Sentences with phrase «of tight road»

The parallel exit function allows the cee'd to steer itself out of tight road - side spaces.

Not exact matches

Bob Lutz, a veteran of GM, Ford, and Chrysler, recalled in a first - person article for Road & Track last November how Piëch told him the secret of the fourth - generation Golf's remarkably tight body fits: «I'll give you the recipe.

The concern is that the trucks moving in tight formation could block the view of signs and other road features for others.

But in the world of tight government budgets, small repairs have historically been put off to save money in the short term, which add up to much bigger costs down the road.

MOSCOW Grain exporters in southern Russia are seeking government assurances that shipments will not be disrupted during the World Cup soccer finals because of tight security on roads and at ports, industry sources said.

Security was tight in Washington, where military trucks and guards blocked almost every intersection near the rally amid a huge police presence, and in other cities where marches and rallies forced the closing of major roads.

FUN LOVING BUNCH Road trips to weekend tournaments and long days of practice in a small room can harbor tight - knit friendships and bonds between teammates on wrestling teams.

OKC really did not have much of an alternative but man, they are in a very tight spot with all roads seemingly leading to Rocks and Hard Places.

Roy Hodgson's bottom - of - the - table Eagles edged a tight contest at a sold - out Amex Stadium but they were unable to make a breakthrough as their search for a first league goal on the road since April continues.

The tight confines of Loftus Road should see a barnstorming game as I expect QPR to have a real go.

United need to keep plugging away in the tight scrap for a top four place and will be wary of the threat from the Hornets who managed to take a win on the road at Arsenal recently.

Though, somewhat ironically, Newcastle will need to keep it tight at the back as well if they're to leave Wearside with all the spoils, as three of their four victories on the road have come without shipping a single goal.

It feels enormous inside and the all - round visibility is excellent, making it easy peasy to reverse into tight spaces and back out of the drive onto the road.

Polluted water from roads and parking lots gets washed into streams and ponds, and municipalities on tight budgets are facing millions of dollars in stormwater improvements.

Janda took the tight muscle road like some of his predecessors, directing therapy at the tight side of muscle imbalance.

I rely on a uniform of skirts or dresses, tights, and wellies to keep my real shoes safe from precipitation and road salt.

6 for dark hair blue eyes laid back great sense of humor easy to talk to like fishing rod in the back roads hold my baby tight

Gravel is an arcade - style off road racer that eschews tight and twisty traditional rallying in favour of mostly high speed assaults on generously wide tracks carved through a variety of exotic locations.

Photographer Sandon Voelker and road test editor Eric Weiner are waiting patiently for me when I get to the track, but I tell them to hold tight as I give hugs to Maribeth and Mary, the wonderful women who take care of day - to - day track duties, and Nala, an adorable, 110 - pound brindle mastiff.

On more open, cross-country roads, the Jaguar can set a blistering pace, but the moment things get tighter and more interesting, it feels out of its comfort zone again.

To improve turn in, Ferrari debuted its own rear wheel steering system on the F12 Tdf, making the car feel hyper alert in tighter twistier sections of road.

The suspension calibration is soft enough to shrug off road imperfections, but this also permits a fair bit of body roll in some of the tighter sections.

«It's hard not to giggle out loud when you're tackling a technical road or a tight section of track with the 718,» Wasef said.

Hence a good B - road becomes an exercise in the judicious use of the appropriate gears, with first often the reality on the really tight stuff if the engine isn't to bog down.

This next - generation off - roader will debut in the second quarter of 2017 according to the automaker's five - year plan, and will need to improve efficiency to meet tighter CAFE requirements.

Once I was sick of letting the QX50 do most of the work, I turned onto tight California canyon roads en route to lunch.

We would have loved to thrash the GT - R on the twisting roads of Japan all day long but time was getting tight and we were due back at the circuit for the track portion of the test.

But the Mazda CX - 9 endeared itself to us quickly, and for many of the same reasons the Miata is such a joy on tight, twisting roads.

You really can commit down a tight, ragged, twisty UK road, feeling the V6 make the four - wheel - drive system work to distribute its power while you manage the car's angle with the throttle and steering, all while not worrying about potholes or wet and muddy sections of tarmac as you would in the Giulia.

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.

The Velar, in turn, is floatier and cushier on pavement, inspiring less confidence through the tights turns of Highway 74 that Rover chose for on road portion of the Velar drive than the F - Pace.

On a couple of tight dirt and gravel roads in the morning route, the manual could be made to dance around the corners like an early WRX.

Nevertheless, the Subaru's all - wheel drive, grippy tires, tight steering, and bright headlights help me navigate washed - out sections of road, fallen trees, and patches of gravel.

And because the Seven is so small, you can enjoy it on a greater variety of roads, scribing a neat, smooth line on faster sweeping roads or slithering and sliding your way round tighter tangles of corners.

This road is a tight, bumpy, badly paved series of switchbacks, sluiced with gravel runoff.

Abbey Braking is critical because the road crests slightly (and collects a huge amount of standing water) then a late turn towards the first and tightest part to exit well to the left of the road's centre.

This is one of those tight, twisty, hilly, narrow roads dappled with California sunshine peeking through the tree canopy, that we Midwesterners fantasize about.

Make no mistake, with so little weight to keep in check and such compact dimensions, the Swift Sport still feels agile and wieldy, especially down some of the tighter and twistier roads of our Spanish test route, but some of the old car's sparkle is missing.

On tight California canyon roads, I hardly missed the relentless grunt of the 6.2 - liter V - 8.

The interior is remarkably quiet and the steering is tight with a connected feel to the road, especially due to adaptive steering which changes based on the speed of the vehicle.

On tighter roads it hides its bulk remarkably well, although the steering lacks the sort of communication you'd find in a basic C63 AMG.

Tadge Juechter didn't blink as the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray blitzed through a series of tight kinks on a California back road.

«We are developing new technologies including the Transparent Hood to give drivers an augmented view of reality to help them tackle anything from the toughest off - road route to the tight confines of urban parking,» said Jaguar Land Rover's research and technology director Dr. Wolfgang Epple in a statement.

Just how much, I'm about to discover on the back - road to Millbrook, which throws in a useful selection of curves, humps, dips, campers and one deleciously long straight with a tight right - left combination at its end.

Other safety measures being undertaken by the French government include tighter controls on drink and drug driving, improvements to pedestrian crossings to better protect pedestrians, a crackdown on the use of mobile phones while driving, and improve road safety education for young people.

However, this is only very rarely a problem as the Sprint's narrow width means that you can use the whole of the road to expand curves that would ordinarily seem tight in other cars.

Winding through tight roads was not when I wanted a sudden surge of anything.

The steering is quick, tight, and so rich in road feel that the mere touch of tire to paint stripe sends a notice to your palms.

On Latigo Canyon Road, one of the tightest and most technical roads in all of Southern California, there's nothing more gratifying to drive than the 4C Spider.

Based on navigation system data and camera recognition of cornering road signs, the system displays an arrowed direction warning on the instrument cluster display alerting you to tight corners.