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Money shifting

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-003739

The act of inadvertently selecting a gear that is too low for the current vehicle speed in a manual transmission, causing the engine to exceed its maximum safe RPM limit. This action can result in severe mechanical damage to engine components, such as valves, pistons, and connecting rods, due to excessive rotational forces. The term highlights the substantial repair costs associated with this driving error.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-003739
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectAutomotive
See alsoMoney shift
TranslationsGerman: Money shifting; Spanish: money shifting; French: money shifting
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-003739",
  "term": "Money shifting",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "The act of inadvertently selecting a gear that is too low for the current vehicle speed in a manual transmission, causing the engine to exceed its maximum safe RPM limit. This action can result in severe mechanical damage to engine components, such as valves, pistons, and connecting rods, due to excessive rotational forces. The term highlights the substantial repair costs associated with this driving error.",
  "subject": "Automotive",
  "see_also": [
    "money shift"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "de": "Money shifting",
    "es": "money shifting",
    "fr": "money shifting"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/money-shifting/"
}

Record 4,070 of 7,311 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.