Sentences with phrase «used for test drives»

For example, check out the difference between the costs of insurance on a brand new car, vs. one that has been used for test drives.

The latter are used for test drives and boast low mileage and current model years — and both are professionally maintained by BMW technicians.

While executives at Mitsubishi claim tuning settings in the pre-production models used for this test drive are what will appear in final production models, these two quips could potentially be addressed even after the vehicle goes on sale in March of next year.

Adding in the option packages and automatic transmission, the Elantra GT used for this test drive review had an as - tested price of $ 27,460.

Not exact matches

The Self - Driving Coalition for Safer Streets, which includes companies like Ford and Google, has been pushing for the federal government to pass a comprehensive set of regulations governing the testing and use of self - drivinDriving Coalition for Safer Streets, which includes companies like Ford and Google, has been pushing for the federal government to pass a comprehensive set of regulations governing the testing and use of self - drivingdriving cars.

On the basis of CR's research and testing of early automated driving technologies, Consumer Reports and Consumers Union previously have called for automakers to make consumers aware of technology limitations and for there to be a safe fallback when drivers overestimate the capabilities of driver assist - systems, and also specifically have called for Tesla to only allow the Autopilot system to be used in the situations for which it can safely operate.

Do you, for example, take it on faith that the used car you are looking into purchasing really «handles like a dream», or do you ask to take it for a test - drive?

One day a few weeks ago I just couldn't get the idea of Shepherd's Pie out of my head, so I decided to use it as a vehicle for taking the Beyond Meat Beef Crumbles for a test drive.

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This particular car was driven by Shinji Nakano and the great Esteban Tuero during 1998, and was also used for testing the following year (hence why it has the 1999 livery).

The Spring Mountain Motor Resort is already home to a number of US manufacturers who use the circuit for testing and driving schools.

It was also used for testing in early 2001, when both Johnny Herbert and Mark Webber drove it.

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If you'll be using a nursing pillow, check that it comfortably fits over or next to the armrests (consider bringing yours to the store for a test - drive).

If your baby has already arrived take him with you for a test drive, if not, use a stuffed animal or doll as you test the various features.

To test for this, I use geographical coordinates of MPs» districts [11] to calculate the distance and travel time to Westminster in: 1) minutes it takes to drive by car; 2) minutes it takes by public transport; 3) kilometres covered by car; and 4) kilometres as the crow flies.

Cows currently are screened for the disease with skin tests like those used in people, a process that requires animals to be handled twice in three days, driving up costs for ranchers.

Using their state - of - the - art simulation facility in the School of Psychology scientists at The University of Nottingham are exploring the use of car driving simulators as tools for training and testing drivers in order to reduce road traffic accidents and fatalities.

«These profiles can produce typical driving cycles that can be used in the development of new cars, for instance as part of a virtual test drive during vehicle simulations.»

He thinks one answer may be for safety authorities to use heavier crash - test dummies when certifying cars as safe to drive.

Road test update: My wife and I have been driving around Los Angeles for hours, desperately trying to use up 1 gallon of gasoline... Total mileage is 73.98 miles.

REU participants will conduct original research via specially designed student projects within three main foci: 1) Microgel and Hydrogel Nanoparticles: Designing environmentally sensitive nanoparticles for a variety of applications and fundamental studies of volume phase transitions; 2) Anisotropic Soft Matter Thin Films: Driving self - assembly of soft matter to develop thin films with unique properties tied to the shape anisotropy of the materials; and 3) Soft Matter Fluid Flow: Striving to better understand and to improve mixing in liquid soft matter systems and use liquid flow to test and understand biological phenomena.

When taking this skin balm out for a test drive, I used it to tame any flyaways — this comes in handy when you're trying to rock a sleek ponytail on a windy day — applied it to my eyelids for a glossy, runway - inspired makeup look and dabbed a little over my favorite lipstick to give my pout some extra shine.

As I mentioned in the video I'm not a cream type of person, due to my tendency to get oily skin, but after a few test drives for the video I actually like it more than other products I was used to.

