Sentences with phrase «little highway driving»

I get about 20 in town in the summer and 17 in the winter with little highway driving.

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That May I put my belongings into this little Volkswagen and drove across the country on Highway 80.

Whether you're coming home from spring break, or just headed out for it, I'm sure you can find a little time driving down the highway or... View the Post

Whether you're coming home from spring break, or just headed out for it, I'm sure you can find a little time driving down the highway or hiding from your kids to shop a little!

A film with so little action should not be as tense as this film is, and it is a testament to the quality of all angles of the production that a predominantly real - time drive down a highway is as gripping as this film often is.

This sounded like a fun challenge, especially because since English replaced French as the diplomatic language, there is little opportunity for using French unless you are dining in a restaurant where the entree prices are hidden or miss a highway exit as you are driving north to Vermont.

During my test in mostly suburban and congested highway driving, the 4x4 Armada never broke 12 mpg in nearly perfect weather conditions requiring little air conditioning.

But with no trailer and little cargo, the Duramax diesel is capable of 19 mpg (12.3 L / 100 km) in mostly highway driving, according to our evaluation.

The first, best suited for highway driving, has very little regen braking.

I pick it up a week later and was driving for the second or third time and Im on an on ramp getting on highway and im having a little fun and my wife heres a hissing noise then my check engine light came on and stayed on.

People do still have the choice to ride horses but the number that do on the public highway is tiny and from the viewpoint of risk that choice isn't comparable to choosing to drive - there's little chance of exceeding the speed limit or causing a 4 horse pile - up on the M1.

For someone who drives for a living, Trimble has little affinity for nonprofessional motoring, save the occasional jaunt up Angeles Crest Highway with friends or the Robin's Rally, an annual on - and off - road shred she does with a small group of air - cooled Porsche driving buds.

At our pathetically slow highway speeds, we need everything we can get to make driving fun — crazy steering feel, an engaging manual transmission, and a car that's perhaps a little bit flawed.

Highway driving is a little noisy and the base sound system though good enough is not awesome to keep away the noise.

Driving on the highway on a windy evening, the car needed almost constant corrections to keep on its course, partly a symptom of the 500's size — it has lots of height and little length — and partly due to the Abarth's steering.

When driven normally, the Prius should have little trouble meeting these figures, which exceed the last - generation's ratings of 48 mpg city and 45 mpg highway (adjusted for the latest EPA procedures).

The CX - 9 is a stout piece, and while the engine does fine in most everyday commuting and driving, on a challenging road like Highway 154, a little more scoot would add to the enjoyment factor.

It almost works too well, though: after about 20 minutes of driving at a steady speed on a straight stretch of highway with little steering input involved, this driver was advised to «take a coffee break.»

Ray: And for a little more money, you can have the larger Ford Focus (130 horsepower, 37 mpg highway), the Chevy Cobalt (145 horsepower, 34 mpg highway) or BMW's fun - to - drive Mini Cooper (115 horsepower, 36 mpg highway).

You'll love driving it, but its a taller vehicle, it can be a handle when the wind is really blowing especially on the highway and the soft top makes it a little worse.

And fuel economy, even when I was being a nice little boy, amounted to no better than 9.2 L / 100 km of mostly highway driving — in part because the smaller engine had to work so hard to keep up in the hustle that is real - world driving.

You can expect a mileage of around 12 km / l in the city (little less when driven around like a maniac) and about 16 km / l on the highway.

Challenger SXT models have the same retro muscle - car silhouette as the others, but they're a little bit more sensible, with a low base price and reasonable fuel economy on the highway, while still providing satisfying acceleration for most everyday driving.

The V - 8 version is undeniably more powerful and a little more fun to drive, but it's also more expensive and thirstier: The 35i starts at $ 52,500, and is EPA - rated at 15 mpg city, 20 mpg highway.

You also pick up a little fuel mileage: It's rated by the EPA at 14 mpg city driving, 19 mg highway, compared with this automatic's 12/18.

