Sentences with word «skidpad»

French magazine L'Automobile tested a Xantia Activa on skidpad and measured an amazing 0.94 g lateral acceleration.

In the driver's seat of a BMW 325i, we first rounded a small skidpad with Pirelli Winter Carving tires while an instructor held a g - meter in the passenger seat.

Because the car was wearing the stock tires, the D3 CTS - V Coupe registered the same skidpad number as the standard car at 0.89 g, while its slalom of 69.3 mph was bit off of the stock car's 70.3 - mph mark — its suspension perhaps tuned more for long sweepers than quick transitions.

We also measured braking distances from 50 mph and captured left and right lateral acceleration on a 200 - foot skidpad.

Testing on a snow - covered racetrack skidpad showed Buick's twin - clutch system got around the course with more poise than a decade - old design used by Acura.

But I can say that when I first saw it, it made me grin — and let's face it, buyers in this segment won't care much about skidpad grip or at - the - limit handling.

We began the day with a series of exercises, from proper use of ABS to crash - avoidance maneuvers, followed by time on a large skidpad and partial lapping of the Streets of Willow to learn proper apex points.

The morning started on a power circle, a massive skidpad with a center and sides made of soft, deep snow.

By our estimation, it could really use a set of summer tires for better grip and control, and would likely improve the Jag's 0.82 g skidpad average.

Hankook Ventus R - S3 Z222 Braking distance: 77.3 feet Skidpad, L / R: 1.03 / 0.98 g Lap time: 29.998 sec The Hankooks have phenomenal lateral grip and deliver the quickest lap time and the highest skidpad grip.

... Interestingly, the 18 - inch combination felt more stable around the steady - state skidpad than either of the other combinations.

Tire Rack made each student check his or her pressures before taking to the retailer's testing course with its inner skidpad.

There was a lot of repetition, but for my ride - along, instructor Arnie Coleman, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, pushed 16 - year - old Jason Margush of Goshen, Indiana, to let his parents» E46 BMW 325i wagon get loose on the slippery skidpad.

As well as tenacious grip: the engineers forecast skidpad performance exceeding 1.0 lateral g.

The curriculum is designed to develop the skills to drive a high - performance vehicle with footwork, mental training, skidpad exercises, and lapping the 10 - turn, 2.2 - mile Spring Mountain course.

Fans at Sebring also can get behind the wheel of select Chevrolet vehicles at the Chevrolet Ride & Drive located at the Sebring skidpad near the drive - over bridge on the outside of the track.

Instead, the Road & Track staff identified the best ones based on our experience and previous road test slalom and skidpad results.

Good thing I'm learning on a closed course, more specifically Tire Rack's testing facility in South Bend, Indiana, which includes a 300 - foot diameter skidpad equipped with a track - wetting sprinkler system.

C / D TEST RESULTS FOR: 2016 Honda Accord 2.4 L CVT Zero to 60 mph: 7.6 sec Zero to 100 mph: 19.6 sec Zero to 120 mph: 32.4 sec Rolling start, 5 — 60 mph: 8.0 sec Top gear, 30 — 50 mph: 4.1 sec Top gear, 50 — 70 mph: 5.1 sec Standing 1/4 - mile: 15.9 sec @ 91 mph Top speed (governor limited): 127 mph Braking, 70 — 0 mph: 178 ft Roadholding, 300 - ft - dia skidpad: 0.80 g C / D observed fuel economy: 30 mpg

After a brief introduction to these concepts, we were led to an area adjacent to a larger - than - life skidpad, where a mix of double - and crew - cab 2019 Silverados were parked.

Of course, big, sticky contact patches will always yield impressive skidpad numbers — the SS is capable of 0.97 g — but it's the surprisingly refined way in which the Camaro dispatches mid-corner bumps and quick left - right transitions that really sell the benefits of a stiff chassis and a diet that has seen all models lose at least 200 pounds (some models drop nearly double that amount).

