How to Hack Your MPG?! - Mythbusters - Science Documentary

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Mythbusters - S08 E07
Watch the Mythbusters test if being sandwiched between two people can save you in a T-Bone crash. Plus, discover efficient fuel-saving tips that could double your car's mileage. Don't miss these thrilling scientific car tests and high-impact crashes put to the ultimate test!
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  • @adrianilcewicz
    @adrianilcewiczАй бұрын

    I'm re-living my best childhood at 30. I completely forgot about Mythbusters until like 3 months ago, and now one episode every day 😄

  • @tander101

    @tander101

    29 күн бұрын

    Same 🤣

  • @bethaapple2102

    @bethaapple2102

    29 күн бұрын

    Weak. I eat Mythbusters more than 5x a day. 😂

  • @RubberDuckAnanas

    @RubberDuckAnanas

    29 күн бұрын

    Best part is: they don't just tell the myths, they put them to the test!

  • @BrianDove-ls5di

    @BrianDove-ls5di

    28 күн бұрын

    Same 🙏

  • @gh0sttype601

    @gh0sttype601

    8 күн бұрын

    Im 33 and im in a very similar boat... The boat is made out of duct tape.

  • @steveraywood
    @steveraywood29 күн бұрын

    Adam: "His head's come off." Jaime: "Well that's not a good sign." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @espenstoro

    @espenstoro

    29 күн бұрын

    Gonna need to take a sick day or something.

  • @Johny40Se7en
    @Johny40Se7en24 күн бұрын

    That truck impact was absolute SAVAGERY! My word... Tori's fuel consumption was impressive. I can see why people get already economical vehicles and try and improve it still. It would have been even more interesting to see if they could increase the mileage by adding a lightweight version of the golf ball dimples that Adam and Jamie did with the car in the past. That was so cool!

  • @krokodil191
    @krokodil19129 күн бұрын

    Thank you for again putting which episode/season it is :)

  • @AmarothEng
    @AmarothEngАй бұрын

    If you have just air between you and the impact point, then that impacting force has to compress or move whatever is in front of you before it gets to you. Putting padding in between can actually do more harm than good. Even when it's actual padding and not... water. For the same reason, construction/military helmets are suspended in the air around your head, instead of being filled up with a crap ton of padding. What those cop analogs did was removing the effect of the crumpling zone.

  • @RudeAlert
    @RudeAlert29 күн бұрын

    3:28 LOL "Adam's got wood"... I guess he was really exited about his truck stand-in... hehehe Gotta love the narration on this show!

  • @steveraywood
    @steveraywood29 күн бұрын

    There is something satisfying about having the word "Science" painted on the front of that truck 🤣

  • @Ganjabeard5000
    @Ganjabeard500027 күн бұрын

    Love watching these after work:D

  • @Lampe2020
    @Lampe202029 күн бұрын

    Well, I expected it to be worse with the two big "cops" next to him, as yes, they're providing padding, but they're also extremely heavy and when shoved together by the sideways acceleration of the car would act like a hydraulic (literally) press over the little blue dude.

  • @MrMarinus18
    @MrMarinus18Ай бұрын

    16:18 A station wagon has far, far more capacity than a SUV. Even medium cars usually have more capacity than an SUV despite being smaller in dimensions cause so much of the space of the SUV is eaten up by styling, awkward angles and overly large suspension. A station wagon is a completely open box on wheels. Though my parents also haul stuff pretty often and they just have a slightly above average car with a towing hook.

  • @martontichi8611

    @martontichi8611

    29 күн бұрын

    he was talking about a pickup

  • @cameronliddell9533
    @cameronliddell953329 күн бұрын

    i love how when you watch the slow-mo of the crash the head light closest to the truck only moves like half a meter before hitting the ground the the car has gone about 10m in the same time

  • @mammamiia08

    @mammamiia08

    29 күн бұрын

    That closer slow-mo made me laugh when the car got out of the picture before the head light even touched the ground 😂

  • @Pedro-tl7jg
    @Pedro-tl7jg29 күн бұрын

    Head came off so cleanly Adam turned British

  • @Jabranalibabry
    @Jabranalibabry29 күн бұрын

    Man, love that Mythbusters is back!

  • @shanejayell
    @shanejayell29 күн бұрын

    I love the DIFFERENCE in how Adam and Jamie make the guys. *lol*

  • @ktktktktktktkt
    @ktktktktktktkt29 күн бұрын

    I think given the efficiency gains demonstrated during the hypermiling segment, it shouldn't have been "busted." It should've been "plausible" because it's possible they didn't min-max everything and maybe you get more efficiency gains with different types of cars so given some improvements, it could be possible to get doubled fuel efficiency.

