Sentences with phrase «lower gear using»

It's nothing that can't be fixed by choosing the Sport program (which really does change the responsiveness of the powertrain), or by preselecting a lower gear using the manual shift mode and then laying into the throttle.

Despite my backing off and selecting a lower gear using the shift paddles, the engine was practically inaudible.

The clutch also stops torque from being applied to the transmission when switching gears, allowing the driver to easily shift to a higher or lower gear using the gear shifter.

Not exact matches

I am still learning how to do the cycling thing better, but my tips are: a) wear a good helmet to protect your head; b) ride a comfortable non-cruiser bicycle; c) use a good lock so your bicycle doesn't get stolen; d) incorporate cycling into your daily activities; e) padded cycling shorts + chamois butter are essential for long rides; f) gradually build up distance to cycle the long rides, taking breaks as you need them and g) have no shame in using your granny gear (ie, your lowest possible gear) for the big hills.

WeeCycle provides gently used baby gear to low income families through our network of community - based organizations.

The Parliament also approved so - called conditionality rules: If fishermen are caught infringing CFP rules — for instant using illegal gear, overfishing, or illegally discarding low - value fish — they will not receive subsidies.

Take home point: If you're looking for size and want to kick your posterior chain into gear when you back squat, use a lower bar position.

To keep your Brooks gear looking and performing its best, machine wash separately before wearing, try not to use fabric softeners, and tumble dry on low heat.

Only certain armor and weapons can have decorations applied to them, so if you're still using Low Rank gear, get rid of it and look for an armor set you like.

The Madison Prep board voted Wednesday night after an analysis by the school district found the pair of single - sex charter schools, geared toward low - income minority students, would cost $ 10.4 million more than previously estimated if it were to use union staff.

We were told originally that the T features lower gear ratios, and this turns out to be the fitment of the same final drive ratio as used in the Carrera S model.

A new technique used on gear tooth surfaces makes for a lower coefficient of friction when the gears engage.

Ideally you'll want to be a gear lower than you're used to because second is good for 96mph and third for around 130 -LRB-!)

I used left - foot braking and low gears as instructed to maintain control as I eased down the rock.

It also always sets off in first gear, whereas Benz's tuning uses second gear to smooth out low - speed starts at the expense of responsiveness.

I normally just use gear oil applied with a brush at home on a stand, or low - fling chain wax out of the can when out on the road for extended period of time (all - day trips).

Some reviewers attribute this lag to the transmission, but I found that even when I was using our test car's paddle shifters to force the Discovery Sport to hold a lower gear, the lag was still present.

Avoid sudden stops, use a lower gear when travelling downhill, brake before you enter a corner, increase your following distance, and watch your braking when roads are slippery.

By the time it reaches the final drive it has gone through the gearbox, and a low revving engine needs higher gearing for the same road speed (use gearing to double the speed and you halve the torque), hence after the gearbox a big loss in actual torque.

Active use of engine braking (shifting into a lower gear) is advantageous when it is necessary to control speed while driving down very steep and long slopes.

Usually those signs read «Use low gear».

By setting L (or 1 or 2), the gear will stay low and you will be able to use engine brake, instead of using brakes all the way down the hill and suffering from fading.

It's located somewhere between the low - and high - gear engagement points and must be used every time you intend to stop or back up.

With this in mind, it's easy to understand that a «Sport Mode» would allow you to use the lower gears for longer as they provide more power, which makes it more «sporty».

Recently we spent some time visiting the local mountains, and I needed to use the auto box in a low gear for both ascent and descent, switching between 2nd and 3rd on the tiptronic as needed.

It's not the easiest car to get going in — whatever engine management tweaks have been made cause the engine to hunt at low revs and there's so much torque that it's hard to use the first two gears smoothly.

This is because in the lower gear more power is being used as torque and therefore less resistance is transmitted to the motor and your engine can now overcome that resistance.

There's a typically punchy diesel mid-range and acceleration is brisk if you change gear suitably, though this will be alien to those used to the low - effort nature of torque - rich VAG or BMW diesels.

A hill - descent control system enables the Ascent to negotiate steep downward grades using low gear and intermittent pumping of the ABS brakes.

