1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:08,000 MUSIC 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:11,000 MUSIC 3 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:18,000 MUSIC 4 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:19,000 Jamie! 5 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:20,000 Hi, Dollars. 6 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:21,000 Hi. 7 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:22,000 I'll get you some food. 8 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:23,000 Jamie! 9 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:25,000 We're at your place. 10 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:26,000 We're at your place, Jamie. 11 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:28,000 To the hotel and step on it. 12 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:29,000 Okay. 13 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:31,000 Jamie says step on it. 14 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:32,000 I say. 15 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:34,000 Time to break out the drifting moves. 16 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:37,000 Because apparently drifting is not just slicker. 17 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:40,000 It's quicker. 18 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:45,000 MUSIC 19 00:00:45,000 --> 00:01:01,000 MUSIC 20 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:03,000 Here we are. 21 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:13,000 MUSIC 22 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:15,000 That was quick, but sloppy. 23 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:16,000 You could use some lessons. 24 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:17,000 Okay. 25 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:18,000 Hold on. 26 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:19,000 I'm coming. 27 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:21,000 MUSIC 28 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:26,000 MUSIC 29 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:33,000 MUSIC 30 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:42,000 MUSIC 31 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:44,000 MUSIC 32 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:46,000 You know what drifting is, right, Jamie? 33 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:49,000 Yeah, it's a style of racing where they spin the rear wheels 34 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:52,000 and are able to slide around corners going sideways. 35 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:53,000 Exactly. 36 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:54,000 You know, it's funny. 37 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:56,000 That's the one thing that I can think of 38 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:59,000 that we haven't actually been trained to do with cars. 39 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:00,000 Well, that ends right now, 40 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:03,000 because this entire episode is devoted to drifting. 41 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:06,000 Later, we're going to power slide into a parking space. 42 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:08,000 But first, we have a myth on the docket 43 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:11,000 that drifting is actually faster than regular race driving. 44 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,000 Time to break out our racing gear. 45 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:14,000 Exactly. 46 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:16,000 MUSIC 47 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:19,000 The perfect drift requires a precisely timed sequence of moves. 48 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:21,000 The engines revved. 49 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:24,000 The handbrake momentary engaged. 50 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:26,000 And the power applied. 51 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:29,000 Then by steering into the slide 52 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:31,000 and keeping the throttle floored, 53 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:33,000 the kinetic friction of the spinning tires 54 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:37,000 supplies the centripetal turning force. 55 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,000 But is it actually quicker, 56 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:41,000 or does it just look slicker? 57 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:48,000 To find out, it's driver training with a difference. 58 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:05,000 Our drifting instructor today is professional driver 59 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:06,000 Conrad Grunwald. 60 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:08,000 He's been racing for 15 years, 61 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:11,000 the last 10 of them in the Formula Drift series. 62 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:14,000 And he's going to show Jamie and I a little bit 63 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:17,000 about what's what when it comes to drifting. 64 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:18,000 Shotgun. 65 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:19,000 Okay. 66 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:21,000 Before the guys take the wheel, 67 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:24,000 the lesson begins with a demonstration 68 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:27,000 to get a feel for what the drift is all about. 69 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:30,000 Cue the joyride of a lifetime. 70 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,000 Conrad, I can tell already, 71 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:35,000 this is going to be pretty high on the brown pants index. 72 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:37,000 Watching you come up here. 73 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:39,000 I think you'll be fine. 74 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:42,000 He's right about the brown pants though. 75 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:46,000 All right, Jamie, you ready? 76 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:47,000 All right. 77 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,000 Okay, let's fly. 78 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:55,000 Oh, here we go. 79 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,000 Oh my God. 80 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:59,000 Whoa! 81 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,000 Holy s***. 82 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:05,000 Whoa! 83 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:13,000 Yeah, baby. 84 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:15,000 That's what I'm talking about. 85 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:28,000 That's a little taste of a drift car. 86 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,000 What do you think? 87 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:33,000 That is, that's insane. 88 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:38,000 But I do think I need some earplugs or something. 89 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:39,000 What? 90 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:47,000 With Jamie's suitably impressed and four tires already totaled, 91 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:51,000 it's Adam's turn to calibrate the brown pants index. 92 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:53,000 All right, Adam, do the best you can to pay attention 93 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:55,000 to how I move the steering wheel 94 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:57,000 and what I'm doing with the gas pedal. 