Sentences with phrase «through third gear»

The engine is a real tire smoker all the way up through third gear.

This car is all about the exhaust note, the six - speed pistol - grip shifter, the way it lights up the tires through third gear in the rain.

Even with the supremely gummy 335/30 R - 20 Michelin Pilot Super Sport tires and John's Industries 12 - Bolt rear end, the G - Code's tires search constantly for relief from the torque that makes first through third gears almost useless.

Gear ratios are well selected to give the car a suitable launch, first through third gears.

Not exact matches

So why do the Farrellys huff and puff and hem and haw and meander through a full third of the picture before the premise even clicks into low gear?

The spiciest calibration works best on sealed surfaces where there is a faint trace of power oversteer even through third - gear esses, despite total surveillance by various watchdogs.

MDM is giving the car some leeway through the third - gear curves, but when disturbed by a sequence of vagaries in the surface, it interferes momentarily through two 125 - mph - plus right - handers.

And then there's the way the gearbox operates, slicing up or down through the ratios with a speed and precision that you couldn't hope to replicate with a third pedal and conventional gear - lever.

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.

Through tunnels, 90 mph in third gear was enough to crack the plaster and cause paint chips to drop from the ceiling long after the villain had vanished.

The shooter (pro spy photographer Brian Williams) captured the car taking off from a stop several times, and each time the transmission upshifts through second and third gear very quickly — too quick to be a manual.

Peak engine speed is 8100rpm in first and second gears and 8200rpm in third through to sixth.

«When they're cold they'll spin through second and third gears.»

Other than the noise, the engine's characteristics don't change; the rev needle pings round the dial with every prod of the throttle and it accelerates through the first third of its nine gears at a remarkable speed.

«Sharp left, first gear, grip improves two - thirds through the corner.»

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.

The first time I bury my right foot in the P1 through second, third and fourth gears, though, I'm stunned.

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.

Stay in third gear through the chicane with three wheels momentarily on the ground to find out whether the fast - acting torque split and the flippant ESP calibration will straddle the line between drama and disaster.

Through second - and third - gear corners in particular, tire management was an unexpected issue.

The road rolls gently at first and then plunges into dense woodland and chases through a valley, the turns coming thick and fast and the GTS mainly stretching out in third gear with the odd foray into fourth and gratuitous downshift to second for the tightest corners.

For the first few sessions we go at a brisk though hardly on - limit pace, but as the 40 - degree heat sends some of the press contingent in for refreshment we stick at it, gradually goading the Lamborghini instructors into quicker and quicker laps until, with a bit of judicious sandbagging, we drop off the back of the pace car, then get a clear run through the challenging second -, third - and fourth - gear left - right - left infield complex.

• 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.

Both of these bigger diesels offer true low rev flexibility, meaning the lazier driver can comfortably pull away from low speed roundabouts in third gear, although as per most four - cylinder diesel engines it's not the last word in quiet smoothness, especially before it's warmed through.

The slick tires will break loose with every stab of the throttle, even through second and third 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.

On spirited runs through the canyons, this means you're downshifting into second gear and listening to the engine howl, or just leaving it in third and not having a lot of power upon exit.

The short shifter's precise, weighted feel makes flicking through the gears a delight, with the wide torque band making second or third the perfect gears for finessing through tight corners at speed with maximum powertrain control and balance.

When the driver wants to shift gear, the shifting sleeve with synchronizer unit is moved along the shifting rod from second gear through neutral to third gear.

The third - generation RX's new transmission can lock - up its torque converter from 2nd through 6th gears to improve fuel economy.

Third gear has a fairly wide power band, letting us push it through tight turns, and speed up on the ensuing straightaway without shifting.

As a result the stability control works overtime, through third and fourth gear, even in M Dynamic mode, thanks to the straight - line bumps in Sandown's surface.

If this were to occur in first or second gear, the vehicle could not upshift into third through sixth gears.

As with our initial entry, we blew through second gear in about three seconds, changing up into third at around 60 mph.

The performance of the car has been a surprise — it's just a 2.5 liter engine without a turbo charger — with really solid cornering thanks to the wide tires, a really fun third and fourth gear (I have a manual transmission and can run through the rev range), and very good brakes.

Put the gear lever into drive and just tickle the throttle and we're off, the dual - clutch gearbox automatically picking up first, second and then third as we lightfoot it through the small town heading out into the country.

Comfortably enclosed in the gorgeous body - hugging sports seats, the driver is protected to a certain degree from the Anniversary's direct conversations with sharp bumps and dips in the road while directing proceedings through the delightfully sharp, light and accurate steering and the oily - smooth, if slightly long - throw and occasionally baulky (usually when upshifting from third to fourth gear) manual gearshift.

The wide - ratio first through fourth gear sets will remain unchanged (2.97 first gear, 2.10 second, 1.46 third, 1.00 fourth).

No matter, though, as third gear maintained power through a wide range of speeds, only requiring me to drop down to second for the tighter turns.

Getting through the twisty bits, second and third were the only gears I needed, and those came easily.

It's just a great driver's car, one that loves to run through the gears and curves as much as it rips through traffic in third or fourth, using every bit of the powerband.