Another car questions + opinions

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Originally Posted by Telecolor 3007

Oh, 'Jeep' Wrangler. Around 1998-1999 I've rode in one and wonder how could we go so fast when where doing 50. Well, after a time I realized that where doing 50 miles per hour, not 50 kilometers per hour.
And it had automatic gearbox. I thought 1, 2, 3 represnted the gears that you wanted to engage.

Most automatics have a low range and or a way to force a single gear for situations like being stuck in snow or mud or climbing or descending very steep hills...in most normal conditions 1, 2, 3 or Lo are not selected. Some people will manually shift through the gears of an automatic to check for damaged gears, or to try and launch faster (drag racing automatics are often designed to be used this way).