Sentences with phrase «rutted roads»

That is traditionally the first sacrifice at the altar of a raised ride - height, and while this car has previously impressed us enormously on the glass - smooth roads of Jebel Jais in the United Arab Emirates, the salt - caked, rutted roads of the Brecon Beacons ask of it rather more challenging questions.

The traditional bouncy ride returns on rutted roads but the easiest solution for this is to weigh down the load bay with some cargo and that settles things down.

Didn't she need oxygen, a transfusion, a desperate ride over rutted roads to a better - equipped hospital an hour away?

The cars that compete on it run on a range of surfaces, from public roads to rocky dirt tracks and twisty, narrow asphalt lanes as well as rutted roads covered in snow and ice.

The adaptive suspension can cope with rutted road surfaces too and the ride quality is commendable for a car with this level of handling ability and riding on such larger diameter alloys.The cabin does allow tire and road noise in, especially over coarse surfaces and the exhaust note is less than inspiring when the engine is extended.

They're usually on the road, visiting chapters, bouncing along past the billboards for Nido powdered milk and Kenya Tea, along rutted roads people say by now should be paved with gems for all the money past governments have supposedly spent on them.

If you plan to use this BMW SUV for off - pavement excursions, you can take comfort in knowing the new X3 acquitted itself nicely on deeply rutted roads, where its eight inches of ground clearance eased fear of scrapes.

With renewed structure and improved tread and sidewall rigidity, straight - line stability in rutted roads is enhanced.

«Every path, every steep hillside and grassy slope, every familiar rutted road has its memories of moments of insight when the solution, or at least a way forward for some problem that had been holding things up, suddenly became clear,» she wrote.

Only minor downside is relatively low clearance, so not good for off road or badly rutted roads or driveways with piles of snow.

That said, with the softer set - up the Clio is more controlled on really rutted roads and easily my recommendation if you've a lot of town driving to do or a family to transport.

Even with the «exclusive 22 - inch wheels wrapped in Bridgestone tires,» it just blows over potholes and rutted roads without upsetting the passenger compartment.

Still I was happy to be in the Tundra, which soaked up the washboard - rutted road easily, and offered enough bounce over the whoops to take them a bit faster than necessary.

For the most part, the ride is fluid and composed, and only slightly flummoxed by nasty potholes or particularly rutted roads.

A patch of heavily rutted road does catch it out though.

Really it's not fair to expect this hard - core hot hatch to soak in bumps or potholes like a typical premium car — it's a stiffly sprung car, after all, and the ride is quite harsh over rutted roads and sharp - edged potholes to the point that its borderline uncomfortable.

The Vanquish S makes no attempt to steamroller rucked and rutted road surfaces into submission but, rather, it tracks the undulations with no wasted body movement and uses its damping to desensitise their impact.

The assist sort of feels similar to when a car follows a deeply rutted road, but it never feels overwhelming and the slight resistance was easy to overcome if I needed to quickly evade an object.

It delivers comfort and composure around town and on rutted roads, along with less roll while cornering on the track than most will have ever experienced, minus the inevitable downside of a roll bar's permanent connectedness — a loss of ride smoothness.

Having exhausted its blazed trail, District 9 simply steers back to the rutted road of excess.

There's a gorgeously picturesque vista over the cliff as this rutted road reaches its end.

A Compass Trailhawk variant is for more serious off - roading with hill descent control and a 20:1 crawl ratio when you need to creep along a rutted road.

Go for the AMG - badged trims, and the ride is seriously compromised due to the larger alloy wheels and stiffer springs proving quite uncomfortable on Britain's rutted roads.

The Cayman handles with finesse and isn't upset by Britain's rough and rutted roads.

Moving into more comfortable territory for the Wrangler, gravel surfaces were slightly more forgiving — but the Jeep still proved choppy over rough corrugations and deep - rutted roads.

Powered by a decent - for - the - class 2.0 - liter flat - 4 engine with 152 horsepower and available with a 6 - speed manual or continuously variable automatic transmission, the all - new - for - 2018 Crosstrek knows its way around freeways and wants to be your best friend on ragged, rutted roads as well.

On bumpy or rutted roads, the Outlander's suspension seems to redirect blows rather than absorb them.

The resulting stability and smooth handling make winter driving much less treacherous and can tame potholes and rutted roads with ease.

The dampers do a good job of smoothing out rutted roads, while the body remains as composed vertically as it does laterally during hard cornering.

Up a dry, rutted road, the car scrambled, maintaining traction reasonably well.

All this means that while the Subaru may be enormous fun to drive, it's not the kind of car you'll want to cover long distances in — especially not on Britain's rutted roads.

The descriptions of the area, from the rutted roads to the ravaged palace, and of the people, comical or larcenous, bring the story to life.

The young private holds on to a strap dangling from the roof, as the van lurches over the rutted road.

Very often, even at its best, the public divorce becomes an ordeal - an uphill climb on a rutted road.