Sentences with phrase «of road tyres»

A distinct lack of underbody protection (illustrated most clearly by a low hanging exhaust box) and the fitment of road tyres confirm the really rough stuff is out of reach.

The fitment of semi-slick Yokohama Advan tyres endows this Mugen with more grip than power; we'd prefer a good set of road tyres and a bit more playfulness.

Not exact matches

He said: «Tyres have been set alight, there [is] a barricade built at the end of the road and there's a thick smell of tear gas in the air... rocks all across the road that have been used to throw at the Israeli security forces.»

Called «Project 34», the idea was that having smaller front wheels would reduce the amount of lift generated at the front of the car, but in order for the smaller tyres to maintain the same contact patch with the road it'd need four of them.

Tyres that don't have enough air in them have reduced grip on the road, meaning the driver has less control of their vehicle.

The large PU tyres are designed for off - road adventures and are puncture resistant for peace of mind!

«It is often the poorest people in our cities who live near the busiest roads and breath in diesel fumes, dangerous chemicals and bits of tyre every day», committee chair Joan Walley said.

According to him, prices of other products such as spare parts, insurance, tyres, road worthy certificates would be considered during the meeting with the Sector Minister.

In his remarks, Kaduna State Chairman of National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO), Alhaji Babangida Jafar, urged the FRSC to collaborate with Standard Organization of Nigeria to rid Nigerian markets of used and substandard tyres.

'' All the roads were barricaded and tyres were being burnt and commuters molested and three of the commuters lost their lives and I said, does the accident warrant them to destroy public property?.

Aremu said that contrary to belief by some Nigerians that road crashes was a manipulation of witches, major causes of most auto crashes were over speeding, driving under the influence of alcohol and bad tyres.

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The team from the University of Cambridge found the corpse partly buried in a tyre track on a road through the Nechisar National Park during a 13 - week expedition to the Nechisar Plains of southern Ethiopia.

There is a massive potential for reducing both traffic noise and fuel consumption linked to conventional cars by combining low - noise tyres and the right kind of road surfacing.

Completely rebuilt and retextured, it's packed full of features: Slect from three differnt wheel configurations — Road tyres, Off Road Tyres and Off Road Tyres with Raised Suspension Large choice of selectable colours Multiple body work configurations, including bonnet or rear mounted spare tyre, roll frame and Dakar configuration IC controls for the the doors, windows and bonnet Right hand drive — perfect for use on UK style maps Multiplayer compatible with passenger script Fully animated suspension, steering and drive shaft Tow bar Washable with high quality dirt texture Animated speedometer and rev counter Hope you enjoy thistyres, Off Road Tyres and Off Road Tyres with Raised Suspension Large choice of selectable colours Multiple body work configurations, including bonnet or rear mounted spare tyre, roll frame and Dakar configuration IC controls for the the doors, windows and bonnet Right hand drive — perfect for use on UK style maps Multiplayer compatible with passenger script Fully animated suspension, steering and drive shaft Tow bar Washable with high quality dirt texture Animated speedometer and rev counter Hope you enjoy thisTyres and Off Road Tyres with Raised Suspension Large choice of selectable colours Multiple body work configurations, including bonnet or rear mounted spare tyre, roll frame and Dakar configuration IC controls for the the doors, windows and bonnet Right hand drive — perfect for use on UK style maps Multiplayer compatible with passenger script Fully animated suspension, steering and drive shaft Tow bar Washable with high quality dirt texture Animated speedometer and rev counter Hope you enjoy thisTyres with Raised Suspension Large choice of selectable colours Multiple body work configurations, including bonnet or rear mounted spare tyre, roll frame and Dakar configuration IC controls for the the doors, windows and bonnet Right hand drive — perfect for use on UK style maps Multiplayer compatible with passenger script Fully animated suspension, steering and drive shaft Tow bar Washable with high quality dirt texture Animated speedometer and rev counter Hope you enjoy this mod.

The list of defects includes rear emergency doors that won't open, bald tyres, defective brakes and steering, and other serious problems that compromise safety and could contribute to a road traffic collision.

My only concern is that on the road, where you can't chuck the car into corners on the brakes or exit with the tyres fully lit - up, that slightly conservative set - up in Corsa mode will make it feel less agile than some of the competition at sane speeds.

At least in the UK there is not VAT on used cars meaning that a new car loses 20 % of it's value as soon as your new cars tyres touch the road.

This year the latter boasts the extra advantage of Michelin hosting a free tyre pressure check just before you board the tunnel to cross to France: it's a long way to Le Mans, but with Michelin's vast experience of the 24 - hour race, you can be sure they'll know how best to look after your road car's rubber.

Without sacrificing ride comfort, your car can run with far stiffer springs — in the case of the Porsche 911 GT3 RS, twice as stiff as standard — reducing squat, dive and roll, and keeping the tyres in better contact with the road surface, while improving steering response and stability, too.

Some other manufacturers have begun to include a compressed can of «tyre weld» or similar which attaches to the valve of a flat tyre and injects a sealant foam, again so the vehicle can be driven at a reduced road speed to a tyre bay for proper repair.

The Range Rover has the edge in terms of character and theatre and should show the others a dirty pair of wellies off - road too - a brief jaunt on the launch suggested the SVR remains incredibly capable in the rough even on road - biased tyres - though the new Cayenne Turbo probably has the edge on the road.

