1. Andy drove cautiously along in third gear .

2. It is also present in third gear but much less so.

3. You shouldn't try to start in third gear.

4. If you drive too slowly in third gear, you'll lug the engine.

5. Pull the handbrake, shift the third gear to the neutral gear.

6. This driving mode allows you to move off in third gear to reduce wheel-spin in icy conditions.

7. Fordwater is flat in top, St Mary's is tricky in third gear, as is Lavant.

8. This is gear knob: neutral gear, first gear, second gear, third gear, fourth gear, fifth gear, retreat gear.

9. Research indicates that a car travelling at 37mph in third gear uses 25 per cent more fuel than it would at the same speed in fifth gear.