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[ Engine revving ]

[ Tires squealing ]

[ Laughter ]

Jamie!
Hi, dolls.

Oh, my god.
[ Speaks indistinctly ]

[ Women giggling ]

Where to, Jamie?

To the hotel, and step on it.

Okay.
[ Engine starts ]

Jamie says "step on it,"

i say, time to break out
the drifting moves.

'Cause apparently,
drifting is not just slicker.

[ Clink ]
Ooh! [ Laughs ]

Ooh, girl!
Adam: It's quicker.

[ Tires squealing ]

[ Laughter ]

[ Tires squealing ]

Aah!
[ Bell clangs ]

Oh!
[ Tires squealing ]

[ Laughter ]

[ Tires squealing ]

Whoa!
[ Laughter ]

Jamie: Well, here we are.
[ Brakes squeal ]

[ Laughter ]

That was quick but sloppy.

You could use some lessons.
Okay.

Hold on. I'm coming.

[ Laughter ]

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you know what drifting is,
right, Jamie?

Yeah, it's a style of racing

where they spin the rear wheels

and are able to slide around
on corners, going sideways.

Exactly.

You know, it's funny.
That's the one thing

that i can think of

that we haven't actually
been trained to do with cars.

Well, that ends right now,

because this entire episode
is devoted to drifting.

Later, we're gonna power-slide
into a parking space.

But first, we have
a myth on the docket

that drifting is actually faster
than regular race driving.

Time to break out
our racing gear.

Exactly.

Narrator: The perfect drift

requires a precisely timed
sequence of moves.

The engine's revved...
[ Engine revs ]

The handbrake
momentarily engaged,

and the power applied.

Then by steering into the slide

and keeping the throttle
floored...

[ Tires squealing ]
The kinetic friction

of the spinning tires supplies
the centripetal turning force.

But is it actually quicker,
or does it just look slicker?

To find out, it's driver
training with a difference.

[ Engine rumbling ]

[ Squealing ]

Our drifting instructor today

is professional driver
Conrad grunewald.

He's been racing for 15 years,

the last 10 of them
in the formula drift series,

and he's gonna show Jamie and i
a little bit

about what's what
when it comes to drifting.

Shotgun.
Okay.

Narrator: Before the guys
take the wheel,

the lesson begins
with a demonstration

to get a feel for what
the drift is all about.

Cue the joyride of a lifetime.

Conrad, i can tell already

this is gonna be pretty high
on the brown pants index,

watching you come up here.

I think you'll be fine.

[ Laughs ]

He's right about
the brown pants, though.

[ Engine revving ]

[ Filtered voice ]
All right, Jamie. You ready?

[ Filtered voice ]
All right.

Okay, let's fly.

[ Tires squealing, engine revs ]

Uh-oh. Here we go.

Oh, my god!

Whoa!

Holy [ Bleep ]!

[ Gears shift ]

Yeah, baby.
That's what I'm talking about.

[ Squealing ]

[ Engine powers down ]

That's a little taste
of, uh, a drift car.

What do you think?

That is...
That's insane. [ Laughs ]

[ Laughs ]

But, uh, i do think i need
some earplugs or somethin'.

What?
[ Laughs ]

Narrator:
With Jamie suitably impressed

and four tires already totaled,

it's Adam's turn to calibrate
the brown pants index.

All right, Adam, do the best
you can to pay attention

to how i move the steering wheel

and what I'm doing
with the gas pedal.

All the movements are
gonna be quick but subtle.

All right?
All right.

[ Engine starts ]

Here we go.

[ Engine revs ]

[ Gears shift ]

Adam: [ Filtered voice ]
Oh, my god!

Holy crap!

Whoo! Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!

Oh, she is a pro!

This is awesome!

Whoo-hoo-hoo!

[ Tires squeal ]

Wow!

That's a thing!

I have to admit,
i didn't pay attention

to anything you said

to pay attention to.
[ Chuckles ]

I was just sort of
along for the ride.

