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At 4:02, the source you cite about the EV range issue only applies in -20F weather. March is not producing that low of a temperature in the US. The COLDEST states during the entire cannon ball run will only be at a LOW of like, 40F in March, well within the operational temperature for an EV. Come on man. You tried to claim unbiased research to get out of that too.
@@maverickphantom005 That means by record standards of today, he would've averaged 60 miles an hour with no technology, no gps, and yeah, barely any road network. Both he and the car would've looked like a hot mess at the finish!
The Run was inspired by the Cannonball Run, so yeah, the story of the game was purposely made to imitate it. In the main version, you can even see your average speed in each event (according to reviews and footage, i only played the Wii version) EDIT: i played it recently and yes it does show average speed + a timer that shows your collective time of all stages, meaning that you can set times for the entire run, even though it's broken into chapters and stages
You caught me good in that smooth transition into the AD spot. A very relevant AD in the middle of the video bringing more context to the content instead of completely ruining the video and the train of thought! This is the only right way to do mid-video sponsors! 👏👏👏
@@JCDenton95 He is right, because when the roads are empty you can set incredible record and you can't beat it in the normal days even with Ferrari while there is a mindnumbingly big traffic. It is just not possible.
i watched cannonball as a kid with my dad, ive always wanted to drive NYC to LA under 24 hours. But damn such an insane run which probably wont be toppled for a few years
Lol it could've been done since the 80s and certainly during the 90s, but none of those who have embarked on the challenge have gone further than lightly modifying mass production cars. It's all about power to weight and they keep choosing the heaviest cars possible.
3200 miles / 24 hours = 133mph average. But, when you get stuck in denser traffic, you'll have to make up all the time spent below 133mph on longer straightaways. And these days, with as much traffic as we have now, I'd say that those records likely won't be broken.
Say what you will about the Pandemic but I miss how open the roads were. As a car enthusiast and someone who genuinely feels more at home behind the wheel, it was awesome basically having the roads to yourself at times.
In Germany there are highways without speed limits. You can go how fast you want and the cars for that market ... they need to survive those kind of rides. So no worries about that, German's car can handle top speed drive for a really long time and no break down.
I'm confused. At 3:17 they buy a Corvette, then narrator launches into a spiel about EVs, then at 5:17 they buy an Audi S6. Why did they buy the Corvette?
I’m kinda glad this isn’t a super popular thing. Not because it’s a cool thing to know about, but because this truly is one of the most dangerous things you could do. Obviously if you’re trained professionals and are good at what you do, you’ll be much safer. Being said, I could see too many amateurs trying this and ending before making it to the finish line. Worse yet, ending someone else’s life.
@@sartorialdriver6528 rally driving? Race car driving? Elite driver training perhaps? I think the comment means, just your average driver who thinks they’re a great driver but makes all kinds of tiny mistakes without even knowing it. Now the how to hold your piss that long, or not take a shit for 2 days is another question of training 😄
@@citythink I used to race against pro Indy drivers and I hardly think any motorsports skills would translate into being a better cannoball driver. I think the skills here lie in coordinaiton, intuition, communication, and technology rather than any advanced level of driving skill.
@@sartorialdriver6528 Don't forget stamina. Going that fast for that long leads to tiring out quickly or, worse, not giving appropriate attention to your surroundings.
It's really rather immaterial how well trained a driver you are when you are operating in an environment chock full of absolutely unskilled, unconcerned, clueless drivers and wildlife.
I still want to do a German version of this with a twist: Going from Kiel to Munich as fast as possible - WITHOUT breaking traffic laws. Large stretches of no speed limit should make this easier, but it would be its own little challenge.
The issue is that the more developed European countries are full of speed cameras and other speed limit enforcing tools. I'd recommend trying something like this in Eastern Europe instead.
@@fatfalcon3434 However, they are easy to avoid as they are usually tracked by other drivers and you can find out their location via an app, radio or the internet. The only danger might be an unmarked police car, but they are easy to spot. A cannonball run on a Sunday in Germany would be unfairly easy because there is almost no traffic due to truck restrictions.
