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This is a car.

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And this is a car on Mythbusters.

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Do not try what you're about to see at home.

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We're what you call experts.

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On this episode of Mythbusters,

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Adam and Jayne have a heavy-hitting movie myth.

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And it's a man.

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Stuck between two chubby cops.

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We gotta get this guy in the car right away.

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He's got an accident to attend.

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Could a sandwich suspect

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have been a man?

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No, no, no.

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He's a man.

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Could a sandwich suspect

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survive the mother of all

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truck and T-boats?

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Ahhhh!

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Better than a cup of coffee, isn't it?

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Meanwhile, Carri-Torre and Grant

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have the most exhaustive,

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fuel-efficiency fable

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in Mythbusters history.

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Follow us for fuel savings.

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Learn about hypermiling.

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Could a troop of traffic tactics

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shut off the engine to save some more fuel?

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Really combine to double your miles per gallon.

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I'm starting to get it, hypermilers.

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Or is this a myth that puts the rage

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in road rage?

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She just gave me the spark.

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Yeah, you hate us.

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Do you hate science?

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Who are the Mythbusters?

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Adam Savard.

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That is science.

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And Jamie Heineman.

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I'm ready.

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Between them more than 30 years

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of special effects experience,

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together with Brad Himahara.

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Oh, it's burning!

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Carrie Byron.

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Always makes me feel dangerous.

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And Tori Bellachy.

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They don't just tell the myths,

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they put them to the test.

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Alright, Jamie, I'm going to paint you a picture

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and I want you to guess the myth.

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Are you game? I'm ready.

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Here it goes. It comes from a foreign action movie

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called Head Hunters. You can't shrink a head.

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No. In this movie,

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our hero is seated in the backseat of a police car.

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You can't drive from the backseat.

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No. Let me just get through the story.

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He is seated between two really big cops.

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and he P-bones the cop car

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at like full speed.

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Except that our hero survives the crash.

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provided by the two big guys.

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In a car accident, could you be protected

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by the people you are sitting between?

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It's a movie myth that puts the wide

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from a terrifying

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So what's the plan?

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that you're better off being between two big dudes

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some of those forces with a scale test.

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To see if we can collect some relative data.

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This is the exact make and model

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of the car that gets T-boned

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in the movie clip that we're replicating.

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when we hit it with a truck.

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Adam's polycarbonate compact car

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There it is.

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Second is a truck stand-in.

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We're going to smash our miniature car twice.

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It's like a forced bro hug.

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Next, a myth about going the extra mile.

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Alright, so you guys have your driving shoes on

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because this myth is the mother

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of all fuel efficiency techniques.

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It's called hypermiling.

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and it gets really good gas mileage?

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According to this myth, there's just a few simple things

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Regardless of the type of car you have,

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you can significantly reduce your fuel consumption.

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Wait, so are these techniques legal?

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are completely 100% legal.

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And they double your gas mileage.

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That's what they say.

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It's a question as old as the car.

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Is there anything you can do

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to make your gas guzzler guzzle

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less gas?

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running on empty?

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but that sounds a little more like a finale, right?

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each of these techniques and find out

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how fuel efficient each of them are.

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Okay, so what are they?

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Actually, out of the top six, we've already done

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three on our show. For example, we know

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Your results may differ.

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We know that your fuel efficiency increases

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when you drive for less.

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your tires by 10% can really boost your mileage.

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Getting less rolling resistance

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and therefore better fuel efficiency.

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So that's six hypermiling secrets.

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And the mythbusters have already ticked off three.

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they need to test the rest.

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Starting with limiting speed.

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But rather than hitting the highway,

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we are going to save so much fuel

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in your face, global warming.

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First, they're hitting the runway.

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We are here at the Alameda runway

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to test hypermiling.

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Now, a car is most fuel efficient at higher speeds

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because it's using higher gears

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and it's using momentum of the vehicle.

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But at a certain point, those gears max out.

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You actually use more fuel to get more speed.

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the more wind resistance you're going to experience,

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therefore making it less fuel efficient.

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So there's a thing called the speed test.

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they've set up a circuit one mile long.

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Follow us for fuel savings.

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Learn about hypermiling.

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They'll drive 20 laps at 45,

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55, and 65 miles per hour.

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And get the fuel efficiency of each speed.

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But how will they track their gallons per mile?

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This piece of equipment right here

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is a very precise flow meter

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of the speed of the vehicle.

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And the speed of the vehicle is very precise.

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And the speed of the vehicle is very precise.

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And the speed of the vehicle is very precise.

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And the speed of the vehicle is very precise flow meter.

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It'll tell us how much fuel we consume.

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This is connected to the exhaust system.

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It's got a temperature sensor, pressure sensor,

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and a flow meter.

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We've got a weather center here that helps us out

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with humidity, atmospheric pressure,

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and a GPS to tell us precisely

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how far we travel.

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Ready for a road trip?

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45 mile per hour test.

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3, 2, 1, begin.

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Position running.

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Road trip!

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Don't worry, you're not seeing triples.

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It's fun driving in circles, eh?

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Look at this.

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They do it in an ask car all the time.

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With over 20 minutes at the same speed

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for each test,

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we're going to need a split screen montage.

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I prefer road trips where we stop

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at cool destinations rather than take data.

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What do you mean?

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This is a road trip to science.

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You're on the lead, I don't see any other cars.

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And while fuel efficiency data collection

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isn't the most stimulating...

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Sometimes you get to blow things up.

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Sometimes you drive in circles

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with the air conditioning off.

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The mythbusters find a way

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to make it interesting.

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It's a consistent pattern here.

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Every time we go in this direction,

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it's an 18 gallons bar,

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and every time we go in that direction,

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it's about 22 gallons bar.

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At higher speeds, the wind resistance

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is affecting the gas consumption.

