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gear box
gear box by msutherland February 14, 2010
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gearboxing
1) Wayne was being a total wanker so we gearboxed him.
2) Wayne threatened to sue us for gearboxing him, but nothing ever happened.
2) Wayne threatened to sue us for gearboxing him, but nothing ever happened.
gearboxing by femdom December 19, 2010
Gearboxed
To be sold a promise, concept or ideal only to find you have been deliberately lied to or misled.
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Gi·ar·box-Noun
Gi·ar·box·a·ble-Adjective
See also: Pitchforded - To tell everyone you know well what you are doing and have everything under control right up until you have been caught out. Possibly even beyond.
Related forms
Gi·ar·box-Noun
Gi·ar·box·a·ble-Adjective
See also: Pitchforded - To tell everyone you know well what you are doing and have everything under control right up until you have been caught out. Possibly even beyond.
dual-clutch gearbox
Invented by a Frenchman just before WW2 and introduced to road cars in 2003 in the Golf R32, this type of transmission is a semi-automatic gearbox - two clutches take care of two sets of gears. One clutch takes care of odd gears (1, 3, 5, 7) and the other clutch deals with the even gears (R, 2, 4, 6).
How it works:
One clutch has 1st gear engaged, with the car moving forwards. Meanwhile, the other clutch has 2nd gear ready to be engaged. Come change-up time, clutch no.1 disengages 1st and clutch no.2 engages 2nd gear and the car keeps going, whilst clutch no.1 prepares 3rd gear for engagement. All of this happens within milliseconds, so power delivery to the road is uninterrupted.
Usually - though not always - dual-clutch gearboxes are more fuel-efficient than an equivalent manual gearbox.
For more info, see Wikipedia.
How it works:
One clutch has 1st gear engaged, with the car moving forwards. Meanwhile, the other clutch has 2nd gear ready to be engaged. Come change-up time, clutch no.1 disengages 1st and clutch no.2 engages 2nd gear and the car keeps going, whilst clutch no.1 prepares 3rd gear for engagement. All of this happens within milliseconds, so power delivery to the road is uninterrupted.
Usually - though not always - dual-clutch gearboxes are more fuel-efficient than an equivalent manual gearbox.
For more info, see Wikipedia.
"What gearbox have you got in your Audi TT?"
"Oh, I've got Audi's (VW's) dual-clutch gearbox. It's fantastic!"
"Oh, I've got Audi's (VW's) dual-clutch gearbox. It's fantastic!"
dual-clutch gearbox by JaaagMan February 8, 2012
gearbox
gearbox by Diploma mill Doctor August 1, 2011
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