Sentences with phrase «slowing cars down»

That's why they are slowing the cars down to Porche GT3 Cup car pace.

And in 2017, it's almost criminal to be relying on crude, 100 % wasteful friction brakes as the sole means of slowing cars down.

He spun off and into the gravel, which slowed the car down sufficiently but didn't stop it from gradually sliding onto its side.

What force slows the cars down?

Obstacles consist of a series of gates, some of them fake which can be easily destroyed and others that are far thicker, slowing the car down when hit.

Having said that, there's a seriously wrong way to do this; I used to do it when I was first learning to drive stick, and it was incredibly stupid: pushing the clutch all the way in and letting the RPMs fall to idle, then letting the clutch out and allowing the engine to slow the car down in the same gear.

Alfa claims an impressive stopping distance of just 118 feet from 100 km / hr (62 mph), and they were just stellar on the track, repeatedly slowing the car down from much higher speeds more quickly than we anticipated.

The Countryman's brake pedal response is so severe that you invariably slow the car down more than you want for a given corner.

Rather than relying entirely on the brakes to slow the car down, the Turbo is fitted with an active spoiler on the trailing edge of the roof that can act as an air brake.

When not trying to slow the car down, the spoiler can either help make the car more aerodynamic or reduce lift over the rear axle.

The car doesn't merely lose momentum either; something is actively slowing the car down.

The usual accelerator linkage was replaced by an electronic version so that the computer could slow the car down automatically by removing power and activating the brakes when the car in front came too close.

The only way to drive was to use the brake and frequently shift into neutral to slow the car down.

The Volt's charge is supplemented by the Regen on Demand paddle mounted on the steering wheel, which allows drivers to select the amount of regenerative braking they wish to apply at any particular time, delivering extra energy from slowing the car down to the battery pack.

Check the right options boxes and you can add Active City Stop - which helps prevent slow - speed accidents by autonomously slowing the car down if you don't brake - and blind spot monitoring.

While the extra bulk of the batteries doesn't slow the car down too much in a straight line, it's more noticeable when you take corners at speed.

And the car applied the ABS brakes and abruptly slowed the car down to 40 mph!

I hit the brake pedal, and the Brembo ceramic brakes slowed the car down with ease.

The brakes have been set up with extra travel on the pedal, allowing the driver to slow the car down extremely precisely, avoiding the dreaded head nod when coming to a standstill.

