Sentences with phrase «hunk of metal»

When turned off, Nexi isn't much more than a big - eyed hunk of metal with wheels for legs.

This is great since even though the animations are wonderful to look at, the robot is not the speediest hunk of metal in the world.

You can't be stuck in the past to accept this weird, science fiction - styled hunk of metal as a shifter.

Mazda did a fine job of making its big SUV look stylish and aggressive rather than like a big hunk of metal on wheels.

Of course many thirsty cyclists would argue that comparing drink driving to drunk cycling is hardly a fair discussion - after all, one is a huge hunk of metal traveling at high speed, the other is barely heavier than your average person, and traveling much slower (especially with a belly full of beer!).

They are able to do this because they can measure an anomaly in Earth's magnetic field — like one caused by a massive hunk of metal.

When I wrote that I had achieved 155 mpg in our Pacifica hybrid (not including electricity), many readers were eager to know what those numbers would look like once we took this giant hunk of metal on the road.

We're grateful for the standard air suspension, which combined with active anti-roll bars keeps the big hunk of metal on an even keel no matter how we try to capsize it.

The twin - turbocharged V8 turns this heavy hunk of metal into a bullet off the line.

My biggest issue with this (and every) Android Wear watch is that you get one day of battery life at most before that cool - looking smartwatch becomes a useless hunk of metal on your wrist.

The truth is, there are only so many ways carriers can improve upon the experience of being crammed into a flying hunk of metal while breathing re-circulated air for hours at a time.

It is a meaningless hunk of metal upon which artificial significance has been heaped, and now we find ourselves arguing over that very significance.

Its inner part is a solid hunk of metal that spins independently of the rest of the planet.

A kilogram of ground beef at the grocery store has the same mass as this one special hunk of metal, an alloy of platinum and iridium.

Simple mechanical conveniences like power steering and the automatic transmission enabled people with a bit less muscle or coordination to force the wheels and engine of an unwieldy hunk of metal to their will.

The four - legged hunk of metal is also surprisingly one of the film's key characters.

And when you're piloting a two - ton hunk of metal... Read more

I know it's a near -5,000-pound hunk of metal with a higher center of gravity, so it's not going to behave like a sports car.

I won't hasten to call the 2017 GT - R beautiful, but it's no longer an alien hunk of metal.

When crash testing a vehicle the IIHS doesn't just hurl hunks of metal at vehicles and they say,» looks good».

The overboosted steering (even in Sport +) and the basic physics of asking a 4,233 - pound hunk of metal to dance around a switchback simply conspired against the F - Sport, but the sedan still never felt out of sorts.

It's a sturdy hunk of metal with a rubber base that offers a faux - desktop experience for the tablet, adding an extra four USB 2.0 ports, Gigabit Ethernet, and an HDMI socket.

Frank Stella's status as a blue - chip artist didn't stop the people of Seoul from objecting to this 30 - foot hunk of metal installed outside a steel company's HQ.

When the internet first arrived, it was a discrete activity you performed on a discrete hunk of metal and plastic called a PC, using a discrete software program called a browser.

I'm impressed because it's a rugged hunk of metal that's clearly made for doing manly things like having adventures and going outside and «working in the fields.»

Do you sit in frustration, issuing fruitless voice commands to a cold, lifeless hunk of metal and plastic that couldn't even do your bidding if it wanted to?

Close the lid and you'll think the machine is forged from a single hunk of metal.

One of my biggest gripes with today's smartwatches is charging — specifically, that I have to plug in my wristputer every night, or it becomes a useless and expensive hunk of metal.

«But there is no way this huge hunk of metal will hit 200mph without being dropped from space.»

The Decepticons have a plan cooking and the Autobots want to defeat them with the help of the humans, but like normal the humans don't appreciate these massive hunks of metal that they have at their disposal and they instead decide to place all blame on the Autobots and curse them into corners.

They do this by measuring an anomaly in Earth's magnetic field — like one caused by a giant hunk of metal.

When my old toaster oven refused to operate without a wad of tin foil propping the door slightly open, I tossed the useless hunk of metal.

A machinist would use a lathe to take a hunk of metal and turn it into a useable engine part, for example.

Curiosity isn't just a hunk of metal: She has an energetic (and honestly adorable) personality conveyed through a Twitter account.

From Earth, a glint of light could be a distant star or just a hunk of metal.

The hunk of metal is only taken out once every 40 years to be compared against similar replicas from around the world.

It seems unlikely that a toddler would pass up a teddy bear for a hunk of metal.

So what was Brie doing with that hunk of metal in her video?

I am trying not to focus so much on the scale (that hunk of metal, as I like to call it) and focus on how I am feeling.

I have just had a hard time justifying the cost for the hunk of metal that I would only throw in once every several weeks.

You are looking down at that hunk of metal, waiting to see what the wonderful magical number will read, anxious for it to be lower than the last time you stood in this very same position.

It made me heartsick to watch Oscar winner Frances McDormand, as the national director of intelligence, sparring with a hunk of metal.

Ray Fisher finds the heart in a hunk of metal as Cyborg / Victor Stone, a former college quarterback that a freak accident has turned into a half - man / half machine able to plug into anything.

When you see a vehicle crash, it's actually a hunk of metal and not computer pixels that are flipping and twisting into a ball of wreckage.

This is one of the things that's wrong, one of the many things that are wrong with the Transformers movies, is that we're being asked to engage with hunks of metal that have no soul.

Located in the engine block, this hunk of metal moves the pistons.

The body stays well controlled through handling maneuvers and definitely doesn't behave like a hunk of metal weighing as much as it does.