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Just max the engine at all stages of driving and attempt to mitigate understeer and / or induce wheelspin with feverish rotations of the steering wheel.

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.

In addition to the aforementioned horizontal motion damper, the Ram SRT - 10 combats wheelspin with a limited - slip differential, 305 - section Pirelli Scorpion Zero tires, and a surprisingly good 56/44 percent front / rear weight distribution.

Not exact matches

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».

One bajillion gallons of petrol, 2800 wheelspins later and 28 Vin Diesel muscle vests later, the Fast & Furious franchise is still going strong with number eight underway and, now, release dates in place for episodes nine and ten.

Simply push the button marked L / C and move your foot from the brake to full throttle and, after a moment's pause, the car screams off, with minimum wheelspin and maximum forward momentum.

Small digression: during Schumacher's world championships with Benetton, rivals suspected traction - control - based foul play, but it was actually the compliant dampers that soothed wheelspin.

For this you simply must get the car slowed neatly and without locking wheels, smoothly select second (or in a race car, first) gear, then drive out with the minimum of wheelspin.

Having said that, it still doesn't offer the bite of a proper LSD, rather simply working in tandem with ESP to reduce understeer - inducing wheelspin.

Rhrl says, «It's fun with a safety net, because the slide is always induced by g - force, not throttle - controlled wheelspin.»

With traction control activated, wheelspin isn't an issue in first or second gear, which clonks in at 48 mph.

Attempting to follow virtually any other Fleeter saw me falling back in a flurry of wheelspin, but if you could deal with the dents to your pride, it was still a pretty fun way of getting somewhere.

With dynamic stability control deactivated, a brake - activated electronic differential lock controls wheelspin, allowing all the action with none of the torque stWith dynamic stability control deactivated, a brake - activated electronic differential lock controls wheelspin, allowing all the action with none of the torque stwith none of the torque steer.

There's a bit of axle tramp as the tyres skip with just enough wheelspin, but then, as they bite, the engine falls off cam for a split second before hauling hard once more.

And it's better at actually transferring its power to the road, with the occasional torque - steer and wheelspin of the Esseesse eradicated.

It has no problem dealing with either 2 - litre engine's power, keeping wheelspin to a minimum out of tight corners.

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.

The manual Porsche actually steals an advantage to 30mph, yelping off the line with a bare minimum of wheelspin, but once the others find traction the Panamera is helpless against such a torrent of torque.

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.

It's fighting a losing battle and the Aston is either electronically tethered and grumpy, or fizzing and slithering with wheelspin.

With the traction and stability control in Sport mode, there's a fair bit of wheelspin at launch, but the car quickly grabs hold as I approach the first right - hander.

With not a chirrup of wheelspin and scarcely more than a sci - fi whir from the motors, the P100D takes off.

I punched it around a gentle corner with the traction control off and I couldn't get any wheelspin.

Not blow - me - away impressive, but the conditions have been just horrible, with some wheelspin, lots of stop - and - go — I didn't expect much.

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.

Despite its off - road pretensions, the Peugeot 2008 is front - wheel - drive only, but versions fitted with a system called Grip Control offer some off - road capability by limiting wheelspin in slippery conditions.

Aero invokes the aerodynamic pop - up rear wing (it swings into position when braking from 60 mph and above), Manual lets you shift gears using paddle shifters, Winter eases the car's performance characteristics so you don't slide around, and Launch lets you make a full throttle start with no wheelspin.

With very little wheelspin (Buick) and a lot of wheelspin (Lexus), both cars climbed the hill.

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

This reduces the occurrence of wheelspin and routes power to the wheel with the most traction.

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.

Indeed, wheelspin is a problem with the traction control off, and the car will gladly understeer itself straight into the ditch if you lack discipline with wheel and throttle.

With more time to master wheelspin, we estimate that the time would drop by another half second, or maybe not.

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.

Also available is a Self - Leveling Suspension (SLS) with rear air springs that allow for driver control of rear suspension height, as well as computer - controlled raising of rear ride height when wheelspin is detected at low speeds off highway.

So a 0 -60-mph sprint starts with a brief burst of wheelspin at launch as the turbo boost rises but is quickly shut down by the electronic watchdogs.

Also, traversing challenging terrains is made easy with the Tiguan's available 4Motion all - wheel drive, which is activated before wheelspin occurs to help eliminate traction losses.

Two hours later, within the confines of the Auto Club Speedway east of Los Angeles, I hit the throttle and three seconds after that, from standstill, with no wheelspin, we're passing 60 mph en route to 100 mph and momentary deafness from the engine roar.

With its 707 horsepower, we found that achieving wheelspin was effortless at highway speeds in third gear.

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.

Buyers can choose between a standard six - speed manual gearbox featuring a throttle - blip function, or an optional seven - speed DCT dual - clutch automatic gearbox with the choice of both manual and automatic modes, Comfort, Sport and Sport + driving modes, launch control and a so - called Smoky Burnout function, which allows wheelspin off the line.

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.

The manually locking rear differential from the earlier generations was replaced with a conventional open differential, with Electronic Differential Lock (EDL)(which detects wheelspin via ABS road wheel speed sensors, and applies brakes to one spinning wheel, thus transferring torque via open differential to the opposite wheel which has more traction).

It's not as hard - edged as similarly priced and sized hot hatches (Ford Focus ST, Volkswagen Golf GTI, etc.), yet remains tenacious enough to get through even shaper, tightening radius bends with little in the way of wasteful wheelspin, and only moderate amounts of torque steer.

The resulting acceleration literally left me speechless for a few moments as the sedan rocketed forward, all four wheels instantly grabbing traction with almost no wheelspin, and then I found myself giggling with nervous energy seconds later as I finished our shortened drag at nearly three - digit speeds.

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.

Coming into the same corners in 2nd, there would be some wheelspin, but still the car remained balanced with just the slightest touch of understeer.

With a touch of a button, the system allows some wheelspin and yaw before stability control intervenes.

Mine would be a basic GTI with sunroof and convenience package; the leather trim package the Autobahn gets is nice, but not worth the extra scratch; if you're going to get into the low $ 30s, spring for a Golf R and get rid of the wheelspin, too.

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