Sentences with phrase «second gear»

I was especially pleased when it started in second gear after a manual run.

That is somewhat unusual; in most vehicles, you shift into second gear at about 20 mph or so.

A great result without getting out of second gear for lots of the game.

Of particular note is the natural feel of shifting between first and second gear as the car picks up speed, as well as the smooth feel of successive shifts while accelerating.

In fact, it took everything the 2.9 - litre engine could offer from second gear onwards.

In normal mode, torque is limited in first and second gear for better efficiency.

It does get a little snappy at crawling speeds though when it can't decide whether it wants to stick with second gear or drop down to first.

In high range, the transmission might shift from first to second gear at about 25 mph.

It is odd, then, that the film never entirely leaves second gear.

I don't want to light the thing up in first gear, so I pull away like there's a police car behind me, find second gear and then floor it.

Second gear doesn't run out of forward motion until the car is somewhere very close to 100 mph.

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.

These types of systems generally just reduce power and start the vehicle off in second gear rather than first.

Simply roll back a few metres, select second gear, and the let the active traction control do its work to distribute just enough torque to each wheel to get going again.

No issues have arisen in his two return fight's but the shoulder is yet to be tested past second gear with a capable opponent standing a few feet away.

Second gear picks up right where 1st left off, and so on.

No matter: changing from first into second gear works fine and all I'm thinking of now is keeping up with the camera car to our chosen location.

Second gear feels good for a skid, so I select an innocent - looking cone, approach it and pin the gas.

We found we could achieve that speed in second gear easily.

Because of the somewhat high gear ratio, you don't have to shift into second gear until you reach 35 mph or so.

The five - speed automatic transmission shifted smoothly and the gated shifter made it easy to move between first and second gears whenever we needed to apply engine braking.

That means a rolling second gear start will take a bit longer than expected, though once cruising it feels like plenty of power.

I missed second gear a few times, which was weird.

It pulls hard in all rpm ranges; you can reach 65 mph in second gear.

However, the six - speed gearbox can pop out of second gear.

On most vehicles with automatic transmissions, when you put the vehicle into «2», the transmission goes into second gear.

When is use, the car sets off in second gear rather than first to avoid loss of traction.

Without it, the GTI can feel scruffy and unsettled away from second gear corners, even in the dry.

Tap the shifter paddle, there's a satisfying blip as second gear engages, more thrust, still more thrust as the turbocharger kicks in, and before you know it, you've topped out at 40 mph in the parking lot of BMW's New Jersey headquarters and with a German engineer riding shotgun.

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.

just doesn't function in anything above second gear with scant laughs to be had.

At first I thought it was stuck in manual - matic mode because it was holding second gear for so long.

Nailing the throttle and grabbing second gear on the stock (and bespoke - compound) Michelin Pilot Super Sports brings enough wheelspin to trigger traction control, even in the system's Sport mode, followed again by rubber in third.

The 575 pound - feet of torque are at full torquiness at 1,500 rpm, so low that the transmission will start from second gear unless the Low button is pushed.

The too - low second gear meant I was usually going too fast to make use of it, so third became the sweet spot for the twisty mountain roads.

Caution must be exercised when changing gears, however, as the shift gates are extremely narrow and (as we found out in testing) it is very easy to hit second gear instead of fourth.

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.

Starts up fine but sometimes engine loses power while driving and transmission drags into second gear only when under heavy power

The pleasing tone is fortunate, as particularly long first and second gear ratios mean you need to rev the engine hard to produce power.

Then second gear engaged and the full might of 661bhp was delivered, in epic, meaty, gear - long lunges that ate up the straight and took us to over 160mph within the mile.

Holding the car in high - revving second gear for a series of sharp turns or taking it easier in third, the throttle gave me responsive and ready power that was never uncontrollable.

The most recent oil change was completed in October 2016, and the only noted issue is a notchy second gear when the transmission is cold.

If you hit the limiter again, that's because second gear is over and done with in only 1.99 seconds.

The 3.4 - litre flat - six produces searing power and almost painfully loud sound effects with the sports exhaust and symposer open into the cockpit, but the otherwise excellent PDK tested here feels like it has a short second gear and a long third.

In this clutch / flywheel replacement guide, during the test drive, the driver says «I just chirped second gear!