I want to see a European version where they go from the top of Europe to the bottom of Europe. Or from the far west side of Europe to the far east side of Europe, but that would be hard to do with the war.
i’m subbing just for the simple fact of how smooth the transition into the ad was. I genuinely did not realize i was watching an ad till you said it at the end. extremely well put together and informative video.
I believe it. I wouldn't do it again but I did 130 MPH from Dallas, Texas to Denver, Colorado in about 4-5 hours (normally ~12 hour drive) back in like 2017.
3:05 watch the steering wheel. After the truck hit it, the car was pushed left and then it self corrected by turning the wheel hard to the right in order to get it back to the side of the freeway. Incredible!
Incase anybody was wondering about the solo run with a guy in the rental Mustang GT, it's proven (or highly probable) that he faked or doctored the evidence of his actual time
Fred Ashmore completed the run, it's just the time in question. He didn't collect enough evidence to support his claim, but there's no proof that he didn't do it either. Guess we will never know for sure
I remember the first Cannon Ball, it was the year I graduated high school. I always wanted to do it too..... Excellent video man. Very well thought out and documented, I loved every minute. Thanks for all the hard work and posting it !
I'd imagine in some cases, cannonballers could be fined, but I think that because speeding isn't at the same level as a m*rder or a robbery, some cops may let it slide.
The Covid lockdown was something we probably won't experience for another 20 years, it was definitely the time to do any records. I remember ripping down the the highway up here in Minnesota, swear I was going 140 for about an hour, there wasn't a single vehicle the whole time.
I spent majority of the pandemic going 120-130 home from work at 4-5am. I would get home in 15mins versus 30+ if I was to drive normal. But now I have a 2 year old and I can’t see myself driving that fast anymore. The most I do now is maybe 90-100 for a short period or if I’m going on a long trip.
12:10 That M5 was on display here in NYC BMW Dealership in 2020. Was super cool. It had a sign that said “Cannon ball car! Yes it’s cool! No, do not touch it!”
Ok, hear me out. Everyone on a race track more or less consents to the risk that their car might be wrecked and they might be hurt. They and everyone else try to avoid it as much as possible, but there's always that acknowledgement. I don't think random civilians driving home from work have consented in the same way. Like, sure, they're driving, and they know driving is risky, but generally speaking they don't expect street racers to be roping them in to the gamble the racers are taking. And I know they're good drivers, but I watch professional racing all the time, and those guys still often crash, still get injured, can still die. Being really good at driving doesn't necessarily prevent a potential civilian casualty. So yeah, I support speeding laws. Take it to the track.
And you have dumbasses that think track driving encourages illegal street racing. A school teacher once voiced out about this on social media and quite a number of people bashed him, myself included.
@@eddy3080 Exactly, look at Germany no speed limit on most parts of the autobahn and about 4x safer according to statistics, mostly bc the Germans are better drivers
Pay attention when you drive, check your mirrors drive towards the right yield/move over for faster traffic. That's what many countries in Europe require for drivers to get their license
Awesome storytelling then got confused with the timeline jumping back and forth then amazed by the storytelling again. This is amazing work! Keep it up!
Thank you Arne! I've always been genuinely impressed with the level of detail you put into the cars and the runs! Good luck in all your future endeavors!
I’m 72, been a subscriber to Car & Driver since 1968. I well remember Brock Yates hysterical articles about the Cannonball Run which he loved and the movie which he disdaned . RIP Mr. Yates. You were one of a kind.
I really hope they replace it tbh. It's going to stand as a clumsy monument to this specific point in history where people thought weird first-gen Midjourney outputs were cool, and it will look less and less okay as time goes on.
I did Massachusetts to San Diego, which is slightly longer on both ends, but otherwise a similar trip, in right around 72 hours back in 2001, three days after 9-11. By myself, with no technological assists, superfast car or excessive speeding. Just lots of focused driving in my '95 Pontiac Grand Am, and typically 1-2 hour naps day or night, whenever I got too tired to continue.
There will always be a special place in my heart for driving the city streets during that first lockdown period. We'll never see it again. Nobody on the roads, no police in sight.
