Sentence examples for eighth gear from inspiring English sources

But at a steady 50 m.p.h., also in eighth gear, the r.p.m. drops to 1,400, generating a slight drone that no 6-cylinder BMW ever produced.

Ainsworth had chosen eighth gear.

While cruising at 55 m.p.h. that eighth gear lets the engine loaf at a drowsy 1,300 r.p.m.

Coming out of Eau Rouge in eighth gear at 200mph is no place to risk a pointless accident.

At 75 m.p.h. with the transmission in eighth gear, the 4-cylinder is revving at only about 2,100 r.p.m. and feels completely unobtrusive.

Yet cruising at 65 m.p.h. in eighth gear — with the engine loafing at a near-silent 1,600 r.p.m. — the Lexus returned 30 miles a gallon, remarkable for such a big, mighty machine.

top speed, fifth gear must be reinstated.

Its attack has rarely hit second gear.

It has no third gear.

My approach had become first gear or sixth gear, with nothing in between.

First gear didn't tell me much.