and you'll survey a plasticky - yet functional interior with clear white - faced gauges, notice the proximity
of the windshield frame to your head and peer out through a sliver of a windshield over a hood long enough to cover 10 aluminum cylinders.
All you do is pull back a latch in the center
of the windshield frame (the electric switch for the top is built into the latch), and the top drops behind the rear seats.
For instance, Mercedes wrapped the A pillars - the inner part
of the windshield frame - with cloth to present customers with a richer texture.
An Aircap wind protection system is standard consisting of wind deflector at the top
of the windshield frame and draft - top behind the rear seats.
Other blemishes include rust in the door hinges, a bubble on the left corner
of the windshield frame, and corrosion near the front lip on the underside of the bonnet.
We resisted closing the roof as colder winds blew, taking advantage of the wind - buffeting mechanisms (including Benz's available Aircap wind deflector at the top
of the windshield frame) to enjoy leisurely conversation even at highway speeds.
So there are times I feel like I'm half - looking through the top
of the windshield frame, notably when I'm first in line at a red light.»
Not exact matches
You sit upright, relaxed and at ease, with the steering wheel nicely to hand, surveying hood and fenders through a convex tinted - glass
windshield that
frames 583 square inches
of landscape.
The chrome - faced prow is more three - dimensional, beautifully flushed into the Ghost's sheetmetal (the hood and the
windshield frame are aluminum), but it's still an imposing whack
of shine leading the charge, topped as always with the flying lady.
The cockpit definitely has the feel
of a mid-engine car, with a far - forward seating position, a wraparound
windshield, and an ultra-short hood
framed by swollen fenders.
Because
of this, only minor structural changes in the form
of a steel cross-brace in the engine compartment, a carbon fiber
windshield frame and an aluminum roll bar, needed to be added for the coupe - to - spider conversion.
Much
of the interior features a cream tone, but deep green and blue accents are used for the steering wheel, carpet, and the leather used for the
windshield frame.
After a lot
of pulling and fiddling, it should eventually attach to the special cut - down
windshield frame that offers about as much rollover protection as a baseball cap.
Long story short, dealer says is wasn't pre-existing - despite my showing them a picture
of a rusted ding on the car
frame where something had hit the
windshield.
Other production chassis structures in the race car include the
windshield frame, the hoop around the rear
of the passenger compartment, the door hinge pillars, the drivetrain tunnel, the firewall, and the floor pan.
There's a lot
of clanking and whirring as it unlatches from the
windshield frame, folds up and then stows itself beneath a rear hatch.
Louth: «The race car chassis retains all
of the elements in the production chassis structure — the
windshield frame, the hoop around the rear
of the passenger compartment, the door hinge pillars, the drivetrain tunnel, the firewall, the floor pan — they're all there.
Further roll - over protection is offered by the optimized stability
of the A pillar and
windshield frame.
As with most convertibles, there is a bit
of cowl shake, that is, the area around the
windshield frame tends to vibrate as you drive over rough terrain.
The
windshield's rake has been optimized for improved aerodynamics and features a new 4 - bolt design at the top
of the
frame to allow the
windshield to fold down quickly and easily.
Details like the twin tailpipes, secondary stop lamp integrated into the chrome lining and the contrasting silver
frame of the
windshield add to the appeal.
The intensity
of the air flow can be controlled with button presses for the side windows and the Aircap difusser placed on the
windshield frame, plus the automatic wind deflector which raises subtly behind the rear seats.
The automaker is recalling 351,102 2000 model year Focus cars to replace A-pillars that cover the
frame on each side
of the
windshield.
Some
of the interior pieces, such as the plastic center console and trim around the
windshield frame (the A-pillars), struck me as chintzy - looking for a $ 22,000 car.
This large, horizontal arc runs along the lower edge
of the
windshield and
frames both the driver's and front passenger's seats without hemming in the occupants.
All we needed to do was eliminate the center section
of the roof, flatten out the rear section
of the roof and add a
frame just above the
windshield.
A new body - color sport bar is part
of the permanent
windshield frame structure.
The sides
of the car have reinforced steel rails; there's a horseshoe - shaped steel wall behind the passenger compartment; and the
windshield frame is so strong that the car can roll onto it without the
frame collapsing.
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The
windshield's rake has been optimized for improved aerodynamics and features a new four bolt design at the top
of the
windshield's
frame to allow the
windshield to fold down quickly and easily.
The convertible was highlighted by a new reinforced
windshield frame that acted as a rollbar in the event
of a rollover and came as standard equipment.
To close the roof from the driver's seat Solstice GXP owners must perform the following sequence
of tasks: pop the trunk using key fob to release the deck lid; get out
of the car, open the deck lid, pull out the folding cloth top and lean it on the
windshield; get back in the car and fasten the clasp joining the top to the
frame; get back out
of the car, slam (and I mean slam) the cover shut, and snap the two rear fasteners into place; then get back into the car and drive away.
Intensive engineering updates around the
windshield frame, which is housed within the A-pillars, have increased the structural rigidity
of the GT - R's front end, resulting in reduced deformation and crisper turn - in response.
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For example, the A-pillar nodes
of the new A8 — one
of 25 castings in the body — interconnect the longitudinal member, the sill, the omega cross-member, the
windshield crossmember, the roof
frame and the suspension strut mount.
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I find myself sometimes looking out the driver - side window rather than through the
windshield when taking left turns because I can't always be sure, with a large section
of metal
frame in the way, that there isn't a pedestrian crossing or another car coming.
The fit and finish
of the Allante - from the neatly contoured material around the
windshield frame to the door trim, rubber weatherstripping, carpet and lining in the trunk - were the best I've ever seen on a car.
The
windshield's rake was optimized for improved aerodynamics and features a new four - bolt design at the top
of the
windshield's
frame for quick folding.
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The
windshield frame is made
of carbon fibre to try to maintain a 50/50 weight distribution.
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I think
of the
windshield on the road between Venice and Taos, between Pasedena and Santa Monica,
of the perpetual
framing and
of that light.
Huffman's room - sized installation featured videos on flat - screen monitors, projections,
framed photographs, screenprints, and a sculpture consisting
of five
windshields suspended from the ceiling
of the gallery.
Driving across most
of the country's fifty states in an ordinary rental car, master photographer Lee Friedlander (b. 1934) applied the brilliantly simple conceit
of deploying the sideview mirror, rearview mirror, the
windshield, and the side windows as picture
frames within which to record reflections
of this country's eccentricities and obsessions at the beginning
of the twenty - first century.
Only in the twisted logic
of the through - the -
windshield view
of the world, Keith Naughton
of Bloomberg
frames the story
of how human drivers keep rear - ending self - driving cars because they follow the rules
of the road as a bug, not a feature.