95 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:59,000 All the movements are going to be quick but subtle. 96 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:00,000 All right. 97 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,000 Oh my God! 98 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,000 Oh s***, he's a crow. 99 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:32,000 This is awesome! 100 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:01,000 Wow, that's a thing. 101 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:06,000 After admit I didn't pay attention to anything you said to pay attention to, 102 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:09,000 I was just sort of along for the ride. 103 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:11,000 That was crazy. 104 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:17,000 All of my driving training is about not allowing to happen what this is all about. 105 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:21,000 Keeping your car from losing its tension with the rug. 106 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:25,000 This is about maintaining that. 107 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:28,000 I absolutely can't wait to get behind the wheel. 108 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:31,000 With the demo done and dusted, 109 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:35,000 first up for actual hands-on instruction is the Heinemann. 110 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:45,000 About 20% of what we're going to do is with timing 111 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:47,000 and that's with the steering wheel inputs 112 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:50,000 and what we're doing with our foot on the throttle and or the brake. 113 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:55,000 Too much. 114 00:06:55,000 --> 00:07:00,000 The other 80% of what we're doing is really your eyesight. 115 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:01,000 Steady. 116 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:05,000 Way too much, you're on a way too much. 117 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:06,000 All right. 118 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:08,000 Keep your eyes focused where you want the car to end up, 119 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:10,000 not necessarily where you're going. 120 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:12,000 Even with intensive tuition. 121 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:14,000 Clutch handbrake and turn the wheel. 122 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:17,000 It's an incredibly tricky technique to master. 123 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:20,000 Darn. 124 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:23,000 Janey's attempting to simultaneously lose traction 125 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,000 but maintain momentum. 126 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:26,000 I lost it. 127 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:27,000 We'll give it another try. 128 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:29,000 Through a full 90 degree turn. 129 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:33,000 Brake, brake, brake, brake, brake. 130 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:37,000 Spitting out and losing control is not ideal. 131 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:39,000 Little more practice. 132 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:40,000 This is intense. 133 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:46,000 But our drifting debutant eventually dials it in. 134 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:47,000 And here's how. 135 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:49,000 Okay, hard on the gas at this. 136 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:50,000 But what is the technique? 137 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:51,000 Stick with it. 138 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:52,000 Nice. 139 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:53,000 Good. 140 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:55,000 Basically as you approach a turn, 141 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:57,000 you drop the clutch and floor the throttle 142 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:58,000 so you rev up the engine. 143 00:07:58,000 --> 00:07:59,000 Yeah. 144 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:00,000 Nice work, Janey. 145 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:02,000 That was a really nice turn. 146 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:04,000 Then when you release the clutch, 147 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:06,000 there's a huge surge in power, 148 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:08,000 which makes the wheel spin so fast you lose traction 149 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:10,000 and the back end swings out. 150 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:11,000 Hard on the gas. 151 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:12,000 That's it. 152 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:14,000 That's what I'm talking about. 153 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:16,000 And that needs a delicate combination of throttle, 154 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:18,000 steering, and a bit of a handbrake. 155 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:19,000 And what can I say? 156 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:20,000 It takes practice. 157 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:24,000 Back to Earth. 158 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:26,000 I was in outer space. 159 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:28,000 With Janey looking like a pro, 160 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:31,000 it's finally time for Adam to show his skills. 161 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:32,000 He's a great driver. 162 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:33,000 He's a great driver. 163 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:34,000 He's a great driver. 164 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:35,000 He's a great driver. 165 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:36,000 He's a great driver. 166 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:37,000 He's a great driver. 167 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:38,000 He's a great driver. 168 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:39,000 He's a great driver. 169 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:40,000 He's a great driver. 170 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:44,000 And so it's finally time for Adam to take a turn behind the wheel. 171 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:46,000 Or is it? 172 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:50,000 Well, things have changed. 173 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:51,000 It has started to rain, 174 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:53,000 and the rain is going to cause us a real problem. 175 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:56,000 The thing is that if Conrad's car is able to do what you just saw it do 176 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:59,000 on dry pavement, on wet pavement, 177 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:02,000 where we've lost about 50% of our traction, 178 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:06,000 that 900 horsepower behaves more like 2,000 horsepower, 179 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:09,000 and it's going to be hard to control it. 180 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:11,000 But that doesn't mean we're totally done drifting. 