Point the nose
into a fast corner and you'll find yourself having to open the steering just a fraction as the Renault turns in quicker and more sharply than you anticipate.
And while differences are subtle, the GT also seemed more willing than the coupe or sedan to stick its nose
into faster corners.
So I'll cut to The Chase... Literally... I saw 274km / h soft - pedalling
into the fastest corner in Australian racing.
Not exact matches
Inc. took this thing for a spin on the CES floor and, admittedly, it was a lot of fun — especially after a company rep advised me to cut
corners faster by leaning
into my turns.
If this new dollar menu retains positive momentum throughout 2018, I'm left wondering what comes next for the
fast - food giant as we turn the
corner into 2019.
Or that sick, diseased, «SAVED» alcoholic that comes around the
corner to
fast and wipes out a family of 6, and continues to drink himself
into death.
She goes too
fast around a
corner, loses control, swerves
into the oncoming lane, and is run over by a semi.
We developed
into a
fast - casual like
Corner Bakery or Panera.
No, not because he scored last night but because he is
fast, strong in the tackle, cynical, brave, has guts, does not get bullied on or off the ball, gets
into good goal scoring positions from set plays and
corner kicks, good on the ball and can also play out from the defence.....
When I am really going
fast through a
corner, it is as if the car and I are all molded
into one.»
First, Gabbiadini whipped a shot through the legs of Javier Manquillo and
into the bottom
corner before Perez restored the Magpies» lead, reacting
fastest to Forster saving his initial shot by squeezing in the rebound from the angle.
Seth thinks things are going too
fast, but Chelsea pushes things as far as they can go, exerting even legal pressure to
corner him
into submitting.
The CLK is dancing every which way
into and out of
corners, including the dauntingly
fast Signes sweeper, the signature bend on the Paul Ricard racetrack.
After entering a
corner a bit too
fast in the high - powered crossover, this video shows the SQ7 understeering and slamming
into a barrier, doing some damage to the front end of the development vehicle.
Bovingdon confirms: «The sensations come thick and
fast — the spookily effective, almost surreal traction, the way the tyres squeeze
into the surface through each
corner, the short sharp split - seconds where the tyres slip then grip.»
Naeslund tells us that the secret to driving this car
fast on the track is to switch on the stability control, brake early, and then slew the car
into the
corner so the stability control is triggered and the dashboard is bright with warning lights.
«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.
Getting close to the limit of grip this way may feel
fast, but with this bad habit in check I find I'm able to carry a little extra speed
into, through and out of a
corner, exiting in a cleaner, more controlled fashion.
It's bloody
fast, the 4 - litre V8 is a really sweet, progressive engine and the eight - speed gearbox is just about quick enough — although it lacks the precision and speed of the same» box in cars like the F - type R Coupe — but it's not a car to carry speed
into corners or attempt to hustle.
The exit speed out of
fast corners is now absolutely mind - boggling, the underlying rear bias remains a factor all the way
into triple digit terrain, and traction and grip are simply extraterrestrial.
Mostly it just soaks up the power and takes you exactly where you point it, but get that left - foot braking going and the MR allows you to slide
into and out of
faster corners, all four wheels ripping at the surface with no opposite lock required.
Going
fast in a straight line is fun for a little while, but if you're
into turning
corners, you'll find yourself wishing for more connection to the car — and the road beneath those sticky Pirellis.
This Cayman S also feels a bit looser going
into corners and a lot
faster on exit compared to the Boxster S, but we chock this up to our growing confidence after several laps around this track with its challenging elevation changes and long,
fast corners.
Stay neat and tidy and the chassis is beautifully neutral, just nudging
into faint understeer if you turn - in too
fast, while squeezing on the power as the
corner unfolds gets the rear - end working to its maximum, with a degree or two of oversteer as reward.
Pitch the car
into a medium speed or
fast bend and it snaps sharply
into the
corner without a trace of understeer, then leans onto its outside wheels in a very tautly controlled way.
Funny, it was still apparent from the passenger seat that the GT - R was a little piggish through low - speed
corners, but it was amazing the speed he could carry
into and out of the
faster sections of the track.
