Sentences with phrase «clutch pedal engages»

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Unimpressed by the efficiency and quickness of modern dual - clutch gearboxes, a number of purist Ferrari owners still prefer to engage their gears with a depression of the leftmost pedal and throw of the arm.

The prompt clutch engagement is helpful, however, in clicking off quick shifts given the pedal doesn't have to move far to engage the newly selected gear.

While the third pedal has a relatively long stroke, the clutch makes contact and fully engages in a tiny fraction of that travel.

And though the long - travel pedal is heavy and offset too far to the right, the clutch itself engages progressively and positively.

There's no clutch pedal, so engaging first gear is simply a matter of tickling the paddle shifter.

Further complicating matters is a clutch pedal that engages high in its travel and over considerable distance, making it a challenge to locate a consistent engagement point.

Doors slam, first gears are engaged with everything from a clutch pedal and a gearlever to a rotating knob, and one by one the cavalcade begins to crunch across the gravel and out onto the road.

The semi-automatic transmission can be engaged in manual mode wherein one can up - shift or down - shift using the console - mounted shifter selecter or the paddle shifters just behind the steering wheel, without the need of a clutch pedal.

Also known as a clutchless manual transmission or an automatic manual transmission, the semi-automatic transmission differs from a fully automatic transmission in that gears do not change automatically but rather it allows you to manually change gears without the need of engaging and disengaging the clutch pedal yourself.

When you push the clutch pedal, brake fluid flows from the clutch master cylinder to the slave cylinder, applying the pressure necessary to move (engage) the clutch.

Traditional manual transmissions use a driver controlled clutch where the driver presses and releases a clutch pedal which engages and disengages the engine from the transmission.

The bad: at 60 miles an ignition cable connector on the steering column became loose, payed to get it towed to the dealer, 6 hour wait and didn't get reimbursed for the tow, seats are extremely uncomfortable, clutch pedal creaks, the carpeting is all frayed, first gear impossible to engage unless completely stopped, radio labels are wearing off, bed makes loud noises over every pothole, shift stick boot fell through.

At highway speeds, the gasoline engine is able to engage a lock - up clutch and directly drive the wheels in what — for most cars — would be a sixth - gear ratio, but when you squeeze the pedal to accelerate again, the gas engine disconnects and hands control back over to the electric motor.

Switch off the traction control and rev the engine to about 3,000 or 3,500 rpm then engage the clutch, modulate the pedal to just before the point at which you get axle tramp and zoom - zoom, off you go.

As in the Focus RS, the driver simply engages launch control, engages first gear, stomps on the throttle and then side - steps the clutch pedal.

When you leave from a standstill, the dual clutches in a DCT transmission engage, just as if you had pushed your foot to the floor on the clutch pedal in a manual transmission.

Based on manual transmission technology, a dual - clutch transmission uses a computer and servos to select gears and engage and disengage the clutches, instead of requiring the driver to push a clutch pedal.

With this engaged, you can leave your left foot planted in the brake pedal as you downshift without having to come off and feather the throttle as you let the clutch out.

It's a six - speed dual - clutch automatic that shifts more like a manual box, but without the driver having to engage a clutch pedal.