Only Hamish and Andy could take something as mundane as seeing how far your car can drive on an empty tank, and make it such an unbelievably funny and entertaining video
This is like the Seinfeld episode where Kramer takes a car for a test drive and him and the salesman get so excited trying to go as long as they can on no fuel.
but i mean its pretty bad an misleading, this is a diesel engine and there are alot of factors, if you think driving your car on anything below quarter is good for it youre gonna have a bad time
This video saved us today, we were running empty with 30km to go until a petrol station But then remembered golden era Hamish and Andy did 100km on operation dry tank! Hahaha
Think we don't appreciate how ridiculous 100kms is. That's past Wollongong if you're in Sydney, that's practically getting to Ballarat if you're in Mebourne and GC to Brissy.
@@vincenzopanetti294 Most of your cities are like packed with more people than our other major cities. Just putting it in some context on how far 70 miles is.
Part of the reason for the extra buffer is it's really bad for the fuel pump to run the tank empty. The fuel acts to remove heat from the immersed pump, so you generally don't want to run the car under 1/4 tank, let alone to bone dry. Car companies probably know people wait until the gas light comes on, so have built in a buffer.
I tried the same thing in my car a few years ago. Ended up somewhere between Wagga and Canberra in the dark with a pretty annoyed wifey in the passenger seat. On the plus side, I now know how to siphon fuel and what that fuel tastes like too.
Wonder if its just a safety net. Like imagine your in the middle of nowhere with no gas stations in sight and your meter hits zero, now you've got 100km until you are truly screwed.
It's not a safety net, it's a design safety thing. This is a diesel injected car, and running it dry will absolutely fuck the inner workings of the engine. I'm pretty sure Hamish later said they ended up having to sell this as a result. You can run past empty for say 20-30km to get fuel, but anything past that and you're actively destroying the car.
I feel the reason why car manufacturers are telling you that your car is almost is gonna go on empty is becuase they dont want you to runnout of petrol and start pumping air into the cylinders at all csuse the bearings can be damged, so its a saftey feature to save your car from getting replacements. On reasurance if you run out of petrol cause your car says it does, just know you still have at least 1 to 2 gallons left depending on what car you have so that you have time to refuel up your car with petrol. So you can drive up to another 50 to a 100 miles
Keep in mind driving with low fuel is bad for the pump since it's cooled by the fuel. And you can't count on any specific empty range since driving conditions and weather have a big impact. City driving you might be lucky to go half that distance.
+1 for this. He could have given it one good squirt of throttle to accelerate or pass another vehicle and instantly lost power for example. Cruising like they did is as efficient as it gets.
The knowledge this video gave me jus what I needed to push through and not get stranded in the outback ahah!! I knew we could make it to the next fuel station even after we hit empty and there was still 20ks to go! And we did!! Thank God. I wasn't ready to be wolf creeked in the outback!
This is the best thing ever!! So true like finding out about the matrix 😂 makes me want to test my own car! All the lies we’ve been fed! Thanks Hamish and Andy! You guys are legends!!!
*haha you characters!! this is the first piece of content I've seen from you in about 6 years and you guys are still AWESOME!!! Expect brand endorsements from car companies now :-D*
most cars have a reserve of 2 to 3 gallons after it hit's "empty". The car gets average 27mpg and they went 111km, 68 miles. Car has roughly 2.5 gallons reserve after the gauge hits emtpy
I seriously believe that there should be a sign erected at that point on the freeway. You know, like "Hamish and Andy made it this far"... we could crowd fund it. A flashing neon sign!...But part of me wishes they made it to Sydney.
I'm assuming people already know this but just in case: Every car is different but the general rule is the steadier you drive the less fuel you consume. 111Ks is indeed a pretty insane number
So I know this might be hard to believe, but I did a equation to figure out exactly what it would look like to leave a string representing how much fuel you use behind you as you drove forward. In my car that gets 30 miles to the gallon, that means whenever I drive I'll be leaving a string of fuel behind me the thickness of one normal head hair.
