23 November

Have posted about gears many times. I think it’s such an important thing, because ’driving a stick’ is such a totemic thing for many ICE-lovers. The only reason ICEs have gears is because the engines are so inefficient and puny, you need to rev the crap out of them to get any power or torque. That’s what gears are for, to allow you to rev the crap out of the engine as you gain speed. Otherwise the car stalls. Driving a stick is like a jockey flogging a slow horse.