Also notable was that the hour - long drive to and from the Bureau of Land Management off - road course was in a vehicle that was at ease at highway speed, quiet, with no harsh ride and only a little tire noise.

36/25 Highway / City MPG * Drive a little and save a lot.

This little sedan gets around the city and highways adroitly and is fun to drive even with the six - speed automatic that we had in our test car.

In city driving, we had adequate boost without too much egging on, but for fast starts onto highways or freeways from a stop, we found it worked best to push it above 3,000 rpm before dropping the clutch, otherwise first gear feels a little anemic.

But the little roadster was exceptionally talented on the highway, where its midengine, rear - wheel - drive layout enhanced handling in curves and lane changes.

There's a stretch of highway by Bakersfield that's very straight and empty, so I drove 100 mph for a little bit.

There is not much performance to be had from the little motor and while it is adequate for town driving duties, you will soon be jumping up and down in your seat willing the little car on as you attempt to merge onto the highway.

On the road To test out the 2009 Cadillac CTS - V, we brought it to the same highway where we first drove its little brother.

In the cabin, Pontiac's premium seven - speaker Monsoon sound system (a $ 495 option) delivers a solid bass line via a subwoofer behind the passenger but little refinement at higher ranges, which is where you will need to keep it if driving on the highway, as the Solstice turned out to be one of the noisiest cars we've driven.

Our all - wheel drive review unit earns a little less at 19 mpg in the city, 26 on the highway, and 21 combined.

Poor gear ratios and an agricultural transmission have drivers constantly downshifting to keep the revs high enough to run with the traffic, while highway driving is equally laborious, as there is little torque to spare for changing lanes or passing.

A little scary to drive on the highway, one must be very vigilant of bigger vehicles that may not see you.

The Cadillac's eight - speed automatic transmission, which served so well on the highway and during spirited driving, may have been the source of one maddening little annoyance that reared its head at lower, city speeds.

In mostly highway - biased driving, with a little bit of lead - footedness thrown in, the all - wheel - drive 2018 Traverse we drove managed about 22.5 mpg during the weekend, which puts it on the better side of the midsize SUVs in our comparison test earlier this summer.

My father leased an ’09 Honda Insight, it gets over 40 mpg in the city and a little less on the highway, and it is very noisy in terms of its driving or rolling noise.

Driving the speed limit on the highway, using cruise, very little hard acceleration or braking, I am getting around 23 mpg.

The Regal, the Premium II and the GS also have this engine fitted but they have all - wheel drive, which as expected is a little heavier and that affects fuel consumption, so here we see 19 mpg for the city and 27 mpg on the highway.

At the same time, EPA fuel economy comes in at 22 mpg city and 31 mpg highway, the all - wheel - drive option bringing it down a little over the front - wheel - drive version.

Plenty of controls for the driver seat position, even lumbar support, but the seat was feeling a little hard after only an hour of highway driving.

Subcompact cars are nobody's first choice for long highway drives, since short wheelbases make small cars a little bouncy on expansion strips and other artifacts from imperfect roads.

We drove both turbo and nonturbo models on more than 100 miles of Southern California highway (on the mainland) and found the handling exceeded the standards in the class, with a little less roll and plow.

Once you get on the road or highway the drive is nice, its a little noisy but nothing you can't get used to, the stock radio / cd / xmsiruis rado is delightful.

Runs great and gets good gas mileage The only issue we have had with it is if a person gets a heavy foot on the highway between 3500 and 4000 rpm it seems to cut out or stall or something and if it is not warmed up a little before first driving i...

So at lunchtime the next day my friend called for a taxi on her cell phone and we drove past the Prada stores and the Ralph Lauren boutiques, through Singapore's immaculate highways and manicured streets, to the chattering chaos of Little India, where we found a small crowd gathered behind metal barriers to watch the agony in action.

As you exit the Kona Coffee Living History Farm make a left on Highway 11 and drive a little over 2 miles back towards Kailua - Kona.