  • @Luzarioth
    @LuzariothАй бұрын

    damnit Jamy... don't tease us with shrunken heads and than never come back to it...

  • @daemonburns-waight2421
    @daemonburns-waight242129 күн бұрын

    34:54 "I _bet_ you do!" 😅

  • @krokodil191
    @krokodil19129 күн бұрын

    Never watched this episode before...just great 😊

  • @ComicusFreemanius
    @ComicusFreemanius29 күн бұрын

    using an automatic for MPG myth testing is sacrilege.

  • @Notabot1310

    @Notabot1310

    28 күн бұрын

    Will its one less variable to consider

  • @Lampe2020
    @Lampe202029 күн бұрын

    19:38 The truck didn't like the impact either, it spat out a visible black cloud on impact, but not before or after.

  • @SPierre-dm4wo
    @SPierre-dm4wo27 күн бұрын

    Strategic mistake on Young Adam's part: a station wagon is a GREAT addition to moving day even if it won't fit huge items. It holds plenty of cargo and you don't have to worry about tarping stuff or putting on a canopy if it rains. Invaluable for book transportation in wet weather! Source: am a guy who likes helping his friends move :)

  • @DestinysComputer
    @DestinysComputer2 күн бұрын

    In the hypermiling test, I feel like they could've made up that last 30% with wheel covers and a flat-bottom underside.

  • @triumvir_hunt
    @triumvir_hunt29 күн бұрын

    luckily the start stop systems do it automatically these days .

  • @coltonkerr8281
    @coltonkerr828129 күн бұрын

    Rip that Volvo wagon, it was nice.

  • @yrtracingteam106
    @yrtracingteam10629 күн бұрын

    30:05 😂😂😂

  • @ddt6003
    @ddt600326 күн бұрын

    did this episode gave the idea for auto makers to include the auto start-stop system in cars? we will never know🤣

  • @WOMFT
    @WOMFTАй бұрын

    They just have a human skeleton in a bodysuit huh 😂

  • @draco84oz

    @draco84oz

    29 күн бұрын

    They started using the Syndavers gradually, usually where they needed accurate injury simulation, rather than just knocking out another ballistics gel dummy with simulated innards. But they didn't use them often - I'm guessing because they cost more than an arm and a leg...

  • @mateuszkujawski8398
    @mateuszkujawski83986 күн бұрын

    Today it would be called fuel maxxing 😂

  • @Tyresong
    @Tyresong29 күн бұрын

    the first thing to do to save Petrol (which is a liquid not a gas) is to not change speed, then don't brake going down hill (but make sure it is in gear as you have more control over you speed while it is in gear, and you use less fuel while engine braking than when Idling (you can test that on a computer controlled fuel injected car and prove it to be correct) and only maintain your speed going up hill, no acceleration, don't brake for corners, let the engine slow you down, and then there is power required to push the car through the air, the calculation is squared... so if you go twice the speed the wind resistance is quadrupled (If it takes 80hp to hold 160kph but only 20hp to do 80kph you can use 1/4 the fuel to get there in twice the time, but still get there safely!) and you could probably test that too with the fuel usage in both! Ok windows up and AC on... Incorrect... you need to test that on a modern car, with a small engine. like 1300cc... and you will find that the amount of power the AC draws from the engine exceeds the extra wind resistance... in fact the amount of power that the AC draws is enough to increase the 0 to 100kph time by almost a second, and the windows being down makes a mere 0.1 second difference and turning the engine off? well that depends on how long for, as it takes alot more fuel to start the engine that it does to run it for a few seconds so the lateral acceleration may be slowed by the big person on the impact side, but your going to get squashed by the other big person who isn't going to accelerate as fast... big people are not the inside of a helmet!

  • @Disi2008

    @Disi2008

    28 күн бұрын

    I was always jealous when I saw other cars turn off at red lights, before I got the Toyota Corolla Touring hybrid two years ago. It charges the battery going downhill or while braking, it uses the battery when it can, it turns off when standing still. This has a 1.8l engine and gives me a lifetime mpg of ~57 MPG (UK) (town, motorways, whatever). We did drive to Germany twice and driving the car at 90 mph or more is way less fuel efficient. The 60-70 mph in the UK on motorways are optimal mpg, pure town stop and go is also not most efficient. With a 43l tank it can go way over 750km range (I get the warning lights at ~750km).

