Sentences with phrase «most slippery roads»
Even when the accelerator is floored, it is not likely that enough power would get to the rear wheels to make them lose traction even on the most slippery roads.
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Most versions of the X3 offer the xDrive intelligent all - wheel - drive system, which works together with the stability control electronics and normally send 60 percent of torque to the rear wheels; a multi-disc clutch system can send up to 100 percent to the rear wheels when it's needed for traction — whether by a slippery road situation or high - performance driving.
In an off - road environment pick the off - road setting and be done with it — during the test, it made the most of a slippery trail, maintaining forward momentum even as one or more of the wheels lost grip.
Quebec's slippery winter roads are an excellent test for it, so I headed out in a new Genesis to see what could happen in the most challenging of conditions.
Because ABS should make the most difference on wet and slippery roads, researchers also studied the insurance claims experience in 29 states during winter months.
Though we didn't get to go full blown off - roading, it performed admirably in the dirt and sand with the Symmetrical All - Wheel Drive working diligently to maintain traction in even the most slippery of surfaces.
Most drivers in the snowy Midwest have had more than one experience with the terrifying loss of control that can come from losing traction on slippery or snow - caked roads.
When driving on slipperier surfaces like snowed - over roads or dirt trails, the Subaru Legacy does handle the tougher terrain with relative ease, and (in conjunction with the traction and stability control) should mean you'll overcome all but the most adverse conditions that Mother Nature can throw at you.
But the polar bear is the one that captures the imagination - most probably because of the absurdity of this behemoth of a bear being on the slippery road to becoming a size zero.
However, their perspective is different than most: they consider the risk of an accident due to a slippery and wet road surface as something that the driver should somehow have overcome.
If you want to avoid hydroplaning, it's best to avoid driving right at the beginning of a rain shower, as that's when the roads are the most slippery.
Roads are most slippery just after the rain begins, because oil dropped from cars has not been washed away.