Sentences with phrase «of traction settings»

A range of traction settings keeps the car in check or will let you slide to your heart's content, depending on your skill level.

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But a new focus on Moore's previous public statements on controversial topics also gained traction of late, just days ahead of the Alabama special election set for December 12.

The new concept is gaining traction with the number of locations set to triple in 2018.

I did invest in a course, and it's basic tenets were: 1 — Know your audience 2 — Create a giveaway that would be of value to your audience 3 — Set up the website and automated email engagement sequence triggered by a signup to the giveaway 4 — Engage with the community, adding value to other blogs (which I've tried to do here) 5 — Once you have some traction, seek guest - posting opportunities to drive referral traffic 6 — Then launch your own blog

The powder coated matte finish is very chip - resistant, and offers the right balance of glide and traction for gripping clubs deep into work sets.

Uptown Boots This chic set of boots will take you to wintertime museum outings, on long city trots and to tea and toast after, all while providing waterproof comfort, great traction and toasty insulation.

By the middle of the second episode, the show begins to gain traction and sucks you in with its new set of tantalizing mysteries.

Indeed, the studio have already set the movie for a May 2014 release for «Belle,» in part to try and replicate the impressive success of «Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,» and in part because there are internal worries that between McQueen's film and TWC's «Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom» and «Fruitvale Station,» there are too many films with black leads for «Belle» to get traction (We'd argue there's room for them all, but you can see the logic, given the Academy's tastes).

With Saoirse Ronan playing the title character and Margot Robbie set as Queen Elizabeth I, long - gestating historical drama Mary Queen Of Scots is finally gaining real traction.

Undaunted, he began piecing [the film] together as a producer, partners and financing, and because of the setting of Formula One, [it] had just enough traction in the international market to move it forward.

As social learning continues to gain traction, students can connect themselves to teachers, other students and a wide variety of experts in a wide variety of settings — from one - on - one sessions to rich communities regardless of where they live — to collaborate on a variety of educational projects.

In a sign that the once far - fetched notion of «charter districts» is gaining traction, a forthcoming series of papers from the Education Commission of the States offers policymakers advice and encouragement in setting up their own versions of that emerging governance arrangement.

As SEL gains more traction, states are recognizing the importance of setting standards around the social and emotional competencies students need to succeed.

We collected the transcripts from this entire set of conversations, which included 138 total posts, and coded and analyzed this set of conversations to examine who participated from the course and how often, who participated from outside the course and how often, what kinds of conversations were started, and what kinds of conversations gained traction.

After consulting with Tire Rack, we ordered a set of Dunlop Direzza Sport Z1 Star Spec tires (the first of three special tires we would try), which Tire Rack shaved down to 6 / 32 - inch tread for maximum dry - tarmac traction while preserving some measure of wet - weather capability.

Our car has the optional Adaptive M suspension and Servotronic steering (though thankfully not the Sports Steering, an aggressively variable rack that brings agility but also inconsistency of response), so by toggling the Drive Performance Control button up to Sport + the car is primed with the stiffest suspension setting, weighty steering and the more relaxed DTC (Dynamic Traction Control) mode for the stability and traction controlTraction Control) mode for the stability and traction controltraction control system.

Thanks to undefeatable on - board stability and traction - control settings, it has the propensity to roast the brakes when pushed to the limit, but that's nothing a stouter set of pads couldn't fix.

Narrower tires are better for snow traction as long as load and tire pressure are calculated to compensate, but with 2 inches of diameter difference you really are better off buying a whole new set.

There's tons more of course — two stage adjustable dampers, a specifically tuned Sport Handling setting for the stability and traction control, ceramic brakes, new Michelin Pilot Cup 2 tyres, a new active rear locking differential.

With traction control set to either its intermediate «R» mode or switched off entirely, it felt like a rear - wheel drive supercar, looking to break away at the slightest tickle of the throttle when the steering was loaded up.

Different modes will allow the driver to change the weight of the steering, increase the engine noise in the cabin and select between three different traction control settings (on, track and full off).

However, on the rare occasions that you find the perfect, clear - sighted corner you can kill the mild on - limit understeer with a bootful of power as the Sport traction setting allows the tyres to spin - up just enough to induce a little smudge of oversteer.

To replace a set of front discs and pads is about # 1300, and it's a similar sum for the rears, which actually wear at least as fast because they're used by the traction control.

In the vehicle settings menu you can find a button to turn traction control off, but even with that pressed, the car won't get out of shape in the dry, the closest it gets being the sensation that the tyre is slightly over-speeding.