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But will the hyper mile speed

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of 45 miles per hour

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avoid that?

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Alright kids, we're almost home.

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Good night.

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Finally, after over 30 laps,

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it's time to pull up

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and pump out the data.

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And we're here...

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in test. Okay, let's take our numbers

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over to the data acquisition team,

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let them export them and do our comparison.

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I think we are going to see some serious savings.

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Well, it's over to Kent Johnson

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and his team for the final tally

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on the fuel efficiency.

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So it's looking pretty good.

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At 65 miles an hour, seeing about 34 miles per gallon.

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At 55 miles an hour,

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it improved to 17%.

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And at 45 miles an hour,

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it proved about 30%.

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That's actually really good for our myth.

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And these hyper miles might be onto something.

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They might, because a 30% saving

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just by decreasing your speed

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to 45 miles per hour is impressive.

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So far, it's looking really good for this myth

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of hypermiling. It turns out,

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after looking at the data, that if you drive at slower speeds

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on the freeway, you will in fact save fuel.

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But that is just one piece in the puzzle.

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Because remember, we're trying to put all these together

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in order to double our mileage.

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Later, can the mythbusters

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double the bank from their tanks?

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Stinky traffic is stopping

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and ruining my hosting abilities.

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Calming.

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And the big rig takes on a big gig.

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That's a big dude.

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But will Buster survive?

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He's smiling.

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He liked it.

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Can being sandwiched

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between two corpulent cops

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really let you survive

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a tremendous T-bone?

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A small scale said maybe.

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Oh, that looks a lot better.

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So now it's time to up the ante

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at Alameda Runway.

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Today, instead of remote controlling the vehicles

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or pulling them with cables,

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Jamie and I will be driving.

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This baby right here.

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Oh, yeah, it's on.

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Yep, for full scale, the mythbusters

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will literally be putting their lives

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on the line for science.

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That ought to do.

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That's one big rig.

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And two truckers raring to go.

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So now to put the car

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before the horsepower.

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Allow me to introduce you to the car

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we will be smashing today.

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It's not only the same make and model

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as the car in the clip we're attempting to replicate.

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It also has a special significance to me.

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Here, take a look at this picture.

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That's me, a 25 years old,

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20 years ago, and that is my first car.

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Yes, this is the same make and model

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as my first car.

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Once the car is all lined up,

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the final ingredient for test one

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is the passenger.

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This is our human analog.

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It's called a CINDAVER.

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It has individual muscles, bones

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and organs just like a human.

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It will be our crash test dummy

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for this test,

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and we're going to X-ray it first

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to make sure all its parts are intact.

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Immediately after the accident,

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our dummy will be X-rayed again

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and examined by a friend of mythbusters,

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orthopedic surgeon Noah Weiss.

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And we'll see just what kind of injuries

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we can get.

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Yup, it's all good.

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Now in the movie, our hero

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was seated in the back seat of a car

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just like this between two large policemen

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and we will do that crash.

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That'll have to do.

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But in order to find out how good or bad

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that might have been for him,

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we need to control and that's why

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in this test, our guy will be seated

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all alone in the back seat.

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Yes, you'll be fine.

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No, you won't be fine.

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And to quantify just how

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not fine he'll be,

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the team adds PCB accelerometers,

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meaning the sandwich suspect

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is all set.

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Glad I'm not you.

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Cautiously, Jamie climbs into the cab

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and takes the truck to the

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far end of the runway.

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Then it's go time.

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All right, Jamie, are you ready?

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Ready to go.

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Crash test control.

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Two.

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Go.

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Like an angry walrus,

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the truck eaves into action.

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Accelerating to the

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50 miles an hour of the movie.

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Here it comes.

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Wow.

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That was amazing.

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That was one hell of a thud.

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Talk about crash.

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Bang.

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Boom.

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Their green machine's been

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totally total.

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Well, that wake you up.

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That impact was

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it was frightening, actually.

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Coming up on the car

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at that speed, you don't realize

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how fast you're going until

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you kind of get close to it, and then you realize

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that this is going to be serious.

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It was. It was like

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a racking

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explosion. It was a bang.

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Bang.

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Jamie may have lived to tell the T-Bone tale,

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but the question is,

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has Buster?

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He looks a little more flexible

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than he was when he first went in.

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Well, firstly,

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Dr. Weiss delivers his prognosis.

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Dr. Weiss, how was our patient

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after that accident?

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Well, this patient has sustained multiple

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devastating injuries.

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There are fractures and dislocations

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of the neck, the thoracic spine,

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low back and pelvis.

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This patient is very, very dead.

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Wow. I want to say thank you,

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but I also, that's just so horrifying.

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And for a second opinion,

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Dr. Harding has the G-Load.

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All right, David, how did our guy do?

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The chest saw

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540 Gs.

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Ow! And his head saw

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620. That's, that's, that's dead.

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Dead or not, door nail.

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Yep, because that's over

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6 times the survivable

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threshold.

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The difference between this kind of crash

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and what happens between a couple of cars

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when they hit on the highway,

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is that the truck here is a brute.

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And the numbers bear that out.

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We've got enormous figures on the G-Loads.

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The big question here

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is what happens when we put our dummy

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between a couple of fat guys.

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Will he survive then?

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Looking at this kind of damage,

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will he really something if he does?

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The G-Load is a great car.

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It's a great car.

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It's a great car.

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It's a great car.

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It's a great car.

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It's a great car.

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It's a great car.

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It's a great car.

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It's a great car.

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It's a great car.

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It's a great car.

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It's a great car.

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It's a great car.

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It's a great car.

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High-tech wizardry will track the fuel consumption.

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Okay, this is the control test

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for hypermiling lap one.

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Let's do this.

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And to make sure there are no other variables,

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the AC is off.

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All our designated driver grant needs to do

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is drive normally.

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Hey, Mom, Dad, are we there yet?