There needs to be at least 1 or 2 ppl to be asked to report a cop. There was a handful of cars on the road only 1 of them probably had waze and the chances of him reporting a cop car or even using the app is even lower bro
@@Webcoreinteractive There needs to be at least 1 or 2 ppl to be asked to report a cop. There was a handful of cars on the road only 1 of them probably had waze and the chances of him reporting a cop car or even using the app is even lower bro
In the 60’s the NY State Freeway had no speed limit, just 40mph min. If you kept a safe distance from the car in front of you, state troopers left you alone. If was nice to do 100mph in a good car. I borrowed my father’s MGB.
no beginning, no ending, I felt like I was listening to 5 different videos about different subjects at the same time. Sad. At least it made me want to learn about the cannonball. I will now go watch a different video lol
Just go to a track, this is fking crazy psychopathic and so dangerous not only to the drivers but all the other drivers on the roads they traverse. It’s only a matter of time till innocent people die because of this
Always loved the Cannonball, a combination of skill, gear, power and huge cojones. That last one's going to rest for a while. At the end, the advert for another video...is that Michelle Mouton next to an inverted Audi Quattro? She's a professional rally legend. And she's up next! Thanks for great vids, Albon.
great video, i'm french and in 1999 a car magazine made a similar run from Paris to nice in 4h17 (instead of 10h) with a porsche and a bmw. the porsche did 133mph average speed
It’s way too easy to get a driver’s license. With a threshold so low you get idiots who think the law doesn’t apply to them. It does not matter if it’s a professional behind the wheel. Keep the high speeds on a race track. Its bs like this that’s behind the increase in fatal car accidents.
The idea is cool but I just can't get past the danger of it. You're endangering the lives of others just for bragging rights. Also they have traffic light changers? What the actual fuck? That is so insanely dangerous it blows my mind.
Doing this challenge in Bangladesh is easy in terms of not getting caught by the police because 99% of the roads don't have a speed limit but there are some great disadvantages too like having narrow roads, traffic and high cost of buying cars as there is 300% tax
bro I've been to Bangladesh, it's funny that you think any car can go 100 mph in Bangladesh even for a mile lol.... the streets are horrible compared to US highways
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Hi Albon
At 4:02, the source you cite about the EV range issue only applies in -20F weather. March is not producing that low of a temperature in the US. The COLDEST states during the entire cannon ball run will only be at a LOW of like, 40F in March, well within the operational temperature for an EV. Come on man. You tried to claim unbiased research to get out of that too.
Fantastic video and great ad placement.
@@Greatest_Scott yup, thats how you get a sponsor plug done
@X D like who and why ? What is your problem with this ?
Whoever gets the record time down to under 24 hours is going to be a legend. Imagine driving from NYC to LA in under a day
120 miles per hour non stop to make it in 24 hours. More realistically 140ish mph with pit stops.
....we have planes.. driving that far in 2023 is stupid
@@Poppa_Silky_Paper it’s about pushing the limits of cars lmao obviously we have planes but people wanna see what is possible on the ground
@@Poppa_Silky_Paper i bet your fun at parties
@@Poppa_Silky_Paperdid you not watch the video? How is it stupid to be the first man to cross America by car in one day?
The amateur team are the real heroes. They saw the oportunity and took it with minimal gadgets. Just a fast car and lots of fuel
I don’t know what part of endangering others by going 100 miles over the speed limit is heroic.
Just finished my modified 1981 Delorean. If i get it up to 88mph, i should make the run by yesterday.
what dude
man, you already beat my modified 1967 chevy impala that i painted black and attached a giant turbine engine to the back of.
Best comment
@@DavidKrahl-m7fdo you really not get it🫠
@@DavidKrahl-m7f dude have you ever even seen back to the future
53 hours...in 1933? Now that's impressive!
Yep when there were barely any proper roads
@@maverickphantom005
That means by record standards of today, he would've averaged 60 miles an hour with no technology, no gps, and yeah, barely any road network. Both he and the car would've looked like a hot mess at the finish!
Them nascar boys fast as a mf fr. Top G told me.
@@franko8572 “top G told me” - 👶🏻
@@Pierre-so7xu Why you mad?
