Sentences with phrase «make gearchanges»

Our seven - speed dual - clutch gearbox already provides near - instantaneous shifts to the other models in the McLaren Super Series, but the 675LT's revised software strategy slashes response times to make gearchanges in half the time.

Not exact matches

The i's lack of gearchanges and notable absence of driveline noise make it feel refined.

You have to be almost methodical with gearchanges, patient with the front - end to make sure it bites and stays on line, and you have to really think about braking distances.

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 combination of crackling soundtrack and wrist - flick gearchange encourages you to keep the engine on the boil, making the most of that top - end bite.

If you're tall, some aspects might start to grate: the seat is a little too high, the wheel only adjusts for rake and the buttresses make the cosy cabin a little claustrophobic, but the relationship between wheel and gearlever is as close as such things get and your feet tread pedals placed almost perfectly for heel - and - toe gearchanges.

The gearchange is too springy to be described as precise, and the lever is long making first awkwardly far away.

Few cars in the evo car park could provide such satisfying spur - of - the - moment B - road blasts, the combination of a rev - happy naturally aspirated 2 - litre engine, sharp steering and gearchange, superb grip levels and a small, easy - to - place footprint made it the office weapon of choice for «just going out for a drive».

• Over time that fantastic gearchange can get a tad sticky through a lack of lubrication of the linkages, so go up and down through the box on a test drive and make sure all's well — pay particular attention to the change between second and third gears.

Driver controls are also new, while larger shift paddles make for easier gearchanges.

There's only one small point: the difference between 2nd and 3rd gear is quite large, so you need to take care when performing that change and if you tend to spend a lot of time between the two it may not be ideal - other gearchanges are easy to make silky - smooth.

With smooth and seamless gearchanges, there's no perceptible impediment to progress either as you make your way through the gears on more open stretches of road.

Typically VW, the rubbery gearshift won't be mistaken for a Honda unit, but it's teamed up with a smooth, linear clutch that made for easy gearchanging.

Manual shifts can be made using steering - wheel mounted paddles, and gearchanges are smooth and seamless.

The manual style gearstick remained but there was no clutch pedal — the clutch being controlled by electronics when each gearchange was made.

Nissan has added hill descent control to four - wheel drive models in addition to an enhanced version of D - Step Shift Logic to the standard Xtronic transmission — the software makes the CVT behave more like a conventional automatic transmission by adding a «gearchange» feel.