I’ve driven manual for years and STILL don’t understand why you need to change gears.

Question

I get that low gears > more power but low speed. I get that high gears >low power but high speed.

But can someone give me the brain dead intuition of why you need to change gear “sizes”? A single sentence if possible.

I’ve tried Googling it but they always use a bike example. I’ve never ridden a bike. Or they start talking about ratios and it just goes over my head.

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Answer 1

Think of a 10 speed bicycle. You start off in first gear.your little legs can only pedal so fast the bike can’t go any faster.then you change gears to second gear.you go faster till your little legs can’t pedal any faster.then you change gears.now your in third gear going way faster then first.