Sentences with phrase «like idle cars»

Individuals benefit because now they have the opportunity to put idle cash to use — much like idle cars — for a potentially higher return than their checking account.

Not exact matches

It seems like I spend twice as long in the car every day idling my way through rush hour and staring at the rusted bumper of the car in front of me, when I could be writing and connecting with clients at work.

To waste this potential is like leaving that sports car idling in the driveway.

Even if a computer «learns» (like certain models of a car that does when the battery is disconnected and then reconnected, to «relearn» its idle settings), where did the original code come from?

Think about like the engine of a car that in a safe haven would be in a nice, slow, idle, not stressed at all versus in your garage a car where there's somebody who has their foot all the way down on the gas pedal and so that engine is just accelerated at much higher speed than it ought to be for a car that's parked in a garage.

Climb into the Evo X, twist the chunky black plastic key, and you are instantly aware — and a little disappointed — that the whole car doesn't buzz and hum and feel alive at idle like its predecessors.

I think the car sounds like a muscle car should, which is to say loud anywhere but idle, including on the highway.

All Steamed Up — Mike Clark was just an old - car person who liked steam until a Stanley Model H Gentlemen's Speedy Roadster took over his life / Americans to the Rear — Rear engined designs — Part Two / Americans to the Rear — In Part Two of his series on American rear eninged cars Karl Ludvigsen follows the involvement of Ford Motor Co / Commercially Speaking / No Idle Boast — Anthony Pritchard investigates the Jowett Javelin and Jupiter and concludes that both were outstanding designs marred by inadequate development / Austin Seven Ulster Rebuild / The Miller's Tale — A straight eight Miller racing car was to be seen in the Marendaz works in 1935.

I got this error on my Skoda Fabia 2006 1.2 Bensin 3 cylinder (engine code BME), the car is shaky on idle like it is missing a cylinder, acceleration is non-linear, and fuel consumption is low at 5L / 100 km while the factory specs is 6l / 100 km

At idle the engine sounds much like you'd expect of a muscle car, with a loud and low burble.

It runs very rough on idle, if I tap the accelerator few times it gets more stable but falls back into a very rough idle like a muscle car.

We listened to a four - cylinder car at idle, and although it doesn't sound nearly as good as a rumbling V - 8 or a sonorous V - 6, neither does it sound like a two - door Chevy Malibu.

People around me didn't like the diesel car idling, so they got me through to the top of the hill, and several helped push me for a bump start after the jam freed up.

Sometimes the car isn't in idle when this happens, but after leaving my car idling for like 10 minutes as a test, it does, so I know idling can cause it.

This vehicle's automatic is still of the torque converter variety — now with eight speeds rather than six — but M engineers have eliminated its idle creep so that it feels more like the dual - clutch transmission in other M cars.

The MAF supplies air flow and temperature data to the car's computer, a failing MAF sensor can definitely produce surging at idle which is what it sounds like you have.

5in is very low vacuum and I suspect the car would idle like crap.

As the other user stated, the only thing it'll affect is the ECU, stuff like Idle speed, or different settings will be reconfigured, my only word of caution is when you put the battery back in and turn the car on, let it idle for a while so it can reconfigure everything such as idle speed so it doesn't run as roIdle speed, or different settings will be reconfigured, my only word of caution is when you put the battery back in and turn the car on, let it idle for a while so it can reconfigure everything such as idle speed so it doesn't run as roidle for a while so it can reconfigure everything such as idle speed so it doesn't run as roidle speed so it doesn't run as rough.

The supercharger covers turbo lag and, like the chassis, the engine puts the power down on this unusual test - car surface seamlessly and without drama, though there's some four - banger roughness at idle.

how do I solve these problems and fix my car so it runs like it should and not like an overgrown golfcart with a horrible idle problem???

Actually, the test for finding out if your EGR valve is still able to open goes like this: Run your car at idle, apply 12 V to the EGR valve's solenoid (making sure you don't fry the ECU!)

It looked like it solved the issue, but I let the car idle (no AC or fans on), came back about an hour later and found it stalled.

What I mean by «rough idle under load» is when I add a load at idle like the AC, electrical loads: turning on the fan + defroster + radio + headlights, or hold the break down with the car in gear, the idle gets rough.

The transmission was also equipped with a torque converter, allowing the car to idle in gear, like an automatic.

A newer car like your 2015 Jeep has an Idle Air Control Valve, and mass air flow sensor, which helps the engine get air when you are not pressing on the gas pedal...

My car starts fine.all the electrical stuff like lights and radio still works.however, when it starts it dies either automatically or in a couple seconds.if I push the gas pedal it will stay running until I let off, then it will die automatically or after a few seconds.I have changed the fuel filter and the idle air control valve, and have no more ideas.I have had the car for a few months and drive it regularly and when it ran it was perfect until now.

Regular cars end up inefficiently using energy in certain situations like when idling, and that's no problem with a hybrid.

It's got a deep burble at idle, sounding like hairy chested V8 muscle car at part throttle and howls like a supercar as it nears its 6500rpm redline.

Like more and more new cars, the Q7 has an idle start / stop system that can be manually deactivated.

I like the delicious, rockin» V8, the way it rumbles at idle, sounds like a Cup car while revving, and the way it hurtles this thing down the road when you stomp on it.

CD player won't release CD's Sept 2009 A / C broken AGAIN, bucking like a horse when idle $ 1500 to fix what they «think» is wrong since car drove ok for them except for A / C!

However when idling or driving in a relaxed manner like how these cars are supposed to be drivers it's very quiet and free from vibrations.

What annoyed me more than idle - stop was the TLX's hyperactive forward collision warning system, which incessantly blinked the word «brake» at me like an overly nervous backseat driver whenever it felt I was following too closely or not braking soon enough for stopped cars ahead.

Like other BMW model families, 7 Series now benefits from idle stop - start, the latest eight - speed automatic transmission, even more frugal engines, plus engine management systems that can play tricks such as «disconnecting» the engine and gearbox on the over-run to allow the car to coast at highway speeds.

In rush hour, I leave the transmission in automatic mode and the car offers little of the nervous rattly urgency of the 997 — which had an agriculturally heavy clutch, and sounded like a bucket of bolts at idle.

Nearly everything here has corners and a single color, and adheres to the wall, if only by a cable, like Bozidar Brazda's «Idle Idol,» a dangling television set sprayed with orange car paint.

Like other EVs, fuel cell cars and trucks can employ idle - off, which shuts down the fuel cell at stop signs or in traffic.