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Not there yet, honey.

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Accelerating and braking as he usually would.

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I kind of hate this slide.

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I know it's so long.

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There's not a single other car with the hold up.

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And sticking to the speed limit of 30 miles per hour.

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Science make me car sick.

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Then after 20 laps, they've got their control baseline.

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It was really interesting to watch the equipment

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as Grant was driving.

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Even at idle, the car is using about 0.5 gallons per hour.

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And then when Grant was speeding up,

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he was getting up to about 6.5 gallons per hour.

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Now it's time to see what the techniques

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of hypermiling are going to do

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and how it affects how much fuel you use.

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Hopefully we'll save some.

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And those hypermining traffic tactics

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all rest on how you accelerate,

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stop, and brake.

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Now for this, when you see a light,

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you start to decelerate in case it turns red.

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If you have to stop at a red light,

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you turn the car completely off.

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And then when you start up again,

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you accelerate really, really, really slowly

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to save as much gas as possible.

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Now acceleration is basically burning fuel,

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but braking is a complete waste of the car's energy

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because you're basically stopping

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all the momentum of the vehicle.

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Now how is this going to translate

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into the fuel consumption?

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That's what we're about to find out.

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Okay, painfully slow acceleration, you're doing well.

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Uh-oh, there's a stop sign coming up.

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Decelerating early,

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make a full, complete stop.

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Really smooth acceleration.

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It's like my driver's

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ed test.

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Interesting thing, there's no, like,

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00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:37,000
peaks right now. It's all just kind of

560
00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:39,000
consistent, low fuel usage.

561
00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:41,000
Just like the control,

562
00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:43,000
Grant must stick to the 30 mile per hour speed limit.

563
00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:45,000
But this time, he's limiting

564
00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:47,000
both his acceleration and deceleration.

565
00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:49,000
You can see, slow a little bit,

566
00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:51,000
anticipation of possible red,

567
00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:53,000
and roll through it.

568
00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:55,000
Yeah.

569
00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:57,000
And when they don't catch the green light,

570
00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:59,000
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,

571
00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:01,000
it comes light.

572
00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:03,000
Oh, so slow.

573
00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:05,000
All right.

574
00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:07,000
Shut off the engine. That saves more fuel.

575
00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,000
Engine off.

576
00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:11,000
We should have done this during the winter.

577
00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:13,000
Green light.

578
00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:15,000
Okay.

579
00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:17,000
Just like the control, they complete 20

580
00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:19,000
sweaty circuits.

581
00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:21,000
And eventually,

582
00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:23,000
it's time to find out how fuel frugal

583
00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:25,000
this technique really is.

584
00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:27,000
All right.

585
00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:29,000
We made it. Nice driving.

586
00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:31,000
Thank you. Well done.

587
00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,000
So the results are in.

588
00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:35,000
Let's take a look at the data. Now, I need a graph here.

589
00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:37,000
As you can see, Grant's control test,

590
00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:39,000
him driving normally, which is a little scary,

591
00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:41,000
he was able to get 13 miles per gallon.

592
00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,000
But then, on his hypermiling test,

593
00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:45,000
his eco-friendly driving,

594
00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:47,000
he was able to get 17 miles per gallon.

595
00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:49,000
That is a 30% increase.

596
00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:51,000
This is incredible. But remember,

597
00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,000
this myth is about doubling your mileage.

598
00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:55,000
So, we need to take all these techniques,

599
00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:57,000
put them together, and see if we can get that mythical double

600
00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:59,000
mileage.

601
00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:01,000
That's another two ticks for the hypermile code.

602
00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:03,000
Which means it's time to put it all together

603
00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:05,000
and go road tripping.

604
00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:07,000
I love you too.

605
00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:09,000
There's no way

606
00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:11,000
a solo mid-seat suspect

607
00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:13,000
will survive a T-boning truck.

608
00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:15,000
This patient is very, very dead.

609
00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:17,000
But will some big bone

610
00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:19,000
busters help?

611
00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:21,000
We're going to have to go to the hospital

612
00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:23,000
to get the car ready.

613
00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:25,000
We're going to have to go to the hospital

614
00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:27,000
to get the car ready.

615
00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:29,000
And on to our next episode

616
00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:31,000
of Total Bone Busters...

617
00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:33,000
We've now come to the point in the episode

618
00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:35,000
where it's time for Jamie and I

619
00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:37,000
to make a pair of

620
00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:39,000
plus-sized busters.

621
00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:41,000
Now, here's a problem we have.

622
00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:43,000
They got only 350 pounds a piece.

623
00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:45,000
Which means just making them is going to be difficult,

624
00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:47,000
both in terms of moving them around,

625
00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:49,000
installing them in the car, etc., etc.

626
00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:51,000
There is so much static electricity on this phone.

627
00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:53,000
Check out my hairdo.

628
00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:55,000
So, we've come up with, I think,

629
00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:56,560
out of an open cell phone.

630
00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:59,180
I'll state outright, I've never worked with a piece of foam.

631
00:22:59,180 --> 00:23:00,320
This frickin' big before.

632
00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:02,720
I didn't even know you could get them this big.

633
00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:05,580
Then we will coat the outside of our car figure

634
00:23:05,580 --> 00:23:07,960
in a hard rubber and put it in the car.

635
00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:09,880
This how Michelangelo starts the P.A. Tah.

636
00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:10,720
I know what you're saying,

637
00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:11,960
that doesn't weigh as much as a person.

638
00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:14,080
No, it doesn't, that'll make it easy to install.

639
00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:16,920
Once it's in the car, we will fill it with water.

640
00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:19,800
It's a lightweight solution to a heavy set problem.

641
00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:23,160
Two giant blocks of foam and two mythbusters,

642
00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:25,840
armed with two very different ideas.

