Sentences with phrase «clutch pedal»

For manual transmissions, the press clutch pedal light is just a reminder that the clutch needs to be pressed in before the engine can be started.

Hard launches are more or less out of the question, thanks largely to the lack of clutch pedal and launch control.

A slightly depressed clutch pedal wears out your clutch faster and also reduces its efficiency.

A feather - light clutch pedal doesn't fatigue the driver in traffic, but the engagement point could be clearer.

Although the gearbox was easy to shift, the heavy clutch pedal required quite a bit of muscle.

My car's six - speed manual transmission is an absolute joy to use, with relatively short throws and a nicely weighted clutch pedal.

A light clutch pedal makes the driving experience much nicer and at no time do you feel like you need to ride the clutch to get the torque flowing.

The six - speed manual is precise and light, and combined with an equally pleasant clutch pedal, it makes for a car that's a lot of fun to drive.

The six - speed manual transmission offers smooth shifts with slightly long throws and a fairly deep clutch pedal.

The chosen gear was then brought into operation by pressing and releasing the «gear change pedal», which was normally the left pedal, installed in place of the usual clutch pedal.

The test car had an automatic transmission, which eliminated a similar, and, therefore, potentially more annoying clutch pedal.

Well if you press clutch pedal you can turn any speed you like using mostly the initial speed of the car.

A 5 - speed manual transmission is standard equipment, and it features long throws and possibly the lightest clutch pedal we've ever experienced.

The 304 - horsepower (227 kW) 3.6 L V - 6 Direct Injection engine will be standard, equipped with a six - speed manual, featuring a revised clutch and dual - mass flywheel that offers better clutch pedal feel and improved engine isolation.

The technique to double - the - clutch (up shifting) is: press clutch in - shift gear stick to Neutral - release clutch pedal - press clutch in - move gear stick to gear - ease your foot off the clutch.

Coasting in neutral or with clutch pedal depressed.

When clutch pedal is pressed, switch opens and engine brake is automatically deactivated by truck electronic control unit.

Throttle response, brake pedal modulation, brake performance, clutch pedal take - up, gearshift action, steering precision and feel: all I can say is yum, yum, yum, and double yum again.

Buyers will also get stainless steel throttle, brake and clutch pedals as well as a mounting kit to attach the wheel to your desk, table or racing simulator chair like the Playseat.

Old, strained, badly setup (carburation etc.) engines and very cold engines get difficult to keep running during the first 30 seconds - 1 minute if clutch pedal is up.

Ditto to everything Phil said, but let me also mention what I like about the Dodge Caliber SRT4: the handsome, nineteen - inch wheels; the very comfortable and sporty, Recaro - style front seats; and the powertrain, with the 285 - hp turbo four mated to a reasonably decent six - speed Getrag manual with a good clutch pedal.

Both the standard manual and optional Sportshift benefited from a modified clutch and flywheel, reducing clutch pedal efforts and delivering a 0.5 kg weight saving, reducing the rotating masses within the powertrain, and hence increasing engine responsiveness.

The shifter is a little notchy, but clutch pedal action is smooth and easy.

This involved home - grown technology and first of its kind component development like Hall sensor based neutral and clutch pedal sensors, and later a joint venture with Bosch for common rail based vehicles.

The soupy clutch pedal engages gradually, but inconsistently, throughout most of its travel — and, worse, the gas pedal is a hypersensitive all - or - nothing affair.

The steering is lightning - quick, with a well - weighted wheel — not too heavy, not too light — and the springy clutch pedal was a joy to drive even in heavy traffic.

So, if switch becomes faulty, engine brake doesn't work as Truck control unit senses clutch pedal pressed condition.

Auxiliary mechanism added to the release cylinder to substantially reduce the pedal force required to disengage the clutch

Been back to the main dealership for the following, new clutch pedal assembly, replacement of airbag warning switch under passenger seat, blown LED daytime running lights, and the most worrying, a new rear axle, taking four months to get (that's just a joke).

Most cars do have a «clutch pedal spring», but it's only there for anti-rattle purposes.

But it was long enough to know that its gearbox is what we've come to expect from Honda — tight, short throws and easy clutch pedal operation.

Other semi-automatic transmissions have their roots in a conventional manual; the SMG II drivelogic (found in the BMW M3 (E46) is a Getrag 6 - speed manual transmission, but with an electrohydraulically actuated clutch pedal, similar to a Formula One style transmission.

Modified for increased torque load of the base - output diesel engine, the Class - Exclusive available six - speed manual transmission also carries a wear - compensating clutch for like - new clutch pedal performance throughout the life of the drivetrain.

What marks the all new Honda Amaze down is the slightly rubbery diesel gearshift, a tad heavier clutch pedal (over the petrol), cramped rear head room for tall occupants.

It's a driver's car, with an honest - to - God clutch pedal and a naturally aspirated engine that loves to rev. Neither as fast as the Z06 nor as tossable as the Z51, the Grand Sport combines the best aspects of both with serious style and desirability.

With superb throttle response and thrust throughout the rev range and an easy - to - modulate clutch pedal and fluid shifter, I found nothing to gripe about in the driveline.

Both the standard manual stick - shift gearbox and the optional Sportshift ™ transmission benefit from a modified clutch and flywheel, reducing clutch pedal efforts and delivering a 0.5 kg weight saving, reducing the rotating masses within the powertrain, and hence increasing engine responsiveness.

I also prefer the Ford's clutch for ease of operation compared to the Mazda's, which has to be one of the most difficult clutch pedals to come to terms with.

They'll rag on the ligneous shift linkage, hare - trigger clutch pedal, jerky slow starts, unpleasant interior materials, and stereo system that sounds like a boombox in an empty garage.

The stiff, short - travel clutch pedal felt especially strange at the end of a workday during which I had driven our Four Seasons Volkswagen Jetta TDI (one of the smoothest - driving cars I've ever piloted).

The six - speed manual gearbox and the creamy clutch pedal are, in typical BMW fashion, paragons of the breed, and even the new six - speed automatic makes the most of the 214 pound - feet of torque, snapping off shifts in a predictable manner.

Sportomatic drivers still had to shift their own gears, but the addition of a complex vacuum system and torque converter meant that pesky clutch pedal disappeared.

I prefer the 1M's shifter and clutch over those of the M3, whose stick is rubbery and disconnected and whose clutch pedal presents a peculiar, nonlinear resistance through its motion.

You need to pull yourself up close to the inclined steering wheel, in part to ensure you have full reach once pulled down by the shoulder harnesses, but mainly to give your left leg sufficient leverage to depress the hefty clutch pedal.

The Sahara had two transmissions connected to a single hydraulic system, resulting in a single clutch pedal.

It does its job damn near perfectly, but the driver - centric nature of the S3 is perfectly suited for an optional clutch pedal.