Have they never noticed that when they stop with 0km left per the computer that when they fill, they end up putting in 2 or 3 gallons (litres or whatever) less than the capacity of the fuel tank in the owner's manual? I think this is the way the manufacturer kind of builds in a virtual "reserve tank", like on a motorcycle. It keeps dolts from running out of gas on the freeway.
35 was the most I’d ever been game enough to try. I had run out of fuel twice tho in a different car, both times were meters away from the bowser luckily
That was actually hilarious. I think the best thing is that they were really expecting like 10ks. Also even though I'm Australian it looks so weird to see the driver on the right side because I watch too much American TV.
Coming home from a holiday last year driving a mazda cx 7, we were racing to get to a petrol station. But it stopped literally as soon as it told us 0kms left 😂😂
@Hamish & Andy try this. Full the tank. Reset computer (also consumption). Drive in city to empty (not empty but 0km/mile) and then drive in city to dry it. It´ll be maybe 30km or 40km with SQ5. :) You will get proper data and more accurate test. :) Have nice day
That gives me hope for work tomorrow my work cars on empty and I've got to travel 25 ks... might just take me skateboard Fleetwood Mac album and some raspberrie juice just in case..
you can see the tdi on the back of it (trubodiesel) also i didnt know an sq5 can be diesel but i guess in europe the a7 even comes iwth a 2l diesel lmfao
Any poor student found out this secret almost immediately. The worst part is putting your last 5$ in on fuel after youve already been driving on empty for a day or two and the fuel meter never moves.
Only Hamish and Andy could take something as mundane as seeing how far your car can drive on an empty tank, and make it such an unbelievably funny and entertaining video
What about top gear? Their one was great
TheAngryOutlaw can't say I've seen it!
its actually super lame and highly misleading as its a diesel engine which behaves differently and doing this to it is basically death
pretty sure they did this on seinfeld as well
you find them funny? Oh god how low is your IQ?
Makes you wonder how people ever run out of fuel.
For real lmaooo
Older, dumber, less efficient cars probably
My car stops telling me when i hit 50 kms left and if i use the odometer i get legit 10 kms or less once it hits "empty". 2016 lancer too
I think it most probably is depends on the car. Logically speaking though; different car, different performance. I dont know.
Cuz you need to be able to afford an audi
This is like the Seinfeld episode where Kramer takes a car for a test drive and him and the salesman get so excited trying to go as long as they can on no fuel.
Came here to say this. Glad someone else remembered that episode
@@davesadler8969 And your comment made me watch that clip again and get a great laugh out of it. Cheers!
Car Salesman: "Oh Mr Kramer, I gotta thank you. I learned a lot. Things are gonna be different for me now!"
Kramer: "Well that's a weird thing to say"
@@TheGroucho66 Where's the needle?
Oh it broke off baby!
Hahahahaha
That’s like when you get to 1% on your phone and it lasts for 10+ minutes
For me I get 10% and end up getting 1% value...
I recently went 1% for 2 1/2 hours
IanNguyenDo, you’re a liar. Cease and desist immediately.
I think my iPhone goes from 30% to zero in 1 minute...
Battery percentage is a made up metric that means nothing. Voltage is what should be displayed.
rewatching this in 2019 because it is still the greatest scientific experiment ever performed.
i don't it' the greatest, but really makes you think...
They’re not the first 😂
Top Gear has done it before too.
And again in 2021...
2021, clarifying data
This is the content I’m here for
but i mean its pretty bad an misleading, this is a diesel engine and there are alot of factors, if you think driving your car on anything below quarter is good for it youre gonna have a bad time
I'm glad you came here for the content you clicked?
they're comedians not mechanics buddy@@trollashnikovavtomat
@@trollashnikovavtomat I hope you're not still this much of a prick
And I was worried about travelling 40kms with 44km leftin the tank to work tomorrow.
Thanks Ledgens.
