Is it Okay to Start Your Truck / Car in Second Gear?

In a variety of situations, while driving you car, you might have thought in your head, what would happen if you started in second gear, and you may have even thrown your gear leveler down in the second in order to see what would happen and probably weren’t greeted with too much resistance as it’s something that should easily work. It’s especially easy in cars with more power and torque as it is a lazier method of switching through the gears so you can just skip one and it might also provide solutions for different driving situations that you might encounter but this time, we’re looking deeper into it.

Thanks to our host over at Engineering Explained, this time, we get the in-depth rundown of what exactly you’re doing to your machine when you start in second gear. Sure, it might be a little bit more convenient or seem to change the way that your car reacts to acceleration in certain situations where maybe you have less traction but when it comes to the internal components of your transmission, are you really doing yourself any favors by starting in second gear? Could you potentially be doing any damage to your internals if you develop a driving style like this?

If you follow along down in the video below, you’ll get the entire rundown of exactly how your transmission might react if you make a habit out of this kind of driving style. In addition, instead of a simple either “do it” or “don’t do it” answer, you know that the guys over at Engineering Explained have you covered as you’re going to learn a little bit more than you bargained for in this one so you’d better break out your notebook because you’re about to get the entire rundown of how it all works.