Sentences with phrase «for upshifts»

I was constantly commanding gear changes with Evo's console mounted shifter, which much to my delight is oriented in a push up for downshift and pull back for upshift position.

Touch the rev limiter before pulling for an upshift, and there is a frustrating delay.

Buttons on the console select gears, or automatic / manual control, with the left paddle for downshifts, right for upshifts.

This is done with the vehicle's paddle shifters, an alternative to traditional performance vehicles use of steering wheel mounted paddles for upshift and downshift of their mechanical transmission.

Nice touches include a tachometer that changes color from black to white as soon as you activate sport mode and paddles with contrasting shift weights: it's featherlight for upshifts, but downshifts require a high - effort tug.

«Hate the up for downshift, down for upshift,» he said.

Most diesels, even high - output modern ones, dispense their power in a sudden burst of thrust, followed by a pause for an upshift.

The switch between gears can be smooth if you get your technique sorted and lift off the throttle the exact moment the «box goes for an upshift, but when you start to push on the delay between you pulling the right hand paddle and the gear hitting home increases and frustrates with equal measure.

While you don't need to use the clutch for upshifts or downshifts, Higgins recommended it, for better metering out the engine's torque between shifts.

We see also that the odd steering - wheel - mounted shift buttons (with two for upshifts on the rim's front, and two for downshifts on the rear) have gone away.

If you opt to manually select gears with the paddles, shift response is OK for upshifts, but a bit lazy when you try to go down gears.

Sport shift can be selected by flicking the lever into the sequential mode, providing more apparent downshifts and retention of gears for upshifts.

When in automatic transmission mode, higher speeds will be required for upshifting and downshifts will be quicker.

This can be frustrating, particularly when the software opts for an upshift at the same moment as you, resulting in a two - ratio jump when you only wanted one.

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.

-- A Tremec seven - speed manual with active rev matching for upshifts and downshifts.

The dual - clutch unit responds nearly instantaneously to calls for upshift, but will baulk at requests for downshift above half tach.

The transmission features a manual shift mode that is activated by moving the shifter to the left and rocking the lever back for rev - matched downshifts and up for upshifts.

You can still shift gears manually by bumping the gear lever fore and aft (forward for downshifts, backward for upshifts) but who wants to do that?

For 2018, the DCT rev ceiling for upshifts has been raised to 7,500 rpm to make more use of the engine's peak power

I found the seven speed gets a little confusing in the upper reaches, where it was easy to end up downshifting to five when looking for an upshift to seven.

Shifting with the DCT is effortless, merely requiring a pull on the left paddle for downshift and the right for an upshift.

Alternatively, the driver can also change gear manually using the standard - fitted shift paddles on the steering wheel — the right - hand paddle for upshifts, the left - hand paddle for downshifts.

Pulling back for downshifts and pushing forward for upshifts is puzzling when most other companies place the downshift paddle on the left and the upshift paddle on the right.

We don't care for the wheel - mounted paddle shifters, small, thick protuberances that you push for a downshift and pull for an upshift.

To shift manually, either nudge the gearshift lever into its left gate and pull it back for upshifts and shove it forward for downshifts.

Pull back on the paddle for an upshift a few hundred revs below the redline and the engine is tagging the limiter by the time the transmission has shifted up.

For upshifts, the vehicle must be driven and shifted within the valid torque window (green zone in torque display in Star Diagnosis).

The Sport mode, in which shifts occur at higher engine speeds, is engaged by moving the lever leftward from D; the Manual mode is engaged when the driver manually chooses a gear by tipping the lever (or shift paddles) forward (for downshifts) or rearward (for upshifts).

The driver initiates shifts with either the console shift lever (tip forward for downshifts, rearward for upshifts) or «paddles» on the steering wheel (left paddle for downshifts, right for upshifts).

For the new model, these have been reconfigured for more intuitive operation, with one paddle for upshifts and the other for making smooth, matched - rev downshifts.

We don't really care for BMW's paddles, thick growths on the wheel spokes that you push in for a downshift and pull back for an upshift.

So we tried the shift paddles — push for an upshift, pull for down.

Mini fits the steering wheel with paddles for shifting, in BMW - style using a push down for a downshift, or a pull for an upshift.

The automatic shifter does allow manual control with the correct shift pattern — back for upshift, forward for down — but that's not really the point.

The automatic allows manual shifting with a nudge of the gear selector — left for downshifting, right for upshifting.

Touchtronic can be activated by either the gear lever (forward for upshift, back for downshift) or by using steering wheel mounted «+» and «- «buttons.