Sentences with phrase «lever feel»

Gear changes feel deliberate, even if the lever feel is light, and you can do these when you want.

This raised center makes the gear lever feel a bit too high; a rotary selector dial as seen in the Chrysler 200 and the new Lincoln models would have been a much better design and would have freed up a bit of space.

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.

In typical Porsche fashion, gearbox response is superb, with a quick, nimble lever feel, excellent pedal placement (heel and toe downshifts are effortless), and zero fussiness in finding your desired cog.

The gearknob looks a bit ordinary, but the short, relatively light throw of the stubby lever feels good.

If the lever feels firm and you have decreased stopping power, this may be the cause.

The mechanism is occasionally balky and the lever feels cheap.

Gear shifts are still very notchy though and even the lever feels heavy, but the clutch is very light.

Response to driver input was good and the lever felt ergonomically like an extension of the driver's arm in the way few do.

The 335i I drove featured an eight - speed automatic transmission (a six - speed manual is also available) that shifts imperceptibly and immediately, especially in shift - it - yourself mode; it's just that reaching for that awkward, thumb - shaped gearshift lever feels disconnected and flimsy, like high - fiving a reluctant baby.

Skoda has paid a lot of attention to details in contrast to Ford; little bits such as how the gear lever feels while slotting into the driveq, the knurled finish on the temperature control knobs, the suave graphics on the infotainment and the multi-information display, all do their bit in uplifting the overall experience.

The gear lever feels good to hold and the wipers are somewhat like the Civic with flat blades.

Ticking off the other dynamic disappointments: the clutch pedal action is too light and short to easily moderate city - creep driving, using the handbrake lever feels like you've reached down and clicked a biro, and the squidgy ride means the Mirage leans over like a windsurfer trying to regain its balance.

I'm usually not a fan of novelty transmission shifters but the lever felt pretty junky.

Not exact matches

There is still nothing like that visceral feeling of levering a cork out of a tasty bottle of wine.

If you want to improve your sleep and feel more rested, there are some practical ways to go about it — ways I call the «Levers of Sleep.»

Though it's improving, we feel our core product still doesn't drive enough growth for these key levers.

And now that Donald Trump and a GOP Congress hostile to the law control the levers of power in Washington, some other insurers are feeling free to follow suit.

Intrigued by the observations about gender, he surveyed 64,000 people in 13 countries on how they felt about government, the economy, and the (mostly male) leaders pulling the levers.

Those are solid defenses of my habit, sure, but they don't quite explain the sheer joy I feel when I see those translucent bins displaying every grain, bean, dried fruit, and nut you can imagine, or the rush I get from pulling the lever and letting those lentils run free.

After she feels ready and comfortable, you can ask her to pull down the lever herself.

If Pakistan feels at some stage that its interest in securing a friendly regime is being obstructed by hardline figures in the Afghan government, then it has the lever of raising the issue of Afghan refugee repatriation to extract due concessions in the process.

The soft boot support has a lever buckle that will help your child feel secure in the skate while also being comfortable.

«Beyond that, your fingertips tell your brain what they're feeling when they push, so you need to have not just a lever in the device but a receptor as well.»

Once I obtained aggressive behaviors in rats by stimulating specific areas of the brain, I started asking whether they liked or disliked the feelings by having them press a lever to turn the stimulation on or off.

You get these three levers now and we can move these levers up and down, back and forth according to how you feel.

We increased it a little bit, move that lever up and she feels even better.

• Those steel glutes will be feeling like cast iron with the hellish tension necessary to retain the extreme arch of the back and levering of the hips.

Levers that you need to wrap yourself around to pull, spheres that need to be pushed into holes — Breath of the Wild - style — and lava pits all ensure that the levels feel different enough to be challenging but not to the point where you're learning a new mechanic every single time; a consistency which is key for any puzzle platformer to get right.

The transmission lever is well - placed, freeing up space below, but I thought it felt loose and oversensitive: it's easy to slip it all the way down to «2» instead of «D.»

The lever movements feel emphatically mechanical, and the clutch is much too heavy.

«The steering, which initially feels artificially heavy, soon feels natural, and is partnered by a precise gearshift that is feelsome in a way only a lever stuck directly into the» box can be.

Compared with the buttons and dials most off - road vehicles now employ, it's gratifying to feel a mechanical connection coursing through the transfer case lever on the TRD Off - Road.

If they could put a nice semi-spherical Alcantara knob on the lever then it would complement what is actually a very sweet gearchange instead of making it feel a touch cumbersome.

The action of the shift lever is firm and precise, and the clutch pedal has been adjusted so you can better feel the engagement point.

To make matters worse, to change down you pull the lever towards you; the opposite way to most performance cars so it feels unnatural at best and at worst causes you to change up rather than down.

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.

While the lever doesn't slice through the cogs with the feel you'd expect for such a layout, it does at least enable quick, albeit knuckly changes.

From door to door, there's a seriously solid feel to handles, knobs, switches, levers and the shifter.

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.

If air was in the brake system, the lever should feel «mushy» compared to before.

And yet the tall gearshift lever is located what feels like two car widths to your right across a vast cabin.

You've got multiple rails and latches and levers that make the interior feel more like an airport shuttle bus than a privately owned automobile.

Or shift the lever to the Tiptronic ® position for the hands - on fun feel of a manual.

The shift lever and its surrounding cadre of buttons, knobs and dials would look at home in a private jet, while the optional wood grain lends a more classic feel.

The manual gearbox is the exact same one used in the previous R.S. Megane but the lever now has a shorter throw and tighter gate, making it feel more precise.

To further highlight the car's sporty nature, the steering wheel and gear lever are trimmed in a new «Soft?Touch» leather with extra grip for a racing car feel.

Two - tone black and beige interiors feel good and wooden inserts are used on the doors and around the gear lever.

A mix of cloth and vinyl on the door trims contributes to a cosy feel, and individual items like the neat, stitched cover for the handbrake lever add to the Ford's feel - good nature.

Many of the interior touches, such as the gearshift lever, door handle and steering wheel mimic Volkswagen's high - grade tactile feel.