Sentences with phrase «with road grip»

Not exact matches

There are certainly merits to traveling long - term with your little ones, but in reality, you need to do a few dummy run holidays to get a grip of the logistics of being on the road as a family.

Not only are the tires made to grip all types of surfaces, but also the frames are equipped with high - tech suspension to absorb bumps and wobbles from the road.

This friction normally allows the car to «grip» the road — keeping the tires in contact with the relatively rough road surface, and the driver of the car in control.

Once you can do the 20 reps with two hands it is time to start the long road to progressing to the one arm chin up and the next stage is to tie a towel, thick rope or belt over the bar which you grip with one hand whilst the other arm grabs the bar in the normal way.

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice begins by running us through young Bruce Wayne's oft - documented parental trauma once more before catching up with him as an embittered, incredibly ripped fortysomething who's maybe losing his grip a little, living down the road from the burned remains of Wayne Manor with his butler - turned - co-conspirator Alfred (Jeremy Irons).

LiveTrack 3.0: Dynamic road surface transitions affect vehicle performance, grip, and handling in real - time with bleeding - edge tire physics and surface deformities

But as in the Talking Heads song, they are both on the Road to Nowhere and somehow Tom has to come to grips with failure and regain his humanity, while looking out for his brother and his new family.

Ass Backwards follows two self - proclaimed stylish New Yorkers with a fragile grip on reality who take a road trip back to their hometown to claim the beauty pageant crown that eluded them as children.

The fitment of semi-slick Yokohama Advan tyres endows this Mugen with more grip than power; we'd prefer a good set of road tyres and a bit more playfulness.

I pull my snowmobiles with it into all kinds of winter conditions and it handles and grips the road with confidence.

It doesn't grip as hard, its front wheels don't bite into the road with quite as much eagerness — nor send as much information to the steering wheel rim — and its rear axle doesn't feel quite as inclined to aid with direction changes.

No, it doesn't have the immaculate polish and homogenous tactility of the Porsche — the brakes are over-assisted at road speeds and it lacks the remarkable pliancy and supple body control of the Cayman — but it counters with scintillating overtaking ability, greater levels of mechanical grip and a handling balance that's almost as sweet.

perfectly matched; grip is strong and the suspension puts you in touch with the road but isn't dictated by it, smothering large and small bumps with equal effectiveness.

To help in the truck's road - free missions, the Raptor is now offered with beadlock - capable aluminum wheels from that can aid in finding grip in low - traction situations.

It feels darty and nervous, the steering seems ludicrously fast and so light that you can't get any feel for the grip available, and the car just can't cope with the vicious lumps of this moorland road.

The steering itself is direct and precise with a reasonable amount of feel, but what's really extraordinary is the grip the front axle claws out of the road surface.

With about 500 pounds of downforce, the car offers less aerodynamic grip than the RS 3 LMS, but you still feel it working, and it allows for carrying serious speed through Road Atlanta's quicker turns.

While I imagine few people buy an Outlander Sport with the intention of serious off - roading, that kind of agility translates to better grip in bad weather.

The snow was falling at a rate of about 2 inch an hour and about 6 inches snow on the road and I could drive this vwhicle at 55 - 60 MPH with excellent visibility, road grip, stabiltiy and braking.

The Bridgestone Blizzak LM001 uses a directional tread pattern with wide shoulder blocks for lateral grip on clear, dry, or wet roads.

The venue was a very wet Herefordshire, which immediately highlighted a weakness with the 130: on damp, muddy roads, rear grip was a real problem.

It's the newest iteration of Michelin's most focused road tire and it offers loads of dry - weather grip, combined with far better wet - weather characteristics than the old Pilot Sport Cup tire, which was used on the 997 - generation 911 GT3.

Those thin tyres are designed more with low rolling resistance in mind than lateral grip as well so it's all too easy to overcome their hold on the road - especially in the wet.

With a significant input into the steering wheel and a lift of the throttle you can force the rear tyres to relinquish their grip of the road, but so swiftly is it caught by the stability control (even with the traction control in sport handling mode) and so mighty is the E43's traction when you get back on the throttle that there's little incentive to try and pWith a significant input into the steering wheel and a lift of the throttle you can force the rear tyres to relinquish their grip of the road, but so swiftly is it caught by the stability control (even with the traction control in sport handling mode) and so mighty is the E43's traction when you get back on the throttle that there's little incentive to try and pwith the traction control in sport handling mode) and so mighty is the E43's traction when you get back on the throttle that there's little incentive to try and play.

