Sentences with phrase «little steering feel»

There's little steering feel and a significant dead spot in the center.

But with little steering feel and ultimately a lack of power, you have a car that satiates The Thrill of City Commuting more than it does the Thrill of Driving.

Not exact matches

That's why for now, on this blog, I am going to have to steer away from my series on the violence of God and write about something I feel a little more confident about.

So every time our little ones did not obey our every instruction in this way, we felt obliged to inflict pain (a spanking) to steer them towards righteousness and godly behavior.

The style feels a little old fashioned (like a nightgown or a vintage - style empire - waist), so if that's not your thing maybe steer clear.

The adaptive steering could use work, seeing how the rack feels too quick, unintuitive, and provides little feedback.

Steering remains a little light and vague, and clutch takeup is slightly spongy, but overall, the manual version of the hottest TL feels like a much sharper beast.

Steering feel is still under development — at the time of our drive, the 18 - inch wheel and tire package offered much better feedback and feel than the 19 - inch setup — but we can say this: At its best, the Camaro's rack - and - pinion setup offers little to no kickback, decent (if not spectacular) feel, and a respectable amount of self - centering effort.

Steering feel remains a little on the light / vague side, and clutch takeup is a little mushy, but on a whole, the manual version of the hottest TL feels like a different, much sharper car.

However, with a little time you appreciate the 997's more detailed commentary through the steering wheel, the slickness and precision of its gearshift and the fact you don't need to try so hard to feel like you're in control.

This robs you of the sensation of feeling instantly at home with the steering's rate of response (particularly if the roads are damp, when there's very little sign from the steering of understeer or the onset of oversteer), and weighting isn't ideal either - what feels just about meaty enough at normal pace doesn't translate into any extra weight when you start loading up the chassis, which can be disconcerting.

The steering is perhaps a heartbeat slower than you want it to be and still has little natural feel, but it's accurate and weighty enough.

The stiffer front end has made the first dart into a corner more direct and also given a little more weight and feel to the steering, which inspires more confidence on both road and track.

The electric power steering offers little feel, and the broken Michigan roads can upset the Sport Package - equipped chassis.

The steering feels a little more incisive, too; how much of that is down to the roof and how much due to the reduction in unsprung mass, it's hard to say.

There are drawbacks to the car as well (iDrive is a little clunky with no Bluetooth streaming for 06», all - wheel drive changes the steering feel a little, and it takes a bit to learn the controls by feel as cruise control and the blinkers are right next to each other on the left side of the column).

Initially you feel a little steering «search» over bumps and undulations; this is fairly common with race cars on cool tires.

Initially the steering can feel a little on the light side and coupled with a directness you don't see in its competitors it can be a little disconcerting but after a few miles you appreciate its responsiveness, incisive turn - in and accuracy.

On the way to Sears Point, the RLX exhibits competent handling: the big sedan gets around the mountain roads with very little understeer and a bit of cushy body roll, although the inevitable electric power steering is average in feel and feedback, which is to say, there's not enough of either.

I need some time to acclimate my right foot to the brake pedal, which feels a little wooden, and to get a sense of the steering.

The light steering is helpful as well, although I'd wish for a little more feel on the highway during lane changes.

Ride and handling > Steering is direct, but offers little feel.

You feel little surface ripples shudder up through the structure and there's a bit of steering kickback over bigger lumps and bumps, too.

Steering is well - weighted and direct, but offers little feel.

Throughout the Charger lineup, new electric power steering loads up nicely under cornering but transmits little road feel.

It's a heavy bus, but the steering is spot on, communicative and not over-light; the ceramic brakes are perfectly weighted and reel in the car's 1700 kg with ease; and while the clutch is a little woolly and the gearshift notchy, changing cogs feels positive.

As we've found with other Volvo models of late, the steering is a little lifeless and brake feel is slightly spongy, but neither characteristic seems to affect performance beyond tactile feel.

The electrohydraulic power steering feels a little loose on center and doesn't inspire confidence the way the big German sedans do.

The steering is hydraulically power - assisted, and the weighting again feels so well - judged that you never question whether there's too much or too little assistance.

It's also lacking in tactility, with steering that performs its task with decent weighting but little feel, and slightly dulled turn - in responses.

The steering offers good weighting, but there's little feel at the rim, even if it proves accurate on turn in.

The steering is still ultra-quick by most standards, but the front tyres have little trouble obeying the demands put upon them, and the rear of the car feels in tune with this scalpel - sharp set - up.

The electric power steering feels much like the old hydraulic system but is still a little light at highway speeds.

That little bit of extra weight in the wheel goes well with the car's firm suspension tuning, and the HS 250h responds quickly to steering adjustments, giving it a nimble feel.

In N the steering feels quick but a little too light through the first few corners.

You can feel it dancing a bit, steering inputs have more effect (instead of the chassis being completely glued - down), your driving technique matters a little more.

The steering feels better (but a little stiff), but in doing a U-turn in my street I had to stop and back up halfway through as the wheel didn't turn as far.

Body roll is still a factor, however, and the steering response itself is a little slow, but it's accurate, stable and feels very well planted.

The steering predictably feels more than a little boosted, but it's hardly vague and turn - in is relatively direct.

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.

At full power, you can feel little pulses in the steering wheel from subtle engine vibrations, reminding you that there's a baby beast under the hood, waiting to be unleashed.

The brakes are potent but the car feels just a fraction imprecise as the speed rises, the steering a little distracted and lacking in self - centring, the damping a tad floaty so that your enthusiasm — and consequently your speed — are tempered a little.

Also the GT350's wide front tires nibble a bit at pavement imperfections parallel to your direction of travel, while the steering feel is a little heavy immediately off - center.

The steering feels sharper and a little weightier than before, and while you'll never forget that you're in something a little large (not least on some of Britain's narrow country roads), there's a deftness to the Panamera that instils plenty of confidence and encourages you to keep pace brisk.

I didn't venture far but the combination of little steering lock, a very firm ride, the sheer noise of the engine and «box and the centrifugal clutch's quite abrupt take - up made it feel less resolved than, say, an Atom 3.5 R or Radical RXC Turbo would do.

Most modern Mazdas offer brilliant steering feel, but not this little monster.

The bad news is that electromechanical power steering replaces the old hydraulic rack; it's quick and keen enough, there's just no natural feel, and it reveals too little about the state of front - end grip.

The seat (here re-trimmed in leather by BBR, along with the rest of the interior) feels a little high and the steering wheel a little low, but with time you do become more accepting of the driving position.

In terms of handling, the E-Hybrid offers balance and security but little of the connection we expect of Porsches: the steering is direct but vacant, and brake feel is poor.

The steering is a little heavier than usual, but when you goose the gas, the G - wagen feels like it would rip off a respectable 0 - to -60-mph time even while spraying a wave of snow off the plow.