With 755 horsepower the 2019 Chevrolet Corvette zr1 is the most powerful Corvette ever it's also the most technologically advanced behind me are the rolling s's at Road Atlanta and we're here to see if we can reach to the supercar levels of performance afforded by this thing's massive power big tires and the tall wing on the back after that we'll take to the streets to see if a car this powerful can behave itself in public this is a monster of a car I've had some brief track opportunities moving this morning to get used to the pace of this machine which is phenomenal we're gonna warm up as we get out to the road Atlanta and sort of build up to the pace that this car can operate at now initially when you hop in this car you have this shrine to the engine right above you you see the line of the hood it kind of dominates the center of the view you can see over it it doesn't affect visibility but it's immediately obvious and that kind of speaks to what makes this car special it's a monster of an engine listen to that [Music] that is tremendous tremendous acceleration and incredible power but what I finding so far my brief time here at the Atlanta is that everything else in the car is rut has risen to match hurt me while I lay into it on the back straight look you know 150 mile - an - hour indicated we're going to ease up a little bit on it because I need to focus on talking rather than driving but like I was saying the attributes of the rest of the car the steering the braking capability the grip every system of this car is riding to the same level of the power and I think that's what makes it really impressive initially this is undoubtedly a mega mega fast car but it's one that doesn't terrify you with its performance potential there's a level of electronic sophistication that is unparalleled at this price point but it's hard not to get you know totally slipped away by the power of this engine so that's why I keep coming back to it this car has an electronically controlled limited slip differential it has shocks filled with magnetically responsive fluid that can react faster to inputs and everything this car has a super sophisticated stability control system that teaches you how to drive it quick but also makes you go faster we haven't even gotten into exploring it yet because the limits of this car are so high that frankly it takes a while to grow into it but [Music] I think what's impressive about this car is despite how fast it is it is approachable you can buy this car to track dates with it and grow with it as a driver and as an owner I think that's a really special [Music] because you will never be more talented than this car is fast ever unless you are a racing driver casually grazing under 50 miles an hour on this straight okay I'm just going to enjoy driving this now [Music][Applause][Music] this particular Corvette zr1 comes with the cars track performance package a lot of those changes happen underneath the sheet metal but one of the big differences that is immediately obvious is this giant carbon fiber wing now the way this thing is mounted is actually into the structure of the vehicle and it makes you know loading the rear hatch a bit more difficult but we're assuming that's okay if you're looking for the track performance this thing delivers also giving you that performance are these Michelin Pilot Sport cup tires which are basically track oriented tires that you can drive on the street but as we wake our way to the front of the thing what really matters is what's under the hood that's right there's actually a hole in the hood of this thing and that's because this engine is so tall it's tall because it has a larger supercharger and a bunch of added cooling on it to help it you know keep at the right temperature the supercharger is way larger than the one on the zo six and it has a more cooling capacity and the downside is it's taller so it pops literally through the hood the cool thing is from the top you can actually see this shake when you're looking at it from you know a camera from the top of the vehicle this all makes for 755 horsepower making this the most powerful Corvette ever now what's important about that is this not just the power but likewise everything in the car has to be built to accommodate and be able to drive to the level of speed this thing can develop that's why you had the massive cooling so I had the aerodynamics and that's why I had the electronic sophistication inside [Applause] we had a lot of time to take this car on the track yesterday and I've had the night to think about things Matt today two crews on the road and see how this extreme performance machine deals with the sort of more civil minded stuff of street driving the track impressions remain this thing is unquestionably one of the most capable cars you can get from a dealer these days a lot of that's besides the point now because we're on the street we have speed limits they have the ever - present threat of law enforcement around every corner so the question is what does this car feel like in public when you slow this car down it feels like a more powerful Corvette you don't get much tram lining from these big wheels though we as the front end doesn't want to follow grooves in the pavement it is louder it is a little firmer but it's certainly livable on a day to day basis that's surprising for a vehicle of this capability normally these track oriented cars are so hardcore that you wouldn't want to drive them to the racetrack but let's face it you spend more time driving to the track than you do on the track and the fact that this thing works well in both disciplines is really impressive I can also dial everything back and cruise and not feel like I'm getting punished for driving a hardcore track machine that's a that's a really nice accomplishment that's something that you won't find in cars that are this fast and costs maybe double this much the engine in this car dominates the entire experience you can't miss the engine and the whole friend this car is sort of a shrine to it the way it pops out of the hood the way it's covered with coolers around the sides it is the experience of this car and that does make driving this thing special and also the fact that it doesn't look half bad either in fact I think it has some of the coolest looking wheels currently available on a new car this car as we mentioned this car has the track package the track package on this car gives you what they call competition bucket seats which are a little wide for my tastes but I'm you know not the widest person in the world this automatic transmission works well I mean there's so much torque again out of this engine that it can be very smooth and almost imperceptible its clunky on occasion I think I'd might opt for the manual although Chevy tells me about 80 % of its customers will go for the automatic I don't think they're gonna be disappointed and that's gonna be the faster transmission drag strip on the street - and on the racetrack man it was a little bit more satisfying to my taste though we've talked about the exhaust I have it set in the track setting let's quiet it down a little bit so you can hear the difference now I've set that separately from everything else so let's put it stealth what happened to the engine sound that's pretty that's pretty amazing man stealth is really stealth and then go back to track Wow actually a really big difference that's that's pretty great the Corvette has always been a strong value proposition and nowhere is that more evident than this zr1 giving you a nearly unbeatable track performance per dollar now the nice thing is on the road this doesn't feel like a ragged edge track machine either you could genuinely drive it every day the compromises are few and that's what makes this car so special if you like what you see keep it tuned right here and be sure to visit Edmunds.com [Music]

On some hybrids, such as the Toyota Prius, the shifter can be slipped into a «Brake» mode that makes the regenerative process even more aggressive, slowing the car down faster but feeding more power into the battery.

