Sentences with phrase «in the second gear»

He noted that the vehicle broke down all the time, tended to get «stuck» in second gear, and was primarily «hand - built.»

Is Henderson at his absolute best actually better than Jack even in second gear?

His performance yesterday night went back to being a bit lazy once again but the fact that he was played centrally behind Danny Welbeck meant that he could still shine while in second gear.

Decided no mas and has been in second gear since then

Again and again I drove the Lancia in a tight circle, stomping on the gas in second gear at 40 mph until I felt dizzy.

You can see the next two results a spirited 1 - 1 draw with Barcelona playing in second gear, going out and 2 - 0 loss to Everton ending our season.

30 min: Half an hour gone at a pretty subdued Camp Nou and Barcelona still in second gear.

Played in second gear for most of the 90 minutes, much to Schalke's relief.

They beat Arsenal in second gear.

The AV Club's Noel Murray also sees «a beautiful and rewarding film,» while Slant admits, «This may be a feather - light doodle, but it's a ravishingly beautiful one by a great artist in second gear.»

If you can't face the challenge, get a Lamborghini or a Ferrari instead and show off in second gear, up and down the boulevard.

The latest 911 GT3 redlines at 77 mph in second gear, and the RS version hits 75 mph.

The raspy demon hustled up roller - coaster - steep hairpins — that would have forced many subcompacts to grab first — in second gear.

It grinds all the time in second gear?

Unless you push the Sport Plus switch, it's a quiet car that slips away from a stop in second gear so as not to surprise passengers with any undue acceleration.

The desert roads are all coated with a fine dusting of sand, but even full - throttle exits from traffic circles in second gear fail to wake the traction control system.

In «C», for Controlled Efficiency, the transmission starts out in second gear and has an engine stop - start feature.

The slight light - headedness wears off quickly, and I buy a decal at the gift shop and a hot cup of coffee before heading back down the mountain, keeping the car mostly in second gear to avoid cooking the brakes.

The five - speed manual, which is expected to account for 20 percent of sales, would not be our choice because of the car's reluctance to creep in traffic, the turbo engine surging with the accelerator but then inconveniently lugging in second gear.

Driving in second gear is not a good thing to do on a regular basis.

One caveat: these are preproduction cars with some wonkiness to their software tuning, at times causing lazy or imprecise shifts and a very noticeable delay in response when coasting, say at 10 mph in second gear, and then jumping back on the throttle.

And at 8500rpm in second gear it's actually hard to describe how fast it feels, how loud it sounds, how utterly fantastic it just is.

The mellowest, C (for Controlled Efficiency), is the economizer setting, starting off in second gear, upshifting as soon as possible, and even relaxing throttle response.

On my Subaru, if I inflate the rear tires to match the front tires» pressure (approximately 4 psi up), I'll hear a distinctive high - pitched whine from the center differential every time I coast down from speed in second gear.

Pulling out onto the street, Wilson rolls into the throttle in second gear and a wall of torque launches the Bronco effortlessly forward.

You have our attention, Chevy Ultimately, a few hours spent drifting around in second gear leaves us with more questions than answers.

I especially like the long left - hander that begins in second gear and ends up in fourth gear leading back toward the start / finish line; it seems to go on for weeks.

The ESP is pretty busy, too: the torquey little engine even has the yellow telltale flashing in a straight line in second gear, and as soon as any understeer builds (which it does pretty quickly), power is killed instantly.

When I step on the throttle in second gear to chase Weiner back onto the highway, the» Vette coughs, slows, and finally stalls in the middle of rush - hour traffic.

Now suppose that you are already moving in second gear and want to accelerate rapidly.

You're at one moment torching around a freeway ramp in second gear, third gear at the most, simply to see the LED shift lights in the steering - wheel rim illuminate as the revs climb, and mostly to hear that noise only a Maranello V - 12 spits out above 5,000 rpm.

The ability to hit 89 mph in second gear gives you a nice passing gear at 70, but the long gears made acceleration leisurely at best.

In Slippery mode, the C43 helps deliver its power in a calmer manner to maintain traction and it always starts in second gear — in all other modes the C43 starts off in first to improve performance.

I try feathering the gas and brake pedals in second gear.

Smacking the power peak of 485 horsepower at 6,100 rpm in second gear brings the voice of a Roman god and a marrow - sapping rush of speed.

Next, put it in second gear and again check the output transmission speed.

Even the base V6 is more than sufficient thanks in part to the Quickshift transmission, which disconnects the torque converter once you're in second gear to create a direct mechanical connection between the engine and the rear wheels.

First gear is so short that taking off in second gear is no big deal.

Well, in my Lotus Elise, I could easily just pop the thing in second gear, maybe even third, and feather the clutch.

The clutches are good for about 1500 lb - ft, but the system rarely transfers more than 1100 lb - ft to the front wheels — about a quarter of peak torque in second gear.

I've found that when my tires are not correctly inflated (e.g., too high in the rear), I hear significantly more differential / gearbox noise during engine braking in second gear.

To compensate, the Panamera's transmission starts in second gear as long as the selector is left in automatic and you haven't activated sport plus mode.

Even more vivid in my memory is what happened when I prematurely applied max throttle in second gear while negotiating a slick left - hand bend.

Use the paddles to keep the car in second gear through a tight corner, stand on the accelerator and power into third gear down the brief straight, then mash the brakes and tug the left paddle again to ready for the next sharp bend.

It sounds like he's getting it only in the second gear.

The 1.6 - liter turbo engine easily overwhelms the Blizzak tires in first gear, and even in second gear I'm bouncing off the rev limiter, so I lap the course almost entirely in third.

In the D1 setting, the M3 starts out in second gear and upshifts early and slowly.

If there is a downside — in the sub-zero temperatures of our test, at least — it's that it's hard to put that power down cleanly in second gear, so I soon fall into a rhythm of using third gear and above.

The V - 8 helps propel the coupe from zero to 60 mph in 4.4 seconds, and you can paint the tarmac Pirelli black if you floor the throttle in second gear at 4,500 rpm.

(Side note: If you want to fall in love with this car, mash the throttle in second gear, let the turbo spool, get off the throttle, and listen to the exhaust gases sing as they come through the turbo's bypass.)