Sentences with phrase «long freeway»

He'll take his new car on a 450 kilometer journey later in the summer, he said, to see how well it does with long freeway driving.

From Douglas and Blanshard, The highway travels north for 3 km (19 mi) through the city of Victoria before leaving the city at Tolmie Avenue; 2 km (1 1/4 mi) north of Tolmie Avenue, Highway 17 turns into a 6 km - long freeway (4 mi), with three interchanges.

A silky smooth ride meant that it was the one everyone wanted for long freeway slogs or trips between dinner and the hotel.

Given its size, however, we wouldn't pick a 2015 Scion iQ for long freeway excursions.

I rarely used the Eco Drive Mode setting, which made the throttle feel numb, but I'd wager that it could help to eke an extra mile or two per gallon out of long freeway cruises.

Over the long freeway miles, it settled in at 32 mpg, according to the trip computer.

They make driving relaxed and there is no substitute for a V8, long wheelbase and 4000 lbs of quiet, mass on a long freeway trip!

During a long freeway trip, I found the engine remained on most of the time, resulting in fuel economy on the trip computer hovering around 42 mpg, even as I tried to be gentle with the throttle.

For long freeway cruises, a softer suspension would have been nice, while the automatic transmission does not quite hold its own on a winding mountain road.

In fact, we didn't once see the trip computer dip below 19 mpg, and in a prior model year LS 460, with the same power train, we came in at over 24 mpg for a long freeway trip, not bad numbers for a big V - 8.

Monitoring the trip computer during the long freeway drive, I saw the average fuel economy steadily top 20 mpg, but city driving at either end of this trip brought the review total down to 18.7 mpg.

The exhaust sounds loud and mean, especially in a long freeway tunnel devoid of other cars.

I get over 35 MPG on long freeway drives, and 29 between my office and home, and around town.

It still pulls hard on the long freeway ascents as we make our way closer to our next destination.

I went there looking for a Jeep I saw on Cars.com and they got me a carfax report and test drive (a good long freeway and street drive) as soon as I a...

We let Comfort take over during long freeway stretches.

The Accord is maneuverable in the big parking structure downtown, comfortable on the long freeway ride to work, and energetic enough to make every drive effortless.

Firstly, because I didn't have the car for long enough to engage in a long freeway cruise.

We drove over 600 kilometres in the X4 on predominantly shorter country runs, but with a few longer freeway excursions managed to average fuel consumption of 8.5 L / 100 km.

On the streets of San Francisco we could scoot through traffic without much effort and on longer freeway stretches, there's plenty of thrust in the midrange.

Cruise control is naturally standard on both and while the HSV updates the current speed limits, the Lexus gets active control cruise, making it a bit more relaxing on longer freeway trips.

Not exact matches

Even ESPN Films has delved into the Simpson saga in 2010, when it produced a nearly hour - long 30 for 30 documentary, called June 17, 1994, about the day police chased Simpson and his white Ford Bronco on Los Angeles» 405 freeway.

The Seer opens with a blur of urban lights and longings: the faster freeway, the taller building, the machines that become the objects of our affections.

Robinson knows USC, and he has been in Los Angeles longer than the freeways.

53 freeway north through Long Grove and into central Lake County.

The railyard proposal would bring more truck traffic to the west Long Beach neighborhood, but it is designed to reduce the volume of trucks traveling along the 24 miles of freeway from the ports to the railroad's yard in East Los Angeles.

There, she met a team of physicians connected with the Children's Environmental Health Center at the University of Southern California who were conducting a long - term study on the link between chronic exposure to air pollution from freeway traffic and respiratory illnesses.

The exhaust - filled industrial corridor that stretches from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to Riverside — a city of 300,000 residents and a distribution hub that sprouted up next to the freeways where trucks and trains transporting goods belch dark clouds of diesel dust — is what environmentalists call the «diesel death zone.»

From this point onward, the film switches from Bobby's day - long bloodbath (from the vantage point of an oil storage tank, calmly picking off passing freeway motorists) to Orlock's grumbling preparations to make a personal appearance at a local drive - in movie.

While the overly - long shootout during the film's finale is most likely supposed to be the set - piece of the movie, I found the freeway car chase scene to be much more creative and exciting.

The first disc also comes with a gallery of trailers from director Pakula (who died in a gruesome freeway accident in 1998 on the Long Island Expressway).

LAUSD parents looking to volunteer at their child's school no longer have to brave the LA freeways to get fingerprinted at the district's downtown headquarters.

Out on the freeway, I was amazed by the Panamera's grip when I launched into a long sweeping ramp from one freeway to another.

The wait to get through first gear is a long one — you'll be nearing freeway speeds before you feel the first shift.

This unit is not refined, but at least Jaguar had the courtesy to mate it to a long - legged nine - speed automatic, which is a real relief on the freeway.

I like the steering, I thought it had plenty of power, and I found it to be comfortable on the freeway, although my longest nonstop freeway drive was only an hour.

We'll find out next year whether the Equinox diesel can at least maintain whatever highway number the EPA attaches to its label, but efficiency - oriented Bowtie loyalists looking for the best combo will want a Bolt or Volt for city commuting and an Equinox or Cruze turbodiesel for longer, freeway trips.

They'll make your drive easier on long, straight, boring highways and freeways, through slow construction zones, and in stop - and - go rush - hour traffic.

During my long weekend in the Phoenix area visiting family, I put more than 700 miles on the Laguna Blue Z06 convertible, primarily on the freeway, and my best tankful averaged out to just over 21 mpg.

Long, open stretches of two - lane or freeway remain the Continental GT's favorite playgrounds, however, because that's when you really unleash all that torque and enter Bentley - Land, where speed and serenity combine in a way that you experience in few other cars.

Once you factor in the calm ride motions on the freeway that come from a heavy, 4,079 - pound car that rides on a long wheelbase and P215 / 55R -17 tires, plus fairly responsive handling thanks to a low center of gravity, the Mirai seems very much to be a next - gen EV.

Deputy editor Joe DeMatio said in the car's logbook: «When you're bounding along at 90 mph on the freeway, you're barely aware that you no longer have a BMW in - line six at your disposal.»

We expected our road trip from Culver City to Solvang — before you ask, yes I've seen «Sideways», the 2004 film about wine tasting in the region — to be a three - hour tour up Highway 101 (per Google Maps), slightly longer than the usual with some slight deviation from the freeway to avoid closures caused by the tragic mudslides in Montecito.

The official response would be «No, don't even leave your driveway», but in the real world, as long as you're not on the freeway, it's a gamble I would be OK with.

Overall the Fit is worth its low price, as long as you do not plan on using it on the freeway on a regular basis.

Thus, after those 300 miles of awful freeway driving I was ready to dismiss this car entirely and long for earlier versions of M3s, 318tis and just plain old 3 - series.

As you might guess, this diminutive 2 - seater isn't the most comfortable for long - haul cruising but is fine for shorter freeway commutes.

You'd want that if you lived in a big metro area with freeway traffic jams, or for the miles - long accident backup when you're on vacation.

I travel a lot so frequently on freeway for long periods at a time and care drives good throughout.

SENIOR ONLINE EDITOR RORY CARROLL After a weekend of freeway driving in the mighty Subaru BRZ long - termer, I was ready to make my commute in something really comfortable.