Sentences with phrase «short freeway»

This dropped to 10.6 L / 100 km with the introduction of short freeway stints — but still well shy of its claimed 7.2 L / 100 km (ADR combined).

It will be fine for basic errands around the city or for lazy highway commutes, but we had to regularly mash the pedal to pass slower traffic or get up to speed on short freeway onramps.

It's doubtful the Trailhawk's off - road features affect that, albeit only judging by our short freeway stint.

A short freeway stint, however, revealed plenty of road noise.

Tucked away in suburban Monrovia, a short freeway hop east of Los Angeles, AeroVironment grew from a three - person operation to a company that now employs 200, including several dozen engineers.

As you might guess, this diminutive 2 - seater isn't the most comfortable for long - haul cruising but is fine for shorter freeway commutes.

Power to accelerate the shortest freeway ramp.

Not exact matches

In the short term this can become helpful, like when someone swerves into your lane on the freeway.

Short - ratio first and second gears help the Edge launch energetically out of your subdivision, and once you're on the freeway, dips into the throttle are met by fast, crisp downshifts.

I took it to one of my favorite freeway connectors, an isolated stretch of road where you can accelerate a car very hard for a short distance before having to brake equally hard.

They will probably complain that the Renegade's short wheelbase and minimal overhangs lead it to hop a little bit across the seams between the concrete slabs on the freeway.

And associate web editor Jake Holmes observed, «Our S60's combination of power, comfort, and luxury make short work of freeway driving.»

Were located right off the 820 freeway in Fort Worth, just a short drive from wherever you are.

The system worked as advertised on a short stretch of California's 101 freeway, keeping the car centered in its lane and adjusting speed in accordance with the vehicles in front.

HART: Very short drive... some city streets and then a quick loop on the freeway.

We drove over 600 kilometres in the X4 on predominantly shorter country runs, but with a few longer freeway excursions managed to average fuel consumption of 8.5 L / 100 km.

Eight speeds Similarly, although the eight - speed automatic works well as an all - purpose transmission, with smooth shifts and very tall gears to improve freeway fuel economy, it falls just a little short of full sport performance.

When it plots a route to a destination, it lets the driver choose from four possibilities, which include maximum freeways, minimum freeways, or shortest distance.

The short wheelbase makes for great maneuverability, though it can feel somewhat darty and sensitive at freeway speeds.

We always kept pace with the flow of traffic, including some short stints on the freeways.

The leather seats and Harman Kardon audio system made the cabin a pleasant place to sit while covering boring stretches of freeway, but the short wheelbase and excellent engine note had me thirsting for the tight turns of a mountain road.

We took the sedan over a stretch of Oakland's I - 580 that is notorious for its pronounced expansion joints, a stretch of freeway that usually causes short - wheelbase vehicles to rock violently and loudly from front to back.

Even with the Cherokee weighing 4,735 pounds (700 pounds more than the pre-2005 version), we found the acceleration impressive and had no problem getting up to freeway speeds, even on fairly short on - ramps.

We're basing this assessment on our first Australian road drive this week, which encompassed urban driving in Sydney's northern suburbs, some freeway driving, a bit of exposure to the rough roads of the southern Hunter Valley and even a short closed road section.

The short (91.8 - inch) wheelbase makes the VehiCross susceptible to freeway hop.

While the decline can hardly be laid at the feet of the pet industry — freeway deaths more than exceed any culling of wild populations for the pet trade — box turtles are notoriously short - lived in captive situations.

Good location, just a short trip to eat or shop but far enough from freeway to be quiet.

THE GLENDALE FREEWAY, a short section of California State Route 2, is relatively underused by Los Angeles standards and terminates abruptly at the threshold between the neighborhoods of Echo Park and Silver Lake.

You will always be a short distance from shopping, dining, recreation, and freeways.

Conveniently located off of Vista Boulevard you have easy access to the freeway and just a short walk to the Pioneer Meadows Market Place for all of your shopping and dining needs.

Excellent school district Hillcrest K - 8th, short commute to freeways 13, 580, 24 and less than 2 miles to Rockridge BART.

The location is fantastic, short walk to Horizon Park, close to wonderful shopping at Kierland Commons, The Quarter, and close to the 51 and 101 freeways.