Rail on the car like an idiot — even the strictest of traction control settings will let you re-stripe the pavement.

A control panel behind the shift lever gives the driver full control over off - road settings, including hill ascent and descent control, raising and lowering the air suspension, Low range and a knob for the Selec - Terrain traction control system, which has five settings for types of terrain (Snow, Sand, Auto, Mud and Rock).

Another point to consider is that, while traction might continue to be fine, mismatched sets of tires are putting more load on the center diff.

Two sets of buttons, which look to operate functions such as suspension dampening, traction control, the start - stop mechanism, exhaust sound, and a manual transmission mode sit in a V - 8 configuration to mimic the eight - cylinder, handmade AMG engine that will lurk up front.

A «Bill Thomas Traction Kit» (a set of traction bars) was also installed, as was a set of «special mufflers,» a set of Rader wheels, and a set of «Perrelli» (sicTraction Kit» (a set of traction bars) was also installed, as was a set of «special mufflers,» a set of Rader wheels, and a set of «Perrelli» (sictraction bars) was also installed, as was a set of «special mufflers,» a set of Rader wheels, and a set of «Perrelli» (sic) tires.

Adjust the dampers to their firmest setting, start using the stalk - like gearshift paddles (same as on a Gallardo) and adjust your driving style to slow in, fast out, using the massive torque and four - wheel - drive traction to rocket out of turns.

Thanks in part to an electronic differential that can go almost instantaneously from fully open to fully locked, the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 accommodates a wide range of stability and traction control settings.

Four - wheel drive means there's lots of traction to fire you up the next straight, yet the rear - biased set - up delivers surprising adjustability, particularly when the surface is slippery — out of slower corners you can even indulge in some bouts of subtle oversteer showboating.

For starters, the 225hp 289 four - barrel V - 8 is backed by a Ford Top Loader four - speed transmission spinning a set of 3.23 gears in a Traction - Lok 9 - inch differential.

Get on the throttle with the car set up like that and it will power oversteer out of the corner, but most of the time there is just a sense of huge traction as the motors on the front axle help to drag the car cleanly out of bends.

To give myself a fighting chance for traction, I've also tweaked the car's driving mode settings to give me «only» 500 hp, with the adaptive suspension set to full soft and the paddle shifters enabled in case I need to pre-emptively upshift and dilute the V - 8's onrush of power.

This means being confident and positive, getting the car set up early for a corner, trail braking, even backing it in a touch (something helped by a lot of rear brake bias on this car) so that you oversteer slightly before the apex and then drive through using the huge traction of the four - wheel drive (split 50:50).

Traction, already enhanced a set of Saleen - designed alloy wheels and ZR - spec tyres, is also improved with a locking differential.

Stick a set of Pilot Sport 4S's on the car and traction is not a problem unless you have a particularly heavy right foot that's incapable of feathering the throttle!

The CT - off setting deactivates traction control but maintains a degree of stability control.

But Performance Traction Management is one of the cooler features on the ZL1 and something that sets it apart from its Blue Oval - badged rival.

The eight - setting Motec traction control and 12 - setting Bosch ABS system can be dialed in from a ««Knight Rider» - style steering wheel, and more than twice the downforce as the road car is delivered courtesy of an adjustable rear spoiler the size of a park bench.

FR versions also get the XDS differential, which aims to mimic the effects of mechanical set - up by reducing understeer and boosting traction.

It's a set - up that wrings more grip and traction from a set of 195/50 R15 Toyo Proxes T1 ‑ R tyres than you'd ever think possible, which explains why the inside rear wheel grabs air at every opportunity.

All you really need worry about is which of the five available settings to twist the little red knob to: the low - traction one in slippery conditions; Sport for everyday driving; and Race when you're feeling a bit randy.

Dry handling was close on both sets of rubber but the G - MAX RS appeared to offer better grip in low - traction situations and recovered more quickly when exiting wet patches.

There's another set of buttons below the climate control panel, with buttons for traction control, a paddle - shifted automatic transmission, forward collision warning, adaptive cruise control, and a lane departure warning system.

With traction control set to Sand, we crested the rise as Honda's man told me some of the development work on the multiterrain system occurred in Dubai.

The Active Drive and Active Drive Low systems come with Selec - Terrain, a traction control system with Sand, Snow, Mud, and Automatic settings and, on Trailhawk versions of the Renegade, an added «Rock» mode.

«I like this one a lot more,» Rogers says of the fresh set of tires, «But it does not seem to have quite the braking traction of the other one.

Safety features will include set of airbags, traction control, stability control, and lane keeps assist.