Literally NFS The Run.
@@MayoTheNnaise ah fuck, sorry.
The Run was inspired by the Cannonball Run, so yeah, the story of the game was purposely made to imitate it. In the main version, you can even see your average speed in each event (according to reviews and footage, i only played the Wii version)
EDIT: i played it recently and yes it does show average speed + a timer that shows your collective time of all stages, meaning that you can set times for the entire run, even though it's broken into chapters and stages
Yeah there is a connection there. But NFS The Run is Cannonball Run but with a different storyline.
@@maverickphantom005 we can only imagine if somebody makes it happen in real
What console was that on? I don’t remember that on PS2 I thought I had all of them
You caught me good in that smooth transition into the AD spot. A very relevant AD in the middle of the video bringing more context to the content instead of completely ruining the video and the train of thought! This is the only right way to do mid-video sponsors! 👏👏👏
Seriously! @ 4:15 it was so smooth it became the only AD I’ve ever screenshotted to look into further
Came here to say the same
Did they say,”Free?”😅
Very very smooth
You don't need to capitalize the word ad by the way, my dumb ass was thinking it was some kind of abbreviation for a second.
imagine spending hours preparing for the cannonball just for a leased audi A8 to beat you💀
edit: How does this have 10k likes💀
nvm mb
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hours?
@@cuy50 yea, preparing for the car as well as actually doing the race
@@tomp_ that’s just an odd time measurement to use. You mean weeks?
I hear a lot of the covid runs will not necessarily count or be footnoted as such... But it's unlikely those runs will be beat until the next pandemic
You mean Plandemic
they should be
Until the next pandemic?? 😮😮😮
@@JCDenton95 He is right, because when the roads are empty you can set incredible record and you can't beat it in the normal days even with Ferrari while there is a mindnumbingly big traffic. It is just not possible.
THERE’S GOING TO BE ANOTHER ONE?!
i watched cannonball as a kid with my dad, ive always wanted to drive NYC to LA under 24 hours. But damn such an insane run which probably wont be toppled for a few years
The speeds you need to go on the long straight-aways are actually wild. 160 being the minimum its insane.
@@jestershyper exactly, maintaining 160 for that long is just mind boggling to me
Lol it could've been done since the 80s and certainly during the 90s, but none of those who have embarked on the challenge have gone further than lightly modifying mass production cars. It's all about power to weight and they keep choosing the heaviest cars possible.
3200 miles / 24 hours = 133mph average.
But, when you get stuck in denser traffic, you'll have to make up all the time spent below 133mph on longer straightaways. And these days, with as much traffic as we have now, I'd say that those records likely won't be broken.
I don't know, maybe if there's another lockdown(probably won't be). They got stuck in traffic, like... they never heard of traffic cams?
Say what you will about the Pandemic but I miss how open the roads were. As a car enthusiast and someone who genuinely feels more at home behind the wheel, it was awesome basically having the roads to yourself at times.
4 o clock in the morning, roads are empty
wdym by car guy/girl 💀 choose one
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@@sigmamale4147 ah so you're the guy hitting 9k rpm in a civic at 4am 😂
Sigma grindset
@@printedprops8730 fr i mean roads are free
That was only only time my 5 liter got 20mpg 😂
We need to get Clarkson, May and Hammond to do this challenge! It would be the greatest video on the internet.
Facts
Just pure 25 hours of unadulterated 3 guys bickering, I would watch that any day.
cannonballers are younger bc it takes quick reflexes to maneuver around traffic
Yessss
They are actually still governed by laws and production so it won't be a "race" since they won't be speeding for that long, unfortunately
You have done a great job narrating the history of the Cannon Ball Run , well worth a listen. Thanks
The narration is good, oddly the subtitles have additional interesting information that was apparently cut out
One thing I’m surprised no one is talking about is how the cars didn’t break down at high rpms for that long
Ngl them German cars were made to work better when the full potential is being pushed then jus normal driving
@@FatBoiiDaniel1600 yeah I have a bmw e60 530 I wonder how long it could last at like 5k rpm’s 145 mph
The E63 actually went on limp mode cause of bad gas.
