Sentences with phrase «gear shifts feel»

Unfortunately, manual gear shifts feel a little soft, with the usual torque converter slushiness, but the car won't overrule your choice of gear.

The gear shifts feel a lot quicker than before and the brakes feel better than before.

This VW makes you feel like a great driver with its precise steering, transmission in which the clutch and gear shifter feel like extensions of your feet and hands, and a 2.0 - liter turbo that rewards you with a steady stream of power that's available throughout its wide rev band.

The clutch and gear shifter felt good.

Not exact matches

As a result, in Sport mode while letting the eight - speed auto shift gears, I got to feel some firm downshifts — that might bother some drivers, but I considered it to be in the spirit of what Sport mode should be all about.

The transmission's gauges are gone so he takes the Camaro through the gears manually, feeling his way through the shifts by sound.

I really feel for parents of teens who have to shift gears.

Olympic marathon it feels sometimes, as if you are racing against your own self and all that life throws at you, which is a lot as you try to shift gears.

Asked by reporters today what was behind his apparent shift in gear, Cameron replied: «If I'm getting lively about it it's because I feel bloody lively about it!»

«What we believe this means is that smokers who just quit have a more difficult time shifting gears from inward thoughts about how they feel to an outward focus on the tasks at hand,» said Lerman, who also serves as the Mary W. Calkins professor in the Department of Psychiatry.

When you are out on the road, you can shift gears, lean through the turns, feel the wind on the faces.

Constant gear shifting makes the pacing feel uneven and the underlying message disjointed despite the intriguing premise.

As the film shifts gear from engaging buddy movie to violent thriller, whilst juggling tonal shifts from the moody, gritty and intense to the comedic and surreal, what would perhaps normally feel cluttered, fragmented or in - cohesive, Maclean relishes in the juxtaposition he creates, handling the tonal shifts with confidence, skill and utter conviction.

This effectively creates an extremely claustrophobic atmosphere, and this feeling is amplified with the near - perfect pace as the film shifts through the gears.

The shifts between characters, between acting gears exist to be briefly amused by, not felt or internalized.

It is a gear shift downward, and if it can't help but feel deflating overall, there is still something sweet in the film's sadness.

That type of transmission eliminates the bump you feel when a transmission shifts gears, and that's nice, but it also means the engine just kind of groans when you accelerate aggressively.

I'm soon climbing steep grades, dropping into fourth gear with the Mustang's precise and mechanical - feeling shifter as Breckenridge comes into view late in the evening.

Also, the short - throw shifter feels fantastic when you first toggle through the gears while stationary but once rolling, it takes a very firm hand to grab the next gear.

I sometimes will feel first or reverse being blocked, so I slowly let out the clutch while gently pushing on the shifter, and it will go into gear.

The wait to get through first gear is a long one — you'll be nearing freeway speeds before you feel the first shift.

With seven gears that can be controlled via paddles or left to self - shift when you're feeling lazy, it trumps the E55's tally of five ratios.

The problem in 3rd / 4th and 5th gears are feeling while the accelerator's starting position immediatly after the gear shift.

The eight - speed automatic transmission is gelato - smooth with practically imperceptible shifts, making the LS feel almost like a single - gear electric car.

I have a feeling it may be transmission related as when it occurs, I shift into neutral and I send the RPMs up to 4000, it is only when it is in gear it starts to surge after about 1 hour of use.

Unless you look at the tach, you don't feel that the gears have shifted.

It definitely works hard and requires frequent shifting to get the most out of it, but the standard five - speed manual's shifter has good feel and weight, and clutch takeup is natural, so it's quite entertaining to run up and down the gears.

Shifts come quick enough in manual mode from the paddle - shiftable dual - clutch gearbox (borrowed with some improvements from the Dodge Dart and Alfa Giulietta) when you don't feel like dictating every shift, the auto mode does a reasonable job of predicting when you'd like to drop a cog or shift into top gear.

When I do this, I feel some resistance before going to the next gear, but since my goal is to shift quickly, the force I'm applying pushes straight through into next gear.

Most everything you touch feels rich (which was not necessarily the case with the last FX), from the magnesium shift levers to the weighty gear selector.

The five - speed manual transmission has that long - lost shift quality that only Ferraris of a certain age can deliver: a deliberate, weighty feel that's initially tight as you take the lever out of one gear, then frees up as you cross the gate before tightening once more as the next gear slots home.

The long - throw, light - effort shifter feels spring - loaded so that even the limpest of wrists can easily engage the next gear.

The short - throw stick makes it easy to snap through shifts, though at times the action felt balky, and 1st gear occasionally required some force.

A new rotary gear shift dial is standard across the Fusion range, offering a high - tech and functional experience combined with a low - profile design for a spacious - feeling cabin.

For ultimate involvement there is the option of a six - speed manual gearbox, or if you want to feel closer to the racer within, a seven - speed Sportshift II paddle shift transmission offers incredibly fast gear changes and allows you to focus completely on the road ahead and revel in the V8 howl.

Other minor complaints included a transmission that tended to shift out of first gear too quickly, high - beam headlamps that didn't reach as far as we'd like, excessive wind noise from the rear side windows, and seat cushions that some behinds felt were too flat.

Paired with an eight - speed automatic transmission that can be switched to manual mode and controlled by paddle shifters, you can grab as low a gear as you want and feel that power surge up the inclines for several thousand rpm before grabbing the next gear, though it was rare to get beyond fourth gear on this climb.

However, the shifter isn't as impressive; some of the gear - to - gear exchanges feel less precise than we might prefer.

For a 180ish HP engine, I have not felt like there was not enough power at any time - even in the Eco mode of the transmission, which has three modes plus fully manual shifting (1 - 6th gear).

For a racing - style driving feel or greater control over gear shifting, go with the Sport for the addition of paddle shifters.

In many respects, it feels like a twin - clutch box — such is the authority of the gear selection and speed of the shifts.

These help you smoothly shift into each gear and when they go out, it feels like you're trying to shift without using the clutch.

Shifting from first to second gear in a manual transmission requires accuracy and practice, as well as a feel for the car.

The shifter doesn't feel mechanical — BMW doesn't try to disguise that each movement activates an electronic gear shift.

The six - speed manual's gate could have been a little tighter, as the shifter felt a little sloppy going through the gears, and the narrow power band made for a lot of shifting.

There's also Audi's Drive Select system that tweaks throttle response, gear - shift points and steering feel.

Where the old software provided almost lazy shifts that felt delayed by a half - second from the time you flicked a paddle to the time the transmission responded, the new program bangs up and down the gears as soon as you command it to.

There are four drive modes to choose from — altering steering feel, gear shift and engine response — bigger front brakes (+25 mm to 305 mm), 17 - inch alloy wheels with space - saver spare and, of course, Hyundai's acclaimed locally - tuned strut / multi-link suspension which will soon also feature under the next - gen i30.

Since the transmission shifts gears slowly and the Edge weighs almost two tonnes (1,950 kg / 4, 299 lb), it doesn't feel like a 207 hp vehicle on the road — and that's a shame.

Other manufacturers really have a thing or two to learn from Mazda when it comes to making a gear lever feel good when shifting - they have short and precise throws, they are stiff but not overly and the result is pure pleasure for stick shift fans.