Sentences with phrase «through fifth gears»
No damage, though, and I continue to follow race driver Giacomo Barri into the braking zone, paddling away at the dual - clutch transmission — ziiing, pop - pop, ziiing pop - pop — through fifth gear, fourth, third, exhaust crackling.
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This crossover is quite simply very good at carrying momentum through corners, using intentional weight transfer to speed up turn - in, and building up ground - effect fourth and fifth - gear road holding that doesn't wane after five or six laps.
The long, lazy gearing that allowed you to grunt through city streets in fourth and fifth gears is gone.
The answer is invariably yes, so pretty quickly you're snapping through the gears, the engine screaming towards the limiter and you find yourself attacking fifth - gear turns with all of your bravery.
On each of these rural roads, whether straight and flat or winding and hilly, I'm running the engine up and down through third, fourth, and fifth gear, and looking far through corners so I can trace a smooth line to the next bend.
During climbs, the transmission would drop down to fourth or fifth gear, but as soon as the grade was conquered it would cycle through the successive gears and settle back to a comfortable cruise in eighth.
The C5 - R handles very well and our advantage on a track like this will be in corners like Turn 7, where the level of grip allows me to come through there in fifth gear.
Also, the engine doesn't pull as much in fourth and fifth gears as in first through third and the engine isn't very loud: more decibels means more thrills.
Patient on the throttle through the turn 11 hairpin, then enjoy the 7,000 - rpm staccato from the twin - turbo Ferrari - V8 - derived 2.9 - liter V6 as your right hand grabs the shift paddle to snap off fourth, fifth and on to sixth gear.
To test for fifth gear wear, wind up all the windows, put the transfer case into neutral, start the engine and shift through the box.
But for the first turn, it's not how deep you brake but whether you need to lift to make it through in fifth or sixth gear.
Wide overall ratios help maximize acceleration in gears one through four and optimize fuel economy in its overdrive fifth gear.