Because they’re proper machines, not the so called automobiles they produce in america lmao
In Germany there are highways without speed limits. You can go how fast you want and the cars for that market ... they need to survive those kind of rides.
So no worries about that, German's car can handle top speed drive for a really long time and no break down.
Jeremy was right. The fastest car in the world is a rental, close enough tho
Or company's car
They need a shit box edition cannon ball run, beaters with documented 150k miles and at least 10 years old 😂😂
I'm confused. At 3:17 they buy a Corvette, then narrator launches into a spiel about EVs, then at 5:17 they buy an Audi S6. Why did they buy the Corvette?
Guess that’s where the inspiration for NFS the run came from
And it actually WAS
But in NFS they went backwards
Best Nfs ever
@@lucasmotto2090 no in the run they did it the correct way LA to NY like the guy who inspired the cannonball to begin with
@@0Heeroyuy01*SF to NYC
that sponsor part was smooth, you caught me off guard!
One of the best ive seen in a while
There was a sponsor?
ikr I was about to say how nobody noticed it, it was so smooth
Proper advertising
It's not good, it's deceptive. You don't even know you're being advertised to...
Hello to a juror in the future watching this in a courtroom!
I’m kinda glad this isn’t a super popular thing. Not because it’s a cool thing to know about, but because this truly is one of the most dangerous things you could do. Obviously if you’re trained professionals and are good at what you do, you’ll be much safer. Being said, I could see too many amateurs trying this and ending before making it to the finish line. Worse yet, ending someone else’s life.
How does one even become a trained professional at cannonball driving?
@@sartorialdriver6528 rally driving? Race car driving? Elite driver training perhaps? I think the comment means, just your average driver who thinks they’re a great driver but makes all kinds of tiny mistakes without even knowing it. Now the how to hold your piss that long, or not take a shit for 2 days is another question of training 😄
@@citythink I used to race against pro Indy drivers and I hardly think any motorsports skills would translate into being a better cannoball driver. I think the skills here lie in coordinaiton, intuition, communication, and technology rather than any advanced level of driving skill.
@@sartorialdriver6528 Don't forget stamina. Going that fast for that long leads to tiring out quickly or, worse, not giving appropriate attention to your surroundings.
It's really rather immaterial how well trained a driver you are when you are operating in an environment chock full of absolutely unskilled, unconcerned, clueless drivers and wildlife.
I still want to do a German version of this with a twist: Going from Kiel to Munich as fast as possible - WITHOUT breaking traffic laws. Large stretches of no speed limit should make this easier, but it would be its own little challenge.
lol easy mode....do it with police and speed cameras in place that's actual cannonball run
The issue is that the more developed European countries are full of speed cameras and other speed limit enforcing tools. I'd recommend trying something like this in Eastern Europe instead.
@@fatfalcon3434 However, they are easy to avoid as they are usually tracked by other drivers and you can find out their location via an app, radio or the internet. The only danger might be an unmarked police car, but they are easy to spot. A cannonball run on a Sunday in Germany would be unfairly easy because there is almost no traffic due to truck restrictions.
I want to see a European version where they go from the top of Europe to the bottom of Europe. Or from the far west side of Europe to the far east side of Europe, but that would be hard to do with the war.
@@Cookedfrfrfr They should make the best of it and do a cannon ball run under heavy shelling in ukraine
i’m subbing just for the simple fact of how smooth the transition into the ad was. I genuinely did not realize i was watching an ad till you said it at the end. extremely well put together and informative video.
it sounded kinda luke an ad and i looked in the description
You want to be tricked into watching ads?
How does that boot taste?
Accurate history, great clips, and interesting story telling. Awesome job man. Thanks for getting it right.
a few mistakes were made. I listed them above
I believe it. I wouldn't do it again but I did 130 MPH from Dallas, Texas to Denver, Colorado in about 4-5 hours (normally ~12 hour drive) back in like 2017.
wat kind of car?? 😂
@@johnnyjohnathon7381 audi A4
I’m scared to go 10 over for more than 10 minutes how tf did you go 130 for 5 hours
@@featheroml xanax and an AWD audi with a turbo 😅
@@au8111 😂😂 that’ll do it
3:05 watch the steering wheel. After the truck hit it, the car was pushed left and then it self corrected by turning the wheel hard to the right in order to get it back to the side of the freeway. Incredible!