From S - bends on the race - track to driving the twisting mountain roads at speed, it quickly becomes apparent that this particular tyre is a perfect example of Michelin's «track to street» ethos.

The process begins because a much larger proportion of the car's weight is resting on the rear tyres, so as you ease into the corner, the fronts have less to press them to the road.

It's not unusual for tyres to wear unevenly due to the camber of the road.

To best translate the above enhancements to the road, 19 - inch wheels shod in Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2s — presenting 305 mm of tyre to the tarmac — cope with greater lateral loading courtesy of downforce - based gains; the front splitter taken from the Mustang Boss 302 Laguna Seca generates 11 kg of downforce at 80mph with a reprofiled rear - wing to balance the aero - improvements upfront.

In reality, you can lean on the front tyres more than your instinct tells you, but while this is easy to put into practice on track, it can feel unnatural on the road, a bit too much like a leap of faith.

Immediately you're aware that the car is set up right on the edge of what's acceptable in something road - legal: with the tyres warm, I trailed the throttle a little mid-corner to see what the effect would be, and the car snapped straight into oversteer.

The time was run on road - legal Pirelli Trofeo tyres, and the LM has a number of weight - saving measures over even the standard P1 GTR - lightweight seats, titanium tailpipes and the removal of race parts like the air - jack system.

If the engine work is comprehensive, the chassis goes even further: new springs, dampers, electronic systems, wheels, tyres and a new generation of carbon - ceramic brake that uses, for the first time in a road car, a ceramic pad material.

I know as thats what im getting rid of for its awful elec steering, gross run flat tyres, terrible road manners and abysmal ride.

Much of the time uneven roads and potholes catch drivers unawares and cause significant damage to their vehicle's rims and / or tyres.

It does lack some of the tactile patter of the hydraulic systems fitted to older GT3s, but, crucially, it gives you a clear impression of how hard the front tyres are being worked and it allows you to place the car on the road with millimetric precision.

The quality of the damping is such that the car is both tightly tied down to the road surface and composed over bumps, potholes and ridges, meaning the tyres stay firmly pressed into the tarmac at all times.

There's also a certain amount of trepidation at what this kind of power will feel like on the road in a mid-engined car on regular street tyres, but human nature being what it is, it's not too long before your right foot pushes a bit harder for a bit longer until those turbos wake up with a banshee wail.

On road tyres, and utilising the modes of the Off - Road Engineering package, the GLC navigated obstacles we'd never have thought possible, including 70 - degree inclines on shale and gravel, equally steep declines and sideways slopes as steep as 27 degrroad tyres, and utilising the modes of the Off - Road Engineering package, the GLC navigated obstacles we'd never have thought possible, including 70 - degree inclines on shale and gravel, equally steep declines and sideways slopes as steep as 27 degrRoad Engineering package, the GLC navigated obstacles we'd never have thought possible, including 70 - degree inclines on shale and gravel, equally steep declines and sideways slopes as steep as 27 degrees.

Any extended prod of the accelerator sees the rear tyres squirming and the vast orange bonnet rising slightly before chunks of Italian back - road are devoured to the accompanying shriek of the supercharger.

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They balanced the tyres and most of the vibrations went away, except a knock / vibration I can feel on the steering wheel at high speeds (100 - 110 Km / h) or sometimes when the road surface has small imperfections.

With its live rear axle, skinny 155 - section tyres, a view down the bonnet that ends in a pair of chrome - backed headlamps and those front wheels bobbing up and down in rhythm with the road, this is as close to original Seven motoring as you can get.

With a significant input into the steering wheel and a lift of the throttle you can force the rear tyres to relinquish their grip of the road, but so swiftly is it caught by the stability control (even with the traction control in sport handling mode) and so mighty is the E43's traction when you get back on the throttle that there's little incentive to try and play.

It's worth mentioning that, as on the road, each car is fitted with the same type of OE Bridgestone tyre (not the optional Michelin Pilot Cup 2s, which are only available as an option with the Öhlins suspension) and carrying the same fuel load, thereby ensuring that, suspension apart, they are as close to identical as possible.

The hazards we have encountered at the street circuits visited so far by the championship range from thick painted road markings and tram rails to different types of surface, including concrete, but our tyres have consistently delivered a blend of safety, performance and longevity.

Road conditions, tyre quality, pressures, weather and vehicle state of repair all have their influence.

With quality tyres in good condition and with an excess of 2 mm of tread, on a road going vehicle, in good state of repair, loss of directional stability is not of real concern.

The steering has great weighting and there's undoubtedly feedback once into a corner, but the front tyres don't give you a sense of being entirely locked onto the road.

How far over to the left and away from the turn depends on the amount of grip you have available — more grip means you can hold it tighter — but in most road - tyred cars, turning less at McLaren and opening out the entry to Clearways is a good thing to do.

Stones ping loudly into the underside of the carbon tub and tyres slap noisily into the road surface.

Since there is less to press the rear tyres to the road, they will slide more easily, but this is not the same thing as saying a lighter car would therefore slide more easily at both ends... The point is that the balance of the car has changed and it is the change that makes the difference in the car's behaviour.

Transmitting 237bhp and 236 lb ft through the front wheels inevitably resulted in torque steer under hard acceleration, added to which was the VXR's fondness for following ruts in the road — both under acceleration and braking — a problem which, we discovered, got much worse as the front tyres wore down and the amount of «give» in the tread blocks reduced.