Moving off in gear 1 or gear 2

[Ithunk]

as above discuss

[Lanevomax]

gear 2 is for lorry as what i had learn so far.

[Ithunk]

i think its possible for cars...but u will feel the car bog...the correct way is to start from gear 1

[LeftRighty]

...but u will feel the car bog...the correct way is to start from gear 1

Not for high torques. Gear 1 burns rubber. Gear 2 is norm.

Edited February 18, 2011 by LeftRighty

[Bicolor]

Of course starting in gear 2 is possible for most cars, but whether its good for the car in the long run is another thing.

Generally for most cars, I use gear 1. For lorries, gear 2.

[Nzy]

I think for cars moving off in gear 2 will wear out the clutch quickly. My dad used to drive his lorry and always start in gear 2 but when he did not need to lorry for his company anymore and switched to a car he still used gear 2 to move off out of habit. In the end the clutch wear out really fast.

[SimonTan]

For car.

The engineer has designed the gear ratio of 1 & 2 to move off the car smoothly.

So it's designed to move off from rest in gear 1, not gear2.

 

Lorry is different as it's load is varying.

Gear 1 is for super full loaded, to move off.

If lorry not full loaded, gear 2 is 'strong' enough to move off from rest.

 

Car moving off in gear2 is 'wrong' as it was not designed for. Of course for argument sake if car is downslop facing, starting from gear2 is doable.

 

[The_Bear]

In my previous auto car, when switched to 'manual' mode, it will be in 2nd gear when moving off. I can switch to 1 manually but if I do nothing, it will move off in 2.

[SimonTan]

The only time car might need to move off in second gear is on icy and snowy condition.

to prevent excessive wheel spin from rest.

[Xtrocious]

For my auto car, it's 2nd gear under comfort mode and 1st gear under sports...

 

If your car is powerful enough, you can move off in 3rd even (Porsches can do that I was told)...haha

[NightWind]

I thought that the gear ratios are assigned based on the speed...moving off at Gear 2 is possible but you may not get the best torque outta the vehicle. This is because from the standstill start the max torque achieved in Gear 1 from stand still is still theoretically better than gear 2...

 

For manual cars, the challenge in smooth quick acceleration is progressing the gearshifts smoothly from 0-60, 60-100, 100-150kph etc

 

Of cause now adays most of the gear shifts will overlap in the upper ranges...but for a quick initial start I thought u still do so at Gear 1.....???

[Nf0rc3r]

Go youtube watch jeremy clarkson review Corvette. Can move off in Gear 5. But i doubt u wanna do that rite.

 

 

Start @ 1:30

Edited February 20, 2011 by Nf0rc3r

[Picanto]

as above discuss

 

 

what have the driving instructors taught you? of course move off in gear 3.

[Ithunk]

 

ok informative vid...i presume tt would be able save fuel

[themagi]

Move off from stationary in 1st gear for me. If car is moving and gear in neutral e.g. when I coast to traffic light, then it depends on speed.