The benefits of having more weight on the rear tires for acceleration are, again, pretty obvious, but did you know that less weight (to a certain extent) on the smaller, narrower front tires also helps
under braking as well as in the turns since nose - heavy stock Mustangs easily overwhelm their front tires to the point of locking the brakes or understeering in a corner?
Not exact matches
My seventy - year - old grandmother kept a loaded handgun
under her car seat —
as I discovered once by
braking sharply while driving her around.
This would have begun back in the autumn, with the shadow cabinet and PLP coalescing around a clear position, spoken of publicly only
as one of a number of options
under consideration: continued membership of the single market with immediate application of an emergency
brake on immigration, and a drive for serious reform to free movement.
She is now suing the sperm bank, Idant Laboratories of New York,
under a product liability law more commonly associated with manufacturing defects, such
as faulty car
brakes.
A fight
brakes out over a meal at the family gathering where his adult offspring accuses their father of amoral actions he committed
under the Ceaușescu regime while working
as a doctor where he revealed the identities of abortion - seekers to the authorities.
As we approach the first right - hander, we put the nose down under hard braking and it turns in with obedience — the front - wheels eyeing the apex as the rear wheels screa
As we approach the first right - hander, we put the nose down
under hard
braking and it turns in with obedience — the front - wheels eyeing the apex
as the rear wheels screa
as the rear wheels scream.
Driving up and down the slope in a conventional hatchback, it was almost impossible to differentiate the Multiseason from a proper winter tyre, with good grip
under harsh
braking and heavy throttle applications (
as such, it gains mud and snow and snowflake markings).
Usually, a wheel bearing you'd hear constantly, but I've known it to happen only whilst
braking,
as the wheel bearing is
under a lot of stress with the
brake caliper clamping on one side of the rotor, which would cause some «OutPush».
There's a hint that the back - end might become unstuck
as you shift from the
brakes to the throttle and the car is momentarily not
under load, but it never materialises
as anything that needs correcting.
The
brakes in a car are designed to stop the vehicle, both in emergency situations
as well
as under normal driving conditions.
Turns out the Blizzaks will grip better
under ABS
braking, too, although the exercise left unanswered the question of whether FWD with Blizzaks might have been nearly
as good — especially in terms of
braking and turning.
Put key in ignition of car
under tow and take streering lock off
as long
as you tie to 2 points on both vechicals You will be fine corners
braking the lot works fine
It proved effective in controlling lean - in in corners,
as well
as motion
under hard
braking or acceleration.
Sport 2 allows us to slyly slide into turns, lets the ZL1's tail wag
under hard
braking, and keeps the ZL1 on the track when the suspension unloads
as we hop over a ridge in the middle of Turn 6.
As you turn - in there's just the right degree of body roll across the car;
under braking the nose dives at the expected rate; when you hook up those rear tyres the back - end squats just enough to prepare you for the onslaught.
Under heavy
braking, when the air
brake fills the rear view mirror, the steering wheel can be become very active in your hands
as the
brake steer interacts, but once you adapt your style to work with it the 675LT's agility becomes all - consuming, drawing you in and urging you to ask more from it — and you - at every opportunity.
I'm sure the individual vehicle plays into this quite a bit in regards to
braking ability, but
as someone with no towing experience looking to buy a trailer soon for my very
under - powered, light car, I'm interested in finding out whether a trailer I intend to tow should have / needs to have
brakes, and at what point they should be considered.
I was coming off a highway exit ramp,
braked from 55 to 15mph no problem and
as i was approaching the stop sign,
brakes ceased to work, i can not remember if they went soft or not, had another
under 10mph stop at driveway through a sidewalk, again i pressed
as hard
as i could and nothing.
And then I enjoy the very same things about the GTR
as the P1 on track - its wonderful sense of agility, the superb feeling you get of exactly how much rear grip you have left, and the balance that wllows you to
brake deep into corners to eliminate understeer and then point the car with laser precision
under power.»
On top of all this,
braking forces applied to each front (or rear) wheel are not guaranteed to be equal, so from a moderate speed on ICE, engine
braking can conceivably help, but you MUST have a good «seat of the pants» feel for what's going on
under you
as conditions vary.
Like another said, it is a bit of a mix of the two but engine
braking is ok
as long
as the engine stays
under redline, so do not go from 5th to 3rd.
All the engine is doing
under regular engine
braking is suffering from a vacuuming effect
as the pistons are moving downwards while the throttle is closed.
Under this mode the Prius will keep the gas engine running to serve
as a engine
brake.
For example, the computer clamps down the differential
under braking for increased stability then progressively unlocks the diff
as you wind on more steering lock, minimizing understeer and helping the GT3 turn through the corner.
