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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You need more control than only the gas pedal can give. When starting up from stationary position, you need a lot of power but only little speed. Once you’re going and need to go faster, you need more speed and less power (since the car is already in motion, it takes less power).
The gears have those different priorities. First has a lot of power, but less speed. Second has a little less power, little more speed. It keeps going that way up until the highest gear, usually fifth or sixth.
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