gear
gear is a term you might hear when people talk about cars.
A gear is a specific ratio selected by the transmission that determines how the engine’s power is delivered to the wheels. The speaker is describing uncertainty about which gear the shifter is engaging until it “clicks” into the right one.
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"Jay if I came back here next week there's one or two corners where I would maybe try different gear [1215.5s] or something but you've almost locked in once you've qualified"
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"you're, you're not quite sure what gear you're going to get."
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"So thank you guys for hooking that up. I appreciate the gear. And, you know, so looking it up loosely means they had it."
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