It's not
as quick in a straight line, less stable
under braking, has less mechanical grip and doesn't flow along a road
as convincingly
as any of its price rivals.
However,
as the mass shifts towards the back, the stability goes away
under braking and any uneven
braking surface makes the car want to swap ends.
Only
under hard
braking do they reveal their less - than - sporty nature
as the car feels a little squirrelly.
The Alex Moulton - designed setup relies on fluid - filled rubber springs that enhance suspension compliance even
as they control body pitch and roll, although a Mini so equipped will squat
under acceleration and dive more
under braking than usual.
It directs cooling air toward the front wheels and
brakes and rests on the black
under - nose extension
as it wraps around the sides.
You feel the diff locking up
under braking, and the transition from deceleration stabilization to lock - up while powering out of a low - speed corner isn't
as progressive
as the eLSD setup in the other Porsche.
Transmitting 237bhp and 236 lb ft through the front wheels inevitably resulted in torque steer
under hard acceleration, added to which was the VXR's fondness for following ruts in the road — both
under acceleration and
braking — a problem which, we discovered, got much worse
as the front tyres wore down and the amount of «give» in the tread blocks reduced.
Chief problem seemed to be the loose feeling from the rear axle, causing it to tramp like an old Capri
under hard acceleration and — more alarmingly — judder and shiver
under heavy
braking,
as if the tyres were gripping too hard and almost pulling all the rear ironmongery clean off.
Going deep into corner two in the rear - engine RS, I felt a strong interruption from the PSM
as the rear end popped out of line
under heavy trail
braking.
The alternative is to head diagonally across the road almost
as soon
as you are
under the bridge, then mash the
brakes almost in a straight line
as you head for an apex just before the halfway point round the turn.
As an example, if the left tire has more traction than the right tire, then
under braking, your car will pull left since it exerts greater
braking force.
Kia says the Premium will be «
under $ 32,000,» the Technology (which,
as you can guess from the name, adds a lot of tech features ranging from an electronic parking
brake to a nav system to a panoramic sunroof to a 14 - way adjustable driver's seat, instead of the Premium's 10 - way seat) will be «
under $ 39,000,» and the Limited, which has everything the Technology has plus a few features like a «smart» power trunk lid and heated rear seats, will be «
under $ 44,000.»
The feedback I'm hearing is the mechanical sound of the big rear wing deploying
under hard
braking, at the same time
as two rear flaps that are integrated into the rear diffuser.
Volkswagen's
brake - based «differential» systems squeeze the rotors to reduce understeer
as well, but the effect of the Haldex system is to make the Golf R notably tidier and quicker
under power.
The stage was set: both plane and car would accelerate
as fast
as possible for just
under a mile (1500 meters, to be exact), at which point the Nissan GT - R would
brake.
The revised
brakes are better than before but still don't instil confidence on first acquaintance thanks to a slightly dead feel
under foot and more pedal travel than you really want in a car
as sporting
as this.
Right now I'm scrapping with the road, flicking the R500 into corners and then trying not to unleash too much power too early, thinking hard about every
braking input (there's no ABS to lean on, of course), yo - yoing up and down the thumping power - curve and just occasionally dialling - in a correction
as the tail steps out
under power, just occasionally riding out the slide for the length of a gear because the R500 wants me to.
At first it's fun — mesmerising in fact — to tuck into the F40's wake and watch it skitter and lunge up the road, tyres hunting for traction
under full boost, then
brake lights burning even when the road is straight
as Wallace cries enough and takes a breath.
Going from a standstill to 62 mph in the Bugatti Chiron takes just
under 2.5 seconds, and it decelerates from 62 mph to a stop in just 101 feet, thanks to carbon - ceramic
brakes and an active rear wing that can also function
as an airbrake.
The nimbleness the TT RS Coupe exhibits
under brakes into corners is diluted in the Roadster, it's just not quite
as eager to turn in or play.
As Rusty notes, you can drive with the engine off quite frequently, so long as you let the battery recharge under brakin
As Rusty notes, you can drive with the engine off quite frequently, so long
as you let the battery recharge under brakin
as you let the battery recharge
under braking.
Not much difference
under braking, although engine
braking feels a little different
as all four wheels slow you rather than just two...
The final position happens
under braking where the spoiler raises to 80 mm to create
as much drag
as possible and slow the Turbo down.
As with the GT3 R Hybrid, energy is harvested
under braking and stored in a flywheel spinning at up to 36,000 rpm and mounted where you'd usually find the passenger seat.
You then watch almost in despair
as the elastic stretches down the straights only for the light little Mini close the gap again
under braking.
MGU - K (where the «K» stands for kinetic) works like an uprated version of the previous KERS, converting kinetic energy generated
under braking into electricity (rather than it escaping
as heat).