The most ridiculous Cannonball Run of all time!
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The epic conclusion to the Audi Cannonball story! Enjoy! And, no, I'm not planning on organizing another Musketball. Allegedly.
In my head, you are legend. I mean, your knowledge,the way you deliver stories... Perfect. Greetings from Croatia!
What is this facebook group one would have to allegedly join in order to snag an invite to such a mild mannered middle aged man cruise?
So all my convincing of my wife to let me Musketball her TDI is in vain? Allegedly?
Bravo, John! Bravo! Oh, and #ThisCanBeRed
If you're allegedly going to organize another Musketball, I want to race a Nissan k11. Across the US. I hope to have enough money for it by then.
“Middle aged men running to middle aged cars” John Ficarra is an absolute legend
Hey now, I'm 32!
I'll be 66 tomorrow and I can Still run to My car!
@@Suhspencce and I’m female! 🤷🏻♀️
This is "alleged" event is the absolute embodiment of the 24 Hours of Lemons turned into a Cannonball Run. Awesome idea, Awesome plan. Well done! If you ever decide to "allegedly" organize another one, I'm all in!.
Ditto
When life gives you lemons you turn em into a combustible cannon ball and burn your house down
Verified... a 3-cyl Ford Focus will hit 141mph, with a puzzle on the hood. Allegedly.
Yaris topped out at 117.... Allegedly
I drive a Prius that has a 95hp gas engine. Definitely capable of around 100mph but the fuel economy benefits of driving a hybrid are mostly negated at such speeds
@@julianbrelsford I drove my dad's Prius in 2010 or so, I think it was an '06 or around there, from Chicago to New Mexico, I did 90+ for most of the time, and fuel economy was pretty good
@@shadowwarsshadypeople6299 Mom had a ‘11 Prius, drove it out to California and back in 2019, think I spent $87 total in gas. Full tank was $20 which got around 450 miles on eco mode. Can’t beat that.
Edit: maybe it was $107, not sure. I know with gas prices how they are right now in Oklahoma, her new 2021 Prius is $36 to fill up at costco (which is crazy, my wife’s Corolla is $48 not even tickling E) and that gets you 450 miles at 57mpg, that’s booking it down the highway with the AC blasting on high.
The more you know
To be invited into John's bad choices is like inviting a 6 year old into a China shop... you never know what's gonna happen aside from the relative certainty of chaos and laughter.
😁❤️
I always thought a China shop was a Chinese food restaurant as a kid. And I was really confused until I learned it meant China dishware.
@@girrrrrrr2 lmao. Had twin boys... took em into a china/curio shop at 2 years old Christmas shopping. ...
They were..restless... like their father lol.
And as a good father, I leaned down and quetly whispered to them, "I swear to Christ if either of you two break anything I'll break yer fingers..."
The smart-a$sed one quickly yelled out as loud as his little rear end could, "Daddy, please don't break our fingers!"
Wanna see a grown man... a Vet... turn redder than a chapped *beep?
Yeah....
They're 25 now and great young men living well.
Allegedly invited
drive a fast car slow is always less interesting than driving a slow car as fast as possible
James May was dead right on that point.
Man, the most fun I've had while driving was in an old, tired little turbo diesel van pulling a trailer. Although weak, the engine had excellent throttle response above 2k rpm. The car had a sloppy manual transmission, rear wheel drive and an unusually tight steering rack. I sat there, trying to maintain momentum through corners on these windy country roads, foot to the floor up every hill, focusing on perfect gear changes. All to just about keep up with traffic.
I drive same route now with the same load in modern car with actual decent handling, great brakes, loads more power and a good auto box. It's dreadfully boring! I'd have to drive like a maniac to have any fun now.
No VW Beetles???
@@stephenhenion8304 The beetles are dying off. Must be the pesticides...
This is so true.
In a high performance car alot of the effort to drive fast is done for you.
In a relatively normal car one has to ragg it to the red line to get the most out of it. And to know when to rag it when approaching hills etc.. constantly thinking while driving.
Whereas say a lambo just sits there all day long @ 100mph..
Allegedly, with no effort...
I love this event! Seriously, I'd be there if I were in the crowd for it.