181 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:12,000 No, no, no. 182 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:15,000 The plan all along was for Conrad to give Janey and I lessons in drifting in his car, 183 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:18,000 and then to help us transfer that knowledge to a car, 184 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:20,000 we can do more myth-bustery things. 185 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:22,000 We've always planned to bring our own car in, 186 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:25,000 and now it's just time to bring it up a little bit earlier. 187 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:28,000 All right. 188 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:31,000 Oh, that was inauspicious. 189 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:38,000 Hey, man. 190 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:42,000 You want to show me some ropes about how to do some drifting in this thing? 191 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:43,000 Yeah, let's do it. 192 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:49,000 Just go ahead and give us some gas and look where you want it to go. 193 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:52,000 Wow. 194 00:09:52,000 --> 00:09:55,000 It may be a world away from Conrad's supercar, 195 00:09:55,000 --> 00:10:00,000 but to drift, this more myth-bustery motor requires the same technique, 196 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,000 which is just as difficult. 197 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:07,000 Part of what Conrad is teaching is you start going in a circle, 198 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:10,000 gun the engine a little bit to break it free, 199 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:14,000 and then kind of feather it, keeping it exactly that same RPM. 200 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:17,000 Too much. 201 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:20,000 You did everything right, just that the timing was off. 202 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:24,000 And then if you don't control it just right, 203 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:29,000 you go too far and you end up going backwards and stopping just like that. 204 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:30,000 Okay, there we go. 205 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:32,000 What's that, man? 206 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:33,000 Whoa. 207 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:38,000 Whoa. 208 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:41,000 It's a tricky task to master. 209 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:43,000 A little too much. 210 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:44,000 A little too much. 211 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:47,000 Adam takes a while to get a grip on letting it slide. 212 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:49,000 That's it, that's it. 213 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:50,000 Get it really good. 214 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:52,000 Off-amperage. 215 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:53,000 Good. 216 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:55,000 Aha. 217 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:57,000 Very good, Grasshopper. 218 00:10:58,000 --> 00:10:59,000 Nicely done. 219 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:04,000 I have to tell you this is one of the most fun things I have ever learned on this show. 220 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:05,000 Power, go. 221 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:08,000 Yeah! 222 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:10,000 That was the best one yet. 223 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:14,000 Maybe it's because it's so hard to get right. 224 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:21,000 That feels good by the whole world to change shape there for a second, doesn't it? 225 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:26,000 Maybe it's that when you get that 180 right because you've shifted it to gear 226 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:29,000 and you're starting to give the gas and the wheels start to spin out 227 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:31,000 and you're looking at this spot to your left and you're spinning around 228 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:33,000 and like you're attached to it by a chain. 229 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:36,000 What a show-off. 230 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:38,000 That was pretty good. 231 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:39,000 It's just, it's a rush. 232 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:40,000 Have I made that clear? 233 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:43,000 Good speed, clutch, handbrake, turn the wheel. 234 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:46,000 It's been a long, hard training day. 235 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:49,000 Tough on the tires and tough on the trainees. 236 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:55,000 But after 12 hours of intense instruction... 237 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:59,000 Oh, nicely done. 238 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:01,000 Where did that come from? 239 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:02,000 Holy s***. 240 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:04,000 Dude, that was great. 241 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:08,000 Our dynamic duo are ready to delve into the myth. 242 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:11,000 We're going to get to the meat of this story 243 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:13,000 and that is whether drifting is better than driving. 244 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:17,000 We're going to have to deconstruct the drift, set up some courses 245 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:20,000 and see if that is in fact looking like the case. 246 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:22,000 Coming up. 247 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:26,000 The car carnage reaches a crashing crescendo. 248 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:29,000 And later. 249 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:33,000 Can you really powerslide a parallel part? 250 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:35,000 Welcome to the dry part of our episode. 251 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:40,000 Now, Jamie and I have gotten educated in the rudiments of drifting. 252 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:41,000 Yeah! 253 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:43,000 Die for it, Jamie. 254 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:45,000 But now it's time to bump that ass. 255 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:46,000 Come on. 256 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:47,000 Come on. 257 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:48,000 Come on. 258 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:49,000 Come on. 259 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:50,000 Come on. 260 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:51,000 Come on. 261 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:52,000 Come on. 262 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:53,000 Come on. 263 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:55,000 Come on. 264 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:57,000 Come on. 265 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:58,000 Come on. 266 00:12:58,000 --> 00:12:59,000 Come on. 267 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:00,000 Come on. 268 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:01,000 Come on. 269 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:02,000 Come on. 270 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:05,040 But now it's time to bump that up a level and do some actual testing. 