It’s still bad for a car to run it on empty
@@tuttosalve8352 🤓
I was starting to think that gasoline was a conspiracy theory
What powers cars? Wizards. Tiny fucking wizards.
Cars have been solar electric for years! The engine and fuel is just a front to keep the oil industry in business!
This video saved us today, we were running empty with 30km to go until a petrol station
But then remembered golden era Hamish and Andy did 100km on operation dry tank! Hahaha
My mate and I did this today after watching this, made 137km before running out.
Wtf
Where's the video punk
your mate and you ruined your car
Think we don't appreciate how ridiculous 100kms is. That's past Wollongong if you're in Sydney, that's practically getting to Ballarat if you're in Mebourne and GC to Brissy.
And nowhere if you're in perth...
gc to bissy is about 70-75km, probably more like brissy to toowoomba.
Explain this in American terms
@@vincenzopanetti294 little over 60 miles
@@vincenzopanetti294 Most of your cities are like packed with more people than our other major cities.
Just putting it in some context on how far 70 miles is.
You're basically mythbusters...
kind of the opposite, this doesnt mean anything especially since its with a diesel engine, try doing it with your car though dont believe me
Mythbusters should try and break the myth that they're boring. That would be a good one!
Never compare these two to the mythbusters. They’re more. A lot more
How are they mythbusters, they don't go into the science of it...
@@KizWhalifa. i think it was a joke you dumbass
Came back to watch this in 2022 with petrol being at an all time high for a morale boost
Part of the reason for the extra buffer is it's really bad for the fuel pump to run the tank empty. The fuel acts to remove heat from the immersed pump, so you generally don't want to run the car under 1/4 tank, let alone to bone dry. Car companies probably know people wait until the gas light comes on, so have built in a buffer.
I tried the same thing in my car a few years ago. Ended up somewhere between Wagga and Canberra in the dark with a pretty annoyed wifey in the passenger seat. On the plus side, I now know how to siphon fuel and what that fuel tastes like too.
shoulda got your wife to siphon, fuel can give you cancer.
@@chappo8100 mate his wife is there to siphon something else...
I was literally thinking this, this morning. Thank you both for your service. A seriously understated question that I’m not willing to try myself😂
I come back and watch this adventure every year. Highlight of my year every year
Honestly don't think I've ever seen Andy look this happy
"its like finding out about the matrix" that 70 buffer
SQ5 Andy, must be nice
Hamish is a prime example of someone who is effortlessly funny, he has the magic fairy dust
I once went over 100km from 0km range in a 1.6Tdi A3 saloon and chickened out at 108km before it conked. Terrifyingly stupidly satisfying!
I actually listened to this a week ago. These two are my favourite radio hosts.
Ahoy fellas, you may have just solved this whole fuel predicament we seem to have. Oh and happy birthday Andy!
miguel hahahhahahaha
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Wonder if its just a safety net. Like imagine your in the middle of nowhere with no gas stations in sight and your meter hits zero, now you've got 100km until you are truly screwed.
It's not a safety net, it's a design safety thing. This is a diesel injected car, and running it dry will absolutely fuck the inner workings of the engine. I'm pretty sure Hamish later said they ended up having to sell this as a result.
You can run past empty for say 20-30km to get fuel, but anything past that and you're actively destroying the car.
this is the side plot of a seinfeld episode about going the car dealership.
I'm regularly going past zero in my Mazda... I got a reserve tank in the car and I've been past 50 km in most occasions. Great video!
“This whole time, we’ve been sitting on 70 mile buffer and we didn’t know it.”
When I listened to this on the podcast I was actually riveted! !!!!!!!! Great to see the video too.
I fucking LOVE you two. Funniest team alive. If you're ever in San Francisco, drinks and stippers are on me
drinks, strippers and STDs are on petev23
Herpes stays for life, so techincally you'll be with them forever @petev23
Please explain?
not the best troll I've ever seen
they dont want to get shot
4:47: "never trust a machine, even if it may have your best interest at heart" .. same goes with people.
