Sentences with phrase «with hairpin turns»

Pro Tip: The Hana Highway is a winding route with hairpin turns and over 50 one - lane bridges.

The roads to the villa are very steep and filled with hairpin turns.

New Shangri - la is a neon metropolis with hairpin turns and a drifter's» dream come true.

The tracks can vary between a simple straight run with a hairpin turn at the end to a complex series of jumps requiring precision aiming before being whisked along a series of rollercoaster tracks at breakneck speed.

Not exact matches

By lap 11 he was up to second with some great passes, mainly into the Turn 6 hairpin.

But suddenly, with four laps to go, he went off track and through the gravel at the Turn 5 hairpin.

Included in the thrilling trip is an encounter with a yacht - sized tour bus that has stopped on a hairpin turn so the driver can put on chains.

Not a sprint on a super-smooth track such as the one used for the track cycling competition, but a mad dash across a course that is about 1,148 feet (350 meters) long and 32 feet (10 meters) wide, with three - hairpin turns and four jump - filled straight - aways.

Each hairpin turn opens onto a different landscape: around one, a hillside flush with lodgepole pine; around the next, a blackened slope where bare trunks stand out like so many toothpicks against the sky.

Payne has often been likened to the great Preston Sturges, and a generous reading of this movie's unwieldy structure might position it in the spirit of Sturges» classic 1941 comedy «Sullivan's Travels,» with its nutty hairpin turns, earnest doofus hero and sincere if sanctimonious moralizing about What Humanity Really Needs.

The storyline becomes so lusciously serpentine, with perilous curves and hairpin turns, it rivals Howard Hawks» «The Big Sleep» from 1946 for the most convoluted plot in all of film noir.

The story takes multiple garish hairpin turns, including one on such a scale that the petty (though entertaining) problems of this wacky family begin to pale — and not for the first time you may begin to question your allegiance to a show with so little regard for probability.

The makers of Tokyo Drift know that there needs to be a new hook to distinguish it, so they've chosen to change the nature of the race to include the popular new style called «drifting», whereby the cars are «oversteered» through hairpin turns, with the back wheels seeming to glide further than the front.

Past Jerome is the most mouthwatering stretch of pavement yet, a harrowing narrow mountain pass with slow hairpin turns and long sweeping bends.

«Most of the time you can cruise in third gear, with the exception of the hairpin and maybe turn 1 onto the big front straight (second gear),» Weiner continues.

There are several tight, uphill hairpins on this early stretch of Decker; hard on the gas, then the brakes, drop a gear with a roarty throttle blip, turn in, and the Miata tucks its nose in eagerly.

In addition to the meticulously manicured lawns and babbling brooks, the driveway is complete with elevation changes and hairpin turns.

The next 44 seconds are a blur, and I'm constantly aware of the ST's sharp turn - in that makes quick work of the slalom and the midrange turbocharged torque that helps the car squirt out of the 180 - degree hairpin with gusto.

We found ourselves exiting Turn 11, a hairpin, and surpassing 120 mph on the one - kilometer - long backstretch without even thinking of wind noise but gratefully aware of the cooled sport seats with suede inserts.

It really is quite fun to drive when you don't feel like it does not have a tight enough turning circle to negotiate the tighter hairpins and feels too wide to slip by a delivery truck, or handcuffed by impossible sight angles that even a convertible would be challenged to deal with.

The circuit at Portimao is a knot of blind crests, off - camber sweepers and second - gear hairpins, but the Cayman's front end bites like its crocodilian namesake and the car snaps through the turns with easily managed fury.

With more athleticism and sharpness than other Lexus models (some of the brand's traditional buyers might be surprised at its harsh ride), the IS model's taut tuning pays dividends when the car is tossed into a hairpin turn on your favorite twisty road.

The interesting part is that our hybrid track test model is equipped with the optional active rear steering system that shows its worth in hairpin turns, helping to rotate the back end around effortlessly and erase understeer.