  • @AnonymAnonym-fv3uc
    @AnonymAnonym-fv3uc29 күн бұрын

    Did they just destroy a volvo 245? They are worth a fortune now. But this was probably filmed a long time ago

  • @Morbing_Time

    @Morbing_Time

    29 күн бұрын

    This was filmed around 2009-2010

  • @mammamiia08

    @mammamiia08

    29 күн бұрын

    It might not have been working, as far as I see they doesn't seem to drive it.

  • @MrInsaint

    @MrInsaint

    22 күн бұрын

    The Volvo 245 can be a valuable car yes. And in the cartoon, it looks like it's a Norwegian police car colors and plates. And it appears to be a Volvo 245 and the front of a 145? Filmed in 2012, because they used a brand new (2012)sedan car in the MPG test together with somewhat older cars.

  • @jeremymcadam7400
    @jeremymcadam7400Ай бұрын

    Currently last

  • @OutdoorsIQ
    @OutdoorsIQАй бұрын

    I’m shocked how good the picture is for how old the show is. Show how far technology has (not) come.

  • @jackdeniston6150
    @jackdeniston615029 күн бұрын

    Plusters

  • @undefined40
    @undefined4029 күн бұрын

    ".. nothing rhymes with 'orange'" Erm ... 'sporange'?

  • @RB-bd5tz

    @RB-bd5tz

    27 күн бұрын

    Good one, but hardly anyone knows that word. Some other fun words that only have really esoteric rhymes are "purple", "celery", "anchovy", and "cabbage". For some, you have to resort to proper names, which seems like cheating. I don't think "garbage" has any actual, two-syllable rhyme.

  • @undefined40

    @undefined40

    27 күн бұрын

    @@RB-bd5tz shortage

  • @RB-bd5tz

    @RB-bd5tz

    27 күн бұрын

    @@undefined40 Ehh ... maybe, with the right accent.

  • @vitezizsrednjebosne1596
    @vitezizsrednjebosne159629 күн бұрын

    Hello from Bosnia and Hercegovina.... mitbusters my cilehud

  • @jaykerzp3643
    @jaykerzp364329 күн бұрын

    The problem with driving slower on the freeway to save fuel is that you will eventually get rear-ended by some idiot and all the money you saved in fuel will just go into repairing or replacing your car.

  • @qusagakkabla5688
    @qusagakkabla568820 күн бұрын

    593 likes yeah

  • @AmvC
    @AmvC6 күн бұрын

    Pro tip #1: don't drive an automobile. Makes you look like an unwanted, unintended sissi who took multiple wrong turns in life - having to drive in an automobile, wasting everyone's money, health and well-being while wasting their own money, health and well-being 😂 everybody loses! it's great! build more roads! build more parking spaces! asphaltize the whole surface of the earth 😂😂 remember: it's good for you!!

  • @C.Fecteau-AU-MJ13
    @C.Fecteau-AU-MJ1329 күн бұрын

    Tory: "You hate science?" Well Tory, unfortunately science has taken a bit of a PR hit over the last few years... And speaking from the future, believe it or not, a lot of people have trouble trusting science at the moment. It's a real shame too, because it's not like everyone's mistrust is completely unfounded. But either way, the consequences are yet to fully unfold.

  • @RB-bd5tz

    @RB-bd5tz

    27 күн бұрын

    Such people don't hate science; they hate BS foisted on them as "science".

  • @Mokrator
    @Mokrator29 күн бұрын

    well not new is it? driving faster does consume more fuel but less time... my comfort speed is ~80-90mph and my cheap car does over 29miles per galon - thats not hypermiling - sure your gasoline pipes are not broken on that car? if i just drive highway with ~70mp/h i get up to 36miles per galon. And well you don't need to drive turns with 30mph to not break - just let the car roll out and slightly break - so if you need to stop slow by friction and stop step on gas until you need to break. Thats more save.

  • @BrianDove-ls5di
    @BrianDove-ls5di28 күн бұрын

    Driving overly slow on the freeway impeding the flow of traffic is incredibly dangerous and selfish. To those people I can guarantee that by not driving you save even more and you won't kill anyone else.

  • @Mokrator
    @Mokrator29 күн бұрын

    lul this one is more dead than the other one...

  • @Hum0ng0us
    @Hum0ng0us29 күн бұрын

    31:53 There's a mountain in Wales called "Blorenge." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blorenge

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