That was crazy.
All of my driving training

is about not allowing to happen

what this is all about.

[ Laughs ] Keeping your car

from losing its tension
with the road.

[ Engine revving ]

This is about maintaining that.

I absolutely can't wait
to get behind the wheel.

Narrator:
With the demo done and dusted,

first up
for actual hands-on instruction

is the hyneman.

[ Engine starts ]

[ Engine revs ]

Conrad: About 20% of what
we're gonna do is with timing,

and that's with
the steering wheel inputs

and what we're doing
with our foot on the throttle

and/or the brake.

[ Engine revving ]

Oh, too much. [ Laughs ]

The other 80% of what we're
doing is really your eyesight.

Steady.

[ Tires squealing ]

Way too much throttle.
Way too much.

All right.

Keep your eyes focused where
you want the car to end up,

not necessarily
where you're going.

Narrator:
Even with intensive tuition...

Clutch handbrake
and turn the wheel.

Narrator: It's an incredibly
tricky technique to master.

[ Engine revs ]

Ugh! Darn.

[ Chuckles ]

Narrator: Jamie's attempting

to simultaneously lose traction
but maintain momentum...

I lost it.
Let's give it another try.

Narrator: Through a full
90-degree turn.

Brake. Brake, brake,
brake, brake!

[ Bleep ] [ Laughs ]

Narrator: Spinning out
and losing control is not ideal.

Little more practice.
This is intense.

Narrator:
But our drifting debutante

eventually dials it in.

And here's how.

Okay, haul on the gas.
That's it.

Jamie:
But what is the technique?

Stick with it.

Nice. Good.

Jamie: Basically,
as you approach a turn,

you drop the clutch

and floor the throttle,
so you rev up the engine.

Yeah!
Nice work, Jamie.

That was a really nice turn.

Jamie: Then when you release
the clutch,

there's a huge surge in power

which makes the wheels
spin so fast,

you lose traction,
and the back end swings out.

Yeah!
Hard on the gas. Go.

That, believe it or not,
is the easy part.

The hard part is holding
the drift

rather than wiping out.

Nice job, man. Nice job.
That's what I'm talking about.

Jamie: And that means
a delicate combination

of throttle, steering,
and bit of a handbrake,

and what can i say?
It takes practice.

Back to earth.

[ Chuckles ]
I was in outer space.

Narrator:
With Jamie looking like a pro,

it's finally time for Adam
to take a turn behind the wheel.

Or is it?

Well, things have changed.

It has started to rain,
and the rain

is gonna cause us
a real problem.

The thing is that
if Conrad's car is able to do

what you just saw it do
on dried pavement,

on wet pavement, where we've
lost about 50% of our traction,

that 900 horsepower behaves
more like 2,000 horsepower,

and it's gonna be hard
to control it.

But that doesn't mean we're
totally done drifting.

No, no, the plan all along
was for Conrad

to give Jamie and i lessons
in drifting in his car,

and then to help us transfer
that knowledge

to a car we can do more
mythbuster-y things.

We've always planned
to bring our own car in,

and now it's just time to bring
it up a little bit earlier.

All right!

Oh! That wasn't auspicious.

[ Car revs ]

[ Gears shift ]
Hey, man.

You want to, uh,
show me some ropes

about how to do some drifting
in this thing?

Yeah, let's do it.

[ Engine rumbling ]

You want to give it some gas

and look where
you want it to go.

[ Tires squeal ]

Wow.

Narrator: It may be a world away
from Conrad's supercar,

but to drift,
this more mythbuster-y motor

requires the same technique,
which is just as difficult.

Part of what Conrad is teaching
is you start going in a circle,

gun the engine a little bit
to break it free,

and then kind of feather it,

keeping it exactly
that same r.P.M.

[ Tires squeal ]

Too much.

You did everything right.
Just that the timing was off.

Jamie: And then if you don't
control it just right,

you go too far,
and you end up going backwards

and stopping just like that.

