Sentences with phrase «gas pedal feel»

Sport mode makes the gas pedal feel more sensitive and responsive and reduces power - steering assistance, which makes the steering wheel feel heavier.

We could do without features such as the Eco Pedal, which makes the gas pedal feel as though a foam brick was shoved behind it.

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Because it's so effective, you can really feel it from the moment you step on the gas pedal.

In the case of the adrenals you can also measure how much you are telling them to work (the gas pedal), and how much they are putting out (the engine), and correlate that to how you feel (whether the car moves or remains still).

With a 3 - ton curb weight to overcome, the 6.2 - liter engine still feels lackadaisical when you floor the gas pedal.

When you step on the long gas pedal, you can tell that the truck is powerful, but it never really feels fast.

The boost works: Nail the gas pedal at practically any speed in any gear, and after waiting a half - beat you'll feel the additional tug.

After letting the clutch out, I feel the engine mapping will not immediately give me back full power even though I've matted the gas pedal.

It feels special then, even before you've thought about pinning the gas pedal to its stop.

Sometimes I can feel the gas pedal vibrating.

Eco mode detunes the gas pedal to make the car feel lifeless and laggy for the first twenty feet at every stoplight until you give up and mash the gas pedal.

The car feels quick if you manhandle the gas pedal, but it's a constant game of wake - me - up.

Plaster the gas pedal again, rage against the g rush, watch the world outside the windshield blur into a bedlam of color and shadow and light, feel yourself be changed.

I tried some dummy actions, with my car shut off and in neutral but it feels too difficult to successfully place my foot on both the brake and gas pedal.

The shifter doesn't offer the best feel, and the engine can be a bit coarse, but when you're aggressive with the gas pedal, you get a great response.

Natural is for the city, as it sees the box upshift early without feeling numb when the gas pedal is prodded.

Braking control is OK, with pedal feel that is on par with most other gas - electric hybrids.â $ Consumer Guide

The transmission shifts smoothly and quietly so passengers won't hear or feel it working, even when you mash on the gas pedal.

Once you feel it is safe to remove your foot from the clutch pedal without fear of the vehicle rolling back, move your right foot fully to the gas pedal and off the brake.

The gas and brake pedals were nicely spaced for heel - toeing with my size 11s, but the clutch pedal's engagement felt a bit vague for the first few trips out.

Downshifts from the 7 - speed torque converter automatic are delivered with less prodding from the gas pedal, and the steering is organic and features actual road feel, a trait that's rapidly diminishing in new cars.

Acceleration felt strangely uneven, but we couldn't determine if that was becuase of difficulty modulating the gas pedal, the transmission, or the engine itself.

I found myself punching the gas pedal at every highway on and off - ramp, simply for the giddy fun of hearing this motor howl and feeling myself pushed against the side bolsters of the seats.

In regular use, the V8 engine's response feels lethargic because the gas pedal must be pressed harder than expected.

Torque feels abundant from very low down, and a squeeze of the gas pedal at anything above 2,000 rpm causes the Eclipse GT to start forward — in the words of Hamlet's Horatio, «like a guilty thing upon some fearful summons.»

And although many of today's automatic transmissions quickly upshift to the highest gear possible and are reluctant to downshift (both strategies are used to boost mpg numbers), the Mazda 6's automatic is responsive to gas pedal inputs and never feels flat - footed when you're initiating highway passing maneuvers.

You'll feel every one of the 390 horses when you put your foot on the gas pedal.

A tension can be felt through the gas pedal.

Salinas drivers will feel this torque with the lightest touch of the gas pedal, so you don't struggle to get going with a trailer attached.

All of these are great cars, but... Shortly after I entered the two - tone leather appointed cabin, opened the nearly entire roof's worth of sunroof, mashed the gas pedal, and dumped that buttery clutch... I fell in love with that feeling.

You can still hear the engine crank if you listen for it and feel the slightest bit of hesitation if you jump too quickly from the brake to the gas pedal, but for casual around - town cruising, this is one of the most transparent, nonhybrid stop - start systems that I've ever tested.

And when you're operating largely on gas - engine power, you get a lengthy delay between pushing the pedal and feeling the acceleration.

And although many automatic transmissions in cars that boast high mpg numbers quickly upshift to the highest gear possible and are reluctant to downshift, the Mazda 6's automatic is responsive to gas pedal inputs and never feels flat - footed when you're initiating highway passing maneuvers.

The brakes feel smooth and linear, but on this car they sink low, too far below the gas pedal if you're trying to heel - toe brake.

Unless you mash the gas pedal into the carpet, you can't feel the gears change.

While it is peppy and gets great gas mileage, I find that the pedals are in awkward positions for me and don't have a ton of feel.

In this mode, stamping the gas pedal made it feel as if the car had to gather its power up before it would unleash it all with locomotivelike power.

I didn't expect to be pushed back in my seat by acceleration, and I wasn't, but I felt like the gas pedal had more than a nodding acquaintance with the engine operating system.

I want something that resembles a car steering wheel or maybe get that fake feel of actually driving (minus the gas pedals).