643
00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:28,640
Adam's going for the suckin' and see approach,

644
00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:31,520
drawing an obese outline and letting rip.

645
00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:34,120
Ha ha ha ha ha ha!

646
00:23:34,120 --> 00:23:37,680
Jamie, on the other hand, is being a little more methodical.

647
00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:40,400
To sculpt my fat guy, I could just start hacking away

648
00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:42,620
at a chunk of foam, which is what Adam is doing.

649
00:23:42,620 --> 00:23:46,760
I opted instead to do it from a computer generated image

650
00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:48,440
that I found online.

651
00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:51,640
This is a top view of our guy.

652
00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:55,640
And what we've done is slice him in chunks

653
00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:58,500
that end up looking like this one.

654
00:23:58,500 --> 00:24:00,800
This is around the midsection of his body.

655
00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:04,200
This top surface represents the top surface

656
00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:05,960
of a four inch slab of foam.

657
00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:08,640
So when I cut this out, all I have to do

658
00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:12,120
is stack all these other pieces together.

659
00:24:12,120 --> 00:24:16,260
One fat guy in 2D and I've got my guy.

660
00:24:16,260 --> 00:24:18,240
It's classic mythbusters.

661
00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:21,160
Adam forges ahead fast and furious.

662
00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:22,440
Come off that man.

663
00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:23,280
Show yourself.

664
00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:27,680
While Jamie is more slow and steady,

665
00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:30,600
one using intuition,

666
00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:33,640
I'm starting to figure out what he looks like.

667
00:24:35,120 --> 00:24:37,200
The other using ingenuity.

668
00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:38,680
This doesn't look like much right now,

669
00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:41,320
but as soon as I start stacking these blocks,

670
00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:43,480
it's gonna turn into something.

671
00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:47,200
But before long, both are taking shape.

672
00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:49,000
I'd say that's a pretty heavy guy.

673
00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:52,240
I'm so in love with this thing.

674
00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:54,960
Even if one has been a little neater.

675
00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:56,880
This is a sum total of my scrap.

676
00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:02,000
I'm just saying.

677
00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:07,120
Next, Jamie moves on to adding a plumbing system.

678
00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:09,920
That's how we're gonna get the water in.

679
00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:13,280
So that his foam figure can become big bone.

680
00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:14,120
There we go.

681
00:25:14,120 --> 00:25:15,600
He's plumbed and he's got a skeleton.

682
00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:19,120
Now all I have to do is make him look real.

683
00:25:19,120 --> 00:25:21,040
Meanwhile, Adam's got a problem.

684
00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:23,720
His chubby chum is just too big.

685
00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:26,880
He's a giant and I don't think it'll fit in the car.

686
00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:29,920
So I'm gonna take about six inches

687
00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:32,120
right out of his center chest here.

688
00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:35,640
Luckily, a few nip and tux later.

689
00:25:38,640 --> 00:25:40,080
Much better.

690
00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:43,140
And Adam's dummy's ready for its own plumbing parts.

691
00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:46,480
Nice.

692
00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:47,680
Yeah, isn't that cool?

693
00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:51,000
That just leaves two things.

694
00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:52,000
And it's a man.

695
00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:55,520
First, a split screen time lapse

696
00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:57,840
with a full figured foam is finished.

697
00:25:57,840 --> 00:26:00,200
Man, they look fantastic.

698
00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:03,160
And second, a leak free rubber skin.

699
00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:07,400
One coat down, he is almost done.

700
00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:11,080
That'll let their chunky creations hold water.

701
00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:13,840
Over the past 10 years, we've done hundreds of experiments

702
00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:17,400
with 44 different busters and buster analogs.

703
00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:24,480
Right at this moment right now,

704
00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:28,240
Mr. Orange here is my flat out all time favorite.

705
00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:32,320
And once Mr. White and Agent Orange all dried up.

706
00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:36,400
It's clopperin' time.

707
00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:38,040
Yeah!

708
00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:39,720
Keep on truckin'.

709
00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:40,560
Let's do this.

710
00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:41,400
Here we go!

711
00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:42,560
Because after the break,

712
00:26:42,560 --> 00:26:45,280
will the boys in Blubber save busters?

713
00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:46,840
My strings are tightened!

714
00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:56,200
In hypermiling, Tori wants one more pre-road trippin' test.

715
00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:58,000
Next, we're gonna see about taking off

716
00:26:58,000 --> 00:26:59,720
the side view mirror of a car.

717
00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:02,040
Apparently it makes the car so aerodynamic

718
00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:04,080
that it gives you better mileage.

719
00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:08,080
And for some quick aerodynamics,

720
00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:10,320
it's off to the NASA water channel.

721
00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:11,680
All right, you ready for the big show?

722
00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:12,520
Yeah.

723
00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:13,480
There we go.

724
00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:14,680
Nice.

725
00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:16,880
All right, so that is the side with the mirror

726
00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:18,520
and you can see the drag where the die

727
00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:19,760
is just hanging there.

728
00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:22,800
All right, I'm gonna move to the side without the mirror.

729
00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:25,360
And it's just closed right away.

730
00:27:25,360 --> 00:27:26,640
There's no drag.

731
00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:29,200
Yep, removing a mirror to reduce drag

732
00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:32,080
should result in more fantastic fuel savings.

733
00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:37,800
Do not try what you are about to see at home.

734
00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:39,680
Where would you call experts?

735
00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:42,080
Oh, shit.

736
00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:46,120
Want to save money and time at the gas pump?

737
00:27:46,120 --> 00:27:48,000
The Mythbusters do.

738
00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:50,360
So they're joining the Hypermile Club.

739
00:27:51,720 --> 00:27:54,680
All right, shut off the engine, let's save some more fuel.

740
00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:57,240
To find out if this fuel saving system

741
00:27:57,240 --> 00:27:59,520
can double the bank from your tank.

