Not exact matches
A 26 - foot boat
really only needs a 250 - horsepower engine, but in order to race, lobstermen and women trick out boats of that size with 350 - 500 horsepower and
open up their
throttles for little more than pride.
I'm roaring toward my next birthday with the
throttle wide
open, secure in knowing how well I'm going to be able to take care of my body... because I learned a secret a few years ago, and I'm
really bad at keeping secrets that might affect other people positively as much as this one affected me!
If you are in a 918 you hear not a lot from the mechanics; especially if the windows are down, you hear the
throttles and the incoming air, and then you hear the
really big exhaust a yard away from your ears, especially with an
open top.
Then, as the majority of the engine noise you hear in the cabin is the luscious, rarefied sound of induction noise — which you only
really hear with big
throttle openings — the driver controls how loud it is with the accelerator pedal.
You can hurl it into turns and feel the front push a little, aggressively
open the
throttle mid-corner and let the tail
really dig down into the surface as the turn
opens out.
Can you do some
really hard starts like wide
open throttle then let it cruise for 20 seconds then slam on the brakes and stop
really fast?
You can power through this and get the four - wheel drive working, but it takes a big
throttle opening (or a mid-corner slide) to persuade xDrive that you
really need some help.
«You hear not a lot from the mechanics; especially if the windows are down, you hear the
throttles and the incoming air, and then you hear the
really big exhaust a yard away from your ears, especially with an
open top.»
It
really is an uncannily good transmission, with shifts that snap home rapidly but also effortlessly at modest speeds and
throttle openings, yet crack home with synaptic immediacy when you're absolutely on it.
Really pushing the GTI doesn't
open up a layer of intimacy with the car, and neither the
throttle nor even trail braking seem to allow you any access to more malleable, engaging behaviour.
I
really didn't have occasion to stomp on the
throttle, but I'm sure on the
open highway the Bluetec boost could get your blood pumping.
Upshifts are so smooth you have to listen for them, because at anything less than wide -
open throttle, you won't
really feel them.
I also
really liked the deep burble exhaust note that penetrated the cabin when the
throttle was
opened up.
The SmartGauge with EcoGuide (I'm getting
really tired of writing that) simplifies all that for you with an easy sliding display that shows the range of
throttle opening that can be used within EV mode, and helps you recharge the battery through regenerative braking.
This allows players to
open the
throttle, or
open fire on the long straights and
really make a play for first position.