Sentences with phrase «wheel steering seem»

Neither air suspension nor all - wheel steering seem worth the money.

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«It seems crazy,» he says, «that people know more about the car they drive than about the body they put behind the steering wheel.»

He looks strangely relaxed behind the wheel, there's minimal steering movement and it all seems so under control.

If he starts cutting corners and leaving cap space on the table while raising ticket prices I'll get mad at him, but until then, a couple years of training wheels with Holland to steer out of or into the cliff seems fair enough to me.

It seems the Yaris WRC was able to continue for a bit longer despite a damaged steering arm and then the right - rear wheel set fire.

So even when the guy is beating his head against a steering wheel in self - loathing or bottoming out in prison, the stakes always seem low and a punchline is never far away.

To sit in a Ferrari's sumptuous driver's seat, savoring the aroma of leather and the voluptuous view over the hood; to press the red starter button on the steering wheel and hear the V - 8 light off with a cannon - fire report through quad exhausts; to flick one of the big shift paddles at redline and feel the 7 - speed dual - clutch transmission crack off an upshift so fast the M80 - like tailpipe explosion that follows seems at least a city block behind you... these are merely a few of the sensations that delight and excite and bedazzle any soul lucky enough conduct a Ferrari with his or her own hands.

McLaren seems to have gone all out in stripping down the P1 GTR to its simplest and most purposeful form, leaving only a race - inspired steering wheel and carbon fiber racing shell seats inside, and a fixed rear wing for maximum downforce outside.

Steering remains dead on - center, and the SX4t's standard all - wheel - drive system doesn't seem to be up to the task of handling the extra power, as evidenced by excessive front wheel spin.

Getting on for 14 years old and with 87,000 miles on the clock, it nevertheless seems like a remarkably honest, unmolested example, carrying a predictable ragbag of minor niggles that would be easy to put right: a dodgy sunroof seal that generates a gale of wind - noise at speed (alleviated by raising the tilt action of the sunroof an inch or so); an adjustable steering wheel that seems to be stuck in a rather low - slung position (not a problem for me or, presumably, for Mark as it's his daily driver); and, perhaps unsurprisingly, a slightly tappety tickover.

None of us could get comfortable with the two - tier display, which always seems to obscure the speedometer readout behind the rim of the steering wheel, no matter how tall or short you might be.

GM — especially the Chevrolet Sonic, which seems to have a steering wheel larger than its front tires — should take note.

Steering feel didn't seem to change all that much when switching modes, but no matter — it is well weighted and you never feel as though you're waiting for the wheels to turn in as the electric power system starts doing its thing.

Named specially for our friends in the US, it seems, the Mini Convertible Sidewalk special edition offers a fancy leather - lined interior, manual air - conditioning, trip computer, multi-function steering wheel and ASC+T as standard.

I like that the paddle shifters are placed on the steering column rather than the steering wheel, but that's a personal preference and one that many staffers seem to disagree with.

Here's what finally worked: Delete all duplicate audio devices in the Bluetooth menu Pair the phone using the hands - free system via the steering wheel «off hook» button This seems arbitrary but it solved my problem.

Once I figured out the buttons on the steering wheel, all functions did not seem unduly distracting to operate.

My initial impression, upon sliding onto the vinyl bench seat in the Spartan cabin, is that the steering wheel is so huge that it seems to belong in a ship.

And such is its balance and response through high - speed kinks, you just seem to think it through with barely a squeeze of additional pressure on the steering wheel.

You barely seem to move the steering wheel and conventional things like under - and oversteer cease to be relevant.

Well, unaware other than the prancing horse logo on the switch - heavy steering wheel, and the looks and thumbs - up signs — I must be getting old, since no one called me an asshole — cast by the occupants of what seemed to be about every fifth car I encountered.

As to the coming face - lift, it isn't ground - shaking, but it seems safe to expect a modest visual update (bumpers, lights, wheels), a new steering wheel that incorporates a rotary drive - mode selector à la 918, additional driver - assistance systems, improved infotainment offerings, a head - up display, and optional full - LED headlights.

The Cayman GT4 RS — seems like a fitting name — would lack an eLSD, PDK, center - lock wheels, rear - wheel steering and other extras found on the GT3.