271 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:09,360 So we have abandoned the runways of Alameda, California, and come to California's central 272 00:13:09,360 --> 00:13:12,000 valley to this beautiful dry runway. 273 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:13,000 That's it. 274 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:16,160 This is a former NASA testing station. 275 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:21,160 But for right now, let's just call this Adam and Jamie's Mythbusters Drift Testing Facility. 276 00:13:21,160 --> 00:13:23,160 How does that sound? 277 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:30,560 Time to trash some more tires. 278 00:13:30,560 --> 00:13:35,520 In pursuit of the myth that drifting is the fastest technique for taking a corner, the 279 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:42,960 guy set up for a time trial. 280 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:43,960 Let me run you through our course. 281 00:13:43,960 --> 00:13:47,280 We're going to be trying to gather consistent timings with three metrics. 282 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:49,640 The first and foremost being entry speed. 283 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:54,720 We're always going to be crossing the starting line of our turn at 45 miles per hour. 284 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:58,600 When the car crosses the start line, I click. 285 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:03,520 We'll be doing two kinds of turns, one drifting and the other non-drifting. 286 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:07,080 And when he crosses the finish line, I click again. 287 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:09,080 And it's just that easy. 288 00:14:09,080 --> 00:14:14,880 Here we go, turn test in three, two, one. 289 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:18,640 Yep, first up with a consistent entry speed. 290 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:21,160 There comes 45, 45. 291 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:27,640 How fast can Adam get through 90 degrees without drifting? 292 00:14:27,640 --> 00:14:30,840 Well, that could have been better. 293 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:33,840 You're going to have to back up. 294 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:37,440 Oh, look, it's sprung right back. 295 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:40,440 There's your problem. 296 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:45,320 Well, that was not my best turn. 297 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:46,840 But I got to dial into this. 298 00:14:46,840 --> 00:14:47,840 This is the first time I've driven this thing. 299 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:52,840 It's going to take me a few tries just to get the comfort and feel. 300 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:53,840 45. 301 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:54,840 Oh, boom. 302 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:57,840 Well, there goes our car. 303 00:14:57,840 --> 00:15:03,040 I'm actually a little surprised. 304 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:08,280 I thought Adam would ease into it until he got the right feel for that corner. 305 00:15:08,280 --> 00:15:12,920 But it seems like he's not. 306 00:15:12,920 --> 00:15:14,120 Here I come. 307 00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:15,920 It's an inauspicious start. 308 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:17,720 Pull him to the outside. 309 00:15:17,720 --> 00:15:25,440 And from there on in, Adam dials it in and nails the corner. 310 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:26,760 What was that? 311 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:28,160 Four seconds. 312 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:31,480 In a consistent time. 313 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:37,720 Four seconds. 314 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:40,480 Four seconds every time. 315 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:44,880 So now it's time for Adam to try and do the course while drifting. 316 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:49,080 This might get interesting. 317 00:15:49,080 --> 00:15:50,080 Here we go. 318 00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:51,080 Let's drift again. 319 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:58,840 Remember, for the myth to be confirmed, 40, 45, 45, Adam must rip through the right angle 320 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:00,440 in less time. 321 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:09,680 Initiating the drift. 322 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:15,720 There is a lot going on in order to drift through this 90-degree turn. 323 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:20,880 I've got to choose a specific spot and at that spot, pull on the e-brake just a little 324 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:25,840 bit while pushing on the clutch and then steering against the turn so that I slide into it and 325 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:29,840 then give enough gas so I can come back out of it. 326 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:32,520 I need a couple more to get scientific about this. 327 00:16:32,520 --> 00:16:33,520 That's it. 328 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:34,520 43, 44, 45. 329 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:37,520 I'm at 45 miles an hour. 330 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:38,520 This is perfect. 331 00:16:38,520 --> 00:16:40,520 I'm going to do it now. 332 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:41,520 Yeah! 333 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:46,520 And that feels good. 334 00:16:46,520 --> 00:16:49,520 What did I do? 335 00:16:49,520 --> 00:16:51,520 Four seconds. 336 00:16:51,520 --> 00:16:52,520 Excellent. 337 00:16:52,520 --> 00:16:54,520 While I've done my run. 338 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:55,520 Yeah! 339 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:56,520 Woo! 340 00:16:56,520 --> 00:17:07,640 And while I had some mishaps here and there, I did get two really nice fast times. 341 00:17:07,640 --> 00:17:10,240 I've done drifting one without and they were identical. 342 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:15,400 So while I know it's too early to call, the fact already seems that even though it looks 343 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:19,920 cooler, it might not be looking good for drifting as a man. 344 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:21,920 So far, not so good. 345 00:17:21,920 --> 00:17:27,240 But the Heinemann's up next. 346 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:30,080 Can he beat his control time? 347 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:31,080 Four seconds. 348 00:17:31,080 --> 00:17:32,880 Nicely done. 349 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:36,600 And he tackles the turn with a perfectly timed drift. 350 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:37,600 Go. 351 00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:43,080 He starts the turn there at the stench and boom! 352 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:50,240 Well, that didn't go as planned. 353 00:17:50,240 --> 00:17:56,800 All right, so the goal is not to hit those things. 354 00:17:56,800 --> 00:17:57,800 Yeah, I understand. 355 00:17:57,800 --> 00:17:58,800 Okay, cool. 356 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:05,960 Well, I have to say it's kind of strange to throw the car into a state of slide right 357 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:14,120 when you're facing something that you're about to impact. 358 00:18:14,120 --> 00:18:18,920 It is something that you sort of naturally don't want to do. 359 00:18:18,920 --> 00:18:21,320 Yeah, that's bad right there. 