Sentences with phrase «traction control does»

The traction control does it's job very well.

Though all - wheel - drive is certainly preferable on slick roads, the front - wheel drive with traction control does a very good job.

It's all very clever — the traction control doesn't just throw a bunch of ABS at the wheelspin, instead managing the throttle, rear - wheel steering, magnetorheological dampers, and electronic rear differential to put the power down.

It's fun trying to control it, and the traction control does a brilliantly subtle job, but on bumpy roads the torque steer is like holding the lead of a hyperactive puppy in each hand.

In a sense, traction control does this already when accelerating on low - traction surfaces, but Ford characterizes torque vectoring as a predictive action.

Simply roll back a few metres, select second gear, and the let the active traction control do its work to distribute just enough torque to each wheel to get going again.

While the electronic gubbins and traction control do an acceptable job at putting the power down, the open differential is a complete fun - killer.

Minimal traction control didn't help either, and we soon found the Chevy due for the recovery strap.

Cup tires and fancy traction control did wonders for the Z06, but they also brought huge improvements to the ZR1.

Not exact matches

It has more torque, but drivers don't have the benefit of traction control.

Although controlled cord traction is a recognised technique in active management of the third stage and at least one study has shown it has no impact either way on PPH, so it isn't like the student OB was doing something totally weird and crazy with a predictably horrible outcome.

Not only did he find himself at the short end of the stick when a leader was last chosen, but his campaign this year, stuck in the doldrums for months, gained critical traction as he contrasted, in debate after debate, what he described as his inclusive style of leadership and decision - making with a heavy - handed control of the Council he saw from Quinn, who for months had been the clear frontrunner.

Given that, the game does not disadvantage newcomers as there are driving aids like ABS and traction control.

Bryan authored a much - discussed draft of legislation last year that would have funneled five of the state's lowest - performing elementary schools into the state - controlled achievement districts as a pilot program, although the notion did not gain any significant traction during the General Assembly's long budget debates last summer.

Lots of power and the traction control is great, don't even have to lock it in when the roads are slick.

Normally, however, once you lose the back end, it doesn't come back by itself - I don't know whether that model of Clio has intelligent traction control that can sort out an unplanned oversteer, but I guess not.

Your humble servant didn't notice any issues with the designated route until driving the competitors and discovering that, yes, such conditions typically make an AWD vehicle slide and trigger traction and stability control.

Ground Control coilovers and Racing Dynamics antiroll bars (thankfully, an over-the-counter purchase that didn't need any extra tweaking) collude with Toyo Proxes P1 tires on Fikse Profil 10 forged alloy wheels to provide dynamics, traction, and grip.

(Traction control is on hand to prevent this from happening inadvertently, but it does allow some wheelspin.)

Don't look for a series of locking differentials, like on the G - Class or the almighty Unimog; instead, the traction / stability control system can brake slipping wheels.

In fact, I didn't think to turn off the traction / stability control, (Eric did), something I usually do before I shift a Miata road car into first gear.

I used the Plus R driving mode on the track and did not turn off VSA stability control or traction control.

I don't understand why we don't see the MR2 Spyder on these lists more?!? I know the earlier ones were plagued with oil / engine - eating problems, but the later models are reliable to 100k + miles and cost similar to the same aged Smart Roadster above... but compared to the Smart, for your # 2k - # 5k you get a 6 speed manual gearbox, over 70 % more power (~ 20 % more weight) but this is packaged in a mid-engined, rear wheel drive, normally aspirated car with no traction control and a LSD as standard:)

Even more problematic, maximum twist now commences at a mere 2,300 rpm and doesn't abate for another 2,000 rpm, requiring tighter orchestration of throttle tip - in, transmission slip, traction control, and rear wheel grip while executing that quick, hard left turn from a standstill.

Such is the torque that on slippery or even just cold tarmac you'll see the traction control light blinking furiously even when you might think you've short - shifted, but the calibration of the various systems (F1 - Trac, E-Diff3, SSC2, etc.) is so good that you hardly feel them doing their subtle work.