With a curb weight of 3,373 pounds, the 135i takes some stopping from that kind of speed, especially with the incentive of the Andretti Hairpin approaching, and we squeezed ever harder on the brakes and snapped back into second gear in preparation for a single - apex maneuver through turn 2 and the completion of the With a curb weight of 3,373 pounds, the 135i takes some stopping from that kind of speed, especially with the incentive of the Andretti Hairpin approaching, and we squeezed ever harder on the brakes and snapped back into second gear in preparation for a single - apex maneuver through turn 2 and the completion of the with the incentive of the Andretti Hairpin approaching, and we squeezed ever harder on the brakes and snapped back into second gear in preparation for a single - apex maneuver through turn 2 and the completion of the lap.

Conscious that we were entering a live track and the possibility of having to merge with the likes of the Dodge Viper and Audi R8 coming out of the hairpin at any moment, we immediately floored the 135i in second gear, pushing it to the fringes of redline before snapping the shifter forward into third and hugging the left side of the track on the approach to turn 3.

These are tight, hairpin turns with nothing standing between you and that aforementioned plummet other than a few guardrails and cement barriers.

More hairpin turns finish off a lap at COTA, with our base camp set up along pit road.

On Spanish mountains, the roads are filled with hairpins and 90 - degree turns that can throw most cars if their drivers are unprepared, so sensible tourists drive slowly and cautiously, acting as moving road blocks.

The sport sedan takes a hairpin turn with the all - new 2018 Regal Sportback, giving you both an exhilarating drive and surprising versatility.

Beyond that, the Grand Sport I'm in is fitted with the optional Z07 package, which further upgrades the standard Brembo brake package with carbon ceramic - matrix discs, which boast a 60 to 0 stopping distance of under 100 ft. I'm happy to have them at the hairpin awaiting me at the end of the straightaway, allowing me to eke out a touch more speed while standing on them before I dove into the turn.

Visitors who brave the Hana Highway's signature hairpin turns and narrow bridges are rewarded with out - of - this - world views of lush rainforests, gorgeous waterfalls and exotic beaches.

A narrated tour along the legendary road to Hana, with all of its one - lane bridges, hairpin turns, lush rainforest and waterfalls, it winds through some of the most beautiful scenery on Maui.

Check with the front desk for more options like tennis, golf, scuba or snorkeling lessons, helicopter rides, or a guided bike ride down the hairpin turns of Haleakala.

Imagine that you're in a supped up vehicle, ripping through the dirt taking hairpin turns and launching across 70 foot jumps, all while in a closed course with several other racers chomping at the bit for your top spot.

On the other hand, Power Drift was an arcade game that fared poorly on contemporary consoles; and F - Zero compensated for its lack of variable height with intricate tracks that convulsed into hairpin turns and even doubled back on themselves with gaps and jumps.

As a result, the controls are extremely fluid, allowing you to chuck the car around the notoriously tight hairpin turns with ample accuracy.

In fact, only one - fifth of DiRT 2's career events can be considered rally - complete with co-pilot direction and hairpin turns - as Rallycross is strikingly similar to the arcade action found in the other events.

There are many points in the races where you are turning hairpin turns with no walls between them.

The stage surprised us with its many sharp 90 degree bends, and acute and hairpin turns weren't in short supply either.

«WRC 6 captures the pure exhilaration of high speed rally racing, depicting each narrow passageway, grinding hairpin turn and challenging terrain that consistently makes the World Rally Championship an exciting competition for fans around the world,» said Eric Hartness, Vice President of Marketing for BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc. «With online and split - screen modes and challenges for all level of players, WRC 6 is the real deal.»

Why drive around, making hairpin turns when the easiest — and sometimes only way to win — is to collide with your nemesis as soon as possible?

But in the end, I'm so happy with how my new reclaimed barn wood console table with hairpin legs turned out.