Many Car Owners Never Knew This Fuel-Saving Gear Mode Existed
For decades, vehicle gear layouts followed familiar and easy-to-understand patterns. Manual transmissions commonly displayed numbered gears along with “R” for reverse, while automatic vehicles typically featured “P” for park, “N” for neutral, “D” for drive, and “R” for reverse. Because these systems became standard, most drivers rarely stopped to think about the meaning behind the…