Also, as a former Volvo 240 owner (multiple times over), the best you can get in an NA 240 is about 112-113mph, downhill with a tailwind, after miles upon miles of "acceleration"
Most fun I ever had, with my clothes on, in a 240 was on I10 driving from I75 to Jacksonville, about midnight chasing a BMW at over 100 and doing it for miles and miles. Miss that old box with a 4 banger.
I think I remember a line from Car and Driver that went “Volvos don’t accelerate, they gather momentum.”
@@woodyholland9865 h
Considering the Volvo 240 weighs a million tonnes 113 mph pretty good lol...
Always remember the incredibly loud ticking seat belt warning lamp...
hmm....mine would run 120+...of course that was after a new head gasket, and decking the head, and playing with timing...made for a fun time!
Love every single one of John’s stories. Always a perfect addition to any day
This has to be one of his best stories!
I have to say that I was less surprised that the Citroën XM made it than I was that the Fiat 500 (modern) made it.
The XM was my teams car, even made it back to Ohio!
@@Suhspencce hello! Thanks for responding and filling in a bit of the story. I'm a Citroën guy from eastern Canada, so I was thrilled to see the XM appear in this story. Wonderful cars, and as you certainly know, myths about old Citroën unreliability are just that: myths!
@@Suhspencce First car that caught my eye! not seen an XM in decades, and im in the UK!
Why?
@@scorg It's a odd duck, has been in the US since new. Was brought to try and get them legal for the US but then they pulled out the next year.
These events are awesome but the best part about them all is when you know everybody made it back home
Dude the Musket ball sounds so awesome I wanna do this 😂
I was thinking of older car with less BHP, per ww2 cars with only 75bhp. 100 year old cars like the Ford T Model could have a run with it's 20bhp
@@Aquarium-Downunder Ford T Model would be perfect because the car literally has nothing to worry about cops. It can't even reach highway limits so its 100% safe when it comes to
overspeeding.
"This is a really bad idea, Yes you should definitely do it", where do you find a wife like this lady John, I agree completely with the biggest trophy going to the micro van, but I also saw in one of the pictures a Suzuki Capacino, those things are tiny, I've got one & I wouldn't drive it 3,000 miles across country, Rj in Oz
i also have a suzuki cappuccino... absolutely amazing car, by far one of the funest cars ive ever owned..... but yes... musket balling it across the country would be ruff!.... but totally worth it.
yeah! I've found the cappuccino owners comment club XD Fellow cappo owner here! The best thing to do is put ear plugs in and then its not so bad!
A 50 gallon prius tearing it down the highway is a hilarious thought.
Hands down John is my favorite story teller. Could listen to his stories all day
Bold statement, there are a few good ones, and Ed Bolian sure as hell si really good too with his own personal flair and shrewd negotiations.
Bucket list thing to do for sure. I don't care how old I get, I'm gonna do this run. Would love to see a sleeper cannonball run, with tight restrictions on what a sleeper is.
I love Saturn's... I'm so so happy he went back for ol pistachio I'm actually almost tearing up right now.
Ok I did cry a little when the transcon Medivac mini won the musketball. Just amazing
That story touched my heart. Everything about it. The concept, the rules, the penalties, the start, the f'ing puzzles!!? Thank you for this smile today.
Would love to see the 'Speedball', who could actually get to the end by the actual set speed limits, exactly or close to it. ofc stop for fuel etc.
You would get run over trying to drive the speed limits across the country.
@@jphilb Especially through the Phoenix AZ area :)
I would suggest this would be more difficult than doing a ball out cannonball run lol.
But interesting there wouldn't be much leeway.
Organisers could be really mean and set a max + 10 minutes for the whole journey that would be challenging...
there is no way to escape from
"Racing Around the Rules"
"How to win"
"The Unfair Advantage"
What an amazing story! Those 19 mins felt like watching an adventure movie!
You know was thinking Ed could do a cannon ball movie he's done car trek. Based on these events...
