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Have been thinking of this post whenever I drive to office & back home. In which gear you travel the most. Though it was between 4 & 5th, I give all the possible options here ( 1st or 2nd or 3rd or 4th or 5th).

This is only for the city drive & I hope that most of us travel within city limits for office.

PS: Public poll, your option is open for members

within the city limits it has to be the 3rd gear in my zen for me..in 3rd zen goes all the way from 15kmph to 120kmph..

Travel 'most' -

Distance wise it's 4th .. which is what I've chosen.
Time wise it's 2nd :)

I think distance wise it has to be the 4th gear. Although 3rd is a close call.

Distance wise, mostly in third, with second being a close second.
Time wise, NEUTRAL!

70% i drive in 5 gear.. i hardly drive in 4 until and unless there is a lot of traffic.. I usually skip 4 gear and after third i just switch to 5 gear.. :p

:)

Heh heh... how do you travel in Neutral? Do you roll down from a hill top? ;)

Whoa mannn! Do you travel mostly on highways? In cities many a times the cars start stalling even on 4th!

i meant time-wise, most of the times stuck in a jam, not moving. Samjha karo yaar.

No lol.. not on highway. I live in chandigarh and there is very less traffic as compared to Delhi and Mumbai.. So you can between travel at 40 - 60 KMPH 80% of the time within city.. So i just shift to 5th gear as soon as i hit 40..

Samajh gayaa yaar :D And I can empathize with you. Its the same problem here. Coming to work and then going back everyday is a chore by itself. So many times my ankles start paining, particularly the left one. Traffic scenario gets so bad at times that I just put the car on 1st gear and then just ride the clutch without any accelerator. It becomes a clutch-brake-clutch kind of drone. :mad:

Lucky you! No such luck here. I get so happy whenever I get a stretch to slot the 5th :p

Life seems stuck on 2nd gear on the way to office and back - and so does my car :(

occasionally, move on to the third gear, but hardly get a chance to put on 4th before i slam the brakes drifting into yet another jam.

Now i came to know why me and my bro gets gr8 average... you all dont get a chance to go in 5th gear and cars drinks up all the petrol/diesel.. ummm so healthy cars u got there :p

But now days traffic situations are becomign worse too.. But still i get to drive in 5th gear as i hate 4th gear.. Thoughb i also hate 2nd gear until and unless car got Syncromesh in gears..

thanks to the nice roads in delhi i am in 4th most of the time but 3rd is the second most used option.