Sentences with phrase «uphill grade»

But you have to estimate where it was for yourself — probably just at the place where the slight downhill grade becomes null for a few feet before becoming a slight uphill grade.

I might be approaching a winding curve with a considerable uphill grade, and need to drop a gear and slow a bit.

Even with a full load of passengers on board, a Pilot can climb long, uphill grades without breaking a sweat.

With the base five - speed manual, for example, the engine will pull in top gear on uphill grades from 2000 rpm or lug down to 1200 to 1500 rpm around town without the need to downshift.

The turbo engine's power is plenty to motivate the relatively light Envision (it's 200 pounds lighter than the Audi Q5), and even with three big people on board and scaling a 6 percent uphill grade, the Envision never lacked for grunt.

The speed control as well is balky in that the slightest uphill grade causes the transmission to down shift.

Toss a moderate uphill grade or a headwind into the mix and you'll have a hard time maintaining 60 mph without dropping down to fifth or even fourth gear.

However, the unfortunate side effect was Jekyll - and - Hyde throttle response, going from 1,400 rpm to a screaming 5,000 rpm when passing or ascending uphill grades.

This directs the engine control unit to use the gas engine to power on uphill grades and switch to the electric motor when coasting down the other side.

Especially focus on pedaling form on slight uphill grades or into the wind.

While the snow portion or «dense flow» of an avalanche will typically stop when it hits an uphill grade, a powder cloud often rushes on, ushering mayhem up and over the top of the hill.

Uphill grades and small bursts of acceleration are often handled without any downshifting.

And when you're on the way to the lake on the weekend, EV power can also give the Cayenne a quick boost of acceleration when you want to pass that propane truck on an uphill grade.

Start - off Assistant briefly holds the car when setting off on an uphill grade.

The engine gets a bit raspy - sounding during hard acceleration, but the automatic transmission shifts smartly and does a good job of holding gears on uphill grades to help the car maintain a consistent speed.

With optional full - time four - wheel drive, a system that varies torque distribution front to rear as conditions dictate, the car maneuvers equally well on loose gravel and on rough, uphill grades.

Even with the abundance of mods to the Toyota, Tom tells us it still behaves nicely on the highway, though the four - cylinder engine doesn't quite enjoy passing on uphill grades.