Awesome observation
I noticed that too! That was crazy! The technology in cars now is so impressive
It’s called German engineering get in a pos Japanese or Korean car you’ll spin out and crash when your ball joint snaps
Isn't that just a proper alignment?
@@FreshieAlbanianis German engineering why there always in the shop?
man you're an amazing story teller. had me hooked the entire time!
This type of youtube storytelling is fire. You flipped from the recent story with your friends to the history so well
Incase anybody was wondering about the solo run with a guy in the rental Mustang GT, it's proven (or highly probable) that he faked or doctored the evidence of his actual time
yeah, I was expecting some kind of a mention of this...
Fred Ashmore completed the run, it's just the time in question. He didn't collect enough evidence to support his claim, but there's no proof that he didn't do it either. Guess we will never know for sure
Love the irony of the dude wearing a "thin blue line" shirt while doing something 100% illegal and dangerous to others on the road.
what a video! i rarely find creators who can make this level of educational content and still make it really entertaining to watch.. subbed!
Man your channel brings stories i have never heard of. thank you for the education you put out there for new drivers.
( 14:10 ) imagine seeing the interior of this car with a "🔥x5" appearing on the screen lol
I remember the first Cannon Ball, it was the year I graduated high school. I always wanted to do it too..... Excellent video man. Very well thought out and documented, I loved every minute. Thanks for all the hard work and posting it !
I gotta hand it to you Albon you have the smoothest add transitions ever keep up the good work man
I don't get it. How do these cannonball runners don't go to jail if they have recorded an evidence video of them performing so many illegal stuff.
I'd imagine in some cases, cannonballers could be fined, but I think that because speeding isn't at the same level as a m*rder or a robbery, some cops may let it slide.
Eh, if you're outside of your state you'll more than likely just get fined and have your car impounded.
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Bro, im not even complaining here, the transition into the sponsor was so smooth i didnt realize it until you said where to find it
The Covid lockdown was something we probably won't experience for another 20 years, it was definitely the time to do any records. I remember ripping down the the highway up here in Minnesota, swear I was going 140 for about an hour, there wasn't a single vehicle the whole time.
You mean the stupidest thing in modern history will happen again in 20 years ? Holy shit I hope I'm dead by then.
I spent majority of the pandemic going 120-130 home from work at 4-5am. I would get home in 15mins versus 30+ if I was to drive normal. But now I have a 2 year old and I can’t see myself driving that fast anymore. The most I do now is maybe 90-100 for a short period or if I’m going on a long trip.
For another 20 years? Hahahahaha
@@RogueSanta Schwab, Gates and the WEF will decide when.
@@RogueSanta hoohhohoho...ho...ho.
4:16
My god, that sponsor bit was so smooth!
Clean sponsorship clip, I actually didnt skip it this time
That and he kept it short and to the point!
Cannonball is nuts one thing that makes my brain tingle though is the solo cannonball record. That’s the real wild card
Imagine being the guy at the rental counter accepting the return of an A8 rented in NY just 27 hours prior.🤔
that sponsor part was smooth, you caught me off guard!. man you're an amazing story teller. had me hooked the entire time!.
where was the sponsor ?
12:10 That M5 was on display here in NYC BMW Dealership in 2020. Was super cool. It had a sign that said “Cannon ball car! Yes it’s cool! No, do not touch it!”
You are a good story teller my friend. ❤❤
im from brooklyn new york and i even go to family trips in PA, i cant imagine crossing the whole country in just one trip. real dedication
Not that far.