742
00:28:00,360 --> 00:28:01,880
For our hypermiling grand finale,

743
00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:03,920
we'll be driving this 2012 sedan,

744
00:28:03,920 --> 00:28:06,160
the one that we've been using for all of our shorter runs.

745
00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:08,080
But we're throwing another car in the mix.

746
00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:09,520
This one's five years older

747
00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:12,280
and it has over 75,000 miles on it.

748
00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:13,760
Grant and I will be in the brand new car

749
00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:15,480
and Tori will be driving this one.

750
00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:17,440
Don't worry, he won't be lonely.

751
00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:19,040
Buster's in the passenger seat.

752
00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:20,680
It's a great conversation list.

753
00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:21,520
Now for our test,

754
00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:23,440
we'll be using our same fuel measurement system.

755
00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:26,400
But we're also gonna be measuring the old fashioned way.

756
00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:28,680
And that is by driving till we run out of gas.

757
00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:30,000
Here we go.

758
00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:31,880
Exactly three gallons.

759
00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:35,640
So we are gonna be driving one giant lap

760
00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:38,720
around the Bay Area, about 150 miles.

761
00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:39,720
Now that's a good distance

762
00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:42,320
and it's gonna give us a real world average.

763
00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:43,960
We're gonna be driving through city streets,

764
00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:45,840
country roads and freeways.

765
00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:46,880
And to avoid traffic,

766
00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:48,400
we're gonna drive in the middle of the day

767
00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:50,240
so that way we don't have any extra variables

768
00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:51,880
and messing up our data.

769
00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:52,840
Give me those.

770
00:28:52,840 --> 00:28:56,360
It's the fuel efficiency road trip to a rule them all.

771
00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:58,800
They're even adding an aerodynamic skin

772
00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:00,520
and removing a side mirror

773
00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:03,440
to combine every single fuel saving tip

774
00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:05,880
for hyper hypermiling.

775
00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:07,840
All right, let's save some fuel.

776
00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:10,200
With three gallons of gas on board,

777
00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:12,200
drivers start your engines.

778
00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:15,760
How do you know suckers?

779
00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:16,840
That's hyper mile.

780
00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:19,680
It's going to be intense

781
00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:22,360
because they've got a hypermiling checklist,

782
00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:24,160
a hyper mile long.

783
00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:26,760
Never drive above 45 miles per hour.

784
00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:27,760
Done.

785
00:29:27,760 --> 00:29:30,120
Remove the wing mirror on the passenger door.

786
00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:30,960
Done.

787
00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:33,480
Avoid braking and wrapped acceleration.

788
00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:34,320
Done.

789
00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:36,520
Turn off engine and stop lights.

790
00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:38,160
I don't like this at all.

791
00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:40,080
Try and stay relaxed.

792
00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:41,280
Green light, green light.

793
00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:44,240
Gentle.

794
00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:46,520
Not turning on the AC.

795
00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:47,360
Done.

796
00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:49,960
Legally drafting when the opportunity presents itself.

797
00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:51,560
Okay, I haven't had that opportunity yet.

798
00:29:51,560 --> 00:29:54,520
Over inflating our tires by 10%.

799
00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:55,480
Their capacity.

800
00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:59,800
Cover the cars in streamlined skin.

801
00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:00,800
Done.

802
00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:02,960
And lastly, try to navigate intersections

803
00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:04,320
so we're always going through green lights.

804
00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:05,920
I think we're doing well.

805
00:30:05,920 --> 00:30:08,560
But hold on, aren't we forgetting something?

806
00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:10,640
What about a control?

807
00:30:10,640 --> 00:30:13,120
Well, luckily, they did that yesterday.

808
00:30:13,120 --> 00:30:15,920
It was a control cruise of an identical route.

809
00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:19,840
I forgot I don't speak Wookiee.

810
00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:21,240
I also speak Klingon.

811
00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:22,680
I bet you do.

812
00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:23,520
Krta!

813
00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:25,360
At an identical time of day.

814
00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:26,800
We can play this game.

815
00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:28,200
You wanna play the silent treatment?

816
00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:30,120
I can play the silent treatment too.

817
00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:32,840
Under identical weather conditions.

818
00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:34,400
Wow, this is a beautiful place

819
00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:36,000
to conduct a science experiment.

820
00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:37,120
Can you get an allergies?

821
00:30:37,120 --> 00:30:37,960
Oh!

822
00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:38,920
Oh!

823
00:30:38,920 --> 00:30:40,240
Driven completely normally.

824
00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:41,080
Over there.

825
00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:42,280
With no hypermiling.

826
00:30:42,280 --> 00:30:44,680
Until their three gallons of gas ran out.

827
00:30:45,680 --> 00:30:47,120
We're running out, we're running out.

828
00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:48,400
Oh, that's it.

829
00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:49,440
All right.

830
00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:51,400
I think that's it, Buster.

831
00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:53,000
We are out.

832
00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:53,880
Woo!

833
00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:55,360
All right, that's it for the control test.

834
00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:59,760
We went 64 miles and got 21.3 miles per gallon.

835
00:30:59,760 --> 00:31:03,200
So Buster and I made it 78 miles on three gallons of gas.

836
00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:05,520
That is 26 miles per gallon.

837
00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:06,800
That was the control.

838
00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:08,960
And they'll need to double those figures

839
00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:10,320
to confirm this myth.

840
00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:14,600
So it's back to today's hypermiling test.

841
00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:16,720
And in the midst of city traffic.

842
00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:17,560
Oh shoot.

843
00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:21,480
You really gotta pay attention when you're hypermiling.

844
00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:23,920
Otherwise you're gonna f*** off a lot of drivers.

845
00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:26,440
Fuel frugality is frustrating.

846
00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:29,520
This is it, we are coast city.

847
00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:30,640
But it doesn't matter.