Clikd, the London startup that matches singles using personalised photo quizzes, is searching for an intern to test drive the dating app, by going on paid dates round London and blogging...

Clikd, the London startup that matches singles using personalised photo quizzes, is searching for an intern to test drive the dating app, by going on paid dates round London and blogging about their experiences.

This Church was used as a test site for our billionaire villain Valentine (Samuel Jackson) to see if his mind - altering cell phones would drive people crazy.

Take TalentLMS for a free test drive today, and experience for yourself its legendary ease of use, simplicity, and intuitiveness.

This is where the companies that provide demos before actual purchasing might prove crucial — you can take the solution for a «test drive» and use it as an experimental environment to see how it fits.

Fischer and Blatt offer other examples of the range and depth of information on the Usable Knowledge site: how school systems can become «data wise,» by using test results to improve instruction; why education leaders need to overcome the universal «immunity to change» in order to move their organizations forward; how «teaching for understanding» is driving innovative use of distance learning for professional development; and what new insights from research brought a truce to the «reading wars.»

The Global Learning Network is a professional learning community of state, district, and school educators using the results from the OECD Test for Schools to drive school improvement.

Make sure to use the same type of content, images, videos, and other course material for test - drives.

Sufficient time must be allowed for testing, ideally driven by test scripts (from that gap analysis and those use cases you developed earlier) and efficient bug / issue reporting.

My hope is that others will be emboldened by this article to look for better ways to improve the schools than the test - driven accountability approach we are using today.

The controversial National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ)-- created by the conservative Thomas B. Fordham Institute and funded (in part) by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as «part of a coalition for «a better orchestrated agenda» for accountability, choice, and using test scores to drive the evaluation of teachers» (see here; see also other instances of controversy here and here)-- recently issued yet another report about state's teacher evaluation systems titled: «Running in Place: How New Teacher Evaluations Fail to Live Up to Promises.»

Principals must use data, report and explain data to internal and external audiences, in support of data - driven decisions, which influence instruction and stimulate change.Assessment and Accountability Standardized testing is one element in the complete assessment of student progress, but no single test should serve as the sole criteria for a student's advancement in grade level, graduation or placement or serve as a punishment or reward for schools or those who staff them.

For example, one Test Drive strategy is to «explicitly draw students» attention to the transfer goal by pointing out how the skill is useful outside of school, or by demonstrating an example of how you have used it in practice.»

«To be clear, a mastery test should be used to drive instruction — not for teacher evaluation.

It's always best to take a «test drive» with the digital curricular resources to see how it really works and get a feeling for the ease — or difficulty — of its use, and its power to engage your students.

Whatever approach is used, all good grow - your - own programs give young people a chance to take teaching for a test drive.

During this session, a panel of educators described how they use the OECD Test for Schools to drive improvement in their schools and districts.

The digital ECMs in this study were refined through multiple field tests with in - service teachers (Callahan et al., 2013a, 2014) and continued data - driven hypotheses for their optimal design and use (Callahan et al., 2013b).

We're still waiting for a testing and accountability system that accurately and fairly measures student growth and uses data to drive instruction and teacher evaluation.

Driven by their support for the Common Core, the Common Core testing scheme and their desire to use the test scores to rate students and evaluate teachers, the state is on a mission.

Some, such as the San Antonio Independent School District, test - drove the virtual school network but decided not to continue using it for now.

Although standardized testing is not the driving force behind the project - based system, it is used for diagnostic purposes and for state accountability.

I used it because I drove the car for very short distances (3 km) for long time during winter, that is when the car failed the emission test.

I use it for things that might damage my nice car, which BTW isn't a VW, and I don't bother test driving them, in fact when I went looking for a new car, I didn't know what it would be, but I knew it wouldn't be anything designed in Germany.

2.2 ton, 0 - 60 in 3.6, bought for and driven by a 5ft tall 25 year old trophy wife / mid life crisis who took 6 attempts to pass her test and whose last car died when she filled it with oil (to the lifters) and did half the M25 at 70 in 3rd... And you just * know * she'll be using it as a school run «car».

After months of searching for a used domestic supercab, I test drove the Tundra.