Sentence examples for first gear for from inspiring English sources

I quickly learned to keep the car in first gear for the whole steep ascent.

The first version of the Roadster featured a two-speed transmission, the first gear for quick starts (0 to 60 miles per hour in under four seconds) and the second gear for top speeds (over 120 miles per hour).

We tested the Disco on some very nasty terrain in southern Vermont, using low range and third gear for climbing (where first gear would cause too much wheel spin, since it has so much instant torque), and low range and first gear for descents.

The episode rumbles along in first gear for about three-quarters of its running time and then abruptly shifts into high gear at the end, moving toward an apocalyptic finish that doesn't feel wholly earned.

In particular, it's too easy to mistake fourth gear for sixth.

I nursed him on in fourth gear and I saved fifth gear for the second last".

She was barely out of second gear for most of the race as Nichols Canyon set the pace.

The manual transmission is lighter and more compact than the one it replaces, and gets an extra, sixth gear for better mileage.

It's a decent start but United have been in second gear for most of it and they will have to find something extra if they are to justify skinny odds of 5/4 about the away win.

Celtic played in second or third gear for most of the game.

"I felt didn't have to get out of second gear for the first 600m and I just kicked on for the last 200m.