This interests me more than the actual cannonball lol
A buddy of mine and I had the idea to run a cannonball wherein the vehicles are limited to one set of space saver spares for the duration but otherwise free to be as powerful, exotic, modified or expensive as anyone wants. It's an interesting gimmick and definitely does a bit to level the playing field from a power standpoint.
its funny that he says "for an hr the cars were driving over 100mph, allegedly" after showing the pic of the audi or jetta with 102mph on the dash. haha
Those are metric MPH. Everyone knows Germany uses the metric system for their miles.
I guess I'm one of those crazy Yaris owners. Was my wife's car, bought brand new in 2008. Just started modding since things are just now needing replaced at 100k.
The car was purchased solely for this event but kept as a loved daily after the event until it wasn't driveable. Wish another would show up at a deal!
The Musketball sounds like the perfect event for a Volkswagen van. Loads of space for supplies, you can easily sleep in it while someone else drives, it is vastly underpowered, it will shut down on you if you push it too hard but come back to life once rested, you can give it a variety of motifs, you'll barely make it to 65 mph, you can equip it for long distance travel easily.
My thoughts exactly. I jave a 1972 VW Bus, all of maybe, 65 horses. But it would be easy to put a big fuel tank, sleep in it, and have space left over! Can't imagine driving totally driving across the country in one shot, lol.
Those vans die in the desert. You get about 45 minutes of driving and then have to stop for 3 hours while it cools down in 120 degree heat!
Wow! This made my day. Was so much fun to participate in.
I could listen to john read the Phone Book(remember them), but him talking about something as fun as this is sublime
Amazing to think now .
The phone book would contain phone number and address!
One could just drive up to a ramdoms house by looking at the telephone directory as they were called in the UK.
DAMNIT! you created an event that would have been perfect for my 1996 Volkswagen Passat TDI! with all of it's 90PS of OEM powah!
It would have been perfect for 1.4L Vauxhall corsa too 90 bhp at the wheels according to GM.
What an amazing time had by all. Thanks for the amazing event!
I personally love these so called "Cannonball / Musketball" stories.
I never considered myself crazy for dailying a Yaris. I guess I've been crazy for 7 years now. It's about ready to kick the bucket, but in 2015, with 102k on the odo, I could have easily taken my 08 across the country.
Only issue would be the shortish range.
TDI Insight is bonkers. That's some evil genius sh*t right there 😈
I have an 81 rabbit pickup with a Tdi swap
65mpg
3000rpm is 90mph+
1000+ mile range with stock tank.
We took our Yaris across the country with 180,000 on the clock, performed great, no issues across the Dakota's at 95 mph for hours upon hours
How do you ruin a yaris in 100k ?
@@1marcelfilms I think you misread my comment. It was near perfect at 102k in 2015. It's pretty beaten up after a bunch of city miles at 185k now.
Yaris really dislikes highways. Its a city car.
You don't realise how bad the emission controls of the 70s were until a V8 could be raced in the Musketball and be within the 100bhp rules (Oldsmobile Cutlass 4.3 V8 diesel with 90-bhp)
And it would be like floating, with plenty of space for supplies
john is one of the best car storytellers ive ever seen, absolute legend
Another amazing story from this guy I freaking love listening to this guy talk it's outrageous. You can sit there and talk about drying paint on a wall and make it entertaining way to go. Can't wait for more
I really want to do a musketball run now, it sounds like a blast! Thanks for the great story!
It’s awesome That it was based around an old Quattro.
Lol at the yaris description. Reminds me of watching the improved production races in Adelaide where the winning cars would sometimes struggle with "the traffic" of the yaris similarly always bringing up the rear (when they had to lap it). Great times
Big thank you to the fellas running the celebrity wagon. (7:12) I love my celebrity wagon and it would be amazing to drive it in an event like this
What's wrong with a yaris? I have a 20 year old yaris with 230000km on it. Still runs great. I take it on vacation every year. 1500km there, 1500 km back. Loaded to the roof with camping stuff. Never skipped a beat and drives 35 mpg. I love my lil' nugget.
There’s a probability that You don’t live in IS 😉
where is IS?
@@feelinghealingfrequences7179 next to US, stupid smartphone dictionary ;)
Great video John! Ed, Dan and I had such a great time driving the rental car in this event which you summed up perfectly. What do you do when you’ve done it all? Musketball!