We wager some of the prominent controls near the transmission selector will never be used; they're for low - range gearing, locking the differential and setting off - road crawl speed.

The manual transmission featured a synchronized 6th gear, called «SL», or «Super-Low», which was used for high torque at very low speeds.

Pros: Excellent economy, low company car tax, rear legroom is ok, not too bad a spec for an entry level BMW, I forgot IPod interface is good if you buy the # 8 ebay lead or the # 68 BMW one Cons: Noisy rough engine, If you have your hand on the gear shift when it restarts it will whip your wrist off, gutless even in sport mode, nothing as standard, if your used to a Ford or VW (no split seats, no ski slot, no heated mirrors, no leather wheel, no storage space, seat adjustment last seen on a Datsun 120y (yes I am that old) uncomfortable seats.

Transmission: 7 - Speed Dual Clutch Automated Manual - inc: Seamless Shift Gearbox (SSG) w / Pre-Cog rocker gearshift controls, Using the Active Dynamics Panel situated in the center console of the 12C's cockpit, the characteristics of the SSG transmission can be switched through three different settings: Normal, Sport and Track modes, Each provide a progressive immediacy of gear shift, operated through finger - tip controls mounted on a rocker behind the 12C steering wheel: upshift by either pulling w / the right hand or pushing w / the left, and vice versa to downshift, «Automatic» mode, «Launch Control» and «Winter» modes can also be selected on the Active Dynamics Panel, the latter changing all electronic functions to suit low grip conditions and delivering maximum driver aid and support

Use Higher Gears The higher the gear, the lower the engine speed.

For instance, first gear, called low on the gearshift lever, is used to get the Ram rolling at 3 or 4 mph when pulling a heavy load.

We used this to demonstrate how slowly and controlled a truck could descend a trail in First - gear low range.

The refined 2.0 - liter VTEC Turbo engine is obviously the main factor, with its peak output of 316 hp (320 PS) and maximum torque of 400 Nm (295 lb - ft) being put to good use by the six - speed manual transmission with new lower gear ratios.

That aside, Land Rover engineers inform me that 9th gear can be engaged in speeds as low as 75km / h, provided the paddle shifts are used and throttle inputs are moderate.

When vehicles had hooks for tying down cargo or other confusing hardware that could be mistaken for a tether anchor, the chances that parents would use and correctly install tethers were lower than in vehicles without such gear.

Compared with a conventional automatic transmission, which shifts among up to five gear ratios, a CVT uses the entire range of ratios between low and high gears.

When they were forced to substitute the poor gear range JATCO CVT, they had to over-cam their World engine, I - 4s from a lauded refined item as Hyundai uses, into a «peaky» low torque at low rpm, noisy, apparent powerless, poor NVH, monster.

In either normal or Eco drive modes, the steering wheel assumed a looser character, comfortable for cruising, while the transmission used its higher gears to let the engine hold a low revolutions per minute.

With a two - speed system, the higher gear allows the e-motor to operate at a lower and more efficient RPM at high driving speeds, using the same principles as a conventional gearbox with a combustion engine.

If you want to go even greener, the BlueMotion derivative uses aerodynamic tweaks, revised gear ratios, low rolling resistance tyres and an ECU remap to deliver combined cycle CO2 emissions of 104g / km and over 70mpg.

The Wrangler's optional 5 - speed automatic transmission provides the driver with more efficiency, better use of the new V6's torque curve and, with a lower 1st - gear ratio, better ability to crawl those rocks.

Other updates to the Challenger SRT Demon include an upgraded prop shaft with a 15 percent increase in torque capacity, a rear differential housing that has 30 percent more torque capacity and adds a new material for the gear set that has higher fatigue strength, and rear half shafts that are larger in diameter, use a high - strength, low - alloy steel and have 41 splines to deliver 20 percent more torque capacity.

Most subcompact SUVs only feature AWD, but occasionally you'll come across one that offers a kind of low - range gearing for more technical off - road use.

Incidentally, that all - drive system comes with low - range gearing for proper off - road use.

A special aspect of the supercharger used here is its internal gearing, which enables a high compressor power boost at low engine speeds.

The setting's low gearing also makes it easier to descend steep slopes on unstable surfaces without using — and burning up — the brakes.