Sentences with phrase «skid pad»

A lot of the schools that we work with have most of their furniture on wheels or on skid pads that make it very easy to move.

It also has scratch resistant skid pads and screen surround and meets meets military drop - test standards.

I do wish they had a version with non skid pads on the bottom and came in other colors.

The drift in question was a grand total of 51.278 mi and was completed by doing 322.5 laps around the 841 - foot skid pad at the BMW Performance Center near Greenville, South Carolina.

On a wet skid pad in the M5, I occasionally string together consecutive laps of full - lock tail - out glory, adjusting the drift with the throttle.

One of the local kids, spying us playing skid pad in the Lotus, takes out his mid -»90s 300ZX and demonstrates the art of the donut.

In fact, in Hyundai engineering tests, skid pad lateral - acceleration performance increased from 0.82 g with the standard Veloster Turbo tire to 0.94 g with the Pilot Super Sport, while braking (60 - 0 mph) decreased from 135 ft. to 121 ft., and wet braking decreased from 157 ft. to 136 ft.

The potty chair sits on the floor and has non skid padded feet to ensure it doesn't slide from underneath the child.

Exterior features include silver roof rails, front and rear bumpers with skid pads, robust wheel arches, and unique bi-colour 15» alloy wheels.

Skid pad results follow the same now - predictable pattern.

For the next on - track driving session, we went back to the asphalt skid pad where the we did a couple new cornering exercises.

This includes elements such as the under - truss, drawbar brace, suspension hangers and even skid pads.

Lime Rock Park has the best skid pad and one of the longest natural autocross facilities in the Northeast.

You drive toward a dead - straight skid pad at 25 mph and when your car's front tires get wet, a computer - controlled hydraulic tread set flush with the pavement jolts either left or right, hitting the rear tires, tossing them left or right, causing the rear end to run wild, and forcing the driver to catch the car before losing control.

Standard Equipment: 4.0 - liter V - 6 5 - speed automatic transmission Part - time four - wheel drive w / two - speed transfer case Cyclone air pre-cleaner assembly Full - size, rear - mounted spare tire Stability control Traction control Antilock brakes w / brake assist Engine immobilizer Engine, transfer case, and fuel tank skid pads Two front, one rear tow hooks USB port w / iPod connectivity Bluetooth Water resistant seats

The result is a glistening white blanket of paradise: a 200 - foot - diameter skid pad and 750 - foot slalom punctuate the twelve - turn, three - quarter - mile - long, 45 - foot - wide ice track.

Silver roof rails, rugged front (including fog lights) and rear bumpers with integrated skid pads, muscular wheel arches, and unique 15 - inch bi-colour look alloy wheels, all ensure that the new model has a distinctive appearance.

The event format included runs on a tight slalom course and a braking and wet skid pad exercise, as well as lapping sessions on the complex's 2.25 - kilometre «technical» road circuit.

On the icy skid pad, the Regal applied power to all four corners, allowing for a good, consistent driving feel.

The class, operated by the instructors of the Jim Russell USA Racing Drivers School, involves time on coned - lined paddock courses and a large skid pad.

The result Chrysler says is the reborn SRT8 is able to hold.90 - g pad skid pad.

Mueller whips the compact hatchback for two laps around a giant skid pad with an armful of opposite lock and oversteer without ever backing off.

Based on statements made by Strode and others, we believe the first phase will now include construction of the 2.0 mile west track and the autocross skid pad as well as the supporting infrastructure.

To provide all - around protection, UAG cases feature a raised screen surround, scratch resistant skid pads, and an impact resistant soft core.

Same goes for the low - friction handling course, which has highly polished concrete that sends you skidding every which way, as well as the wet skid pad that challenges you to hold a consistent, predictable slide around a 300 - foot circle.

Skid pad results had mild understeer and in the slalom test InsideLine found the steering «expectedly distant and reasonably precise».

For the next two exercises, we headed out to the back of the facility where a huge asphalt skid pad is set up.

In this video we talk about some very important features of our trailer, such as the underslung truss, drawbar brace, suspension hangers and even skid pads.