I feel the reason why car manufacturers are telling you that your car is almost is gonna go on empty is becuase they dont want you to runnout of petrol and start pumping air into the cylinders at all csuse the bearings can be damged, so its a saftey feature to save your car from getting replacements.
On reasurance if you run out of petrol cause your car says it does, just know you still have at least 1 to 2 gallons left depending on what car you have so that you have time to refuel up your car with petrol.
So you can drive up to another 50 to a 100 miles
Gallons? Miles? What is this
Keep in mind driving with low fuel is bad for the pump since it's cooled by the fuel. And you can't count on any specific empty range since driving conditions and weather have a big impact. City driving you might be lucky to go half that distance.
+1 for this. He could have given it one good squirt of throttle to accelerate or pass another vehicle and instantly lost power for example. Cruising like they did is as efficient as it gets.
Thank you. From every driver on this planet you have satisfied our curiosity 😂
The knowledge this video gave me jus what I needed to push through and not get stranded in the outback ahah!! I knew we could make it to the next fuel station even after we hit empty and there was still 20ks to go! And we did!! Thank God. I wasn't ready to be wolf creeked in the outback!
This is a great video idea executed as well. Thanks!
Ffft ffft, wwwooohh, hello hi, weeeee
" ilove checking things that nobody expects you to check" yup
As an alternate...
My car said I had 45km left and died 20 km later. Life's just not fair sometimes.
One of the best videos on the internet
Reminds of the Seinfeld episode where Kramer does this exact test with the car salesman
Haha this is too funny😂. Also have fun with that diesel😬
It's like that episode of Seinfeld!
SuperKillerpickle I looked for this comment lmao
So glad this is Trending! Nothing like this gets this much attention! Keep doing Australia proud boys!
It’s just giving an extra head start to the idiots that somehow run out of fuel anyway
Good job boys! Doing productive stuff and helping change the world.
Wholesome content, I thoroughly enjoyed
This is the best thing ever!! So true like finding out about the matrix 😂 makes me want to test my own car! All the lies we’ve been fed! Thanks Hamish and Andy! You guys are legends!!!
*haha you characters!! this is the first piece of content I've seen from you in about 6 years and you guys are still AWESOME!!! Expect brand endorsements from car companies now :-D*
Pretty sure most cars go 50 miles past the empty mark to avoid idiots running out of fuel up and down the country
most cars have a reserve of 2 to 3 gallons after it hit's "empty". The car gets average 27mpg and they went 111km, 68 miles. Car has roughly 2.5 gallons reserve after the gauge hits emtpy
Yeah, it's kind of a dumb video, that reserve is there by design, the machine isn't wrong in any way.
Then how come my stupid ford territory gave up at 18 before it said empty on the dial. Machines will mess with your head before being your friend.
Andrew /// i have a 2013 xr6 turbo and it runs out at 10ks under.
Found out last week and we measure in litres and kilometres.
Oh to have a friendship like these boys have.
Hahaha this is gold although I would never recommend running your tank dry. You will root your fuel filter and pump.
I seriously believe that there should be a sign erected at that point on the freeway. You know, like "Hamish and Andy made it this far"... we could crowd fund it. A flashing neon sign!...But part of me wishes they made it to Sydney.
You could have at least acknowledged Seinfeld in the preamble.
So I had seen this before but it came up in my recommended again and I CRIED laughing this time
This reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where Kramer takes the car salesman for a wild ride of driving without fuel 😂
I'm assuming people already know this but just in case:
Every car is different but the general rule is the steadier you drive the less fuel you consume. 111Ks is indeed a pretty insane number
So I know this might be hard to believe, but I did a equation to figure out exactly what it would look like to leave a string representing how much fuel you use behind you as you drove forward. In my car that gets 30 miles to the gallon, that means whenever I drive I'll be leaving a string of fuel behind me the thickness of one normal head hair.
rip fuel pump
This episode is EPIC.
