Sentences with phrase «before upshifting»

Select «Sport» for quicker acceleration, as the transmission allows the engine to rev higher before upshifting.

Get quicker downshifts, higher revs before upshifting, or go into full manual mode with the paddle shifters.

But put that foot down and the engine seemed to protest mightily; the transmission held on to gears until a noisy 4,000 - 5,000 rpm before upshifting clumsily.

Once you hit the 6900 RPM redline, you hear a sensational «braap» from the exhaust before upshifting.

In Manual mode, the Q3 will hold gears till 7000 RPM (in lower gears) before upshifting.

Likewise, under acceleration you can let the tach needle slip past the two o'clock position before upshifting.

The Drive mode is tuned to keep engine rpm low, but Sport holds the transmission in its lower gears longer before upshifting.

It's also a shame that if you snag the limiter you get a stuttering pause before the upshift — like you're being punished for your clumsiness.

I could leave the PDK in automatic, and it rewarded me by downshifting as I braked, picking the right gear for my speed and brushing redline before its upshifts.

The jerkiness of the transmission is very apparent and there is a pause before an upshift happens.

However, the engine moan at high revs generally induced me to let the tach needle swing around to 5,000 and even 6,000 before I upshifted, potentially masking lag.

Not exact matches

Transaxle choices include a 3 - speed automatic or fully adaptive 4 - speed electronic automatic, which if run too hard in low gear will automatically upshift to second before it redlines.

It's very good at upshifting on maximum momentum with minimum intermission and puts a smile on your face with noisy throttle blips before downshifting.

We shifted the 2014 Porsche Cayman in fourth gear halfway down the runway, and it stayed in fourth gear until just before the finish line when we had to upshift one last time.

The violent full - throttle upshifts on straightaways are not for anyone who's protecting a lower spine injury, but the 457 lb - feet of torque helps us to readily find 120 mph before stamping on the brake and letting the six - piston front calipers settle the nose in advance of the next turn.

One noteworthy change for PDK versions comes down on the side of race cars or Mazdas: Pressing the handsome shift lever forward now elicits a downshift as it should, rather than an upshift as before.

The Toyota four's two - stage cams go into banshee power mode at about 6000 rpm, so first and second gears give only a split - second taste of the engine's full juice before it's time to upshift.

For example, this allows delayed upshifts for increased acceleration, increased engine braking, gear holding in curves, downshifting before passing, or early upshifting for cruising.

The bellowing birturbo V8 in both models spins so quickly to its 6750rpm limiter in the lower gears of the eight - speed tiptronic auto that you need to be ready to flick the upshift paddle well before you get there.

There is an engaging snappiness to each gear change, although shifting does require some heft and determination from the driver, especially on the upshifts, before delivering its best.

An upshift display flashing on in the rev counter shortly before the engine reaches the appropriate speed helps the driver shift gears at exactly the right points.

There's a strong rush of performance post 1,900 rpm that sees the needle hurriedly hit the 4,500 rpm redline before the transmission swiftly upshifts to the next gear.

Rather than dropping quickly to a lower engine speed in preparation for an upshift, the Si's engine holds its speed for a second or so before dropping, which makes timing the clutch engagement for smooth shifting difficult.

It hit 60 mph in second gear, just before hitting redline, and an upshift to third showed the 135is just had more to give.

We're not sure about the Tiptronic; it's fun to play with and fairly quick to react when the lever is bumped to change up or down, but we saw it upshift (while in the manual «Tiptronic» mode) a few times on its own well before redline.

Actually, after the first lap, Paul told me to look at the digital rev counter atop the steering column and not upshift before I reached the red zone.

On the well - known fishhook bend at Goulburn's Wakefield Park, it is possible to hold a slide for several seconds so long as you remember to upshift before the Stinger reaches its 6250rpm cut out.

In transmission mode «M», the driver is also prompted to perform an upshift shortly before the rpm limit is reached.

If you do nothing and drive in manual, the car will linger in a given gear as long as possible before automatically upshifting.

As another means of helping fuel economy, the seven - speed manual transmission shunts the shifter from second to fifth in a casual upshift, a trick Chevy has used before.

At light loads, the gearbox will upshift at about 2,200 rpm, but drive hard and it will hold to about 6,300 rpm before shifting to the next ratio.