Sentences with phrase «makes changing gear»

Only a Countach - heavy clutch made changing gear anything less than a joy.

Likewise, the upshift / downshift rocker switch, which is mounted on the side of the shifter handle, makes changing gears manually a clumsy proposition.

Despite this sedate performance, the 5008 is an enjoyable car to drive: the raised gearlever makes changing gears easy, while its steering is accurate and body lean when cornering is well controlled.

The shifter makes changing gears sloppy, slow and heavy.

Not exact matches

Local property bodies have come together to oppose federal Labor's plans to make changes to negative gearing.

More and more, older people, too, are making career changes not geared around making more money but focused on personal health, well - being, and fulfillment.

The bust is made all the more pernicious by rising interest rates, as the Federal Reserve changes gears.

He has an extra gear he uses to accelerate past everyone, but he can only make little changes of direction, thus the poor route running as you said.

The former teen phenom, who ruled the Rolex Rankings from the top spot for 85 straight weeks until Ariya Jutanugarn deposed her in June, enjoyed one of her most successful outings since making massive offseason changes in her entourage (a new caddie and coach) and golf gear (switching from Callaway to PXG).

«When I reflect back on my year now, I think every moment has been an experience to grow from, and a learning curve for me both on and off the golf course,» wrote Ko, who left David Leadbetter for swing coach Gary Gilchrist, switched from Callaway to PXG gear, and made a number of caddie changes.

A corner has been turned and will now look to make great strides, change gears and narrow the deficit even further before the international break.

While gear needs evolve and change with age and the type of trip, here are some new finds and old favorites for gear that can make that trip a little easier, smoother and even safer.

This year's theme is «Build Capacity to Make Lasting Change» and is geared toward the recruitment of families for preteens ages 8 to 12.

Diaper changing is often easier when children are distracted by something positive such as a funny made - up diaper changing song, play peekaboo, a countdown so they know when it will be over, or a special toy and plush experience like Snuggwugg baby gear.

The geared tuning pegs make changing strings a breeze.

How can you make sure the signals don't interact or that somebody else can't get control... to stop you changing gear?»

Surviving and thriving as our autistic selves is far more appealing — not to mention more practical — than chasing a magic pill that would fundamentally change who we are, forcing us into harmful treatments geared toward making us look more «normal,» or pursuing prenatal testing that could prevent the next generation of people like us from being born at all.

Also, because I entertained making a cabbage, shell pea, pickled red onion, and zucchini pasta (you should see how sad my crisper drawer is); I knew that I kinda HAD to change gears if I was going to entice you all in any way;)

Things haven't changed much and I still adore Lululemon for all my workout gear and for that cool sporty look (yes — even if they're made in places like China instead of within Canada, in the past).

In fact Gears 2 was sort of ruined for me because of the change of online to sub par dedicated servers which meant the shotgun could make my body explode across the map if an American was firing it at me but even a full lancer wouldnt bring them down.

Well the film was wide release, so it makes sense there wasn't an entirety of focus on the specifics, but I still think it would have worked better if it was more like the trailers professed intentions; doco style, with vignettes of alien / human scenes that emphasized and helped explain, not found footage either, like for example, after talking about Wikus in the past tense, it could focus on him for a bit then move on, but it stuck with him, and the film changed gears, I just thought it would have been better to focus on other things, as opposed to dumbing the plot down to one man and his battle against the evil government / corporation, and still stay in the doco style, it could have worked, no?

There are tons of licensed vehicles, and while some of the overall detail is a little lacking, it makes up for it in places such as seeing the drivers hand move to change gear through the back window.

Fresh off negotiating a substantial raise for teachers that will make them the highest paid in Utah, the Park City Education Association is gearing up for a leadership change.

While we are just getting started making significant changes, these programs are geared toward accelerating implementation.

The seven - speed manual «box is reasonably direct, although Porsche made the mistake of having a Touring Pack GT3 on hand with its slick six - speeder, a reminder of how delightful even the most basic of 911s used to be when changing gear yourself.

So you make a conscious effort to hang on to the gears and yet still you find yourself changing up at 7000rpm with 1500rpm still to go.

That the whole point in make the gears change faster so that there is no Loss o power and faster acceleration than Chiron Hauyra and 918 also look better than all of them so hater gonna hate but the Regera is the new king of the mega car scene.

I keep on accidently pressing gear change paddles when making sharp turns.

Even on these fast, jagged roads it makes sense to pull the little slider beside the gearlever back to engage Dynamic mode, and I much prefer to change gear manually on the paddles.

The six - speed automatic made a couple abrupt shifts during a day of driving, but gear changes were otherwise smooth and the transmission readily kicked down a few gears for more passing power.

The new car's ability to transfer its 316bhp to the road through its front wheels only, its sophisticated chassis that manages to blend comfort with ultimate control and one of the best gear changes of any car on sale, all offset its scary and exuberant looks to make it a best in class.

In «manual» mode changes are delivered quickly, although the sheer number of ratios does make it feel like you're swapping gears the whole time.

Shifting is another issue, as the gas and brake pedals are poorly spaced for quick blips down into second gear and the beefy shifter makes it easy to miss the change back into third.

Clearly Volvo is making strides in the right direction, but the gears of change tend to turn slowly with issues like these.

The manual gearbox, where you can make less abrupt gear changes than the optional DCT, allows you greater access to that control, too.

It makes 240 horsepower and 258 pound - feet of torque from 1500 to 4000 rpm, though a 10 - second overboost produces 280 pound - feet after wide - open throttle gear changes.

The Focus» confidence - inspiring brakes, rewarding gear changes, strong midrange power and impressive chassis damping combine to make it quick, easy and rewarding at its dynamic limits on a country road.

For example European fuel consumption and emissions testing controls the gear change points which make a massive difference to fuel consumption on the tests.

If the throwout / slave cylinder is worn or not operating correctly then the clutch will not fully disengage causing the clutch to drag and making it difficult to change gears without grinding.

When you nudge the gear selector in the xDrive50i — to downshift or upshift — the gear change happens nearly instantaneously, and this makes the mode much more enjoyable to use.

But once the red LEDs atop the steering wheel become familiar (and you keep an ear open for the maximum tonal harmonics), well - timed taps of the tall carbon - fiber shift paddles make it easy to strategize gear changes.

It's not only tight around the gate, but precise and intuitive and within three or four shifts your left hand drops instinctively to go up and down the ratios, no longer do you need to make a conscious effort to change gear and be prepared to wrestle it home.

It makes you wary of changing gear, worried that it might not be the opportune moment and that you may have to deal with a large amount of unwanted oversteer.

Finally, a taller center armrest was introduced last year and it makes shifting the wonderful, racecar - positive six - speed manual gearbox a chore as your elbow drops into the integrated cupholders while changing gear.

Although there are hypothetical ways that HP can seem to make the vehicle go faster in the same gear, it doesn't actually change the speed capacity of that gear as long as the engine RPM is limited.

Lately I noticed a change in the sound my exhaust is making when decelerating from ~ 4000 + revs while in gear with the clutch not squeezed (that would be engine breaking probably).

The gear ratios are closely stacked so you end up making frequent changes.

There's a sport mode here that makes the transmission extra happy to change gears, and pushing this car is actually kind of fun, something I wasn't expecting at all.

While manual transmissions make use of the clutch to change gears, automatic transmissions rely on a complicated hydraulic system for shifting, and the transmission solenoid is especially important for this process.

This removes the need for a clutch pedal which the driver otherwise needs to depress before making a gear change, since the clutch itself is actuated by electronic equipment which can synchronize the timing and torque required to make quick, smooth gear shifts.