I notice your gettin thick brother. Mid life is rough, huh? Being 42, I say indeed it is.
@@joshuagibson2520 I noticed nobody asked you.
I’d love to hear ficarra discuss the financials behind these events, since I’m sure there’s a lot myself (and others like me) having never done one would never think about.
Just the cost of fuel would make it prohibitive for most people I'd say.
@@joshuagibson2520
Just done some rough calculations.
From the Red Ball garage to the Portofino Hotel Los Angeles.
Based on a car doing 30mpg =
~ 430$
car doing 15mpg = ~ 850$ one
way.
2815 miles @ average 4.50 per gallon.
Double those figures for the return trip home.
Budget 2000$ for maintenance and car prep/modifications.
1000 on "driver aids"/satnavs.
Hotel stays varies depending where one lives.
Probably not going to have much change from 10,000$.
I drove my Scion IQ from Wisconsin to Los Angeles, around 2200 miles almost nonstop. I only have an 8 and a 1/2 gallon fuel tank which will take me around 250 miles before I have to fill up, but when I hit Nebraska's 30 mile an hour ahead winds I only got 25 miles a gallon instead of the 45 I was getting normally. I would love to have taken my 07 yaris if the engine didn't decide to blow up
That was absolutely fantastic to watch, must have been a blast to take part in!
Allegedly.
If my dad ever did this event if it were run again, he should use his parents old 2 door 1986 Sabb 900 for the run he has, the car is different and is really durable.
That was a wonderful story, well told as always by John F (allegedly!).
Ive been waiting for this episode, it didn't disappoint
Absolutely awesome story! Loved every minute of this!
The fact you didn’t even mention the Hawaiian Tropic Laguna S-3 makes me sad.
I remember live-streaming the beginning of the Musketball - great event and homage 🍻
This might be my favorite VINwiki story to date. John is my favorite personality on this series.
That's (allegedly) Steve Brown in the flying pistachio, he ran the GMC Sierra solo a few times.
Allegedly! 😀
I love the Hawaiian Tropic Laguna!! I've been wanting to build one for years!
John Ficarra always brings the BEST stories!
Moonshiners use to run from 8 am to 11 am on Sunday mornings because all the nosey people were in church !
An event that is fun, relaxed and safe for everyone involving driving is definitely an event worth doing.
Man, this is what dreams are made of. Gave me goosebumps when the Med Van rolled in at the end!
Could listen to John’s stories forever. This sounded like a brilliant time for all involved.
When john says who's crazy enough to drive a yaris, i immediately think of ali spagnola's yaris that has been painted like an egg, covered in chia, and covered in pop sockets
And I “ allegedly” might have video of that hour and a half, with lots of good footage of the Audi.
"This is a bad idea. You should totally do it" This sums up Musketball. What a story teller! Amazing!
Hey I made the video! @12:03
To redeem the Suzuki Van, my Cappuccino with largely the same engine was doing over 100 trying to chase down that Corolla and Citroen....allegedly anyway.
His stories make a great Friday just that much better!!
We need a kai-truck/car cannonball. Could be hilarious
To run a “Musketball” with my Citroën Xantia Wagon Turbo is now my dream. I want, scratch that, I need to do this in my life.
That Citroën XM, though… 😍
This is the very essence of the art of storytelling. This was an absolutely sublime yarn. Thank you.
The "We'll get there when we get there" cannonball run!
Jay leno always says something along the lines of Driving a slow car fast is more fun than driving a fast car slow
This is the coolest thing I’ve ever seen or known about. Full stop
I would love to do something like this with my old explorer.
Man that would have been so fun to do with my 2010 Volvo V50 1.6D, on a temporary import permit on Swedish plates (genuine Swedish plates, issued by “Transportstyrelsen”). But than again getting it from Southern Sweden to the States would be a challenge and then it will not like the American Diesel which it isn’t tuned for.
We should have an Event from Hammerfest to Gibraltar.
Those Saturns don't have a complete front suspension from the factory. They use an oversized front sway bar as an adhoc lower control arm/trailing lower link, they have another single bushing flimsy lateral link and the strut. It's a Very loose arrangement on a good day.
