Climbing towards a mountain pass you read in a travel guide: 'When climbing a mountain, shift to a higher gear, that is gentler on the engine.' Is that correct advice according to the book?
True
False
Correct answer
False
Explanation
False — trap: flat-road rule of thumb applied to a climb. Do not climb in too high a gear; too few revs in fact raise the engine temperature (Book p.69-70).