How do gears work? Why is it that the first gear gives you the most torque and hence the most acceleration? Since the first gear gives me the most acceleration why do I need to switch gears? Wouldn't ...

It may not look it, but the D3 function found on your gear shift serves a surprisngly useful purpose separate from that of ...

My personal suspicion is that the 90/10 rule applies to the gears in a modern car: 90% of drivers use just 10% of the drive settings in their car. There are so many layers of gears, modes, and other ...