Sentences with phrase «slalom course»

We found out just how nicely this all - wheel - drive system works at the track, where the RL tackled our tight, 490 - foot slalom course with ease, requiring but a squirt of the gas pedal at each cone's apex to keep the car snaking through as smoothly as possible.

The Verrado pulls you through turns as you steer with your hips, so put on some speed, toss your body one way to initiate a drift, countersteer to maintain control, and enjoy the stupid fun that is drifting a tricycle through a haphazardly assembled slalom course in a parking lot.

We constructed a fairly tight slalom course, as we didn't expect to be driving particularly fast in reverse.

Strung out along the steep headwall near the top of KT - 22, spectators and competitors watch a racer dart through a gate on the first pitch of the men's giant slalom course, considered one of the world's finest racing trails

Grab your spot watching riders duel it out on the Dual Slalom course or check out the action happening at the Pro Cyclocross event.

balance a beanbag on your heads while walking — make this more challenging by setting up a simple slalom course

This free electron laser (FEL) generates short - wave X-ray light by using powerful magnets to send fast electrons from a particle accelerator along a tightly defined slalom course.

There are random bits where you'll be speeding alone on a broken minecart track, swerving in and out of a ski slalom course, or taking the form of a bubble and traversing over a pit of spikes and fire.

On an icy slalom course, the Mazda CX - 5 had a less responsive straight - line launch than the Subaru Forester, but it was more controlled through the slalom and through the right - hand sweeper that capped it.

Up in Quebec, GT Radial had us drive front - wheel - drive cars shod with IcePro tires through a short slalom course on an indoor hockey rink, back - to - back with Firestone WinterForce tires under the same conditions.

Included are the Honda CR - V and Subaru Forester, which join a CX - 5 on a snow - covered slalom course followed by a long, sweeping right turn.

Paper Airplane Chase ™ (Nintendo, 1 - 2 players, Rated E for Everyone, 200 Nintendo DSi Points): In Paper Airplane Chase, glide your virtual paper plane through an increasingly tricky slalom course.

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.

It was snowing heavily when the skiers trooped slowly up the first of the two slalom courses they would run, inspecting the gates.

Russel runs a slalom course with a floating, fluid style that always seems to conceal his rocketing speed.

He helped organize the Anglo - Swiss University match of 1925 to popularize the slalom course.

They had expert and unskilled soccer players dribble a ball through a slalom course of cones.

It vibrated in sync with swirls of water shed by the fake prey, sliding like a skier on a slalom course from vortex to vortex.

The magnetic structures, known as undulators, bring the electrons into a slalom course, and with every turn they release extremely short - wavelength X-ray radiation, which intensify across the length of the undulator stretch.

The game is divided into 70 freestyle events, 20 slalom courses, 20 races, and five mogul sections.

Although tackling the down ramp to the hotel parking garage was a thirteen - minute nerve - wrecker (even while employing the front - axle - lift system), we successfully completed the slalom course and found the solitary charging point thankfully unoccupied.

«The Fiesta ST is a nimble weapon on these figure eights and slalom courses,» said Holmes.

On the day we visit there's a Maserati customer event at the track, with GranTurismos buzzing through a slalom course and a vintage Quattroporte on display.

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.

When I first drove a current - generation Challenger, I did a slalom course.

The sideslip angle causes the vehicle's longitudinal axis to make a greater angle with the direction of travel axis of the slalom course than is strictly required for the maneuver.

This morning, the track was coned off into a slalom course and a braking test.

Accompanied by professional driving instructors, Stinger Experience participants will take on several dynamic challenges in the Stinger GT, as well as in the Audi A5, BMW 640i Gran Coupe and Porsche Panamera, through various dynamic exercises, including a 0 - 60 MPH acceleration run, cornering tests and a slalom course.

A little further down the frozen lake sits a slalom course that we attempt to tackle in BRZs with manual gearboxes.

In addition to putting us into a rear - wheel - drive car for the first time, the slalom course allows us to sample different traction modes on the sports car.

As impressed as I was with my driving skills as I gleefully hugged the corners and maneuvered a slalom course, Honda's West Coast PR Manager Davis Adams admittedly put me to shame when he took a turn.

Later, the rear - steer system's effectiveness is demonstrated on a slalom course where we are invited to drive F Sport and Luxury variants back - to - back, the Active rear steer of the F Sport sharpening the line and requiring less steering input to change tack, the end result being a more agile, responsive platform that aids the driver in avoiding obstacles, so long as you remain smooth with your inputs.

For some people, that's exciting, but speaking to another kind of enthusiast, the real fun part was a slalom course on the concrete at El Toro, a retired airfield where there were no speed limits and we were encouraged to do anything but crash the car.

On both the slalom course and the road circuit the Kizashi felt well - planted and predictable.

And the handling, sampled both in routine street driving and on that wholly «inappropriate» slalom course, is tidy, competent and borderline entertaining.

Through the slalom course laid out for us at the circuit, though, the car weaved in and out of cones seamlessly with steering that's accurate if not reacting especially fast to inputs.

While the Germans handle about twice as well on a slalom course, if you're not looking to autocross your ride, or even push it hard on a twisting mountain road, you may want to give a Genesis a test drive before making your purchase.

Several German utes will blitz through a slalom course with more poise than the RX, but it's not so soft as to be a safety hazard.

[2][7][8] In further contrast with VSC, VDIM can also calibrate driver steering input according to vehicle speed, with active steering and throttle adjustments to improve ride quality and directional control during performance driving, such as in slalom courses.

The M6 showed its more nimble nature through the slalom course, averaging 69.5 mph, though the M5 was no slacker at 68.9.

Autocross and slalom courses, a concours featuring People's Choice awards, a road rally, and track sessions for touring and race - prepared Corvettes will provide nonstop activity.

Here a slalom course had been laid out to demonstrate the effectiveness of the Macan's traction management system - everything from the PSM stability control to the torque vectoring between all four wheels.

If you can envision a long wheelbase four - door luxury car whipping through a slalom course like a two - seat roadster, you just pictured the Porsche Panamera on the handling course.

You'll take the car through its paces that include a 0 - 60 MPH acceleration run, cornering tests and a slalom course.

Last fall at its media launch, Toyota postured the new Prius as so fun to drive and set up a slalom course to let journalists flog it and a 2015 Prius.

Our track time was spent lapping the East Circuit at Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch, a 2.1 mile road course with fast sweepers, elevation changes, double apexes, a long front straight, and a slalom course set up on the back straight that was set up for this particular event.

Around a slalom course on a wet skid pan with the cruise control set at 60km / h, the old model slowed itself to an indicated 56km / h as the front wheels slithered and the ESC intervened, while the new model generated more front - end grip and washed off just 1km / h.

With the heavy steel structure in place, testing engineers hit the slalom course to fine tune the Super Duty's Roll Stability Control software.