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   Ian Smith (iandsmith@mas.to)'s status on Saturday, 03-Feb-2024 17:58:42 JST Ian Smith

   • George Penney

   @georgepenney I think early cars tended to have three forward gears

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     Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)'s status on Saturday, 03-Feb-2024 17:58:42 JST Kit Rhett Aultman

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     • George Penney

     @IanDSmith @georgepenney Yep. "Three on the tree" for column shift and "Four on the floor" for stick. I'm pretty sure that gearing choices boiled down to engineering trade-offs.

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     GNU Too (gnu2@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Saturday, 03-Feb-2024 18:28:37 JST GNU Too

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     • Kit Rhett Aultman
     depends what you mean by early 3 on the tree va. 4 on floor wasn't until me mid-twentieth century.
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     Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)'s status on Saturday, 03-Feb-2024 18:44:17 JST Kit Rhett Aultman

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     • GNU Too

     @gnu2 I'm merely noting that three gears was such a common standard that there were slogans denoting it and that the idea of four gears being related to horses is unlikely.