Sentences with phrase «steering wheel grips»

The small - diameter steering wheel grips great, but — as on the new 911 — its protruding, molded - plastic selector switch looks more like a leftover from an old Hyundai catalog.

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Would you start driving if your feet didn't reach the pedals and your arms didn't grip the steering wheel comfortably?

By plotting his grip strength and grip consistency, we could show him where he was gripping the steering wheel tightly when contextually (where he was on the racetrack) he might not need to.

Operators are instructed to loosely grip the steering wheel at all times and must be ready to take over immediately at any time, with beeps and color indicators on the dashboard providing notice.

We can feel or hear the score of peace but the rain is pouring and the cars are flying past and we are gripping the steering wheel just trying to get home.

Most are «pistol grip» shaped and use a throttle for speed and a wheel for steering.

In addition to robotic and prosthetic applications, Bao envisions implantable sensors to monitor blood pressure or a car's steering wheel that can sense when the driver has dozed off and loosened his or her grip.

You keep telling yourself there's nothing you can do, so «let go» and «be Zen» about it, only to feel your hands gripping the steering wheel and your eyes rolling out of frustration at the car that jettisoned into your lane.

I was not gripping the steering wheel.

Driving a car at Indy — when there's no power steering — is where you need a lot of grip strength to hold on to that wheel.

Similarly, Edgar Wright's new film Baby Driver continues Hill's established precedent of a sullen male lead whose apparent vocation is a firm grip on a steering wheel with a mile of asphalt before him.

Its English director, Eran Creevy (Welcome To The Punch), handles this with due competence — screeching tires, growling engines, grips tightening on steering wheels, and windshields shattering into glass confetti, cut from the usual surfeit of angles.

At the same time, Reitman and Cody maintain a firm grip on the steering wheel, guiding their story off - road not because they're lost, but because that's where they have decided to take us.

Grip levels are high, though there's precious little information through the steering wheel to let you know that, traction fine on the front - wheel drive models and genuinely impressive on the quattros.

Thanks to the blend of air springs, adaptive dampers and four - wheel steering, the Panamera benefits from astonishing grip, rock solid body control and the sort of agility you'd expect from a car that's almost half the weight.

What I love about the MX - 5 is that you can feel every linkage and resistance in the manual transmission, each iota of grip and rebound in the steering wheel, and even the working of the suspension as you accelerate or corner briskly.

On the inside, the Prius Persona features black SofTex artificial leather with grey stiching on the seats and steering wheel along with dark chrome trim for the shift knob, door grips, and steering wheel.

Through switchbacks, it feels meatier but still doesn't require a change of grip on the steering wheel.

The end goal, Audi claims, was to marry the chassis balance and steering feel of a rear - wheel - drive car with the grip and idiot - proof nature of all - wheel drive.

But this one does feel very vintage, from the thin - rimmed steering wheel to the lack of grip and the pronounced body roll.

It doesn't grip as hard, its front wheels don't bite into the road with quite as much eagerness — nor send as much information to the steering wheel rim — and its rear axle doesn't feel quite as inclined to aid with direction changes.

It's hard to explain, but imagine the steering column being gripped by something with varying degrees of tightness to create some resistance to you turning the wheel.

Our in - house hot shoe, Andy Pilgrim, takes a few laps of his own and notes immediately how well you feel grip - level and chassis - behavior changes through the steering wheel and the seat of your pants.

But the firmed - up suspension and new bushes give the steering more to talk about, the thick - rimmed wheel reporting the front end's tendency to sniff out cambers, and lightening progressively as grip starts to fade.

Paired with some firm suspension the C43 feels very agile on turn in but the steering doesn't transmit any feedback through the wheel and the lack of body roll makes it incredibly difficult to judge the front tyre's grip level.

Cars in general are increasingly offering ever - thicker steering wheels, to the point that it's getting a little ridiculous; in some vehicles it's hard to grip all the way around the rim.

