Sentences with phrase «wheelspin on»

It was hard to launch the car without wheelspin on gravel by the side of the road after a driver swap.

In low range, the standard traction - control system also helps keep the vehicle under control when creeping downhill on a slick surface, not just in preventing wheelspin on acceleration — but only if the driver's foot is on the accelerator, not the brake.

Among other dynamic advantages you get bigger (19 - inch) wheels as standard and a mechanical limited - slip differential to limit wheelspin on quick departures from rest.

Multi-terrain select helps you control brake lockup and wheelspin on the most common off - road terrains: rock, rock and dirt, loose rock, mogul, mud and sand.

Turbo torque sees time - sapping wheelspin on corner exits.

However, it can lock to prevent unwanted wheelspin on a slick road, or send up to 85 per cent to the rear wheels if that's what's needed.

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Later on, it all got very interesting on Twitter, with Karam replying to someone saying he had dirt on his tyres, and «when she rammed into me, I got wheelspin and couldn't go anywhere».

PSM Sport promises to allow a far greater degree of yaw and wheelspin, particularly on racetracks where the previous system would intervene too much.

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

Had terrible torque steer under hard acceleration, and front wheelspin was a major issue on loose surfaces.

The brakes were a letdown though, having to work double - time on the track, both slowing the car and controlling its wheelspin via the electronic limited - slip differential.

First gear is good for 62 mph — a ratio chosen to eliminate a time - consuming shift on the mostly wheelspin - free 0 - to -60-mph run.

You can turn off the PSM stability and traction controls completely or leave just the wheelspin - limiting traction control active, but I decided to respect my friend's new toy and leave the safety systems turned on.

A fundamental lack of grip means you will see the car wheelspin all the way up into third in greasy conditions, while the skinny front tyres lack proper bite on turn - in.

For anyone not versed in the gospel of supercharging, this sort of power can give you wheelspin at freeway speeds even on a summer day, never mind in snow and ice.

Yet the White is more effective on the brakes, there are a whole load more messages coming from the nose, and it claws its way out of the turns with no fuss or frustrating wheelspin.

With the stability control systems in standard mode, rear wheelspin is frequently and noticeably reined - in by the TC — it doesn't take more than a tickle on the throttle to activate the fun police.

On unplowed streets after an overnight snowfall, Floraday observed: «The first time I left a stop I got big wheelspin with maybe one - third throttle applied.

By mid-corner the rear tyres are gripping again and the fronts are pushing - on, away from your chosen line and bleeding away the bulk of the forward thrust through rampant wheelspin.

Out on the dunes you want sharp throttle response and big wheelspin, and that seems the order of the day here, too.

Because the weight of a car is shifted toward the rear under acceleration in all cars as a rule, this further improves the amount of grip on the rear wheels, increasing the amount of torque that can be supplied to the rear wheels before wheelspin occurs.

This well - sorted system will intuitively adjust handling and power delivery based on wheelspin, throttle position and vehicle speed.

From about 30 mph on, the Audi comes on strong, and the fact that there are four drive wheels eliminates wheelspin.

Obviously it has six wheels pulling at the road surface, so wheelspin isn't likely to cause much trouble, but that moon - buggy - on - steroids exterior is home to a 6.7 - litre diesel with all of the turbocharging.

On sheet ice with the steering wheel at full lock, going full throttle results in nothing — no wheelspin, no rise in revs, nada.

Multi-terrain Select allows you to choose from four modes that will help regulate wheelspin by adjusting the engine throttle setting and traction control to help provide you with maximum traction on various off - road situations.

Even with the XDS electronic differential lock doing its best to stop wheelspin, the inside front tyre does tend to scrabble for traction on the way out of corners.

The result is less wheelspin and greater control and precision on demanding roads.

Ideal for covering uneven ground at greater speed, it's also a failsafe feature, ensuring that wheelspin moments don't trigger the truck's computer into thinking you're on the highway, lowering the suspension and potentially grounding the SUV.

If you opt for a CXL with front - wheel drive, you get standard traction control, an electronic system that detects, and then limits, wheelspin of the sort that you'd get on a slick road.

With stability control, traction control and snow tires, the Camaro accelerated up hilly suburban DC streets without wheelspin and the car was rock solid in four to six inches of snow on a night when dozens of cars slid off the highway.

When wheelspin occurs, the differential's internal architecture generates friction on the surfaces of the sun gears.

Another new feature is the Multi-terrain Select system which helps control wheelspin and brake lockup giving the selectable choices of: Rock, Rock & Dirt, Mogul, Loose Rock, and Mud & Sand and with an addition to the Multi-terrain Select system a feature known as adaptive Anti-lock Braking system which adapts to the condition of the road like mud or sand and efficiently uses the ABS to reduce braking distance on any type of terrain.

VW says the system eradicates wheelspin and slip, and up to 100 per cent of the torque can be sent to each of the axles depending on the driving situation.

It just sat on the hill with the engine whining and only occasional wheelspin.

Out on the road the 1.6 - diesel is refined and is quick off the block, traction control is offered in the top variants and does intervene during hard acceleration and in between gear shifts when there is wheelspin.

But once the turbo starts spooling in from above 1500 RPM, the motor gets super aggressive, resulting in a lot of wheelspin and torque steer while taking off on full throttle.

Dipping into the throttle squirts the car through traffic, while sensors and microprocessors keep a close eye on wheelspin and others kinds of slip & slide.

Standard on Metris vans, this dynamic handling system actively intervenes to help keep the van firmly under control and safe by automatically braking individual wheels and reducing engine power to help stabilize the vehicle if wheelspin, understeer, or oversteer is detected.

Standard traction control keeps wheelspin to a minimum, while its Electronic Stability Program (ESP) keeps the CLK on its intended path.

When the traction control is removed, it now feels as if the ferocious power of the engine really is being channelled down to two small contact patches on the rear tyres, and anything other than the most precise throttle and steering applications when exiting a corner will cause instant wheelspin.