Sentence examples for selected gear from inspiring English sources

For the gears to mesh, the driver had to match the speeds of the engine and the selected gear, certainly an acquired skill.

Based on the data they accrued, they adjusted the volume of on-course training and its frequency, determined whether riders needed more practice on uphill or downhill sections, and selected gear.

And depending on the driver's temperament, that acceleration can be engrossing – column-mounted paddles come standard and act quick, and the transmission diligently holds the selected gear – or perfunctory, as simple as flicking the knurled gear knob down to "S", burying foot and fixing eyes on the horizon.

At the end of the seismic loading, the shear displacement reached about 35 m with a high speed of 0.38 m/sec (the maximum speed of the apparatus at the selected gear).

From the selected gearing configuration's and determined gear ratios, the locations of motors and arrangements of drive trains can be laid out accordingly.

More than once, I found myself racing the engine in neutral, feeling like a jerk, while a patronizing dashboard message reminded me to "Press unlock button to select gear".

The driver can manually select gears by pushing a button on the side of the shift lever.

With quattro, the 1.8 T comes with either a five-speed manual or a five-speed Tiptronic transmission that allows the driver to select gears manually, and offers a new "S" program that raises the shift points for sportier driving.

Another knock against the gearbox is that it doesn't encourage a driver to select gears because there's no separate gate or paddles for shifting up or down.

It has a nice, meaty wheel and a manual mode to the four-speed automatic transmission that lets you select gears as you want them (more on why this is good in the Highway section).

You also cannot get a five-speed manual with the 4Motion option, and although we like the five-speed auto with Tiptronic (a feature that lets you select gears as if in a standard transmission car by toggling the shifter forward and back), it's still not the same as old-fashioned clutch-and-stick interplay.