According to Car & Driver, the GS F manages an impressive 0.93 g on their 300 - foot road - holding skidpad, while the GS 200t F Sport manages a slightly milder 0.86 g in the same test.

[13] The 1/4 mile (~ 400 m) time is about 11 seconds, [18] on skidpad it has reached 1.05 g [19] and the top speed has been recorded to be as high as 355 kilometres per hour (221 mph).

That also just edges out the new Corvette Stingray in the 0 - 60 sprint, although Chevy didn't reveal the C7's top speed and Aston didn't release the Vantage's 1 / 4 - mile, braking, or skidpad figures.

It also whoa'd down from 60 mph in 108 feet, touched a max 0.92 g on the skidpad, and shot from 45 to 65 mph in 2.6 seconds.

Arguably our favorite exercise involved circling the skidpad with no hands on the steering wheel, controlling the trajectory of the rear - drive 86 using only the throttle, a lesson in how power application influences a car's line and a precursor to some serious attempts at drifting — attempts that varied from semi-impressive to hilariously inept and had our entire crew in stitches as we observed each other's runs.

And a dump truck on a skidpad.

To get the ball rolling (or, more precisely, the tires smoking), we headed to the skidpad to learn how to control Scat Pack Dodge Chargers.

The ambitious project now includes a 1.5 - mile racetrack and skidpad and plans for expansive retail and restaurant facilities.

While the autocross was a laugh, and the lead - follow laps were valuable track time, the skidpad is where participants learn most about car control — especially as paying attendees get 40 minutes of individual instruction versus our 5 - minute session.

SRT owners will become intimately acquainted with power oversteer, so the skidpad tuition should pay huge dividends out in the real world.

On the skidpad, instructors had drivers trace a large circle in a rear - drive 86 in an effort to keep the car's left front tire on the line without sawing on the wheel.

It'll easily pull 1 g in cornering grip on the skidpad.

The cars, too, were tied in braking and handling (the Subaru generating 0.94 g on the skidpad, just 0.01 g ahead of the Scion.)

In the Elise, you go from 0 to 60 mph in 4.8 seconds, 0 to 100 mph in 13.0 seconds, and turn the quarter mile in 13.3 seconds, but you can pull a full g on the skidpad.

In the 4C, you go from 0 to 60 mph in 4.2 seconds, 0 to 100 mph in 11.1 seconds, turn the quarter mile in 12.8 seconds, and can pull.95 g on the skidpad.

The car still understeers predictably at the limit, which is something that is reassuring on the Nordschleife, no matter what some drivers might report from low - speed tests on a skidpad where there are no trees to hit.

As for how fast the Urus goes in a straight line on the skidpad's clean tarmac, less than 3.7 seconds to 62 mph is the official word, but 3.35 seconds is what the digital in - dash readout says on location.

And, before we conclude this numerical interlude, it put up a 0.94 g on the skidpad.

After lunch, the team departs for the skidpad, nudging cones and putting the launch control to the test.

On the skidpad it's great fun, quickly settling into big, smoky slides but still retaining an all - wheel - drive feel.

To promote the new 2018 BMW M5, original record - setter Johan Schwartz returned to the skidpad, laying down two new world records for drifting.

Ah, yes, 1.2 g — not just a momentary peak in cornering load but achieved in steadystate cornering around a skidpad.

Down at the skidpad are tons of booths to buy gear, or just admire the sweet cars piling in.

We took the Regal GS through three courses carved from the ice and snow — a skidpad, a medium - speed autocross, and a handling circuit.

After the talk, I climbed into a first - generation Subaru Impreza WRX and drove into the northern training area, a big, open lot with a slalom course and a skidpad.

For the afternoon, the young drivers switched from counter-clockwise to clockwise on the skidpad and the braking test was changed to a lane - change exercise.

There was a steady rain in the morning, and in the afternoon, Tire Rack watered down its skidpad.