It's as smooth as a George Clooney pickup line on imperfect roads and as sharp as one of his Italian suits in the corners, with just enough compliance to enhance the feedback and sufficient mechanical grip to give the best two - seat sports cars a run for their euros.

The Macan has an optional off - road mode that adjusts shift points and vehicle speed on the fly, and its all - wheel - drive system works with Porsche Traction Management to move power to the wheel or wheels with the most grip.

Driving the Corvette Grand Sport on any road with this much power, grip, and chassis balance means it probably views us with disdain, rolling its eyes at our feeble attempts to explore its limits.

The steering weights up nicely with speed but never feels very lively and the front tyres squeal when pushed hard rather than the chassis indulging in any firecracker tail - led antics.The GT goes from grip to slip progressively and didn't frustrate when we stumbled upon a gloriously sinuous and deserted road.

They've wisely adopted the softer chassis settings introduced just before MGR went under so that it no longer batters your back over scabby roads yet remains a handy amount of grip that makes it one of those cars that's incredibly easy to hustle quickly and neatly across country, even though the quick steering could do with a snatch more feedback.

In fact, only with the combination of disabled stability control and aggressive throttle application will you learn the RWS is two - wheel drive — and then the transition from grip to slip comes so quickly, aided by the pendulum effect of that giant engine, that you'll need to be wide awake to gather it all up, particularly on the road.

The three - spoke steering wheel moves in your hands a great deal on the road as it reports everything the front wheels are absorbing, but the car is never thrown off line and with the lightest of grips you can edge it to where you want it to go, the front end faithfully obeying every input like a child that's been promised Ben & Jerry's if they finish their homework within the hour.

The optimum is an early apex but in most cases feeling for this needs care only in a very powerful car with limited grip or when the road is wet.

The cabin went blurry with sound, a twin - turbocharged, 4.0 - liter V - 8 snapping at the universe through a side - exit exhaust, the front tires begging for grip as the hood tilted skyward for a moment, obscuring the road ahead.

A 592bhp saloon with massive reserves of grip requires a significant and almost dangerous commitment to speed to come alive on public roads, but an old E34 M5 is a model of all - speeds feedback.

On tricky wet / dry roads you get plenty of information from the front tyres (here mounted on optional 18in rims) about available grip, so you can turn in with confidence and commitment, which is a sure sign the chassis is a good» un.

The braking was strong too and, with the grip from the Michelin Pilot Super Sport tyres, the overall pace down the road was pretty high.

Its thin - rimmed steering wheel performs an interpretive dance in your hands, sharing with you its fascination with changing road surfaces, cambers, and grip levels.

And if you're smooth with your inputs, it's a dynamic layer you don't have to explore if you don't want it, since the Brabus generates perfectly respectable levels of grip, and the greater natural stability of this model, compared to its predecessor, means you can find a flow down most roads.

BMW says the new M5 sets new benchmarks for lateral grip and handling, and implies the car can be taken from road to track with only minimal preparation.

The SL63 handles impressively deftly, with the right combination of button presses on the transmission tunnel panel (gearbox to manual, ESP to Sport Handling mode, dampers in Comfort) creating a vivacious car rarely flummoxed by craggy British roads and with plenty of mechanical grip.

Combine the steering changes with the other chassis upgrades on the road — a more compliant ride despite stiffer Exige Cup dampers, improved body control, increased grip levels and the more relaxed nature and settled movements on poor road surfaces — and the Sport 350 draws you in.

Lots of grip, good body control, and strong brakes with linear pedal feel make this car a confident companion on back roads.

On dry roads you know exactly where you are in terms of available grip, and that confidence remains even when the road is slick with rain.

The systems that I do manage to fathom, like sign recognition, work well, but it would take days to get to grips with them all, and obviously of more interest to us is how the Focus drives on a decent bit of road, such as the Col de Vence.

Fortunately, the GLS63 is anything but a vehicular albatross; the amalgamation of AMG power and grip with Mercedes luxury and comfort make it a road - trip delight.

As with other Lancia models from this era the car focuses more on smoothness and poise instead of outright sportiness, and thanks to its unique (for the segment) FWD layout, it offers excellent grip and road manners.

In interaction with Porsche Stability Management (PSM), the system provides better traction and greater driving stability not least on road surfaces with varying grip as well as in the wet and snow.

Whether you're faced with inclement weather or just out enjoying the twisting back road, you'll have the grip of AWD on your side.

Continental have constructed the ContiSportContact 5 with a supple «macro-block» design - this works to increases the total contact area between the tyre and road surface for added grip when cornering.

Stability is also improved on road surfaces with varying grip as well as in the wet and snow.