Kinda fun on extremely sloppy winter snow and slush covered roads using the P-brake for turn in though.
John always tells an amazing story!!!
I have a boat at the Portofino and had the pleasure of watching the faces of the guys rushing down the last 300ft stretch.
That's awesome! I'll wave next timeà
WHAT an AWESOME Story... Just EPIC, what a GREAT Story!!!
The best way to tell a story, is to feel all the aches and pains, take the time to heal, then share your story. The best stories typically start "so, there I was. Or... No shit. Or it was a terrible idea at the time, (it got worse, got better)."
These stories don't work well on paper. It's amazing to hear it, you hear/feel the joy, the Horror/heartbreak. You take a 2000 mile journey, but, you are only reading it. You may not really know anything about how it works, you may not feel the joy of that journey by reading it.
Hearing the stories, edited as they may be... well I appreciate the story. I'd buy any story teller, a beer.
I'd love to hear their stories in person, and call bullshit on them from time to time, and if I'm wrong buy them another round.
Winner is the one who appeared with a Citroen XM (7:40), Exquisite taste and I would never expect to find that marvel in the US.
No. The winner was a Jetta station wagon
I absolutely love this story! I would love to musketball a Volvo stock, then build it up for a cannonball later.
Edit, I did have a '93 940 that I ran stock with a broken speedometer. Once was pulled over at over 130, allegedly. The cop was cool with me and just had a nice chat at 4am.
Nice! I had the pickup version of that van.
16:38 That's a Citroën XM... the flagship of the french brand back in the 90s...
What a great story, from initial “this is a bad idea” through the spirit of the alleged event through the grand prize, just fabulous!!!
Aplause to this amazing story, you sir are a legend! Hats off to Jhon
Finally an American, and a legendary one at that
Epic story. Actually sounds more exciting than cannonball if everyone maxes out around 114mph
I have a couple more ideas:
The Daisyball (a bb gun): Nothing bigger than 50cc. Basically on mopeds.
The Basketball: Everybody has to walk and wear a pair of Jordan's.
:D
10:15 I had to drive an Echo (the precursor to the Yaris) for a few years... That's definitely a "floor it to get on the highway and hopefully you can maintain 65-70" type of car..
Oh, and mine had no cruise control.. That was.. Fun....
Lmao
i still dive it sometimes. Gets ya there in style ;)
We ran that Yaris at 117 for a huge part of that event. It goes alot better than everyone thinks!
@@jeffweiss70 yep, terrible automatic, but stick a manual on there and it goes. Stability rivals a boat tho
I'm not going to lie a cannon ball or musket ball sounds like so much fun
There was a Smartcar run a couple yrs ago. 2 cars ended doing it. Mine was having problems so I just drove a couple miles with them, from the Redball to somewhere in NJ...
In the UK we have rallies like TWOBALL that are very much in the spirit of this! Brilliant fun!
I drove a '07 yaris from Chicago to Seattle full to the brim with all my belongings and two bikes on the back. it actually did alright on the flats, but any decent incline had it wheezing. I was worried that it would give up the ghost whenever I went above 40mph while heading up through the black hills and yellowstone.
2am-6am is a great time to drive. i had work that started at 4am, 30 mins away, one day a week. even though i had to get up early, that drive alone was worth it. once work was over at 11-12pm, traffic would be going and i hated it.
What i think is funny is the typical cannonball velocity is ~800 fps whereas a musket is around 15-1600fps
Great story.
Motorcyclist and scooterist have their crazy fun too. Riding a 100cc vintage motorcycle around Lake Erie (650 miles) and riding a 50cc scooter around Death Valley (450 miles).
Great fun for the mentally challenged.
Making me want to allegedly host a Grom race from Washington to Florida and call it the BB Run, I love it
I love these automotive stories and the format is just perfect.
This sounds like the best race ever.
The Celebrity wagon is awesome
I've been saving for a Subaru sambar. Now I want to take place in a race of all mini trucks and vans across the country in it.
The Audi symbol on the side of the car looks like a flying cannon ball.
Imagine someone Musketballin' in a Smart ForTwo
We must allegedly organize another musketball run