Sentences with phrase «short first gear»

The only downside to the manual is a very short first gear.

However that very short first gear means you've barely pulled away before you need to shift up to second, and if you're unladen there's no problem with pulling away in second gear.

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Though the six - speed automated manual has shorter starting gears, it still moseys off the line for the first several meters.

It produces 315 hp and 330 lb - ft of torque and is paired with the ZF eight - speed sport - automatic, which has a first gear short enough to easily smoke the 275 - section rear tires and a cruising gear tall enough to achieve 30 mpg on the highway (or so BMW estimates).

The rear axle of the R is so short that the car storms through the first three gears like a hurricane on wheels.

Short - ratio first and second gears help the Edge launch energetically out of your subdivision, and once you're on the freeway, dips into the throttle are met by fast, crisp downshifts.

Also, the short - throw shifter feels fantastic when you first toggle through the gears while stationary but once rolling, it takes a very firm hand to grab the next gear.

Apply more than a kiss of throttle in first gear and you're goin» sideways; short shift into second and jump on the gas — sideways again.

First gear is so short that taking off in second gear is no big deal.

While the small - block V - 8 makes the same 426 hp and 420 lb - ft of torque as the SS, the 1LE accelerates more quickly thanks to a new transmission that puts first through fourth gears closer together and a shorter final - drive ratio.

Davies is the first to admit the gearing on his car is shorter than Danny De Vito's inside leg measurement.

This seems like a bad deal on paper, yet we liked this 2.0 T engine's notably quicker, quieter response while accelerating away from stoplights in metro driving, and the engine made great use of the 2.0 T's six - speed automatic with its shift paddles on the steering wheel and a set up of shorter ratios in first through fourth gears for quicker acceleration.

At the other end of the spectrum, first gear is «shorter» providing more jump off the line.

The first gear now has a longer ratio, while seventh gear and the final drive have shorter ratios to allow a more agile acceleration experience overall and a more spontaneous response.

The first gear now has a longer ratio, while the seventh gear has a shorter one to enable better acceleration.

On a dual clutch transmission, if second is being engaged while first is being precisely released, all is well, but wear or erratic driver input might be a real problem without computer control to always keep the time, where 2 «gears» are engaged, very short.

Normal was good, but first gear seemed to be so short that the vehicle would shift twice in five feet of movement.

The quicker acceleration is said to carry over in real - world conditions, thanks largely to AMG giving it shorter ratios on every gear except first and second.

The short first two gears start making sense in rough terrain as they make up for the lack of low - range gearing (to some extent).

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The large - capacity V8 and new (to LX) eight - speed automatic (with a shorter first, yet longer top gear than the old unit) combination provides a sense of serenity, though there's a gentle V8 throb available at larger throttle openings.

The first part of that is due to its faster shifting and shorter gearing in its first four gears (both gearboxes are direct - drive in fifth) and the second part is due to its far taller top gear.

According to Mercedes - AMG the first gear is longer while the seventh gear has a shorter ratio in order to deliver better acceleration.

Many older (up to 1970s) cars also lacked synchronisation on first gear (for various reasons — cost, typically «shorter» overall gearing, engines typically having more low - end torque, the extreme wear on a frequently used first gear synchroniser...), meaning it also could only be used for moving away from a stop unless the driver became adept at double - declutching and had a particular need to regularly downshift into the lowest gear.

With comparatively «short» gearing in the first five forward gears, acceleration is enhanced - while fuel economy and quiet cruising are optimized with a relaxed Sixth gear ratio.

First gear still feels way too short (although because the torque is ladled on early, on all but hill starts you can start off in second gear) and gear shifts happen in the syncros» own time — they won't be rushed.

The odd thing about the top speed figure is that the GT C Roadster gets its higher top speed even as the transaxle running shorter seventh gear and final - drive ratios for harder acceleration, though it runs a taller first gear than the stock unit.

Triple - cone synchronizers for first, second and third gears and a double - cone synchronizer for fourth gear optimize the amount of strength required to make shifts and establish the right balance between a short, responsive stroke and pleasing feel to gearshift operation.

Running a unique set of ratios, including a very short 4.80:1 first and a heavily overdriven 0.671:1 seventh gear, it channels drive to the rear wheels through a newly developed version of the BMW M division's electronically operated Active M differential, capable of providing continuously variable lockup to each of the rear wheels and imbued with a 3.15:1 final drive.

Because cats are geared toward short bursts of intense activity, get out the laser pointer, feathered toy, or string and play for five or 10 minutes several times a day (less at first if your feline friend is unfit).

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However, compared to Halo 3 ′ s launch, Gears of War 2 would be about two - thirds short of Bungie's first - person - shooter.