Don't worry, there's all manner of go - fast hardware to keep it safe, including standard carbon ceramic brakes, aggressive aero, rear - wheel steering, and specialized traction and stability control.

If you do prefer the added security of some traction control, and you don't attempt too large a slide, the MDM still allows for some fun — even if you do have to make do with the auto blip downshifts.

Here the traction control can do only so much, and rampant wheelspin is never far away.

The Evoque doesn't offer a low range, locking differentials, or an air - sprung suspension, but Land Rover's signature Terrain Response system adapts the traction control, stability control, hill - start assist, hill - descent assist, and throttle response for specific conditions.

Unlike both generations of R8 the new TT RS Roadster does more or less read from the very well thumbed Audi dynamic textbook — huge grip and traction, plenty of body control and lots of stability, but gentle understeer beyond the limit and not much by way of excitement — but it does so while feeling lighter on its toes and more agile than ever before.

Of course, not everyone can access the Hellcat's full fury: the 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT will come with a red key that enables all 600 - plus hp, and a black key that offers only 500 hhp The car also has a valet mode, enabled with a four - digit PIN, that limits the engine to 4000 rpm, doesn't allow disabling the traction control, disables launch control, turns off the paddle shifters, and similarly reduces overall output to 500 hp.

The S7 does without electronic nannies, but the New York show's S5S concept sported twenty - inch wheels along with ABS, traction control, and stability control.

The traction control system has enjoyed a refresh, too; a «GP racing» mode utilises the Mini's electronic faux - differential and brakes the inside wheel during especially committed cornering, no longer cutting engine power, something the standard JCW's keen DSC is too eager to do.

In the dry, the FF behaves more like a rear - wheel - drive car: Leave traction and stability control engaged — don't worry, they allow a fair amount of slip — and the rear end wags and drifts on the power, smoothly under control.

Avoid steering and braking simultaneously (unless your car has traction control); either steer (no brakes) or brake (straight line) as appropriate to the circumstance; don't try to do both at the same time; the combined inputs require more traction which you may not have.

For example, the convoluted Mason's handshake required to disable the MP4 - 12C's traction control was a metaphor for the whole car: Come and be impressed; just don't get any ideas about influencing how this car goes down a road.

With the stability and traction control off the car will oversteer, but you don't need to drive it sideways to feel that you're getting the best from this remarkable chassis.

You'll meet traction's limit but when you do, you won't go tumbleweeding — you'll do controlled four - wheel slides.

I turned off traction control and did about fifty doughnuts before going on my way.

Traction control comes in much later even with all of the nannies on, and when the electronics do swoop in, it's more like a friendly kindergarten teacher rather than ruler - toting nun, guiding you safely through the turn rather than quashing the fun outright with a noisy groan of the brakes.

Since then, no warning lights and no issues... I still don't trust it though»cause why would the abs and traction control lights come on if the tire was just low?

There is an «off - road» mode, but this does little more than make the rear axle more reactive and slacken off the traction control.

But although the front tyres do most of the work and the coupe's balance is unwaveringly neutral, the front seems never to run out of grip, despite not having a limited slip diff or leaning on electronic traction control.

So even if you don't have heated seats, or traction control the connectors and the harness are already there.

You can't turn the traction control off either, but the chassis doesn't really present the opportunities for that to be a problem.

Benetton introduced their own active suspension and traction control early in the season, last of the frontrunning teams to do so.

The best and safest way is to switch the traction control OFF when in 4 wheel drive, they don't mix well together.»

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Yes, it's easy to tell that the front tyres are doing the work, but there's no sense of torque steer on these admittedly smooth roads and traction - control intervention is pretty restrained.

However, you do get seven airbags, electronic stability control, anti-lock brakes and traction control as standard, as well as hill - hold assistance — a system that keeps the car from rolling back during hill starts.