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I am following your reasoning here. The thing that tripped me up was the last sentence of your previous comment. I understood it like it’s not necessary to switch gears since the load has no real effect on the force needed to move the car. You probably meant that the engine could handle the extra load while staying in the same gear and still use more fuel.
Ah, yeah, that’s what I meant. I just assumed that at highway speeds, the additional drag in this scenario probably wouldn’t be enough to warrant shifting down. Although to be fair depending on the engine it totally might, that was just a quick generalization on my part
I am following your reasoning here. The thing that tripped me up was the last sentence of your previous comment. I understood it like it’s not necessary to switch gears since the load has no real effect on the force needed to move the car. You probably meant that the engine could handle the extra load while staying in the same gear and still use more fuel.
I think we are on the same page now
Ah, yeah, that’s what I meant. I just assumed that at highway speeds, the additional drag in this scenario probably wouldn’t be enough to warrant shifting down. Although to be fair depending on the engine it totally might, that was just a quick generalization on my part