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French translation: vitesse intermédiaire

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English term or phrase:	prime gear
French translation:	vitesse intermédiaire
Entered by:	Adrien Esparron

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01:48 Dec 3, 2004

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English term or phrase: prime gear

2nd gear (1.67:1) and 2nd prime (1.50:1) gear are so close in ratio that they are not considered to be different gear ratios, although both are used as 2nd gear under certain conditions.

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vitesse intermédiaire

Explanation:
La seule vraie référence explicite se trouve dans la page référencée. Il doit certainement y en avoir d'autres. Bonne chance !

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Adrien Esparron
France
Local time: 17:13

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marketing term for "overdriven"

zaphod

vitesse intermédiaire

Adrien Esparron

Background

Charlotte Allen

marche principale

Monique Laville

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marche principale

Explanation:
et seconde je suppose. Attendre confirmation.

Monique Laville
Italy
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Background

Explanation:
I'm afraid I can't find any French equivalent for this, but I can explain what it is (which you may know already).

In certain cars, e.g. the V8 Dodge Dakota, the car has a standard gear pattern when accelerating - 1,2,3,4, but when changing down the gears and decelerating hard (e.g. from 4th to 2nd), there is an 'additional' gear - 2nd prime - which engages, with a slightly higher gear ratio.

This does not seem to be a very wide-spread notion, and it may be that there is no model commonly found in France that has the 'extra' gear, in which case you will just have to translate literally, e.g. : "deuxième vitesse 'prime'". The reader is given an explanation of what exactly a 2nd prime gear is (in terms of ratio) in the sentence itself.

Reference: http://www.dodgedakotas.com/boards/v8/1975.html

Charlotte Allen
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:13
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English

8 hrs confidence:

marketing term for "overdriven"

Explanation:
Overdrive = Over drive plus proche de 1:1
Underdrive = plus loin de 1:1
1:1 final drive. Les roues et le moteurs tourne a la meme vitesse.
Overdrive = .8:1 .75:1 Le moteur tourne plus lentement que les roues, donc plus economiquement.

zaphod
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vitesse intermédiaire

Explanation:
La seule vraie référence explicite se trouve dans la page référencée. Il doit certainement y en avoir d'autres. Bonne chance !

Reference: http://amicale.com/spitfire/technique/articles/ovd.htm

Adrien Esparron
France
Local time: 17:13
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French
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