Best video ever!! xx
Have they never noticed that when they stop with 0km left per the computer that when they fill, they end up putting in 2 or 3 gallons (litres or whatever) less than the capacity of the fuel tank in the owner's manual? I think this is the way the manufacturer kind of builds in a virtual "reserve tank", like on a motorcycle. It keeps dolts from running out of gas on the freeway.
What a hyper mile boys, going where man has not gone before!
This just reminds me of the Seinfeld episode when Cramer takes the guy at the car dealership.
You lads have defeated the system
pfft... there are those of us who live our whole lives beyond "0 kms til empty"
Man your mechanic is going to cry!
of joy for all the money hes gonna charge him
cry all the way to the bank yes he will
Boys don't cry out of their eyes..
They ARE the mechanic
Kayıhan Türkmenoğlu It’s spelt M A N I A C .
Thanks for doing this because it means I don't have to look like a idiot screaming out my window, " We're going for a hundred!"😂😂😂
One big question i have to ask though, Cruise control or foot pedal. other wise great video
I don't know why this surprises anyone, any car usually has a 6-7 litre buffer from when it identifies as empty.
That was fantastic!
You know there is a "reserve" tank on most cars, so that you could go a little further in case you don't find a servo..
35 was the most I’d ever been game enough to try. I had run out of fuel twice tho in a different car, both times were meters away from the bowser luckily
That was actually hilarious. I think the best thing is that they were really expecting like 10ks. Also even though I'm Australian it looks so weird to see the driver on the right side because I watch too much American TV.
I'm not totally surprised by a 50 mile conservative calculation by the vehicle computer.
Hah wish my MB was "less accurate". I'm out when it says I'm out - I know this from experience.
Can't believe the greys on Hampshire, so weird to see him as a grown up. Even if it's only technical
Nice roof racks on Andy's car. Bet he got them for free, the weasel
behind every machine, there's an engineer.
I reckon it being a diesel car gave it that extra range
Wow, my blind guess was 80km, and I thought to myself it's might a to high expectation. This is good to know
Coming home from a holiday last year driving a mazda cx 7, we were racing to get to a petrol station. But it stopped literally as soon as it told us 0kms left 😂😂
This video gave me anxiety the entire time
Holy Shit.That was amazing.
best video in the internet no joke
Do you think maybe the car had calculated the range for city driving which obviously is a smaller distance rather than on a freeway
I ran out of fuel in my BA XR6T because I trusted the machine. I ran out when it said I had 26km to go.
@Hamish & Andy try this. Full the tank. Reset computer (also consumption). Drive in city to empty (not empty but 0km/mile) and then drive in city to dry it. It´ll be maybe 30km or 40km with SQ5. :) You will get proper data and more accurate test. :) Have nice day
That gives me hope for work tomorrow my work cars on empty and I've got to travel 25 ks...
might just take me skateboard Fleetwood Mac album and some raspberrie juice just in case..
I remember hearing this on the radio
Is no one going to mention how running a diesel system dry is a really bad idea?
oh no theyre gonna praise them like gods and somehow a conspiracy theory is gonna get born outta here lol
Yeah I thought that too ... theyre going to fuck it
That little car is diesel?
They mentioned it briefly at the end of the radio show.
you can see the tdi on the back of it (trubodiesel) also i didnt know an sq5 can be diesel but i guess in europe the a7 even comes iwth a 2l diesel lmfao
Goin for a hundo
That's pretty cool. It could probably go only 68.9 miles so, 111kilometers is farther;)
To be fair, it first dropped from 10 km to 0 when you were on surface streets, where your consumption is much less efficient.
Over 13.5km possibly one of the best bets i've ever seen
We did 30kms towing a large boat on an empty tank once. We were in the middle of the desert and had to get to the next servo.
All depends on acceleration and how much petrol you're using. Freeway it'd be barely any
Any poor student found out this secret almost immediately. The worst part is putting your last 5$ in on fuel after youve already been driving on empty for a day or two and the fuel meter never moves.
I get nervous when I’m under half a tank
Dont be such a wuss!
I love this 😂