Mexican overdrive
Meaning
Noun
- The neutral gear when used while a vehicle is moving, especially when it is used to save fuel or to coast downhill faster than a vehicle can go in gear. (This is illegal in some places.)
Related
Similar words
- freewheel
- angel gear
- Georgia overdrive
Origin
- Based on NASCAR teams' experience in the early 1950s in the legendary Carerra Panamerica, where the long hills would have otherwise overrevved the engines.
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