Q: Transmission
Hi, my problem is that the 3rd and 4th gear is not working if i try to accelerate full speed probably bc the gears are that much abused... Can you tell me wether the car's gonna die out because of that one day or wether we can still use it for a roadtrip? And what should we do if not?
My car has 182000 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.
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