do certain gears of a car have a set range of speed

Question

I’m mainly asking because i can’t wrap my head around the concept of stick shift.

ex: would 1st gear be good from “X” mph until “Y” mph and then you need to switch to 2nd gear?

In: Engineering

Answer 1

A very crude guide is that you should change up out of first at 10 miles an hour, second at 20, third at 30 and so on. This works pretty well in most cars. If the car is working hard, going uphill, carrying an unusually heavy load then you can hang on to the gears a little longer for better acceleration.