Sentences with phrase «wheels scrabbling»
It allows the driver to hook into a turn on a wet road and accelerate without the wheels scrabbling for grip.
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In the wet, the car stood still today on a hill with the front wheels scrabbling for grip.
Its rear wheels scrabble about the poor pavement whenever we nail the accelerator, even when we're already rolling at 130 mph.
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Its sonorous five - cylinder turbocharged engine now delivers 394bhp, while all - wheel drive helps it scrabble to 62mph in 4.1 seconds.
Whether manual or automatic (both are all - wheel drive), the JCW scrabbles to 62mph in 6.5 sec and tops out at 145mph.
To counter further wheel - scrabbling, Nismo has equipped two - wheel drive, six - speed manual RS models with a limited - slip differential.
As an all - seasons car, the four - wheel drive version of the Vitara is a practical choice — it might not climb a mountain or cross a river like the Land Rover Defender, but it's perfectly capable of crossing a muddy field or finding traction on icy roads where two - wheel - drive cars would scrabble for grip.
The four - wheel drive system does sometimes scrabble for grip, but that's more down to the road - biased tyres, and on the whole it gives you confidence to push the car some way off the beaten track.
In fact, given its sporty setup and road - biased tyres, I was amazed by the nonchalant way in which it scrabbled up down the slippery, muddy course, the Terrain Response system orchestrating the four - wheel - drive system to deliver maximum traction.
The basic principle is to deliver drive to the wheel with the greatest traction — particularly handy when you're powering up a tight mountain pass with tyres scrabbling for grip.
But there will be no scrabbling of the front wheels as the A45 tries valiantly to put its impressive power down, as Mercedes has given the A45 AMG four wheel drive, with power going to all four wheels through Mercedes» seven - speed dual - clutch auto «box, and it can split power equally between axles.
On the right earcup you'll find a volume control wheel which spins a shade over 180 - degrees which is preferable to the in - line remote we often see that leaves you scrabbling madly to turn down the sound.
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