Sentences with phrase «with stiff ride»

It doesn't beat up the driver and passenger with a stiff ride, and it doesn't lean much while cornering.

It's a sport compact that's a little rough around the edges, with a stiff ride, a gearbox that doesn't have the best shifter and a tricky clutch.

There's an impressive array of technology, and as long as you're OK with a stiff ride — a byproduct of the Q70's emphasis on driving performance — you'll have little to complain about.

Those who opt for bigger wheels must contend with a stiff ride.

Couple that with a stiff ride and a look - at - me wing, and the GT R really stops making sense as a road car.

The SQ5 is the most aggressive of the Q5s, with a stiff ride, but excellent performance credentials.

In the past, these tires tended to drive with stiffer ride characteristics and more modest levels of mechanical grip.

Not exact matches

And it not only looks like a boxy 4WD, I found it really felt like one too with a rather stiff ride and a less than nimble footprint.

The ride is smooth and straight with 16 - inch high - pressure slick wheels, fixed front wheel, adjustable tracking knob, stiff 3 - inch shock absorbers and suspension system.

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The ride is harsher than ever, thanks to stiff - sidewall tires, big wheels, and a firm suspension setup; the steering is tuned with even more precision and communication.

Additionally, both the standard suspension and adaptive PASM suspension, which drops ride height by 0.43 inch, are retuned with stiffer shocks, springs, and anti-roll bars, and for the first time Porsche offers a sport PASM option for the S, which decreases ride height by 0.86 inch.

At the same time, ride becomes a little stiffer with thinner side wall.

Without sacrificing ride comfort, your car can run with far stiffer springs — in the case of the Porsche 911 GT3 RS, twice as stiff as standard — reducing squat, dive and roll, and keeping the tyres in better contact with the road surface, while improving steering response and stability, too.

When engineers in markets like the U.S. tried to retune them, the cars were still compromised, often combining stiff rides with flabby handling.

The ride can feel firm over certain surfaces but otherwise shrugs off most imperfections (helped by a stiff structure and those comfortable seats), and the steering feels precise with predictable movements of the nose as soon as you begin to turn into a corner.

Ride and handling > The Focus RS is pretty stiff for UK roads, with the harsh figety ride not settling until you reach higher speRide and handling > The Focus RS is pretty stiff for UK roads, with the harsh figety ride not settling until you reach higher speride not settling until you reach higher speeds.

For those craving more edge, early 2002 saw the debut of the Sport 135 (133bhp, 0 - 60mph in 5.3 sec, also available as a stiffer - riding R version) and the seriously hardcore Sport 190, with its 187bhp VHPD K - series.

With the PASM setting in normal mode, the ride is stiff (as would be expected in cars like this) but not uncomfortable.

Seventeen - inch wheels with a 225/45 tyre are fitted to each corner and the R - Line also has a lower ride height and stiffer spring and damper rates.

In the case of the ATS - V, however, the marriage of the stiffer suspension with GM's ever - improving, third - gen Magnetic Ride Control is a thing of glorious revolution.

Along with the 429 - hp V - 8, the new top trim includes firmer steering and a stiffer ride, but the tweaks add up to a car that's pretty mild to be wearing the name R - Spec.

I have not heard anyone with a GT3 complain about a stiff ride, as usually they know what they bought.

The chassis has been tweaked with slightly softer springs and dampers all round and a stiffer rear torsion beam and front anti-roll bar - both by 33 per cent - in an effort to improve both ride quality and handling precision.

The new chassis — shared with the Hyundai Elantra — is stiffer than the one on the outgoing Forte and has a longer wheelbase to improve ride quality.

The biggest difference we could suss out was the way it rides, with much firmer damping, stiffer springs, extra camber on the tires, and adjusted shock valving.

The ride is firmer than that of the 911 R; its stiff carbon - fiber structure with double wishbones at the front and a multilink rear seems to transmit noise and texture just like any other low, wide, carbon fiber - built supercar.

In this form, ride quality is taut but not stiff, and the crossover coped well with L.A.'s varied road surfaces.

Ride quality is firm and sometimes jarring, getting stiffer with more aggressive settings.

Play around with the driving modes and the chassis becomes stiffer and consequently the ride does suffer.

As with previous Swift Sport models, the newcomer also gets a raft of chassis modifications, including a lower ride height and stiffer springs and dampers.

With the base dampers, the Evo still has a stiff yet fairly forgiving ride.

Of course, the GT4 is a stiffer - sprung car than the standard models, which gives it even tauter body control and roll resistance, but in proper Porsche Motorsport tradition is also rides a bumpy road surface with abundant damping quality.

The 2004 Mazdaspeed Miata package is quite fabulous as is, with its newly turbocharged, 178 - horsepower engine (that's 25 percent more than the base car), tuned suspension (larger front and rear antiroll bars, stiffer springs, tuned Bilstein dampers, lowered ride height, and retuned engine mounts), quickened steering response, and striking five - spoke Racing Hart alloy wheels wrapped in Toyo Proxes R28 P205 / 40R -17 high - performance unidirectional tires.

Ride height is lowered by 10 mm compared to the regular GT's and there's a 15 per cent increase in the front camber angle in conjunction with stiffer air springs and bushes.

With the air springs, the car rides comfortably, closer to stiff than soft.

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.

The steering is very quick off - center, and that, combined with a stiff, busy ride, made this a nervous car to push quickly — oh, so quickly — along the mottled two - lanes around Elkhart Lake.

Sport suspension with 10 - millimeter - lower ride height, stiffer springs and Koni dual - rate dampers

This engine is matched with a firmer suspension springs (about 10 percent), a lower ride height, stiffer anti-roll bars, and 225 / 45R -18 Continental ContiSportContact5 summer - performance tires on eighteen - inch wheels.

It likely has the stiffest and roughest ride of any car you can get with a warranty, but like most things, you get used to it.

The Sorento doesn't drive horribly, but its ride borders on the stiff side; competitors, notably the Honda Pilot, offer similar interior space along with a smoother, softer ride quality better suited for long treks with the family.

It's stiff - legged, with a rigid but not back - breaking ride and a rudimentary four - wheel - drive system with low range — there's no leaving this in four - wheel drive on dry pavement unless you are a fan of axle binding in corners.

Sonic RS models also gain unique suspension tuning, which bundles a lower ride height with stiffer springs and dampers.

Rather than having stiff handling German road manners and jarring ride quality, the Audi pampers you with a well dampened ride and still manages to hold up under hard driving conditions without understeer and or a sloppy feel.

Principle Changes From The Factory Included Upgraded Chassis, Suspension & Brakes, Which In Turn Reduced The Ride Height By 5 mm With Stronger And Stiffer Springs, Increased Front Break Disc «s To 378 mm Diameter, Better Geared Steering Increased By 20 % From The Original Vanquish, Nine Spoke Lightweight Aston Martin Magnesium Alloy Wheels And Further Special Interior Enhancements.

The Sonic RS also features a tuned suspension setup, with lowered ride height, stiffer springs and performance - tuned dampers.

With stiffer springs and a lower ride height, yes.

The ride, which was already stiff in the base Sportage, becomes worse with the SX version.

It is a smooth and easy going car with a pleasant ride, but taking on options will have an effect on the ride: the 18 - inch tires will make occupants feel road imperfections and the run flat tires will make the ride stiff and lumpy.