[ Engine revving ]

Look that way.

[ Tires squeal ]
Oh!

[ Laughs ]

Narrator:
It's a tricky task to master.

Little too much.
Little too much.

Narrator: Adam takes a while
to get a grip

on letting it slide.

That's it, that's it.
Really good.

Off handbrake. Good.

Ah! Very good, grasshopper.

[ Laughs ]
Nicely done.

Adam: I have to tell you,

this is one of
the most fun things

i have ever learned
on this show.

Power. Go.

[ Tires squeal ]

Yeah!

That was the best one yet!

Maybe it's because
it's so hard to get right.

That feels good. Wow, the whole
world changed shape there

for a second.
Doesn't it?

Adam: Maybe it's that
when you get that 180 right

because you've shifted into gear

and you're starting
to give the gas,

and the wheels start to spin out

and you're looking at the spot
to your left,

and you're spinning around it

and you're attached to it
by a chain...

[ Tires squeal ]

Wow, what a...
What a showoff. [ Laughs ]

[ Laughs ]
That was pretty good.

It's just... it's a rush.
Have i made that clear?

Good speed. Clutch handbrake.
Turn the wheel.

Narrator: It's been
a long, hard training day.

Tough on the tires
and tough on the trainees.

Back off, back off, back off.
Stop. Back off. Slow down.

Narrator: But after 12 hours
of intense instruction...

Ohh. Nicely done.
Where did that come from?

[ Laughs ]

Holy [ Bleep ].
Dude, that was great.

Narrator: Our dynamic duo are
ready to delve into the myth.

Adam: If we're going to get
to the meat of this story,

and that is whether drifting
is better than driving,

we're gonna have to deconstruct
the drift,

set up some courses,
and see if that is, in fact,

looking like the case.

Narrator: Coming up...
[ Tires squeal ]

The car carnage reaches
a crashing crescendo.

[ Tires squeal ]

And later, can you really
power slide a parallel park?

Oh! [ Laughs ]

[ Cawing ]

Welcome to the dry part
of our episode.

Now Jamie and i
have gotten educated

in the rudiments of drifting.

[ Engine revving,
tires screeching ]

Yeah! Nice work, Jamie.

Adam: But now it's time to bump
that up a level

and do some actual testing.

So we have abandoned the runways
of Alameda, California,

and come
to California's central valley

to this beautiful dry runway.

Uhh! That's it.

This is a former n.A.S.A.
Testing station.

But for right now,
let's just call this

Adam and Jamie's "mythbusters"
drift testing facility.

How does that sound?

[ Engine revving ]

It's time to trash
some more tires!

Narrator: In pursuit of the myth
that drifting

is the fastest technique
for taking a corner,

the guys set up
for a timed trial.

Let me run you
through our course.

We're going to be trying to be
gathering consistent timings

with three metrics...

The first and foremost being
entry speed.

We are always
going to be crossing

the starting line of our turn
at 45 miles per hour.

When the car crosses
the start line...

[ Click ]
I click.

We'll be doing
two kinds of turns.

One... drifting,
and the other... nondrifting.

And when he crosses
the finish line,

i click again.
[ Click ]

And it's just that easy.

Here we go. Turn test.

And 3... 2... 1.
[ Engine revving, tires squeal ]

Narrator: Yep, first up,
with a consistent entry speed...

Adam: Here comes 45. 45.

Narrator: How fast can Adam
get through 90 degrees...

Adam: Oh!

[ Tires squeal ]

Narrator: Without drifting?

Well, uh,
that could have been better.

You're gonna have to back up.

[ Engine revving ]

Oh, look, it sprung right back.

There's your problem.
[ Chuckles ]

[ Tires squeal ]

Well, that was...
Not my best turn,

but i gotta dial into this.

This is the first time
I've driven this thing.

It's gonna take me a few tries

just to get the comfort
and feel.

45.

[ Tires squeal ]
Oh! Boom!

Well, there goes our car.