848
00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:32,080
Because all the stinking traffic

849
00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:35,600
is stopping and ruining my coasting abilities.

850
00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:38,560
Calming, calming, calming.

851
00:31:38,560 --> 00:31:39,920
Hey, f***ing.

852
00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:41,480
Maybe I should drive home.

853
00:31:41,480 --> 00:31:42,320
Ancient.

854
00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:46,720
However, soon they're through the stress of the city

855
00:31:46,720 --> 00:31:48,360
and the motors are still running

856
00:31:48,360 --> 00:31:49,880
as they head out on the highway.

857
00:31:52,240 --> 00:31:54,600
Is that us causing all that traffic?

858
00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:56,600
Ha ha ha ha.

859
00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:57,440
Oops.

860
00:31:57,440 --> 00:32:00,400
Oh, she just gave us a burp.

861
00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:02,280
Yeah, you hate us.

862
00:32:02,280 --> 00:32:03,600
You hate science?

863
00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:05,600
What, you don't like science?

864
00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:07,360
But while their discipline driving

865
00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:10,200
has other drivers road raging,

866
00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:11,720
they are making savings.

867
00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:16,080
We are at, let's see, our mileage is 31315.

868
00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:21,080
Okay, so that is 12 miles past our mark.

869
00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:22,280
Really?

870
00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:23,120
Yeah.

871
00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:23,960
Wow.

872
00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:25,120
52 to go.

873
00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:27,560
Okay, whether it's confirmed or not,

874
00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:29,600
I'm sort of impressed already.

875
00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:32,640
At the 80 mile mark, they've reached the scenic route

876
00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:34,760
and topped their control mileage.

877
00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:37,640
This is the first time that we're seeing

878
00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:39,760
really windy roads on this course.

879
00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:42,320
Now, the technique here is to kind of maintain

880
00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:44,800
a consistent speed so that you don't have to actually

881
00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:48,160
break in the turns because if you're breaking,

882
00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:49,760
you're losing energy.

883
00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:51,280
But now that there's some downhill,

884
00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:54,000
I'm gonna just try to coast through these turns

885
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:55,600
at a safe speed.

886
00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:59,720
The tail buster hypermiling is a commitment.

887
00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:01,160
It's a way of life.

888
00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:03,200
What a scary.

889
00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:04,840
Possibly a way of death too.

890
00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:05,680
Ha ha ha.

891
00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:09,880
I'm starting to get it hypermilers.

892
00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:10,920
I'm getting it.

893
00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:13,360
I understand you people now.

894
00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:14,840
In the gas studio.

895
00:33:14,840 --> 00:33:15,680
Now I get it.

896
00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:18,080
Carrie's got the fuel savings fever.

897
00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:20,680
You might see actual tears if we don't make this.

898
00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:22,040
And energy to burn.

899
00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:25,800
The only problem is the engine doesn't.

900
00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:26,800
Uh oh.

901
00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:29,960
Because despite Carrie's death driving.

902
00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:30,960
That's it.

903
00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:32,680
They're running on empty.

904
00:33:32,680 --> 00:33:33,520
That's it.

905
00:33:33,520 --> 00:33:34,360
No brakes.

906
00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:37,840
Well, we definitely did not double our mileage.

907
00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:39,280
It was getting so optimistic.

908
00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:40,920
It was looking so good.

909
00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:43,320
Yeah, we didn't even come close to doubling our mileage.

910
00:33:43,320 --> 00:33:45,960
We went 64 the first time on our control

911
00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:47,760
and we only got to 90 this time.

912
00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:49,600
That's only 40%.

913
00:33:49,600 --> 00:33:52,920
Yep, 40% is a long way from 100.

914
00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:57,280
However, this myth and Tori are still on the road.

915
00:33:57,280 --> 00:33:59,760
I just hit 136 on my addometer.

916
00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:03,400
Which means 20 more miles and this myth is confirmed.

917
00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:04,840
This is insane.

918
00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:06,680
Am I the only one excited about this?

919
00:34:08,200 --> 00:34:09,320
Yeah, I guess so.

920
00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:12,640
However, Tori might have spoken too soon.

921
00:34:12,640 --> 00:34:13,960
Oh, I'm running out of gas.

922
00:34:15,240 --> 00:34:16,080
Ha ha ha.

923
00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:19,560
Oh, I was so close.

924
00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:21,400
Ah.

925
00:34:22,680 --> 00:34:23,600
I was so close.

926
00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:28,600
I was just saying how I was at 136 miles.

927
00:34:28,680 --> 00:34:30,280
All I needed was 20 more miles

928
00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:31,840
and we were gonna confirm this myth.

929
00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:35,080
And as soon as I finished saying that, the engine shut off.

930
00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:38,880
I think we have to bust this one.

931
00:34:38,880 --> 00:34:40,840
I mean, it did give us a lot more mileage,

932
00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:43,520
but it's not doubling our mileage.

933
00:34:43,520 --> 00:34:45,240
So this one's looking busted.

934
00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:49,200
Tori managed an impressive 70% increase

935
00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:51,800
while Karrion Grant scored 40%.

936
00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:56,800
So even though the myths busted, it's still fuel for thought.

937
00:34:56,880 --> 00:34:58,840
I started out with pure skepticism,

938
00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:03,200
thinking that hypermiling was just a whack-a-doo theory.

939
00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:06,720
To starting to believe it, to starting to get into it,

940
00:35:06,720 --> 00:35:09,680
to starting to work the system and feel the game,

941
00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:12,440
to like getting really emotionally excited

942
00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:14,480
about the fact that we had a hill or a turn

943
00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:16,480
so I could see the little bit of fuel

944
00:35:16,480 --> 00:35:19,480
to the few drops that were gonna get us that extra mileage.

945
00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:22,040
And though we did not double our mileage,

946
00:35:22,040 --> 00:35:24,160
40% is nothing to laugh at.