Having a steering wheel in my hands seems as essential to my existence as air, sunlight, and an evening martini.

In the F - type you seem to make one initial dart into a corner with the steering and then concentrate on driving through with the rear wheels.

Heated door armrests and center armrests, for example, seem unlikely to become the wintertime essentials that heated seats or even heated steering wheels have.

And sometimes once it does start, I've noticed a clicking (like something switching) under the hood in front of the steering wheel or sometimes it seems like the CD changer is trying to do something.

I'll be honest, most of the time I prefer paddles that move with the steering wheel; on most roads where you don't use a lot of lock, or need to change gear half way round a corner, they always seem to be at the end of your fingertips.

The shake doesn't seem to be specific to the steering wheel or pedals - the whole car seems to shimmy rapidly from side to side.

Also, the 4C seems to seek out even the slightest cambers in the road and over any imperfections the steering wheel is tugged around in your hands.

Of course, when you've had the option of adjusting the balance of your car with a switch on the steering wheel, the Gallardo's old - school method of telegraphing the limit of adhesion seems a bit low - tech, but when it comes to deploying a rampant 500bhp to the road as cleanly and safely as possible, all - wheel drive will always have an advantage over an E-Diff, no matter how clever.

It's light yet direct around the straight - ahead, then, as you add lock, weight seems to flow into the steering wheel's rim.

Off - road, the gearshift seems even more beautifully precise and snickety when juxtaposed with the bigger and lighter movements of the steering wheel.

The Q5 would still miss out on a heated windscreen and steering wheel, which don't seem to be available as options.

I seem to be looking down on the dash — and the steering wheel is on the slant, too.

Trickling through the aptly named village of Old Weston, the seat also seems higher than I remember and the steering wheel still feels unnecessarily chunkily rimmed.

This seems like a bad deal on paper, yet we liked this 2.0 T engine's notably quicker, quieter response while accelerating away from stoplights in metro driving, and the engine made great use of the 2.0 T's six - speed automatic with its shift paddles on the steering wheel and a set up of shorter ratios in first through fourth gears for quicker acceleration.

Where the road only allowed a metre to play with, the Swift granted what seemed to be a mile of space to play in, changing direction and adapting to the surface with the slightest of inputs from the throttle and steering wheel.

The three - spoke steering wheel and the crown deep in its centre form a three dimensional sculpture that seems to have been crafted in the workshop of an Italian artisan.

The more relevant surprise is discovering that feedback telegraphed through the meaty steering wheel seems to correlate to what the front tires are doing.

Like the brake pedal, the steering wheel didn't really seem to be connected to anything, and that swimming feeling was made even worse by those stretches of bad roads.

The issue seems to be the shifter interlock solenoid may be malfunctioning causing the steering wheel lock to not release or not engage.

The rear - wheel - drive chassis always seems firmly planted but there's a definite sense of the car being pushed from the back and steered from the front — great balance, in other words.

Like that car, the 237bhp version is only available with four - wheel drive and the seven - speed dual - clutch automatic gearbox, which seems to suit it better than the 187bhp version; it swaps gears smoothly and quickly in automatic mode, while also responding quickly to any manual inputs you make with the steering - wheel - mounted paddles.

Steering, as Graham mentioned, seemed to have a dead - spot, and it, too, took some getting used to, much like the flat - bottom steerinSteering, as Graham mentioned, seemed to have a dead - spot, and it, too, took some getting used to, much like the flat - bottom steeringsteering wheel.

The steering wheel is locked, and the anti-theft lock seems to be engaged.

Odd all the magazine rave reviews: 2013 model: Having not driven a BMW for 14 years I was keen to see how they have moved on, not a lot as it seems Good points: Looks good, its a BMW Outstanding fuel economy 70mpg on long journeys Comfy seats Bad Points: Very noisy road noise, need to turn up radio even at 40 Thin hard steering wheel, cheap plastic bulbous airbag cover Cheap interior, feels like a Kia.

The steering wheel and instrument panel also seem to be suspended in air.

Another oddity of this car was the heavy steering, which seemed to be a product of the all - wheel - drive system and the variable power steering, which is designed to adjust its assistance based on engine speed.

The noise seems like it is coming from behind the steering wheel.