I'm actually a little surprised.

I thought Adam would ease
into it

until he got the right feel
for that corner,

but, uh...

It seems like he's not.

Adam: Here i come.

Narrator:
It's an inauspicious start.

Adam: Pull it to the outside.

Narrator:
But from there on in...

[ Tires squeal ]

Yeah!

Narrator: Adam dials it in
and nails the corner...

How was that?
4 seconds.

Narrator:
In a consistent time.

4 seconds.

[ Engine roars ]

[ Tires squealing ]

[ Watch clicks ]

4 seconds every time.

So now it's time for Adam to try

and do the course
while drifting.

This might get interesting.

Here we go. Let's drift again.

[ Engine revs, tires peal ]

Narrator: Remember,
for the myth to be confirmed...

Adam: 40... 45. 45.

Narrator: Adam must rip through
the right angle in less time.

Initiating the drift.
[ Handbrake shifts ]

[ Tires squeal ]

[ Engine slows ]

Adam: There is a lot going on
in order to

drift through
this 90-degree turn.

I've got to choose
a specific spot

and at that spot...
[ Handbrake cranks ]

Pull on the "e" brake
just a little bit

while pushing on the clutch

and then steering
against the turn

so that i slide into it
and then give enough gas

so i can come back out of it.

I need a couple more
to get scientific about this.

That's it. 43. 44.

45. I'm at 45 miles an hour.

This is perfect.

I'm going to do it... Now!

[ Tires squeal ]

Yeah! Damn, that feels good!

Whoo! Ha ha ha!

[ Tires squeal ]

What did i get?

4 seconds.
Excellent.

Adam: Well, I've done my runs.

Yeah! Whoo!

[ Laughs ]

And while i had some mishaps
here and there,

i did get
two really nice fast times...

One in drifting, one without,
and they were identical...

[ Lowered voice ] So while
i know it's too early to call,

the fact already seems

that even though
it looks cooler,

it might not be looking good
for drifting as a myth.

[ Engine revving, tires squeal ]

Narrator: So far, not so good.

But the hyneman's up next.

[ Tires squeal ]

Can he beat his control time...

4 seconds. Nicely done.

When he tackles the turn
with a perfectly timed drift?

Adam: Go. He starts to turn
there at the stanchion,

and boom!

Well, that didn't go as planned.
[ Laughs ]

[ Tires squealing ]

All right, so the goal is
not to hit those things.

Yeah, i understand.
Okay, cool.

[ Tires squeal ]

Well, i have to say it's kind of
strange to throw the car

into a state of slide right when
you're facing something

that you're about to impact.

[ Tires squeal ]

It is something that you sort of
naturally don't want to do.

Yeah, that's bad right there.

That's bad. We have
a special technique for that.

[ Tape rips ]
It's called tape.

Jamie:
It's all happening so fast.

It's hard to say, like,
okay, turn exactly now.

[ Tires squeal ]

Frankly, i think i would take
a lot of practice

before i could get through this
at a maximum speed.

[ Tires squealing ]

[ Groans ] That's bad.

The, uh, right hand
suspension arm is totally bent

like an inverted "v"

where the other one's
totally straight.

Well, that...
Maybe that's why

i can't make it
through those curves.

[ Laughs ]
Wait. Wait a minute.

I think you're confusing
causality and result.

Didn't you hit the thing
right there?

Oh, no, that couldn't have
been me. Couldn't have been.

Has to be you.
[ Laughs ]

[ Tires squealing ]

Narrator: That's the cue
for more less-than-subtle

running repairs.

Never happened.

And a new angle of attack.
[ Drills ]

With a 90-degree left-hand turn
under our belt,

it's now time to add
a real wrinkle to this,

and that is a 180-degree turn
inside a 2-Lane road.

Narrator: A complete reversal
of the direction of momentum

is the ultimate turning test.

But there's a tweak
to the planned protocol.

Jamie: Before we destroy
that little car,

we figure, I'll just take over
the straight driving.