Philly is an hour and a half away lol
they said PA not philly but yeah thats like one state over lol
@@tylerstwertnik6693 sheesh idk how I instantly read that as Philly 😳
@@papa_pt happens hahaha
Ok, hear me out. Everyone on a race track more or less consents to the risk that their car might be wrecked and they might be hurt. They and everyone else try to avoid it as much as possible, but there's always that acknowledgement. I don't think random civilians driving home from work have consented in the same way. Like, sure, they're driving, and they know driving is risky, but generally speaking they don't expect street racers to be roping them in to the gamble the racers are taking. And I know they're good drivers, but I watch professional racing all the time, and those guys still often crash, still get injured, can still die. Being really good at driving doesn't necessarily prevent a potential civilian casualty.
So yeah, I support speeding laws. Take it to the track.
And you have dumbasses that think track driving encourages illegal street racing. A school teacher once voiced out about this on social media and quite a number of people bashed him, myself included.
@Lawless Ok 👍
Nah. Just stay out the left lane and won’t be any issues. Or, become a cop and enforce the law yourself. 👍
@@eddy3080 Exactly, look at Germany no speed limit on most parts of the autobahn and about 4x safer according to statistics, mostly bc the Germans are better drivers
Pay attention when you drive, check your mirrors drive towards the right yield/move over for faster traffic. That's what many countries in Europe require for drivers to get their license
As a German who absolute loves Audi S6 this makes me really proud and I enjoyed your cannonball story time very much!
Imagine pissing in a bottle while watching for cops while your friend is next to you while going 155
Out of the countless videos on the cannonball run yours was by far the most entertaining and enjoyable and extremely easy to learn from!
I was just expecting footage from the team and then blasting at 175mph, but this was even better! Great vid
Awesome storytelling then got confused with the timeline jumping back and forth then amazed by the storytelling again. This is amazing work! Keep it up!
Well done, you really did your research! Enjoyed the video
Thank you Arne! I've always been genuinely impressed with the level of detail you put into the cars and the runs! Good luck in all your future endeavors!
yooo the legend himselff!!!
I normally don't like these kinds of videos but this one is really good. you are so underrated I am 100% subscribing.
isn't this like the plot of NFS: The Run, except they go from SF to NYC
that was a smooth transition to the ad, hats off to you🙌
I’m 72, been a subscriber to Car & Driver since 1968. I well remember Brock Yates hysterical articles about the Cannonball Run which he loved and the movie which he disdaned . RIP Mr. Yates. You were one of a kind.
the storytelling in this video was great
i kinda sucks how the record was set during covid-19, because now we will probably never see someone beat it...
Only one who could beat it is probably Wheres981 hahaha
Just wait till he finds out a man is being hunted exactly for this in Colorado 😂
0:17 Lol I went to college with Dunadel - this doesn't surprise me at all 😂
The AI generated thumbnail clickbaited me but god damn I don't regret it, great video!!
The reason I clicked the video was to see if he would mention the thumbnail lol
sick thumbnail though
I really hope they replace it tbh. It's going to stand as a clumsy monument to this specific point in history where people thought weird first-gen Midjourney outputs were cool, and it will look less and less okay as time goes on.
Cannonballin’ 🎉
As usual awesome video bro ! Cheers
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what history! crazy to see the progression of how fast people have done this
that was the smoothest transition into a sponser ad ive ever seen
I did Massachusetts to San Diego, which is slightly longer on both ends, but otherwise a similar trip, in right around 72 hours back in 2001, three days after 9-11. By myself, with no technological assists, superfast car or excessive speeding. Just lots of focused driving in my '95 Pontiac Grand Am, and typically 1-2 hour naps day or night, whenever I got too tired to continue.
Lol you were slower than the two way record.
@@JorgeChavez-du5vm congratulations, you completely missed the point.
@@Mechaneer Lol do you work in a movie theater because if you don't you should consider it since you're very proficient at projecting.
Only in the US someone could come up with such an idea and make it happen. I love it.
Not really. These races exist since forever in every country.
There will always be a special place in my heart for driving the city streets during that first lockdown period. We'll never see it again. Nobody on the roads, no police in sight.
