Sentences with phrase «over twisty»

The firmer springs and shocks and the automatic load - leveling system make the Venture easy to control and reasonably sporty over twisty roads.

Over twisty roads, it let me play with the inputs, using different braking, accelerating at different points on a turn exit.

Couple this with a none - to - impressive rear limited - slip differential, and the truck often struggled over twisty low - speed sections of trail.

In Sport mode, with the M1 button, I had the DCT dialed in at its most aggressive position in manual mode, sticking to second and third gears over a twisty back road.

Over some twisty roads on the hilly country near Big Eddy National Park, the LaCrosse handled itself with considerable poise.

Handling over the twisties and city streets is first - rate, due in part to the standard Agility Control suspension.

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When I served the vegan beet pasta, I added dollops of the cashew cheese all over the top and let it melt into all the nooks and crannies of our favorite twisty noodles.

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Drivers and teams disliked the new slow and twisty section (which resulted in race laps of over two minutes), which had the opposite effect to what was intended and actually seemed to reduce overtaking.

In the build - up to this weekend, much was being made over how Mercedes would perform given its past form on twisty circuits this year and at Singapore in general.

Ananda: Rosamund Pike Because: I may be reaching a bit, but based on Cate Blanchett's win last year I just think Pike's twisty cerebral performance has a chance over Moore's more obvious dramatic turn.

The ride seemed rough on my first drive, but after a solid week of commuting over potholed city streets and smooth, twisty roads, the Focus grew on me.

The suspension is firm and tight through the twisties, but not punishing over rough freeways and city streets.

In terms of the driving itself, the car can operate autonomously for as much or as little of the journey as you desire — Jaguar repeats the usual autonomous mantra that the car can drive itself on the more tedious legs of your trip and allow the driver to take over should you happen across a twisty bit of road.

> Ride and handling - Ride has improved over the previous Mini, but it's still as nimble on a twisty road.

Maybe if a few of those fashion - conscious buyers find themselves on a twisty canyon road and any SUVs ahead pull over for them, we'll get some new members for our community of enthusiasts.

Over to Green: «The damping is just about perfect and on a smooth twisty road it pours through the bends with just the right amount of help from the rear.

However, if there is a weak link to this hybrid's performance matrix, it is suspension damping over some of the bumpier stretches of two - lane twisties.

Over our drive loop, the 2015 Ford Mustang EcoBoost trounced the GT even worse than we expected, despite pushing both cars hard on twisty rural two - lanes..

It's taught for the twisties, of course, but the ride quality over cracked Michigan roads was better than a 335i with the sport package was earlier this year.

In sedan guise driven here, it feels pointed and responsive through the twisties, and equally composed over rough country backroads, with a keen sporty bend to the ride and handling.

The Sonic RS was more than adept at carving up twisty pieces of tarmac, and it was controllable at its limits; but where the Swift Sport was a scalpel, sharp and incisive, the Sonic was a knife with a pillow over the tip, not blunt, but soft by comparison to the Suzuki.

Through no fault of my own, I managed to put over 1,600 miles on this GS F, including one short stretch of very spirited driving on a very tight, twisty, 42 - mile - long hill - country pass.

Surely, if a proper sports car such as a Porsche 911 doesn't require you to pull over for five minutes to set the car up for a mile or so of twisty road, then stop again for another five minutes to change everything back before joining a motorway, does the M5?

Front MacPherson struts and a rear multi-link independent suspension ensure the littlest Q rides smoothly over bumps while a speed - sensitive steering system handles the twisties.

Then, toward the end of my loan, I took it over some very twisty Northern California back roads and really hammered on it — paddle - shifting up and down through the eight - speed gearbox, braking smoothly into corners then easing just as smoothly onto the ample throttle.

Take it hard on a twisty mountain road, and the suspension reveals that it would rather be smoothing the ride over rough gravel tracks or speed bumps than holding the road.

My sense is that most people buying a Camry Hybrid will prefer a comfortable ride over powering down a twisty road.

The chassis is more than up to the task, though; you can feel a little more weight over the nose but in general the combination of the stiffer suspension, reduced ride height and the XDS electronic differential system — which brakes individual wheels in corners — means the GTD is quick to respond to inputs in the twisty stuff.

Twisty roads over mountains and through rock - strewn valleys dotted with farmlands provided the perfect setting for testing Germany's latest take on an American sedan.

To test what this Mini Cooper should really be about, I found some twisty roads and also shoved the shifter over into its Sport mode position.

What's more, on twistier roads, the weight over the rear axle results in alarmingly light steering, allowing very little confidence if you start to push on.

On the very tight and twisty roads in Sonoma County, the CX - 9 felt just as taut, agile and fun as we remember the old one — but with a blanket of refinement over it.

In the end, we decided that a fast car is not necessarily more fun on a road trip, unless you can make a stop - over to mess around on some good twisty roads.

The result is what sounds like two big cats fighting over an exploding island - it's actually pretty good and makes us eager to get our hands on an F - Pace SVR, take it up to one of our favorite twisty roads.

As with other recent BMWs we've tested, the Z4 sDrive35is exhibits a dual character; it's perfectly comfortable to drive over a variety of roads on a daily basis, and is willing to get down and act mean on a track or in the twisties.

I handed the keys to the MX - 5 over to our video staff after a week of tackling twisties and traffic jams with the trip computer indicating 24.6 mpg.

While it is an improvement over the more softly set up Range Rovers, the Range Rover Sport and a number of cheaper rivals are far more willing and able to tackle twisty roads and sudden changes in speed.

The shocks and spring rates have been tuned on the firm side, so ride quality is somewhat choppy over uneven surfaces, but when the road gets twisty, you may forget that you're driving an all - wheel - drive people - hauler (the CX - 7 also comes in fwd).

It's not quite as spacious as the ES — anyone over about 5 feet 9 is going to be sad if forced to ride in the back seat — but it will commute just as well and is a lot more fun when presented with an empty patch of twisty road.

In sharp contrast, I took my VW Golf TDI diesel out yesterday and had a blast averaging over 70 mpg on very twisty country roads.

Racing along a twisty back - country road, the stiff suspension kept all wheels pushed hard down on the pavement, like a centipede as it went over hillocks at speed.

There's no tradeoff in overall ride comfort during highway cruising, either — as planted as the Sportbrake is up on those twisty canyon roads, it delivers a smooth, compliant ride, even over pockmarked stretches of pavement.

After swinging it around on the autocross and driving it throughout the day through the Angeles Crest, a twisty picturesque road over the San Gabriel Mountains near North Hollywood, I would tend to agree.

The ride felt controlled through twisty and sometimes narrow roads within Zion National Park, and the truck didn't bound or ride harshly over the occasional cattle grates.

It's a twisty family drama that takes place over a single summer, when a woman reads the journals of her friend who died in a plane crash.

Austria's second city is rather overshadowed by Vienna, but its old town contains over a thousand historic buildings and endless little small twisty streets and small squares.

A rusted hulk of steel, the left over armature of a foundry casting, or tourist's Brazilian twisty beach hat, can become a sculpture with profound grace and impact.»