947
00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:37,560
Welcome back.

948
00:35:37,560 --> 00:35:38,960
We've been testing the story

949
00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:40,120
that if you're in the back seat of a car

950
00:35:40,120 --> 00:35:42,960
that gets t-boned by a truck like this one,

951
00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:46,680
you're better off being sandwiched between two big dudes.

952
00:35:46,680 --> 00:35:48,400
So to test this, we did a control

953
00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:50,600
in which we put our crass test dummy in the back seat

954
00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:52,000
with nothing around him,

955
00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:53,840
and we hit him with this very truck.

956
00:35:57,640 --> 00:35:59,440
Things didn't fare so well for him.

957
00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:00,440
He died.

958
00:36:00,440 --> 00:36:02,200
This patient is very, very dead.

959
00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:04,480
Now we're gonna sit him in the back seat of a new car

960
00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:06,400
between two big dudes,

961
00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:08,760
and we're gonna hit him with this truck again.

962
00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:11,280
Yep, with two portly passengers,

963
00:36:11,280 --> 00:36:14,840
this is going to be one supersized finale.

964
00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:15,760
Are you ready?

965
00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:16,880
We're all ready.

966
00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:17,720
Excellent.

967
00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:23,240
Like the control, a brand new SNDEVER takes up back seat.

968
00:36:23,240 --> 00:36:24,320
Come on, buddy.

969
00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:26,720
We'll get him in here if it's the last thing he ever does.

970
00:36:26,720 --> 00:36:28,960
Oh wait, this is the last thing he ever does.

971
00:36:28,960 --> 00:36:31,280
And once he's sitting pretty in the middle,

972
00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:32,120
excellent.

973
00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:34,320
It's time to call the cops.

974
00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:38,400
Remember, right now they're chubby creations.

975
00:36:39,640 --> 00:36:41,040
Time for your accident, little buddy.

976
00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:42,480
Our light weights,

977
00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:45,400
tipping the scales at a mere 12 pounds each.

978
00:36:47,480 --> 00:36:48,320
That's it!

979
00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:49,160
I got it!

980
00:36:49,160 --> 00:36:51,160
But all that's about to change.

981
00:36:51,160 --> 00:36:53,360
All right, buddy, let's get you up to weight.

982
00:36:54,560 --> 00:36:56,240
To get our cops to the required mass

983
00:36:56,240 --> 00:36:58,640
and consistency of an obese person,

984
00:36:58,640 --> 00:37:00,520
we're simply gonna fill them up with water.

985
00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:02,280
Oh, it's working beautifully.

986
00:37:02,280 --> 00:37:03,760
One gallon, that's eight pounds.

987
00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:05,400
We got a bunch to go.

988
00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:07,120
Now based on their overall volume,

989
00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:10,240
each guy will weigh about 350 pounds when they're full.

990
00:37:10,240 --> 00:37:11,520
They're starting to get denser.

991
00:37:11,520 --> 00:37:13,360
Which is right in the ballpark we need.

992
00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:16,160
All right, dude is full of water,

993
00:37:16,160 --> 00:37:18,200
and up to eight, now it's up to Jimmy.

994
00:37:19,360 --> 00:37:22,720
And once Mr. White's also piled on the pounds,

995
00:37:22,720 --> 00:37:23,960
that's a big dude.

996
00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:27,920
Cop number two, like the experiment, is good to go.

997
00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:29,400
I don't think there's any question here

998
00:37:29,400 --> 00:37:30,920
if the person who's gonna do better

999
00:37:30,920 --> 00:37:33,880
with these guys around him than he would by himself.

1000
00:37:33,880 --> 00:37:35,840
He will, padding is good, it works.

1001
00:37:35,840 --> 00:37:38,600
That's why they put airbags in cars.

1002
00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:41,640
The only real question here is whether he will actually

1003
00:37:41,640 --> 00:37:44,600
survive, is the padding enough to do that?

1004
00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:45,800
I really don't know.

1005
00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:46,880
Time to suit up.

1006
00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:49,520
Although this time, Adam's behind the wheel.

1007
00:37:49,520 --> 00:37:53,040
For this full figured finale, everything else is the same.

1008
00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:53,880
Let's do this.

1009
00:37:53,880 --> 00:37:57,560
The same car, with the same truck going the same speed.

1010
00:37:57,560 --> 00:38:00,920
The only difference, those plus size passengers.

1011
00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:02,520
Okay, Adam, are you ready?

1012
00:38:02,520 --> 00:38:03,360
Ready.

1013
00:38:06,120 --> 00:38:08,080
All right, on my mark.

1014
00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:12,560
Three, two, one, go.

1015
00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:21,280
37 miles per hour.

1016
00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:23,200
45.

1017
00:38:25,840 --> 00:38:26,680
48.

1018
00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:30,600
You're at 50, hold it at 50.

1019
00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:32,080
Hold it right there.

1020
00:38:32,080 --> 00:38:34,080
All right, here we go.

1021
00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:36,240
Ah!

1022
00:38:38,600 --> 00:38:39,440
Oh my gosh.

1023
00:38:39,440 --> 00:38:41,600
That's just awful.

1024
00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:42,440
Woo!

1025
00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:44,760
And yet, it's kinda cool.

1026
00:38:45,760 --> 00:38:46,600
Oh boy!

1027
00:38:48,040 --> 00:38:49,680
My sphincter tightened.

1028
00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:53,480
Are you okay?

1029
00:38:53,480 --> 00:38:55,200
Wow, what a concussion.

1030
00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:56,040
Boom!

1031
00:38:58,440 --> 00:39:00,720
I think I screamed for the last time.

1032
00:39:00,720 --> 00:39:02,680
I think I screamed for the last time.

1033
00:39:02,680 --> 00:39:04,680
I think I screamed for the last time.

