Sentences with phrase «balky shifting»

(Balky shifting was a drawback in the Aries and Reliant.)

Brakes and steering are linear, and once you master the balky shifter, the average human can go pretty fast.

Dear reader: If the worst thing an egotistical journalist can say about the Honda Pilot is that it has a balky shifter, you know we've got a pretty good vehicle here.

Also working against the S4 Cabriolet was a balky shifter on the six - speed manual transmission.

The much - maligned Getrag MT82 gearbox of the previous generation is still present, but the shift linkage — long suspected to be the true culprit in the Coyote Mustang's often balky shift action — has been heavily revised, and the improvements are palpable.

Not exact matches

The easy clutch and light shift action are pleasant, but the shifter can be balky when moving into first or reverse.

The 3.8 - liter V - 6 grunts and howls with a dissonance that vibrates the dashboard at high revs, the shifter is a little balky, and the ride is jarring.

The short - throw stick makes it easy to snap through shifts, though at times the action felt balky, and 1st gear occasionally required some force.

That's in stark contrast to the Miura, which has a balky, heavy, and recalcitrant shift linkage — and it's even more impressive given that the Bora's linkage carries your right hand's intentions to the very back of the car.

But most surprising was that the typically finicky, balky 5 - speed manual transmission was a smooth - shifting unit.

I managed to get stuck in deep snow during my test drive, and found it no harder to switch from forward to reverse to forward with the buttons than moving a balky console shifter.

The speed control as well is balky in that the slightest uphill grade causes the transmission to down shift.

A mandatory four - speed automatic replaces the standard five - speed manual of the non-turbo STE. The SHO has lacked broad appeal because it is not available with an automatic, and its five - speed suffers from a sloppy, balky, shifter.

I was a bit dismayed at the uneven feel of the clutch pedal and how balky the transmission felt as the shifter clicked into first and second gears.