Bros never heard of waze
Had the same thought haha
There needs to be at least 1 or 2 ppl to be asked to report a cop. There was a handful of cars on the road only 1 of them probably had waze and the chances of him reporting a cop car or even using the app is even lower bro
@@Webcoreinteractive There needs to be at least 1 or 2 ppl to be asked to report a cop. There was a handful of cars on the road only 1 of them probably had waze and the chances of him reporting a cop car or even using the app is even lower bro
160mph is a every day normal speed on our Autobahn. Greetings from Germany! 😏
Incredibly well put together video 🙌🏼
In the 60’s the NY State Freeway had no speed limit, just 40mph min. If you kept a safe distance from the car in front of you, state troopers left you alone.
If was nice to do 100mph in a good car. I borrowed my father’s MGB.
no beginning, no ending, I felt like I was listening to 5 different videos about different subjects at the same time. Sad. At least it made me want to learn about the cannonball. I will now go watch a different video lol
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alright guys, wrap it up. miner4236 said it was bad
I gotta say, that was the CLEANEST ad placement and transition I have ever seen and I actually enjoyed seeing it how you did it
Just go to a track, this is fking crazy psychopathic and so dangerous not only to the drivers but all the other drivers on the roads they traverse. It’s only a matter of time till innocent people die because of this
This is really well made. Great, accurate, informational video.
lmao the thin blue line merch to make pullovers go smoother 🤣
LOL Arne broke the record then sometime after the Mercedes got hit on the side of the road. Really misleading click bait.
There's a race on The Crew 2 called New York and it's from NYC to LA. One of my favorite races in the game.
Or literally a whole game. Need for Speed The Run. One of the best NFS games out there.
Always loved the Cannonball, a combination of skill, gear, power and huge cojones. That last one's going to rest for a while.
At the end, the advert for another video...is that Michelle Mouton next to an inverted Audi Quattro? She's a professional rally legend. And she's up next!
Thanks for great vids, Albon.
Obviously I don't condone trying to beat this record but I definitely appreciate how far they went just to get somewhere fast
Wow, what a superb job telling the story while weaving in the history of the cannonball! Bravo and Thank you!
Amazing storytelling and pacing 🤩
How cool would a modern cannonball movie be
How do they not get caught after posting this?
They waited until the statute of limitations expires before posting.
great video, i'm french and in 1999 a car magazine made a similar run from Paris to nice in 4h17 (instead of 10h) with a porsche and a bmw. the porsche did 133mph average speed
Great plan. Let’s put others at risk on behalf of our stupidity. Excellent choice.
you do need help understanding as your name suggests
It’s way too easy to get a driver’s license. With a threshold so low you get idiots who think the law doesn’t apply to them. It does not matter if it’s a professional behind the wheel. Keep the high speeds on a race track. Its bs like this that’s behind the increase in fatal car accidents.
i found this video randomly. i can't believe there's a whole hobby based around safely breaking the law
Now imagine such a race in Germany on Autobahn network.
You do know that Germany is 53% of the size of Texas, right? How many times are you going to drive across Germany?
Would take like 3-4 hours and is much easier to do. I'd like to see it happen.
With no traffic they could’ve done it in 24 hours I feel like
They need to ban undertaking in the USA, it impeeds traffic flow and wastes space.
Damn what an insane story and such a fun watch, AMAZING story telling, really well done , great stuff!
Let's risk the life of people. Such heroes.
I'm all for competition but this is crazy ... One death imagine how many people would be scarred for life. 😢
thank you for covering their cannonball videos. That guy has the slowest speech in the world
okay but who tells you who ground news leans for..
The idea is cool but I just can't get past the danger of it. You're endangering the lives of others just for bragging rights. Also they have traffic light changers? What the actual fuck? That is so insanely dangerous it blows my mind.
Traffic light changer ? I had no idea it was taken to that level ? Well done !
Wow this was very interesting, thank you for your time and energy that went into this video, it was great
Doing this challenge in Bangladesh is easy in terms of not getting caught by the police because 99% of the roads don't have a speed limit but there are some great disadvantages too like having narrow roads, traffic and high cost of buying cars as there is 300% tax
bro I've been to Bangladesh, it's funny that you think any car can go 100 mph in Bangladesh even for a mile lol.... the streets are horrible compared to US highways
In Dhaka people go out everyday and set new records for hours sitting in traffic 🤦🏻♂️
What about driving in from another country?