Adam will do the drifting,

and we'll do our comparisons
that way.

Narrator: So first up...

Well, here we go.
The 180 straight up.

Let's log some data!
[ Watch clicks ]

Jamie lays down
a series of controls.

Into the turn.
Give a little goose out.

Yes! That's it! That's it!

And boom!
[ Click ]

Narrator:
Clocking a consistent benchmark.

[ Click ]

8 seconds like clockwork.

Ah, literally like clockwork.
[ Click ]

Well, Jamie's done
his straight runs

on the 180-degree turn.

I'm about to try and drift
the same thing.

[ Engine revs ]

All right, here i come.
Drifting 180.

I'm looking
for one really good one.

That's what i want.
[ Brake cranks ]

[ Tires squealing ]

[ Engine revving ]
Yeah!

Whoo! Yeah! Whoo-hoo-hoo!
Damn, that feels good!

That felt beautiful!

It looked good.

How was it for time?

9 seconds.

9 seconds! I don't think I'm
gonna do much better than that.

Dude.
I think it was perfect.

I felt like
an action movie hero, man.

That was awesome.

Narrator:
It looked cool and felt great.

[ Tires squeal ]

But cold hard data doesn't lie.

It appears that drifting
is not faster,

which I'm, frankly,
totally astonished by,

because if you look at
Jamie's 180 in regular driving

and my drifting 180, i swear

that mine looks like
the faster run, but it's not.

It was slower by a half second
in my best of all runs.

[ Tires squeal ]

Yeah!

It's not looking very good
for this story.

Narrator: But drifting's
not done and busted just yet.

Coming up...

Adam and Jamie go
head-to-head...

[ Laughs ]

street racer style.

Jamie: At this point,

we've established
a foundation of knowledge

about what exactly drifting
is...

Holy [ Bleep ]!

And how it works.

[ Adam laughs ]

But the one thing that we
haven't done is take the car

through
a regular driving course,

and so that's what
we're gonna do next.

All right. Let's go.

Adam: Now we want to put
all of our experience

into a full and complete test.

This is our starting line...

As sort of
an urban driving environment

full of twists and turns.

[ Humming
"Hawaii five-0" theme ]

Both hard and soft,
easy and difficult...

[ Chuckles ]

I love this game.

And put drifting to the test
against regular driving.

Yee-haw!

[ Roaring ]

[ Tires squeal, engine revs ]

This is our course that we feel
provides a really good balance

of twists and turns

and both standard and exciting
driving maneuvers

to make this test fun
but also experimentally valid.

Now there's nothing to do
but to drive.

Jamie's up first.

Jamie: Now it's time for me
to run the course

with straight driving
as fast as i can.

We'll take my best time

and compare it
to Adam's best time

while he's drifting.

[ Starts engine ]

And... 3... 2... 1. Go!

[ Tires peal ]

Sounds exactly like that

when Jamie leaves for work
every morning.

[ Engine revs ]

Narrator:
To clock his fastest time,

Jamie will take as many laps
as he needs.

[ Watch clicks ]

2 minutes. Go!

[ Tires squeal ]

[ Engine revving ]

Narrator: Using more traditional
racing techniques

in direct contrast
with drifting...

Come on!

Yeah!

That was beautiful.

[ Tires squeal ]

Narrator:
Jamie maintains traction,

clips each apex,

and accelerates
through the corners,

fast and smooth is the goal.

Jamie:
Trying to race like this

is actually a new experience
for us,

and in this case, with my skill,

and with that car...

I'm as fast as I'm gonna get.

Here it comes.
It's gonna be a good time.

[ Watch clicks ]
Yeah!

That's what I'm talking about.

Now if this myth is true,

drifting should allow me to ride
this course much faster.

I'm not talking like
1 or 2 seconds.

I'm talking like
5 to 10 seconds.

That's what we're looking for...
A nice, big difference

between these two types of runs.

[ Engine starts ]

[ Engine revving ]

3... 2... 1.

