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Originally Posted by happyisthealero

Is it wise to drive continuously throughout town, or on the highway on flat roads in third gear? I hope that makes sense. It just seems like it would be bad to drive in one gear other than (drive) constantly, but I'm sure that is what they are for.

3rd is actually drive and 4th is overdrive. Up until the early 90's a lot of cars only had 3 gears, back in the 60's and 70's if you had an auto trans, you only had 3 gears.

I only drive in 3rd down the track. On a road course 2nd or 3rd pending on the straight sections of the track, to keep the car in the RPM range for torque