It all starts well when you climb into really supportive seats and grip the Alcantara steering wheel.

The aggressive Goodyear Eagle F1 Supercar footwear grips and grips as g - forces build, but with plenty of rock»n' roll from the suspension, you'll find yourself gripping the steering wheel ever harder to stop from sliding around on the wide, flat seats.

The weight will shift towards the rear and tighten the tyre's grip, but the car is by then past the apex and the steering wheel is almost straight.

Once the vehicle is let down onto the ground again the wheels grip the ground before the suspension has fully settled, this creates opposing forces between the tyres, wheels & steering mechanism.

With a significant input into the steering wheel and a lift of the throttle you can force the rear tyres to relinquish their grip of the road, but so swiftly is it caught by the stability control (even with the traction control in sport handling mode) and so mighty is the E43's traction when you get back on the throttle that there's little incentive to try and play.

The general rule of thumb is that there's no saving the car once it yaws more than about 15 degrees, so I'm constantly making tiny course corrections, and I've got a death grip on the steering wheel.

The seats are wonderfully bolstered, and the steering wheel's grip is perfect.

The normal McLaren steering wheel makes way for a more serious rectangular item much like that of the F1 cars, with a gummy finish to the grips that's clearly designed for use with gloves.

The excellent steering, low - grip Michelin tires, and fabulous chassis balance combine to make this rear - wheel - drive coupe so much fun to flog.

While its rear - wheel steering attempts to cushion the slide, front - end grip is limited, so it takes a fairly hard stab on the throttle to push the Lusso T sideways.

Ferrari has increased the front tyre size from 255 - section to 275 - section (it runs the new Pirelli P Zero Corsa) but then claims to have mitigated the increased «oversteer on the limit» that the extra front grip could create with the new «Virtual Short Wheelbase» four - wheel steering system.

With one hand keeping a loose grip on the steering wheel and his left foot dabbing the brakes, Stewart even posits that the truck's suspension is so good, an unmodified Tundra TRD Pro could tackle — and finish — the grueling Baja 1000 race.

Gripping the steering wheel used to be an amazing, perspective - altering experience as minute details of the road surface traveled to your fingertips.

It would be nice to see a Momo, Grip Royal, or some other suede aftermarket steering wheel, a set of fixed - back Sparco or Recaro seats, and an optional hydraulic handbrake with a big, machined - aluminum lever.

Not only did the front - wheel - drive Mini grip the pavement with gusto, but also there was little torque steer at all.

It disables if a driver uses the turn signal or can be overcome if the driver keeps a firm grip on the steering wheel, showing intent to change lanes.

The three - spoke steering wheel moves in your hands a great deal on the road as it reports everything the front wheels are absorbing, but the car is never thrown off line and with the lightest of grips you can edge it to where you want it to go, the front end faithfully obeying every input like a child that's been promised Ben & Jerry's if they finish their homework within the hour.

The new wheel's squared - off look — not dissimilar to Aston Martin's square steering wheels — is accentuated by a perforated leather grip area.

Hands gripping the Subaru's meaty steering wheel, I enter the track and hug the blend line leading into turn 2.

On less than perfect surfaces, though, those overtakes would sometimes have you taking an extra-firm grip of that thick steering - wheel rim.

For example the steering wheel adjusts up and down and its leather wrapped, making it easier to grip.

I grip the steering wheel a little tighter, my knuckles whitening.

Speaking of steering, the wheel has a relatively small diameter without being too compact, and the thickness of its rim, with meaty, perforated thumb grips, is spot on for a car of this class.

Driving the 3.4 manual straight after a go in a «showhome - spec» 3.8 - litre Carrera S with PDK, PDCC and every other conceivable extra felt like a more direct path to whatever flavour of 911 - ness the 991 is seeking to purvey, the mantra «less is more» almost materialising before my very eyes as I gripped a steering wheel that was just that, pure and simple — no buttons at all.