Go.
[ Watch clicks ]

Narrator: Unlike Jamie,
Adam is all about the drift.

[ Tires squeal ]

As he hits each corner,
he flicks out his rear end.

And powers through the slide...

Or not.

He did a 360. That's not good...

Not unless you wanna do a 360.

See, that's the thing.

[ Laughs ]

You start to slide.
You lose traction...

[ Tires squeal ]

Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!

If you're not really good.

[ Tires squeal ]

You lose control.

[ Crash ]
Crap!

[ Watch clicks ]
Narrator: That's the problem.

Go.
[ Watch clicks ]

Narrator: Despite dialing in
the drifting...

[ Tires squeal ]

[ Laughs ]

Adam makes at least
one major time-sapping error

on every lap.

To accurately test the myth,

he needs one mistake-free run
to compare with Jamie's control.

All right, sir, I'm in place.

Starting in...
3... 2... 1. Go.

[ Tires peal ]

[ Tires squealing ]

Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!

Whoo! I'll bet that was good.
I'll just bet that was good.

That was 154 and a half.

Dude, i matched your time!

You did.
Boom!

[ Laughs ]

Narrator: So Adam completed
his stylish sideways lap,

but in a final analysis,
simply failed to go faster,

meaning the myth
is dead and buried...

Unless...

Cue our professional
race driver.

If Conrad can't, no one can.

Adam and Jamie, count it down.
I'm ready to go.

3... 2... 1. Go!

[ Tires pealing,
engine revving ]

That sound just makes me
so happy.

Narrator:
What's immediately clear

is that Conrad's killing it.

His drifts are bigger, better,
and louder.

[ Tires squealing,
engine revving ]

Jamie: He's squealing
a little more than you were.

[ Chuckles ]
That is as it should be.

[ Tires squealing ]

Narrator: But how does

this more talented technique
time out?

[ Tires squealing ]

[ Adam laughs ]

[ Engine purring ]
How did we do?

2 minutes flat.

So you think that's about
as fast a drifting run

as you can do?

I think that's about it.

I don't know if i can push
any harder than that.

That was a pretty sideways run.

Dude, that's a result.
That's beautiful.

Yeah.
Thanks, Conrad.

All right, thanks, guys.
Appreciate it.

Narrator:
Conrad couldn't have completed

a classier lap than that,
and he was 6 seconds slower

than the straight
driving control.

It's a conclusive result,
but there's an anomaly.

Right about now you're probably
wondering why

my best drifting time was
actually faster than Conrad's,

and simply put, it's because
Conrad is a better drifter.

He's spent more of his time
with his tail end swinging out,

moving sideways into the turns
the way you're supposed to

when you're properly drifting,
and strangely,

that meant that i went faster.

All right, it's time to call it.

Where do we stand on the myth

that drifting provides
a significant speed advantage

over race driving?

Well, it didn't look good
in the beginning,

and it doesn't look good now.
I'd say it's busted.

I think it's handily, cleanly,
and every way busted...

Like our car.

[ Sighs ] How much further
we gotta go?

Just up till there.

Till the commercial break.

Yes, there we go.

[ Both laughing ]

Oh, here comes
the commercial break.

Narrator:
On the other side of this break,

the mythbusters break out
the movie moves...

Oh, so close!

Narrator:
To test Hollywood's idea

of parallel parking.
[ Tires squeal, crash ]

I think i might have hit
something.

Now that we've shown
that drifting

is not necessarily
a faster way to race,

i had an idea that maybe
there is something

that is quicker to do
with drifting.

What's that?

Parallel parking.

Parallel parking.
[ Chuckles ]

You mean, like, with real cars

on either side
of the parking space?

Yeah.
Dude.

That can get expensive.
Yeah.

[ Engine powers down,
gears shift ]

Now clear investigation
of the slipping and sliding

and racing and speeding
would be replete

without an investigation
of parallel parking...

The bane
of everybody's driver's test.

