Sentence examples for downshift forward from inspiring English sources

Throws (back to downshift, forward to upshift) are too long, so you really have to move your arm a lot to get results–and on our tester the car simply wouldn't downshift from third to second gear at high revs (but, mind you, nowhere near the 6600 rpm redline in second gear).

Picture a ratchet wrench with a single pivot: To upshift, just notch it back a click; to downshift, notch it forward.

The first pull toward you (toward the hook in the J) downshifts to fourth gear, and then you push forward to downshift.

And loaded with four adults or a few pieces of luggage, its tiny engine struggles somewhat on hills and needs constant downshifting out of the 'suggested' gear to push it forward.

Part of the problem is that the J pattern requires the driver to push the gear selector forward from drive (on the side of the J nearest him) in order to downshift, a sensation that never seems as instinctual somehow as pulling the lever backward to get a lower gear.

You can also shift this transmission manually, with a forward flick of the stick for higher gears, and a rearward flick for downshifts.

You can manually downshift via controls on the steering wheel, but if you don't, the Cayenne S hesitates in its forward progress.

"You had to double-clutch to downshift".

That's about $76bn monthly, a downshift from the current $85bn.

"You would downshift and people would cheer," he said.

"As you downshift, manufacturing takes it on the chin".