Sentences with phrase «much road and wind»

The GTI has a bit too much road and wind noise, but it's not a deal - breaker.

It's a compliant ride around city streets and shooting down the expressway with the suspension soaking up most road imperfections well, with not too much road and wind noise penetrating the cabin.

The sense of speed inside the car is intense, partly because so much road and wind noise is roaring through the cabin.

Not exact matches

I much prefer the older me to the younger me, and I intend to go on liking myself even more as I continue along the long and winding road of time.

You hear unfamiliar sounds, like the gushing coolant flow that keeps the batteries healthy, the distant hum of the heat pump that also serves as the air - conditioning, the subdued whine of the regenerative brakes, and the much more intense mix of wind and road noise.

Noise — whether from wind or road — is subjectively much lower in the S3 than in competitive cars, and the engine noise that does make it into the cabin has the carefully manicured feel of auditory bonsai, with boy - racer overtones totally absent.

The truck's newly available 2.8 - liter inline - four Duramax turbodiesel engine, which puts down 369 lb - ft of torque and is capable of towing as much as 7,700 pounds, doesn't struggle a bit as we leave the ranch and head uphill on a winding two - lane road.

However, after driving the 2.5 - liter and the V - 6 models back - to - back on the winding roads of rural Tennessee, I was much more impressed with the smoothness of the V - 6 engine.

Not much road noise or wind noise at all, and the engine doesn't cause a ruckus.»

Despite its large wheels, tall ride height, and off - road inclinations, the Land Rover tackles winding, undulating roads without much body motion.

Aside from a bit too much wind and road noise permeating the cabin, I was (happily) having a hard time coming up with weaknesses of the new Passat.

And like the consummate wheelman he is, Cross doesn't immediately jump to warp speed but slowly winds it up, using as much of the road as visibility will permit, exercising more of the supercharged 4.2 - litre V8's 410bhp down the short straights, braking deeper into bends, punching harder out of them.

Surely they only «howl like a wounded animal» when you're properly on it and not at all at 6 / 10ths which is about as much as you'll do on the road?

What the SL does best is soak up miles upon miles of road — winding backroads or interstate freeway, it doesn't much matter — with speed, style, and comfort with wind - in - your - hair motoring at the push of a button.

The cabin is quiet too, with minimal noise from wind, tires, or road blemishes, and as such, this car rewards highway cruising as much as it does canyon carving.

Wind rush isn't much of an issue and road noise isn't either, thanks mostly to the small 15in alloy wheels which come as standard on Match trim.

The road and wind noise on the motorway is also extremely intrusive, so much so that people have commented on it when they've been in the car with me.

There is not much wind noise, the seats offer an excellent driving position and you feel close to the road without being punished like in a sports car.

Mine has so much wind and road noise, it's unreal, the Sportage was not super quiet, but I would go as far to say, it was quieter.

Tyres were noisy at open - road speeds — in the context of the Territory's very coarse mix of bitumen — but the driveline was inaudible while touring and wind only became apparent at much higher speeds — legally higher in the Northern Territory than elsewhere.

There's not much road noise, and wind noise is barely audible, despite the car's blunt front end.

The cabin is also much better isolated from road and wind noise.

To be sure, we've never had as much fun in an E-Class (excepting all AMG models, of course) as we did in the Sport editions of the E350 and E550 sedans — and on some tight, winding roads, no less.

So, as the season winds down at Petit Le Mans this weekend, expect a few things from Buckler — a likely podium (he admits to wanting a victory as much as he ever has), perhaps an empty little place in his heart, and a glass of his favorite Adobe Road raised in excellence to a Porsche career that has indeed been admirable by anyone's standards.

Wind and road noise are also much better suppressed than the A4 Avant's chief competition, especially if you add the optional acoustic glazing.

So much work went into making the cabin as quiet as possible and reducing road and engine noise, yet it sounds like you are entering a wind tunnel when you hit 70 +.

Audi is claiming air turbulence has been reduced, with road and wind noise «much lower» than the old R8 Spyder.

Things do not get much better on the highway where the moaning engine note is joined by road and wind noise.

But the Terra is much quieter than the Navara inside (although probably not as quiet as Everest), thanks to three - layer dash insulation, thicker floor carpet and acoustic glass, cutting engine, road and wind noise respectively.

The visibility is also a strength point that we very much appreciate along the winding roads and that allowed me to speed up the rhythm to go off my lane and, in - city roads, it is one reason less to stress.

Road and wind noise were well suppressed at highway speeds in the SFE, as in the other Fiestas, and it didn't take much throttle input for the hatch to move around with much more powerful cars on the rRoad and wind noise were well suppressed at highway speeds in the SFE, as in the other Fiestas, and it didn't take much throttle input for the hatch to move around with much more powerful cars on the roadroad.

This is because if the Actyon Sports spends most of it's mileage on paved roads, the LSD usually wears out prematurely — something to do with the grip on paved roads being too much and not allowing enough slip or something, causing wind - up.

We loaded our bags in Detroit, hit the road for the four - hour drive to Traverse City, and wound up putting nearly 700 miles on this SUV, allowing a much deeper dive into its capabilities, strengths and weaknesses than is the norm for these kinds of vehicle introductions.

The trick is whether one could spend every day in what seems to be a relatively noisy place, without much isolation from road, wind and engine noise.

Besides the fabulous sensation of freedom cruising the winding road, waves crashing alongside and sea spray spritzing the car, there's an abundance of activities for all tastes: beaches, wine, surfing, spas, golf, cycling, scuba diving, horse riding, camping, music and much more.

Test Drive Unlimited (TDU) allowed riders to zip around Hawaiian mountain roads and rather excellent freeways (OK, motorways) with a rather marvellous first - person view, helpfully simulating ducking behind the windshield whist the wind itself assaulted your ears — or at least, as much as possible, via television speakers.

The long, winding roads, numerous towns, caves, and pretty much every type of terrain you can imagine made this incarnation of Hyrule feel simply massive.

Furthermore, it allows for this installation of new and brazen sculptures and ceramics to feel much less final, not that they ever really are, but we see that rather than considering the new work as a declaration of what is happening in Larner's work right now, this show is merely a pit - stop on the long and winding road she has been charting for herself for the many years, and which will surely take another unexpected turn any day now.

Another big road block is resistance from local landowners and governments to placement of new transmission lines from high wind and solar, much of it in the central US, to high population areas of the east and west.

The road shoulder has probably been damaged by heavy wind farm traffic and it would be necessary for vehicles to move onto the shoulder when passing oncoming traffic, but it is a pity that so much of the media gives a higher priority to impact and sensationalism than truth.

With its secluded beaches, laidback wineries, winding country roads, and the cobbled backstreets of its quaint harbor village, the Turkish Aegean island of Bozcaada doesn't need much in the way of improvement.

There is also less splashing, lower levels of road noise and much less wind buffeting of other cars thanks to the improved aerodynamics.

So much to do in Sorrento: the seas are warm in late October and early November — Islands to hop to, 5 UNESCO world Heritage sites in striking distance, Vesuvius to discover, the winding roads to Ravello and Positano and glorious walking in cooler weather and without...

So much to do in Sorrento: the seas are warm in late October and early November — Islands to hop to, 5 UNESCO world Heritage sites in striking distance, Vesuvius to discover, the winding roads to Ravello and Positano and glorious walking in cooler weather and without the crowds...

There are no roads leading to the cape, and high winds buffet Cape Blanco through much of the year.

It gave us so much hope to see her daughter come home and it meant so much to know that another first - time mama, who had been Called to walk the same (winding) road, was «with» us during that season.