You gotta pull up alongside
the car and turn the wheel

according to some formula
your mom told you.

No, no, no.
The action movie hero

has a totally different way
of parallel parking.

They drive at speed
towards the parking space,

slam on the brakes,

powerslide perfectly right
into the space they want.

Now Jamie has been practicing
out on the open tarmac.

[ Chuckles ]

[ Tires screech,
engine purring ]

That was really cool!

And he feels like
he's got it dialed in.

[ Filtered voice ] Yeah!
Yeah!

There we go.

So we've got a little
parking space right here,

and he's gonna put his practice
to the test to see if it works.

All right. Here we go.

I don't know how this is
supposed to be done,

but what I'm doing is getting up
to the right speed,

throwing the wheel over,
pulling the handbrake...

Oh! So close!

Breaking free of the rear wheels

with that handbrake...
That was better.

But then stopping
with the foot brake

at exactly the right time.

Well, there's no room for error
on this thing.

Rush hour.

You want the space
before anyone else steals it.

It's gonna be yours!

You're gonna take it!
You're gonna own it! Own it!

Here it comes!
[ Tires squealing ]

Oh!

Yeah!

Beautiful!
[ Laughs ]

Yes!

You were literally, like,
kissing the cones

on the other side.
That is what I'm talking about.

I'd say the evidence
is pretty clear

that this car was not parked
in a normal fashion.

You can tell by the linear
black marks on the pavement

that the driver must have
brought this in at speed

and hit the rear brakes,
swinging the rear end of the car

exactly into position
against the curb...

If you catch my drift.

Narrator: That's a great start,
and it's seemingly as simple

as the movies would suggest.

But at 90 degrees,
they're only halfway there.

Here we go. 3... 2... 1.
[ Engine revving ]

And he's off.

Narrator:
Hollywood would have us believe

the full 180 is just as easy.

[ Tires squeal ]

[ Laughs ]

Well, there's a reason
they call them bumpers, right?

Narrator: Maybe not,
but Adam ain't done yet.

Here i go. 40 miles an hour.

40 miles an hour.
Well, there we go.

There we go. There we go.
There we go.

[ Tires squeal ]

Oh! Oh, so close! So close!

Now i feel like
I'm making progress.

Now i feel like
I'm making some progress. Good.

[ Tires squealing ]

Oh!

[ Groans ]

[ Yelling gibberish ]

Totally make this work!

Hey! Beautiful! Whoo-whoo-whoo!

Jamie: Good job.
Awesome!

Give me some! Awesome!

[ Laughs ]

Whoo! Uhh!
If only there was a horn,

i would honk in celebration.

Here, sound guys,
could you give me a horn?

[ Toot, honk,
ahooga horn blares ]

Thank you very much.

[ Tires squeal ]

Narrator: It was a thing
of balletic beauty.

But it's time for a dose
of reality.

Well, it's one thing to try
and do

a 180 parallel parking job
with cones surrounding you.

It's another thing to do it
into a real parking space

with real cars around you.

For Adam to get in here
that speed doing a 180,

well, if he makes it,
it's only gonna be by a hair,

so it's almost
a guaranteed impact.

With that in mind, we're gonna
have him in a helmet

with a neck guard...

Like going into battle.

With a 4-point harness,
with shin guards,

snug as a bug in a rug.

Everything that we can
possibly do to keep him safe.

Narrator: Not only will
a mistake mean a major impact...

The space itself is tighter.

Now how will
this nonchalant movie maneuver

stand up to this level
of real world detail?

[ Engine starts ]

Okay, Adam, on your mark.
Here we go.

[ Engine revving ]

[ Tires squeal ]

Oh! [ Laughs ]

I'm fine!

So close.
Rats!

Narrator: That wasn't quite
the slide rule slide

Adam was after.

But unlike his car,
he's undamaged

and raring to go again.

All right, Adam.
On your mark.

This is your last dream,
little baby. Here we go.

Give it everything! Let's go!