360 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:22,480 That's bad. 361 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:24,480 We have a special technique for that. 362 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:25,960 It's called tape. 363 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:31,560 It's all happening so fast it's hard to say, like, okay, turn exactly now. 364 00:18:31,560 --> 00:18:38,480 Frankly, I think I would take a lot of practice before I could get through this at a maximum 365 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:39,480 speed. 366 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:40,480 Wow. 367 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:41,480 That's bad. 368 00:18:41,480 --> 00:18:52,640 The right hand suspension arm is totally bent, like an inverted V, where the other one's 369 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:53,760 totally straight. 370 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:57,560 Well, maybe that's why I can't make it through those curves. 371 00:18:57,560 --> 00:18:58,560 No! 372 00:18:58,560 --> 00:18:59,880 Wait, wait a minute. 373 00:18:59,880 --> 00:19:03,080 I think you're confusing causality and result. 374 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:04,600 Didn't you hit the thing right there? 375 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:05,600 Oh, that could have been me. 376 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:16,480 It could have been, it has to be you. 377 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:22,520 That's the cue for more less than subtle running repairs. 378 00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:23,520 Never happened. 379 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:27,360 A new angle of attack. 380 00:19:27,360 --> 00:19:31,040 With the 90-degree left hand turned under our belt, it's now time to add a real wrinkle 381 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:37,280 to this and that is a 180-degree turn inside of Tulane Road. 382 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:42,320 A complete reversal of the direction of momentum is the ultimate turning test. 383 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:46,040 But there's a tweak to the planned protocol. 384 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:50,680 Before we destroy that little car, we figure I'll just take over the straight driving. 385 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:54,120 Adam will do the drifting and we'll do our comparisons that way. 386 00:19:54,120 --> 00:19:55,120 So first up. 387 00:19:55,120 --> 00:19:56,120 Well, here we go. 388 00:19:56,120 --> 00:19:57,120 The 180, straight up. 389 00:19:57,120 --> 00:20:01,120 Let's log some data. 390 00:20:01,120 --> 00:20:03,400 Jamie lays down a series of controls. 391 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:06,920 Into the turn, give a little goose out. 392 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:09,600 Yes, that's it, that's it. 393 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:11,080 And boom! 394 00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:15,800 Clocking a consistent benchmark. 395 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:21,240 Eight seconds, like clockwork. 396 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:24,480 Literally, like clock. 397 00:20:24,480 --> 00:20:27,640 Well Jamie's done his straight runs on the 180-degree turn. 398 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:30,640 I'm about to try and drift the same thing. 399 00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:34,000 All right, here I come. 400 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:35,000 Drifting 180. 401 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:36,000 I'm looking for one really good one. 402 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:37,000 That's what I want. 403 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:38,000 Yeah! 404 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:39,000 Woo! 405 00:20:39,220 --> 00:20:40,220 Yeah! 406 00:20:40,220 --> 00:20:41,220 Woo! 407 00:20:41,220 --> 00:20:42,220 Yeah! 408 00:20:42,220 --> 00:20:43,220 Woo! 409 00:20:43,220 --> 00:20:44,200 Damn, that feels good! 410 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:45,360 That felt beautiful! 411 00:20:45,360 --> 00:20:46,360 It looked good. 412 00:20:46,360 --> 00:20:48,360 How was it for time? 413 00:20:48,360 --> 00:20:49,360 Nine seconds. 414 00:20:49,360 --> 00:20:50,360 Nine seconds. 415 00:20:50,360 --> 00:20:53,560 I don't think I'm going to do much better than that. 416 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:54,560 Dude. 417 00:20:54,560 --> 00:20:55,560 I think it was perfect. 418 00:20:55,560 --> 00:20:56,560 I felt like an action movie hero, man. 419 00:20:56,560 --> 00:20:57,560 That was awesome. 420 00:20:57,560 --> 00:20:58,560 It looked cool and felt great. 421 00:20:58,560 --> 00:20:59,560 The next time I get on the 180 I'm going to drift, and I'm going to drift. 422 00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:00,560 So, we look forward to the next time. 423 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:01,560 And the next time I get on the 180, I'm going to drift. 424 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:02,560 And I'm going to drift. 425 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:03,560 So I'm going to drift. 426 00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:04,560 That's all right. 427 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:05,560 You're going to drift. 428 00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:06,560 I'm going to drift. 429 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:07,560 That's all right. 430 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:16,200 great. But cold hard data doesn't lie. It appears that drifting is not faster. 431 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:21,640 Which I'm frankly totally astonished by because if you look at Jamie's 180 and regular driving 432 00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:29,800 and my drifting 180, I swear that mine looks like the faster run, but it's not. It was slower by 433 00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:32,040 a half second in my best of all runs. 434 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:43,240 It's not looking very good for this story. But drifting's not done and busted just yet. 435 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:50,040 Coming up, Adam and Jamie go head to head. Street racer style. 436 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:05,320 At this point, we've established a foundation of knowledge about what exactly drifting is. 437 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:07,720 Holy s***. And how it works. 438 00:22:10,120 --> 00:22:15,000 But the one thing that we haven't done is take the car through a regular driving course. 439 00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:17,480 And so that's what we're going to do next. 440 00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:23,560 All right, let's go. 441 00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:31,080 Now we want to put all of our experience into a full and complete test. 442 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:33,080 This is our starting line. 443 00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:40,920 A sort of an urban driving environment full of twists and turns. 444 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:47,160 Both hard and soft, easy and difficult. 445 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:49,960 I love this game. 446 00:22:50,680 --> 00:22:53,320 And put drifting to the test against regular driving. 447 00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:10,760 This is our course that we feel provides a really good balance of twists and turns and both 448 00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:16,200 standard and exciting driving maneuvers to make this test fun, but also experimentally valid. 449 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:22,040 Now there's nothing to do but to drive. Jamie's up first. 