blocco delle marce
English translation: low gear hold
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peer agreement (net): +1kick-down Explanation: The 'traditional' way of getting into a low gear on an automatic gearbox, either for extra acceleration or to provide extra pull on a hill. The sense of the word 'blocco' would here seem to be, 'something which interupts the normal succession of gears', which aptly describes the kick-down process. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-06-02 17:28:29 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- On further research, I think that is wrong. See the reference below. I think the correct term would be \'low gear hold\'. The gearbox is locked into a particular gear to avoid the auto changing to and fro on a gradient. http://www.trasmatic.com/Quanti tipi di cambi automatici esi... |
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gearbox Explanation: secondo me si riferisce a "blocco delle marce", cioe` "blocco del cambio", inteso come "cambio" tradizionale, a mano ciao ... The EuroTronic full-automated offers many advantages over the traditional gearbox: a net improvement in terms of driving comfort... www.trucktarget.com/Comunicati Iveco/ frameivecocomunicati6.html ... system offers the following improvements over the traditional system: Shifting up and down through the gears is faster than with a traditional gearbox and the ... www.rsportscars.com/eng/cars/ferrari_575m.asp |
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