# Driving down the highway in 2nd gear (like a genius)

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/driving-down-the-highway-in-2nd-gear-like-a-genius/92544>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [February 17, 2016, 7:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/driving-down-the-highway-in-2nd-gear-like-a-genius/92544 "2016-02-17T19:50:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![circuitsmith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/circuitsmith/32/40376_2.png) [@circuitsmith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circuitsmith)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 5:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/driving-down-the-highway-in-2nd-gear-like-a-genius/92544/7 "2016-02-18T05:28:26Z")

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Burned a little extra gas is all you did.  
That engine has a rev limiter that won’t let you hurt it.

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