450 00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:28,360 Now it's time for me to run the course with straight driving as fast as I can. 451 00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:34,600 We'll take my best time and compare it to Adam's best time while he's drifting. 452 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:41,800 And three, two, one, go. 453 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:49,080 Sounds exactly like that when Jamie leaves for work every morning. 454 00:23:52,600 --> 00:24:01,800 To clock his fastest time, Jamie will take as many laps as he needs. 455 00:24:16,360 --> 00:24:18,040 Two minutes, go. 456 00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:25,400 Using more traditional racing techniques in direct contrast with drifting. 457 00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:30,920 That was beautiful. 458 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:41,080 Jamie maintains traction, clips each apex, and accelerates through the corners. Fast and smooth is the goal. 459 00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:47,480 Trying to race like this is actually a new experience for us. And in this case, with my skill 460 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:51,880 and with that car, I'm as fast as I'm going to get. 461 00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:55,880 Here it comes. It's going to be a good time. 462 00:24:57,880 --> 00:24:59,480 That's what I'm talking about. 463 00:25:00,360 --> 00:25:05,400 Now, if this myth is true, drifting should allow me to ride this course much faster. 464 00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:09,960 I'm not talking like one or two seconds. I'm talking like five to 10 seconds. 465 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:15,480 That's what we're looking for, a nice big difference between these two types of runs. 466 00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:26,920 Three, two, one, go. 467 00:25:29,480 --> 00:25:32,360 Unlike Jamie, Adam is all about the drift. 468 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:37,480 As he hits each corner, he flicks out his rear end 469 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:41,080 and powers through the slide. 470 00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:45,560 Or not. 471 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:50,360 He did a 360. That's not good. Not unless you want to do a 360. 472 00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:53,400 See, that's the thing. 473 00:25:58,040 --> 00:25:59,960 You start to slide. You lose traction. 474 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:06,520 If you're not really good, 475 00:26:08,360 --> 00:26:10,440 you lose control. 476 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:17,640 That's the problem. Go. 477 00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:23,800 Despite dialing in the drifting, 478 00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:33,720 Adam makes at least one major time-sapping error on every lap. 479 00:26:34,360 --> 00:26:41,640 To accurately test the myth, he needs one mistake-free run to compare with Jamie's control. 480 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:46,200 All right, sir, I'm in place. 481 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:50,760 Starting in three, two, one, go. 482 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:05,720 Woo! 483 00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:30,680 I bet that was good. I just bet that was good. 484 00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:32,600 That was 154.5. 485 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:34,200 Dude, I matched your time. 486 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:35,080 You did. 487 00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:35,400 Boom! 488 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:40,840 So Adam completed his stylish sideways lap, 489 00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:44,280 but in the final analysis simply failed to go faster, 490 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:48,200 meaning the myth is dead and buried unless 491 00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:54,680 QR professional race driver. If Conrad can't, no one can. 492 00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:56,840 Adam and Jamie, count it down. I'm ready to go. 493 00:27:57,480 --> 00:27:59,880 Three, two, one, go. 494 00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:05,640 That sound just makes me so happy. 495 00:28:12,360 --> 00:28:15,560 What's immediately clear is that Conrad's killing it. 496 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:20,440 His drifts are bigger, better, and louder. 497 00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:24,680 He's squealing a little more than you were. 498 00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:27,560 That is as it should be. 499 00:28:28,360 --> 00:28:32,360 But how does this more talented technique time out? 500 00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:44,680 How do we do? 501 00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:47,320 Two minutes flat. 502 00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:49,960 So you think that's about as fast a drifting run as you can do? 503 00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:51,240 I think that's about it. 504 00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:52,920 I don't know if I can push any harder than that. 505 00:28:52,920 --> 00:28:54,280 That was a pretty sideways run. 506 00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:55,960 Dude, that's a result. 507 00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:57,800 That's a result. That's beautiful. 508 00:28:57,800 --> 00:28:58,360 Yeah. 509 00:28:58,360 --> 00:28:59,160 Thanks Conrad. 510 00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:00,200 Thanks guys. Appreciate it. 511 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:00,760 Thanks. 512 00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:04,840 Conrad couldn't have completed a classier lap than that. 513 00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:08,040 And he was six seconds slower than the straight driving control. 514 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:12,200 It's a conclusive result, but there's an anomaly. 515 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:14,120 You're right about now. 516 00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:18,360 You're probably wondering why my best drifting time was actually faster than Conrad's. 517 00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:21,880 And simply put, it's because Conrad is a better drifter. 518 00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:25,400 He spent more of his time with his talent swinging out, 519 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:29,960 moving sideways into the turns the way you're supposed to when you're properly drifting. 520 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:31,960 Strangely, that meant that I went faster. 521 00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:37,960 All right. It's time to call it where. 522 00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:43,000 Do we stand on the myth that drifting provides a significant speed advantage over race drive? 523 00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:46,840 Well, it didn't look good in the beginning and it doesn't look good now. 524 00:29:46,840 --> 00:29:47,960 I'd say it's busted. 525 00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:50,680 I think it's handily, cleanly and every way it busted. 526 00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:52,280 Like our car. 527 00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:55,800 How much further we got to go? 528 00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:59,400 Just up till the commercial break. 529 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:00,280 Yes, there we go. 530 00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:04,440 Oh, here comes the commercial break. 