The brakes were fine, but there were moments of jerky sensitivity or
more pedal travel than I would have liked.
The revised brakes are better than before but still don't instil confidence on first acquaintance thanks to a slightly dead feel under foot and
more pedal travel than you really want in a car as sporting as this.
Other signs include longer stopping distances and
more pedal travel before you feel significant braking force.
Not exact matches
«As cycling continues to grow in popularity for commuting, deliveries and tourism, we are seeing the demand for
pedal - assist bicycles that can help cyclists
travel longer distances and
more easily climb steep hills,» de Blasio said.
Brake calibrations have been adjusted to key response
more to
pedal pressure versus
pedal travel.
The roofline is clearly
more raked towards the left side, which hints at the direction of
travel, but there is no steering wheel, no single seat and no gearlever or
pedals.
As this is my wife's vehicle, it's possible it has always been like this and I am imagining things but I'd feel much
more comfortable with a firmer
pedal that didn't
travel as far.
The low - speed heft to the steering is gone, you're past the dreadfully stiff first few millimetres of throttle
pedal travel (it initially feels
more like a clutch) and the engine spins away busily but with so much in reserve.
The former is courtesy of a larger brake master cylinder and booster, drastically reducing
pedal travel and making for a firmer,
more consistent feel.
Travel is long,
pedal feel is vague, and bringing the SUV to a halt quickly requires
more effort than I expected.
Is
more brake
pedal travel normal for a Toyota or is there something else I should be checking for?
Every millimetre of
travel on the
pedal makes a difference this time, and you instantly feel
more in control of the car as a result.
If I was to be picky then I'd want
more instantaneous bite right at the top of the
pedal, but this is typical with a quad - piston set - up and once you've passed through the first inch of
travel the performance is reassuringly effective.
Stronger brakes wouldn't go a miss to match the performance available, however, and a
more natural feel early in the
pedal travel would help moderate retardation better, too.
Turn everything off, use
more of the throttle
pedal's
travel and
more steering angle, and it isn't long at all before you feel the Haldex system sending power rearwards.
I'd like
more action in the first bit of
pedal travel, but it seems a bit numb until you really stomp on it, but that's easy enough to get used to.
Incredibly long gearing (second gear is good for
more than 80 mph) minimizes shifting, and the long
pedal travel makes it impossible not to be smooth while metering out 4.9 liters» worth of V - 8 torque.
Even the brakes felt
more touchy than we'd have liked at the top of brake
pedal travel.
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While in this
more efficient drive mode, the vehicle attempts to extend its range by
more aggressively using regenerative braking while coasting and remapping the throttle
pedal travel for less - aggressive tip - in.
Also in regard to brakes, the new Vantage S has a new brake booster designed to reduce
pedal travel and allow for
more discreet interventions of the stability control and traction control systems.
Eco pro not only reduces how much power is delivered in response to
pedal travel but it also upshifts
more quickly and reduces the amount of power sent to the auxiliary systems, such as air conditioning.
The new, aggressively styled bodywork Audi rolled out recently makes
more sense here, on this musclier incarnation of the model, but still, if you're stingy with the
pedal travel, it's a smooth, easy driver... just like the A5.
Handling-wise, it's easy to drive considering its massive girth, though even the uprated 6.2 - liter V8 feels sluggish moving off the line; the numbers would indicate otherwise, and if you really stomp the
pedal the Sierra roars to life, so I think it's a
more a matter of accelerator
pedal travel than any lack of output.
Fuel really is massive in scale, taking
more than three hours of
pedal to the metal driving to
travel from one side of the map to the other.
«As cycling continues to grow in popularity for commuting, deliveries and tourism, we are seeing the demand for
pedal - assist bicycles that can help cyclists
travel longer distances and
more easily climb steep hills,» Mayor de Blasio said in a press release.
«As cycling continues to grow in popularity for commuting, deliveries and tourism, we are seeing the demand for
pedal - assist bicycles that can help cyclists
travel longer distances and
more easily climb steep hills,» said Mayor de Blasio in a statement.
Credit: SolosSolos can track your
pedaling cadence, power, speed, heart rate, elevation, calories burned, distance
traveled and
more.