Depending on your settings, the car can creep forward when you lift off the throttle (like a combustion - engined car with an automatic gearbox), or you can allow the four - wheel regenerative brakes to slow the car down and make up some of the charge you've been expending.

Mario Andretti once expressed his amazement towards the popular belief that brakes are made for slowing the car down.

If traffic slows or another vehicle moves in front, it slows the car down by coasting or engaging the brakes.

There are many other driver - assistance systems available, from adaptive cruise control, which slows your car down to match the speeds of slower cars ahead, to automatic parking systems, which take much of the stress out of parallel parking.

You have a few good inches of travel before anything happens, then they get hard, and I had to put a lot of foot pressure to slow this car down.

Said package also includes a frontal collision warning system (with a brake support feature that helps slow the car down when an impact is imminent), lane departure warnings and blind - spot monitoring with rear cross-traffic alerts.

Standard safety equipment levels are pretty good too, thanks to the car's complement of eight airbags, hill start assist and a brake assist system that helps slow the car down faster during emergency stop situations.

Automakers have been adding safety devices such blind - spot warning detectors that warn a driver if there's a car in an adjoining lane, and radar - activated cruise control that can slow cars down if they're approaching an object too fast.

Magnussen doesn't mind Fellows, in his new ownership role, «doing great things with the facility, the buildings and more,» he said, «(but) I just don't want them to touch the track, to add chicanes in places to slow the cars down.

It rotates to help the car corner more effectively and can even act as an air brake to slow the car down more effectively.

If another driver is traveling slower than within a preset range, the system will automatically slow the car down.

All of a sudden restrictor plates have allies.Once the most dreaded two words in stock - car racing, the device used to slow cars down at the Talladega Superspeedway and Daytona International Speedway doesn't seem so bad after all - especially compared with some of the alternatives.Recent testing at Daytona has given NASCAR some other ideas on ways to keep speeds from topping 190 mph.

The Brembo - produced, 15 - inch discs slow the car down remarkably quickly.

Just leave the aero alone, leave the aids in and slow the cars down if you must by reducing engine power.

It score the full five stars in its most recent NHTSA crash test, for example, and a full complement of front, side and curtain airbags are standard on all versions pm top of driver assists like trailer sway assist and a stability control setup that can automatically start slowing the car down if it detects the Ford Explorer is going too quickly around a corner.

If the car ahead slows too quickly for ACC to cope, or if it's not engaged, collision mitigation braking kicks in to slow the car down.

They were quickly resolved by adding 300 pounds of carbon fiber... costly, and something FCA didn't want to do because it slowed the car down.

To help combat this a little Codemasters have introduced a mechanic that slows the car down slightly when you go off the track to help ensure no advantage is gained, although again this can be annoying if you run wide on a corner and be forced to lose speed from both that and the fact that the game is deliberately slowing you down.

Traffic calming measures like the raised crosswalk, or the chicane, that are being advocated by StreetFilms may not be popular with everyone (commenter Lummox certainly wasn't impressed by anything that slows his car down).

Those of us who walk or cycle tend to conclude that the single best way to stop the carnage on the road would be to slow cars down; all the data show that the rate of death is directly proportional to speed.

North James Street in Hamilton is thriving because they turned it from a one way into a two way street, added bump - outs and features to slow cars down, and made in comfortable for people to walk on.

But all it can do is slow the car down.

In fact, the self - driving technology periodically checks and will slow the car down if it detects that the driver's hands leave the wheel and don't return upon an alert to do so.

In some vehicles, it may even automatically slow your car down.

Even better, it has special features that make loud noises if you aren't staying in your own lane and slows your car down if you're getting too close to the car in front of you.

VW has implemented regenerative braking too, to help top up the battery when you slow the car down.

Not exact matches

The autosteer function keeps the car in its lane, reads road signs, drives as much over the speed limit as you ask, and slows down or stops if there is a slower vehicle or obstruction ahead.

My car automatically slowed down and gave way.

Imagine your car slowing down by gently and safely bumping another car that is trying to speed up.