531 00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:16,760 On the other side of this break, the mythbusters break out the movie moves. 532 00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:18,040 Oh, so close! 533 00:30:18,040 --> 00:30:21,240 To test Hollywood's idea of parallel parking. 534 00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:23,640 I think I might have hit something. 535 00:30:29,320 --> 00:30:33,240 Now that we've shown that drifting is not necessarily a faster way to race, 536 00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:37,880 I had an idea that maybe there is something that is quicker to do with drifting. 537 00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:39,960 What's that? Parallel parking. 538 00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:42,440 Parallel parking. 539 00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:45,400 You mean like with real cars on either side of the parking space? 540 00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:46,040 Yeah. 541 00:30:46,040 --> 00:30:48,440 Dude, that could get expensive. 542 00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:54,440 Yeah. 543 00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:59,640 Now, no clear investigation of the slipping and sliding and racing and speeding can be 544 00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:03,240 replete without an investigation of parallel parking. 545 00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:05,320 The bane of everybody's driver's test. 546 00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:09,480 You got to pull up alongside the car and turn the wheel according to some formula your mom told you. 547 00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:13,400 No, no, no, the action movie hero has a totally different way of parallel parking. 548 00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:15,960 They drive at speed towards the parking space. 549 00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:21,000 Slam on the brakes and power slide perfectly right into the space they want. 550 00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:25,080 Now Jamie has been practicing out on the open tarmac. 551 00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:32,040 That was really cool and he feels like he's got it dialed in. 552 00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:33,160 Yeah. 553 00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:33,960 Yeah. 554 00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:35,240 There we go. 555 00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:39,560 So we've got a little parking space right here and it's going to put his practice to the test 556 00:31:39,560 --> 00:31:40,200 to see if it works. 557 00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:41,640 All right. 558 00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:43,320 Here we go. 559 00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:49,640 I don't know how this is supposed to be done, but what I'm doing is getting up to the right speed, 560 00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:52,120 throwing the wheel over, pulling the handbrake. 561 00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:54,440 Oh, this is so close. 562 00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:57,320 Breaking free of the rear wheels with that handbrake. 563 00:31:57,320 --> 00:31:58,200 That was better. 564 00:31:58,200 --> 00:32:02,680 But then stopping with the foot brake at exactly the right time. 565 00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:04,760 Oh, there's no room for error on this thing. 566 00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:06,760 Rush hour. 567 00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:08,920 You want this space for anyone else feels it. 568 00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:09,880 It's going to be yours. 569 00:32:09,960 --> 00:32:10,680 You're going to take it. 570 00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:11,960 You're going to own it. 571 00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:12,360 Own it. 572 00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:12,920 Here it comes. 573 00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:24,520 Yeah. 574 00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:25,800 Beautiful. 575 00:32:27,240 --> 00:32:28,120 Yes. 576 00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:31,400 You are literally like kissing the crones on the other side. 577 00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:32,760 That is what I'm talking about. 578 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:42,200 I'd say the evidence is pretty clear that this car was not parked in a normal fashion. 579 00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:48,760 You can tell by the linear black marks on the pavement that the driver must have brought this 580 00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:56,120 in at speed and hit the rear brakes, swinging the rear end of the car exactly into position 581 00:32:56,120 --> 00:32:58,920 against the curb if you catch my drift. 582 00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:00,760 That's a great start. 583 00:33:00,760 --> 00:33:03,960 And it's seemingly as simple as the movies would suggest. 584 00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:07,400 But at 90 degrees, they're only halfway there. 585 00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:10,200 Here we go. 586 00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:11,720 Three, two, one. 587 00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:16,520 And he's off. 588 00:33:17,320 --> 00:33:21,560 Hollywood would have us believe the full 180 is just as easy. 589 00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:31,160 Well, there's a reason they called them bumpers, right? 590 00:33:32,040 --> 00:33:32,840 Maybe not. 591 00:33:32,840 --> 00:33:34,440 But Adam ain't done yet. 592 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:35,880 There we go. 593 00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:37,480 40 miles an hour. 594 00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:38,760 40 miles an hour. 595 00:33:38,760 --> 00:33:39,320 There we go. 596 00:33:39,320 --> 00:33:40,040 There we go. 597 00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:40,520 There we go. 598 00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:45,000 Oh, oh, so close. 599 00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:45,880 So close. 600 00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:48,760 Now I feel like I'm making progress. 601 00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:50,840 Now I feel like I'm making some progress. 602 00:33:50,840 --> 00:33:51,080 Good. 603 00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:54,360 Oh. 604 00:33:54,360 --> 00:33:54,920 Oh. 605 00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:08,040 Hey, beautiful. 606 00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:10,280 Good job. 607 00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:10,760 Awesome. 608 00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:13,000 Give me some. 609 00:34:13,720 --> 00:34:14,120 Awesome. 610 00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:20,360 Oh, if only there was a horn, I would honk in celebration. 611 00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:21,320 Here, sound guys. 612 00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:22,120 Could you give me a horn? 613 00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:25,240 Thank you very much. 614 00:34:26,520 --> 00:34:28,520 It was a thing of beletic beauty. 615 00:34:29,960 --> 00:34:32,360 But it's time for a dose of reality. 616 00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:42,520 Well, it's one thing to try and do a 180 parallel parking job with cones surrounding you. 617 00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:47,080 It's another thing to do it into a real parking space with real cars around you. 618 00:34:47,080 --> 00:34:52,680 For Adam to get in here at speed doing a 180, well, if he makes it, 619 00:34:52,680 --> 00:34:54,840 it's only going to be by a hair. 620 00:34:54,840 --> 00:34:57,160 So it's almost a guaranteed impact. 