You are asking for «sensation» which is butt - v - seat, not how well it does in the skid pad or whatever.

We weren't surprised to see that zero - to - 60 and quarter - mile times were unaffected, but the Alfa went from 60 mph to a stop in 97 feet and pulled 1.06 g on the skid pad.

The Alfa turned a quarter - mile in 12.6 seconds at a trap speed of 108 mph, went from 60 mph to a stop in 106 feet, and pulled 0.96 g on the skid pad.

When it comes to cornering, the G90's softer side shines through: it managed just 0.86 g of lateral grip on our skid pad, running the figure eight in 25.6 seconds at an average of 0.73 g. To put that in context, the current 740i xDrive hits 60 mph from a standstill in just 5.1 (manufacturer claimed) seconds.

Just before the sun sets, we play on the skid pad.

«A lot of these maneuvers are going to be new,» he said before going out to the skid pad.

Under a steely gray sky that sometimes emitted frozen pellets, we shuttled to the skid pad, climbed into Focus ST school cars shod with Michelin Pilot Sport tires, and practiced maneuvers that suggested a few cases of moonshine were onboard.

The Mitsubishi sprints to 60 mph quicker than its chief rival, the Subaru Impreza WRX STI (5.1 seconds versus 5.4 seconds), and it generates an eyeball - squishing 1.03 g of lateral grip on the skid pad.

On December 11, 2017, BMW driving instructor Johan Schwartz drifted an all - new BMW M5 sedan 232.5 miles around a skid pad at the BMW Performance Center in Greer, SC, setting a new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title for the Greatest distance vehicle drift in 8 hours.

Yes, steady stat turning performance like on a skid pad does suffer with greater rear weight.

The Corvette bounced back in handling tests, though, with a slalom pass nearly 3 mph better than the 911 and a narrow win on the skid pad (1.05 g to 1.04 g), and also stopped faster, 99 feet vs. 101 feet going 60 to 0.

Located across the highway from the NCM, it will also feature an autocross course, skid pad, karting track and drag strip.

The first phase of the park will be built on 184 acres at a cost of $ 20 million and will feature a 2.94 - mile road course, an autocross area, and a skid pad training area.

During the three - day school, Anderson said he worked on the skid pad to learn car control and then the road course where Ron and the instructors teach proper braking, heel - and - toe downshifting and following the racing lines through corners and straights.

The event, held to reward SDAP customers, combines two activities — Porsche Driving Experience (skid pad, moose test, brake test, slalom in various models) and Porsche Circuit Training.

The new benchmark 707 - horsepower supercharged engine combines with an upgraded high - torque capacity TorqueFlite eight - speed automatic transmission, world - class on - road driving dynamics and new Brembo brakes to deliver a new level of performance: 0 - 60 miles per hour (mph) in 3.5 seconds, quarter mile in 11.6 seconds at 116 mph, top speed of 180 mph, 60 - 0 mph braking distance in 114 feet and.88 g capability on the skid pad.

The course is a combination of classroom and seat time in new, completely stock, Corvette Stingrays, on the dedicated skills training areas, skid pads and tracks at Spring Mountain Motor Resort and Country Club.

Key SRT ingredients that make up the Dodge Charger SRT8 include a 6.1 - liter, 425 - horsepower (317 kW) HEMI ® V - 8 that delivers 0 - 60 mph in the low 5 - second range, quarter - mile time in less than 14 seconds, world - class ride and handling, benchmark braking using knockback mitigation software producing 60 - 0 mph stops in approximately 110 feet and 0.89 g on the skid pad.

It equaled the outgoing car on the skid pad, where both circled at 0.83 g, which is at the top of the class.

The 2007 Chrysler 300C SRT8 is a complete package for the customer who wants awesome performance — 0 -60-mph in the low five 5 - second range, 0 -100-0 mph in under 17 seconds, 0.89 g on the skid pad — in an award - winning sedan loaded with comfort and style.

The 0 - 60 time of 7.7 seconds, 15.7 seconds in the quarter - mile and.85 g on the skid pad was terrific for a family - type sedan, but the car was not a hit in the showrooms.