[ Engine revving ]
Aah!

[ Tires squeal ]

[ Bleep ]

I keep seeing the cars, and i
was not steering towards them

as like
a natural survival mechanism.

'Cause, really, you don't
wanna steer into cars.

[ Tires squeal, crash ]

So i thought on this run,
i just gotta ignore the cars,

ignore that the cars are there.

[ Tires squeal, crash ]

And i totally succeeded
at that part.

Well, that's a good thing.
[ Laughs ]

You got a little more
of the car into slide.

I'd say you were up
to about 50%.

I can't park this car, dude.

Yeah, it's tight.
I don't blame you.

Narrator: This movie-inspired
parking procedure

was purportedly a pushover.

In fact, it's more like
an accident waiting to happen.

But that's not gonna stop
our high rollers

from taking this myth
to ridiculous lengths.

[ Static ]
Narrator: Back at crows landing,

the course deserves
a fitting finale...

A drifting master class.

For your viewing pleasure,
ladies and gentlemen...

Conrad grunewald.

[ Engine revving ]

[ Tires squealing ]

Narrator: With the course
marked out in cones...

Yeah!
Jamie and Adam

were clearly on course
for a confirmation.

Hey!

Although with a smaller space
and cars in place...

Oh! [ Laughs ]
It wasn't nearly as simple.

[ Bleep ]

I have to say as
the skill collectors

Jamie and i have been
all our lives,

this episode holds
a special place in my heart.

This is one of
the coolest things we've ever...

Jamie: Hey, i think it's
time to bump it up a little.

What do you mean, Jamie?

Time to raise the stakes.

Raise the stakes how?

Oh, no.

Let's see you parallel park
this beast. [ Laughs ]

[ Laughs ] Okay.

It just got real.

Jamie: Well, the bad news is
that big old cars like that

are basically like
driving boats.

They got crap for suspension.
They're spongy.

They're all over the place.

They're anything
but a precision driving machine.

But the good news is that
things like anti-lock brakes

and stability control
and electronics didn't exist

when they made that car,

so between
the two of those things,

I'd say it's a toss-up whether

Adam hits the mark
spot-on or not.

Narrator: Because the guys
are not allowed

to damage the vintage limo,

the parked cars are played
by foam cutouts.

Okay, Adam, are you ready?

[ Chuckles ] I'm as ready
as I'll ever be.

3... 2... Wish me luck.

Oh, he's going too fast.

[ Tires squeal ]

Told ya.

I think i might have hit
something, like another car.

[ Tires squeal ]

Good as new.

Narrator: Time for take two.

[ Tires squeal ]
Oh!

[ Groans ]

Well, a few attempts in,
and I'm doing abysmally.

I just hope the limo
lasts long enough

for me to get this right.

Jamie: Too fast.

[ Tires squealing ]

[ Groans ] [ Bleep ]

Like i said, too fast.

[ Tires squeal ]

Well, after the last crash,
we've reset as best we can.

We're gonna give him
one more try.

Okay, Adam, one more time.

[ Exhales deeply ]

You can do it, buddy.

[ Tires squealing ]

That was terrible.
That was terrible.

Did you order a limo?!
I'm here!

[ Chuckles ]

[ Tires squeal ]

I think it's time we brought in
an expert. Conrad, you're up.

All right, Jamie.
I'll give it a shot.

I call this maneuver prom night.

[ Tires squeal ]

Adam: Wow!

[ Tires squeal ]

That was amazing!

[ Laughs ]

That was astonishing!

That was beautiful.
Thanks, Adam.

Amazing.
Nice work.

Thanks, Jamie.

Can be done.
No, it can be done.

I just can't do it,
but it can be done.

Narrator: And so concludes
the "mythbusters" crash course

in street racing.

2 cameras... $600.

18 tires... 3,600 bucks.

One secondhand car... 3 grand.

Ohh!
Yeah!

Narrator:
Spending all day drifting...

Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
Priceless.

Give me some!