621 00:34:57,160 --> 00:35:00,760 Without in mind, we're going to have him in a helmet with a neck guard. 622 00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:09,240 Like going into battle with four-point harness with shin guards, snug as a bug in a rug. 623 00:35:09,240 --> 00:35:11,800 Everything that we can possibly do to keep him safe. 624 00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:18,440 Not only will a mistake mean a major impact, the space itself is tighter. 625 00:35:18,440 --> 00:35:24,200 Now, how will this nonchalant movie maneuver stand up to this level of real-world detail? 626 00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:28,600 Okay, Adam, on your mark. 627 00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:29,400 Here we go. 628 00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:44,840 I'm fine. 629 00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:46,120 So close. 630 00:35:46,120 --> 00:35:46,600 Rats. 631 00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:52,760 That wasn't quite the slide rule slide Adam was after. 632 00:35:55,480 --> 00:36:00,760 But unlike his car, he's undamaged and raring to go again. 633 00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:04,920 All right, Adam, on your mark. 634 00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:08,040 This is your last journey, little baby. 635 00:36:08,040 --> 00:36:08,680 Here we go. 636 00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:10,760 Give it everything. 637 00:36:10,760 --> 00:36:11,480 Let's go. 638 00:36:18,440 --> 00:36:40,520 I kept seeing the cars and I was not steering towards them as like a natural survival mechanism. 639 00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:43,320 Because really, you don't want to steer in the cars. 640 00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:47,400 So I thought on this run, I just got to ignore the cars. 641 00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:48,680 Ignore that the cars are there. 642 00:36:51,320 --> 00:36:53,240 And I totally succeeded at that part. 643 00:36:53,240 --> 00:36:54,440 Well, that's a good thing. 644 00:36:55,800 --> 00:36:57,800 You got a little more of the car in the slide. 645 00:36:57,800 --> 00:36:59,800 I'd say you were up to about 50%. 646 00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:01,640 I can't park this car, dude. 647 00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:02,760 Yeah, it's tight. 648 00:37:02,760 --> 00:37:03,800 I don't blame you. 649 00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:08,920 This movie-inspired parking procedure was purportedly a pushover. 650 00:37:09,240 --> 00:37:12,520 In fact, it's more like an accident waiting to happen. 651 00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:20,360 But that's not going to stop our high rollers from taking this myth to ridiculous lengths. 652 00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:28,360 Back at Crow's Landing, the course deserves a fitting finale. 653 00:37:28,360 --> 00:37:30,440 A drifting masterclass. 654 00:37:31,720 --> 00:37:33,400 For your viewing pleasure, ladies and gentlemen. 655 00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:36,280 Conrad Greenbaugh. 656 00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:30,280 With the course marked out in cones. 657 00:38:31,080 --> 00:38:32,040 Yeah. 658 00:38:32,120 --> 00:38:35,480 Jamie and Adam were clearly on course for a confirmation. 659 00:38:36,760 --> 00:38:42,840 Although with a smaller space and cars in place, it wasn't nearly as simple. 660 00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:49,000 I have to say, as the skilled collectors, Jamie and I have been all our lives. 661 00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:50,920 This episode holds a special place in my heart. 662 00:38:50,920 --> 00:38:52,600 This is one of the coolest things we've ever- 663 00:38:52,600 --> 00:38:54,200 Hey, I think it's time to bump it up a little. 664 00:38:55,560 --> 00:38:56,440 What do you mean, Jamie? 665 00:38:57,720 --> 00:38:59,080 Time to raise the stakes. 666 00:38:59,720 --> 00:39:00,920 Raise the stakes, Hap. 667 00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:03,320 Oh, no. 668 00:39:04,040 --> 00:39:06,600 Let's see a parallel park this beast. 669 00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:12,200 Okay, it just got real. 670 00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:17,640 Well, the bad news is that big old cars like that are basically like driving boats. 671 00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:19,880 They got crap for suspension. 672 00:39:19,880 --> 00:39:21,080 They're spongy. 673 00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:22,280 They're all over the place. 674 00:39:22,280 --> 00:39:24,920 They're anything but a precision driving machine. 675 00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:30,040 But the good news is that things like anoy lock brakes and stop- 676 00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:35,960 Things like anoy lock brakes and stability control and electronics didn't exist when they made that car. 677 00:39:36,600 --> 00:39:43,560 So between the two of those things, I'd say it's a toss-up whether Adam hits the mark spot on or not. 678 00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:50,600 Because the guys are not allowed to damage the vintage limo, the parked cars are played by foam cutouts. 679 00:39:50,600 --> 00:39:51,800 Okay, Adam, are you ready? 680 00:39:53,640 --> 00:39:55,080 I was ready as I'll ever be. 681 00:39:55,080 --> 00:39:57,960 Three, two, wish me luck. 682 00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:05,960 Oh, he's going too fast. 683 00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:12,040 Told ya. 684 00:40:12,040 --> 00:40:14,440 I think I might have had something like another car. 685 00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:23,800 Good as new. 686 00:40:23,800 --> 00:40:24,760 Time for take two. 687 00:40:24,920 --> 00:40:25,420 Oh. 688 00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:33,320 Well, a few attempts in and I'm doing abysmally. 689 00:40:33,320 --> 00:40:36,920 I just hope the limo lasts long enough for me to get this right. 690 00:40:36,920 --> 00:40:37,480 Too fast. 691 00:40:44,280 --> 00:40:45,640 Like I said, too fast. 692 00:40:49,720 --> 00:40:53,640 Well, after the last crash, we've reset as best we can. 693 00:40:53,640 --> 00:40:55,320 We're gonna give him one more try. 694 00:40:57,800 --> 00:40:59,160 Okay, Adam, one more time. 695 00:41:01,720 --> 00:41:02,680 You can do it, buddy. 696 00:41:11,320 --> 00:41:12,280 That was terrible. 697 00:41:12,280 --> 00:41:13,320 That was terrible. 698 00:41:14,760 --> 00:41:16,200 Did you order a limo? 699 00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:16,680 I'm here. 700 00:41:20,120 --> 00:41:21,880 I think it's time we brought in an expert. 701 00:41:22,520 --> 00:41:23,480 Conrad, you're up. 702 00:41:23,640 --> 00:41:24,760 All right, Jamie, I'll give it a shot. 703 00:41:28,520 --> 00:41:30,120 I call this maneuver prom night. 704 00:41:33,480 --> 00:41:34,120 Wow. 705 00:41:35,960 --> 00:41:37,160 That was amazing. 706 00:41:40,600 --> 00:41:42,280 That was astonishing. 707 00:41:43,880 --> 00:41:44,920 That was beautiful. 708 00:41:45,560 --> 00:41:46,200 Thanks, Adam. 709 00:41:46,200 --> 00:41:46,920 Amazing. 710 00:41:46,920 --> 00:41:47,640 Nice work. 711 00:41:47,640 --> 00:41:48,520 Thanks, Jamie. 712 00:41:48,520 --> 00:41:49,320 Can't be done. 713 00:41:49,320 --> 00:41:50,440 Nope, it can be done. 714 00:41:50,440 --> 00:41:52,040 I just can't do it, but it can be done. 715 00:41:53,800 --> 00:42:05,000 And so concludes the Mythbusters crash course in street racing. 716 00:42:07,880 --> 00:42:10,440 Two cameras, $600. 717 00:42:11,160 --> 00:42:14,200 18 tires, $3,600. 718 00:42:15,160 --> 00:42:18,520 One secondhand car, $3,000. 719 00:42:18,920 --> 00:42:20,120 Oh! 720 00:42:20,120 --> 00:42:21,240 Yeah! 721 00:42:21,240 --> 00:42:22,760 Spending all day drifting. 722 00:42:24,840 --> 00:42:25,240 Christ. 723 00:42:25,960 --> 00:42:27,160 Give me some.