All - wheel drive makes you more aware of the front tires in slow
corners, and it can fool you
into thinking the car is pushing, but you should remember that the i8 is meant to go
fast, and the 49 percent front / 51 percent rear balance, the wide track dimensions of the chassis, and selection of tire sizes front and rear are set appropriately.
«In a
fast corner, it's easy to ask too much of a car and oversaturate the tires, and you get understeer or oversteer,» Milner says as we finally roll slowly
into the pits after a cooldown lap.
It begins with a little smile during the triple - digit approach to a braking zone, gestates
into giggles as you fly around a long, constant - radius right - hander
fast enough to bend your neck like licorice, and finally breaks
into full - on snorts as the car comes off the
corner and accelerates
into oblivion for about the 23rd time in the past three minutes.
There's a touch of front - end vagueness when entering
fast corners, but once tucked in, the Turbo tracks
into the apex nicely, with the rear - wheel steering offering an almost - perceptible shift in yaw as it settles
into its groove with reassuring tautness.
It relishes a
fast corner entry, braking right to the apex — the front tyres gripping as they are being forced
into the tarmac as the nose dives.
Go
into a
corner a bit
faster than you should've and yes, the front tyres will scrabble for grip while going straighter than you intended.
The V - 8 engine itself weighs about 55 pounds less than the twelve - cylinder engine, so there's less weight hanging off the front axle of the car, which makes any of the Continental GT V8 models better tools for diving
into corners and making time on
fast, challenging roads like Ortega Highway.
The steering responds with encouraging immediacy: a roll of the wrists is all that's needed to peel
into fast - and medium - speed
corners.
It didn't understeer even when I dove too
fast into a
corner, and it didn't become unsettled even when I flew over a hump and then transitioned almost immediately
into a right - hander.
There are some curious suspension traits too: the rear axle goes out of its way to help you
into fast turns, there's sway at the top of the damper travel and you always seem to exit
corners with too much lock on, the weighted front wheel struggling to deal with the torque and angle.
This is fine through the simple, medium - speed
corners, but through the scary -
fast second part of the Palmer Curves, understeer dominates, and wrestling the car
into oversteer doesn't feel (or prove) any
faster.
Our route takes us out
into the sticks, with
faster, more open roads spiced with knotted combinations of
corners to challenge the Clio's core ability.
Until the tyres have got a bit of heat
into them there is a bit of understeer to manage through the tighter
corners and you can get the 650 to oversteer if you're on the throttle with the boost building early enough, but by and large the car is simply stunningly
fast and completely composed without an ounce of slip.
The road rolls gently at first and then plunges
into dense woodland and chases through a valley, the turns coming thick and
fast and the GTS mainly stretching out in third gear with the odd foray
into fourth and gratuitous downshift to second for the tightest
corners.
It has a tossability that's rare in today's cars, and although it's not very
fast, the taut suspension lets you carry speed
into a
corner unlike nearly anything at its price point.
The chassis is impressive too, especially when you consider our slightly rolly comfort set - up: it bites keenly
into tighter
corners and ducks and dives along
faster sections with a real feeling of agility.
Granted, anything you throw
into a
corner too
fast will understeer, but we played around with the throttle and never busted the rear end loose even though we had it in «dynamic» mode up there in the mountains.
When I got
into Formula Ford, things improved considerably, but even my short - wheel - base Lola 204 had a slight tendency to oversteer in
fast corners, so you had to stay alert.
«There are several
fast corners with long transitions
into the straights, which is very challenging for traction control.
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We'd made a couple of set up changes to try and get a bit more front end grip just before qualifying, but it ended up giving us a bit too much oversteer
into some of the
faster corners.
Rather than understeering out or oversteering
into the
corner, the coupe just plants and goes
faster.
Oh, even though the rain's starting to come in thick and
fast, I can still hurl it
into corners at silly speeds with that four - wheel drive system stubbornly clinging on to the tarmac.
Rather than understeering out or oversteering
into the
corner, the sedan just plants and goes
faster.