that I would be closing on the other car at over 90mph.

Energy was at the centre of the 2006 G8 when the Russian - Ukrainian gas crisis hit Europe and oil prices reached $ 50 per barrel for the first time (a threshold now long forgotten, in 2012 the average price is stood at about $ 112 per barrel).

In the experiment, a laser pulse (green) hit a spray of iodine gas (at right).

The ions get out of the Earth's atmosphere because when sunlight or the occasional cosmic ray hits atoms of oxygen (or any other gas) at the edge of space, those atoms can lose an electron, becoming charged.

When a particle hits a hard surface at high speeds, it vaporizes and ionizes the target, releasing a cloud of dust, gas and plasma.

The solution Boyd hit upon was to use a system first developed in the 1960s to generate a hydrogen plasma — that is, hydrogen gas that has been electrified to separate the electrons from the protons — to remove the copper oxide at much lower temperatures.

According to a new study, a small cloud of gas and dust is racing toward the black hole at the center of the Milky Way — and when it hits, be prepared for some astronomical fireworks.

For example, can the same region store the meanings of red and green traffic lights — the memories that make a driver stop a car at a red light, then hit the gas pedal at a green light?

Without any action, the world is on track to achieve at least 4 degrees C warming of global average temperatures by 2100, as the world hits 450 parts - per - million of greenhouse gases in 2030 and goes on to put out enough greenhouse gas pollution to achieve as much as 1300 ppm by 2100.

Gas from the comet is likely to have hit Mars, and would have done so at a speed of 125,000 miles per hour (56 kilometers per second).

The team figured out what a telescope would see when a star hit the hard surface of a supermassive object at the center of a nearby galaxy: The star's gas would envelope the object, shining for months, perhaps even years.

Companies typically vent these early gases into the atmosphere for up to a month or more until the well hits its full stride, at which point it is hooked up to a pipeline.

Take a hit off the laughing gas rising up out of Thor: Ragnarok, which may be the most fun you'll ever have at a Marvel movie.

David Scarpa «s script hits at many moments but is constantly stopping in its tracks like a first - time driver that can't quite figure out how the gas pedal works.

There are really only two buttons you use for gas and reverse and when you hit the gas you can sometimes be driving forward at a complete ninety degree angle which brings up a problem with the physics.

The plug - in will start at $ 76,090 when it hits dealerships in the spring, compared with the $ 64,590 starting price of the Premium Luxury gas - only model (all prices include destination).

I checked the MAF data on the scanner, and it seems correct (6 grams / second at idle and rises when I hit the gas).

For the most part, I hit the gas right at the moment my left foot is coming off the clutch, and indeed acceleration is very smooth.

If I wanted to shred some rubber through a little brake torquing, turning off the electronic stability control and then hitting the gas and the brake at the same time, I could have.

I have experienced a «fishtail» after a really quick lane change to the shoulder on the highway (someone stopped on the fast lane to look at an accident...), and I hit the gas hard when I was on the shoulder to regain control.

I wince at my stupidity, hit the pit lane, and then head to the nearest gas station.

When I hit the gas, the 4D Chassis Control System recognizes that, unlike the last stretch of road where I've been traveling at a consistent speed, all of a sudden I'm asking the car to accelerate at an abnormally rapid pace.

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.

I feel amazing when driving it and I love cruising at 65 mph then hitting the gas without down shifting.

My vehicle will experience turbulence at times (meaning that my car will start uncontrollably shaking when I hit the brakes or the gas) My car also leaks in 4 different places, their isn't a place to put an aux cord, I have to put water in it literally every time I drive it.

I do nt think those buyers will go for it... and you wont find a single Prius C at that price once gas hits $ 4 a gallon again.

So as I have my foot pressing the gas, a truck next to me made a sharp turn into my lane to avoid hitting a kid who decided to cross the intersection at the wrong time.

Also an issue: The exhaust is exceptionally loud, which is fine, but if you are traveling at, say, 60 mph, and you let off the gas to coast to a stop, the exhaust hits a thrumming note that makes dogs howl, and holds it for about 10 seconds.

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The models were caught on camera while stopping at a gas station for refueling or hitting the Italian roads.

The features I liked the most about the Sorrento were; comfortable seating for up to 7 passengers, back passengers also have air vents, large trunk space, heated front seats, dual climate control, back up camera so I won't hit anything, good gas mileage for a SUV, get up and go even for a 4 cylinder engine, ambient lighting at night and satellite radio available.

The arrival of the new family sedan at the same time that gas hit the $ 4 benchmark was likely more luck than astute planning, however.

NEVER HIT A GAS STATION AGAIN!!!! WO N'T LAST AT THIS PRICE SO BE SMART AND HURRY!!!

If you hit that threshold you effectively earn 4.5 x points at supermarkets, 3x points on gas purchases, and 1.5 x on all other purchases.

However, one by one, beneficiaries of the Trump rally have been running out of gas.1 Small - cap stocks hit the wall in February, financials rolled over in the last two weeks, and airlines have lost altitude after stalling at 15 - year highs in December.

And just to have it hit home even further, add another 20 per cent on top of the cost of gifts for various Christmas - related things like extra eating out at the mall, extra food purchases, postage, shipping, gas, and a dozen or solow - soy extra-hot peppermint mocha light whip lattes — at $ 5 or 6 bucks each.

Insurance costs would go up, I'd need to pay for parking, gas would be more expensive, I didn't really need a car to get around and Stella was simply bound to get hit at some point.

That is, even though none of them have $ 1,500 in gas per quarter, they can certainly make some purchases at Kohl's to hit that $ 1,500 limit.

Economic reform seems to be hitting a limit in Argentina, where the courts are forcing the government to cap natural gas rate increases at 400 % year over year for individuals.

And at that point, there are additional financial hits for parents when their teens need cars, gas, cellphones, clothes and longer school trips.

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Use your card for all gas and grocery purchases — at least until you hit the spending limit for bonus category purchases.