Let's Do Some Burnouts!!!

Chapter 4: 

"Every day is a new day" a saying that makes sense, for us all. Each day we wake up, it requires us to exert different levels of energy, to go about the day. Each task has its own requirement and rewards. Each task takes something from us and puts it to use in our own realities. Each task has its own pace requirement, which is fulfilled by our bodies, by selecting 'the Right Gear at the Right Time'.

 

What it means when we say that, is that even though our body has the capability to go a lot higher, faster, if going that way unnecessarily, it will wear us out and make us use our energy in a very inefficient way.

 

Same goes with our Beloved Vehicles. What good is it, if we keep on doing burnouts every time we want to move on? We need some sort of modulation, some form of control between Axle/Differential and Engine.

 

That is where a transmission comes in play. By definition, a transmission is a machine in a power which provides controlled application of the power. Often the term 5-Speed transmission refers simply to the gearbox that uses gear and gear trains to provide speed and torque conversions from a rotating power source to another device. In British English, the term transmission refers to the whole drivetrain, including clutch, gearbox, Driveshaft (for rear-wheel drive), differential, and final drive shafts. In American English, however, the term refers more specifically to the gearbox alone.

 

The most common use is in a motor vehicle, where the transmission adapts the output of the engine to the drive wheels. Such engines need to operate at a relatively high rotational speed, which is inappropriate for starting, stopping, and slower travel. The transmission reduces the higher engine speed to the slower wheel speed, increasing torque in the process. Transmissions are also used on pedal bicycles, fixed machines, and where different rotational speeds and torques are adapted. Often, a transmission has multiple gear ratios or simply "gears" with the ability to switch between them as speed varies. This switching may be done manually by the driver or automatically. Directional, that is forward and reverse control is also provided. Single-ratio transmissions also exist, which simply change the speed and torque (and sometimes direction) of motor output.

 

In motor vehicles, the transmission generally is connected to the engine crankshaft via a flywheel or clutch or fluid coupling, partly because internal combustion engines cannot run below a particular speed. The output of the transmission is transmitted via the driveshaft to one or more differentials, which drives the wheels. While a differential may also provide gear reduction, it's primary purpose is to permit the wheels at either end of an axle to rotate at different speeds, essential to avoid wheel slippage on turns, as it changes the direction of rotation.

 

Like life, we can keep on moving ahead smoothly, if we are in ' the Right Gear at the Right Time'. Sure, burnouts feel good from time to time, constantly starting with burnout not only consumes our tyres(body) but also our precious fuel(energy) and start slowly breaking down our Engine Blocks (Heart & Mind).

 

No matter how much fun it can be, what good it is, if we cannot extract our full potential and stretch out for those precious extra miles which matter at the end of our journey.

 

Even though I said " let’s do some burnouts", let us all "do that responsibly".