1034
00:39:04,680 --> 00:39:06,680
I think I screamed for the last time.

1035
00:39:07,160 --> 00:39:09,760
I think I screamed for the last 30 feet.

1036
00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:11,600
I just went, ah!

1037
00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:12,600
Ah!

1038
00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:13,440
Boom!

1039
00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:16,240
Better than a cup of coffee, isn't it?

1040
00:39:16,240 --> 00:39:17,080
Wow!

1041
00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:20,280
That was a rush!

1042
00:39:21,120 --> 00:39:23,240
It may have been a rush for Adam,

1043
00:39:23,240 --> 00:39:26,120
but it was savage for the car.

1044
00:39:26,120 --> 00:39:28,560
We have teeth on the cindever.

1045
00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:30,880
That is awful.

1046
00:39:30,880 --> 00:39:32,160
He's smiling.

1047
00:39:32,160 --> 00:39:33,000
He liked it.

1048
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:36,440
And if this hit looks bad from the outside,

1049
00:39:36,440 --> 00:39:39,280
inside the car, it's a disaster.

1050
00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:40,360
His head came off.

1051
00:39:42,320 --> 00:39:43,520
Well, his head's come off.

1052
00:39:44,520 --> 00:39:45,840
That's not a good sign.

1053
00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:48,120
No, I mean his head's like, come clean off.

1054
00:39:50,360 --> 00:39:53,120
It's like, not attached to his body.

1055
00:39:53,120 --> 00:39:55,120
Well, that means we don't need no data.

1056
00:39:56,080 --> 00:39:58,000
Still, we might as well.

1057
00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:01,080
Remember, Jamie thought Buster might survive.

1058
00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:03,080
Courtesy of his portly pals.

1059
00:40:03,080 --> 00:40:05,280
You know, it looks so good.

1060
00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:09,360
Yet, given his decapitation, that's not looking likely.

1061
00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:12,200
Yeah, I know.

1062
00:40:12,200 --> 00:40:14,000
But what do the doctors say?

1063
00:40:16,280 --> 00:40:17,600
So Doc, his head fell off.

1064
00:40:17,600 --> 00:40:18,840
But what else is wrong with him?

1065
00:40:18,840 --> 00:40:22,000
In addition to his complete dislocation of his head,

1066
00:40:23,480 --> 00:40:27,520
he sustained massive injuries to his chest, abdomen,

1067
00:40:27,520 --> 00:40:30,360
pelvis, all of his extremities.

1068
00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:32,120
These are devastating.

1069
00:40:32,120 --> 00:40:33,760
Our first dummy was certainly dead,

1070
00:40:33,760 --> 00:40:35,960
but this one's even more dead.

1071
00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:38,080
Well, it's not at all what we expected,

1072
00:40:38,080 --> 00:40:39,840
but that's pretty definitive.

1073
00:40:39,840 --> 00:40:40,680
It might be.

1074
00:40:40,680 --> 00:40:43,760
But were the G-loads on Bufford Buster lower

1075
00:40:43,760 --> 00:40:45,040
this time around?

1076
00:40:45,040 --> 00:40:46,520
All right, David, what is the news?

1077
00:40:46,520 --> 00:40:47,480
What is the data tell us?

1078
00:40:47,480 --> 00:40:49,120
Well, we maxed out our sensors.

1079
00:40:49,120 --> 00:40:53,360
We, wait a minute, we had like five and 600 G crashes

1080
00:40:53,360 --> 00:40:56,320
last time, but what was our max?

1081
00:40:56,320 --> 00:40:58,640
More than 800 Gs.

1082
00:40:58,640 --> 00:40:59,640
Wow.

1083
00:40:59,640 --> 00:41:00,960
And we don't know how much worse.

1084
00:41:00,960 --> 00:41:03,000
It's just above 800 Gs.

1085
00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:03,740
That's correct.

1086
00:41:03,740 --> 00:41:04,580
Okay.

1087
00:41:04,580 --> 00:41:05,900
Thank you, sir.

1088
00:41:05,900 --> 00:41:06,740
Woo!

1089
00:41:06,740 --> 00:41:11,460
So with the Gs maxing out eight times the survivable limit,

1090
00:41:11,460 --> 00:41:13,820
there's only one conclusion to make.

1091
00:41:13,820 --> 00:41:14,820
So let's recap.

1092
00:41:14,820 --> 00:41:17,340
In the first crash, our purpose seated alone

1093
00:41:17,340 --> 00:41:19,300
in the back seat and on impact,

1094
00:41:19,300 --> 00:41:22,900
it stood five to 600 Gs of force,

1095
00:41:22,900 --> 00:41:25,380
a completely deadly amount of Gs.

1096
00:41:25,380 --> 00:41:28,500
In the second crash, seated between two big cops,

1097
00:41:28,500 --> 00:41:32,140
this being one of them, he withstood well over 800.

1098
00:41:32,140 --> 00:41:34,860
And that was totally counter to what both Jamie and I

1099
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predicted.

1100
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The second crash was far worse.

1101
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Ain't that the truth?

1102
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The two corpulent cops didn't shield the suspect

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and killed him.

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And Jamie's figured out why.

1105
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Earlier, I thought any padding would be good padding

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and that our dummy would be better off

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between the two big guys.

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But it turns out I was wrong.

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Water doesn't impress.

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And we're mostly water.

1111
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So it was actually like our dummy

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was between a rock and a hard place.

1113
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How do you want to call this one?

1114
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Well, it was totally not what we expected.

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You'd be much worse off in the back of a car

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between two big guys than did not happen there

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in the first place.

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The myth is busted.

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Copy that.

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It's totally busted.

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Let's get out of here.

1122
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Oh.

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Want to know why we did or didn't do something on the show?

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Log on to discovery.com slash mythbusters after show

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to find out.