English

Noun

Mexican overdrive

1. (US slang, based on a stereotype) The neutral gear when used while a vehicle is moving, especially when it is used to save fuel or to coast down hill faster than a vehicle can go in gear. (This is illegal in some places.)

#:He shifted his car out of gear, at the top of the hill, and coasted down in Mexican overdrive.

References
Playboy Magazine once answered a reader's question about the meaning of this term.
http://www.markcarey.com/spamdb/discuss-increase-your-gas-mileage.html

• 2007-09-12 21:27 - Connel MacKenzieBot - Robot: Automated text replacement (-{{rfc-xphrase|Noun phrase}} +)

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