Sentences with phrase «lack of grip»

I also noticed a distinct lack of grip from the rear tires when I tried to make a quick pass a few blocks from the office.

Aside from their utter lack of grip on the powder, the short sidewalls practically guarantee wheel damage if you hit even a moderate pothole.

A fundamental lack of grip means you will see the car wheelspin all the way up into third in greasy conditions, while the skinny front tyres lack proper bite on turn - in.

On most occasions, I had to use two hands to place my index finger on the scanner — not entirely because it was out of reach, but because I was conscious of not dropping the phone due to the awkward lack of grip while extending the finger.

It'll do this around virtually any corner, and while that outright lack of grip means an average hot hatch would soon be several turns ahead, it's deeply satisfying to string together a sequence of bends, the Toyota seemingly on tip - toes, always a throttle movement away from a few more degrees of rotation.

On the kind of wide, smooth roads that really ought to suit the big coupe and its four - wheel drive, it feels utterly vague, and the front end appears to have a worrying lack of grip.

Taking to the snow though, the summer tyre was clearly out of its depth, struggling to find any traction and transitioning into a slide at very low speeds with an obvious lack of grip.

An off - road button on the dash automatically controls the traction control, hill descent control and braking and it means the Yeti is incredibly simple to drive off - road - sorting out most problems and lack of grip without you even realising there was an issue.

The immediate lack of grip was apparent on the shifting sands but even with traction control turned off, the all - wheel drive system actively cuts in when it detects that the vehicle is out of control, braking individual wheels in an attempt to restore order.

The more hardcore racers may find Forza Motorsport 6's lack of grip frustrating while others may find it challenging and fun.

Lack of grip on wood can turn the stairs into an ice rink — not to mention the damage those claws and paws could create!

Some of the best - looking dress shoes fail in terms of wearability from their lack of grip.

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The weather is contributing to the lack of grip (thus the walks), but it also makes it very difficult to hit.

Racing drivers are famed for making excuses about why they didn't perform as well as they should have done — Button himself is notorious for complaining about a lack of grip — but this reason for not making an appearance on The Graham Norton Show is perhaps the most ridiculous of the lot.

Before the race even started he was complaining, and throughout the race he was complaining of a lack of grip, overheating tyres, wondering if there was damage, etc..

No 10 is said to be ineffective with no political direction and lack of grip.

A lack of grip strength will harm your performance in all upper body movements and essentially every pulling movement is going to fall short with a weak grip, so it's no wonder that grip training can increase the amount of weight you can lift.

Yet most of us fail to recognize its importance in the gym and choose to compensate for the lack of grip strength with accessories that don't address the real problem.

Two noticeable differences between this Bowflex bench and others, are the lack of a grip for getting out of a decline position, and only a 15 year warranty.

One of the most annoying problems that beginners face is the lack of grip strength.

But this one does feel very vintage, from the thin - rimmed steering wheel to the lack of grip and the pronounced body roll.

The supple ride doesn't come at the expense of body control when pitched through corners, nor a lack of grip on the damp roads of our drive.

While it may seem like such hoonery would benefit from a lack of grip, the opposite is true.

The steering, despite its lack of grip level communication, is very well weighted, while the manual gearchange is hugely satisfying to use.

The lack of grip is such that it feels like there must have been a downpour since we lapped the M5.

With our tests occurring on a rainy day, we had a chance to sample these vehicles in the mud, wet sand, and in a rock garden where the lack of grip really allowed us to see how the traction control and four - wheel - drive systems responded in less - than - ideal conditions.

The tyre performed relatively well on cornering speed but the lack of grip control, the fact that the tyre produced the most movement under braking and sub-standard steering feel resulted in the slowest lap times.

The Civic Type R ran within a second on both counts, but it too suffered from a lack of grip (this time at the front - end, even in second gear), posting disappointing 7.4 sec and 15.4 sec times — the latter at a faster 166km / h.

So whether your car is slipping a wheel because of a poor surface, or because of lifting during cornering, or just because you're standing on it and one wheel's lighting up, a standard or open differential tends to put the power in the wrong place when there's a lack of grip.

There was crazy traffic towards the end, and lots of people were struggling with lack of grip.

«The lack of grip there was a problem for us until we partnered with Michelin.

Hyundai has made the car more economical by fitting a «Torque On Demand» four - wheel - drive system, which only sends power to all four wheels when it senses a lack of grip.

Michelin is happy because these tires are closer to the ones used on production cars than normal racing tires, and Formula E organizers believe the lack of grip makes the racing more dramatic.

We were excited to find Formula E cars in the game, but after experiencing the lack of grip and sudden snap - oversteer the game endows them with we stopped racing them at the earliest possible moment.

Former F1 and current Formula E driver Jean - Eric Vergne told Autosport that even though the cars were «not quick,» they were «extremely difficult to drive» due to heavy weight and a lack of grip.