26 hours 29 Minutes Cannonball Car - 2017 Audi S8 Plus POV (Binaural Audio)
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- This Audi S8 Plus traveled from the Red Ball Garage in NYC to the Portofino Hotel & Marina in 26 hours 29 Minutes. While that might not be a new record, it did hold second place for a short time when it achieved 26:43, just 5 minutes behind the record of 26:38. With its 60 gallon fuel cell, night vision camera, and police avoidance systems, this car is designed to go fast for as long as you can stay awake.
Special thanks to AVI Boston for the Gadget installations
Bren Tuning in Upton, MA for elevating the power to 638AWHP
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Which vehicle would you chose to drive from NYC to LA? Special thank you to my Patreon Supporters for making this content possible!
Bmw m760li :)
Any comfortable Mercedes C class
Money no object? Maybach 57/62 Zeppelin. Able to handle a massive weight of auxiliary tank. Could remove rear seats in 62 for even more fuel tank room.
I would like to do the run in a Porsche 992 Carrera 4s 7 speed manual. That or the GTS if it gets the 7 speed.
@@nonoiscool98 sounds like a great car if not worried about time loss on fuel stops. Can't fit too big of tank. But any chance to drive a Porsche I'm about
„The minimum speed you can go is 110, 115mph [...] those aren’t normal speeds“
Germans be like: Yeah, sometimes I also like to go slow.
As a german, i agree. There is always someone who has a faster car than you on the Autobahn
In Germany the Challenge would be: Drive 1000km with an average speed of under 150mph
More like sit in stau.
110 mph is Indeed a pretty classic classic cruising speed on the Autobahn.
At night or when the road is empty, it is easy to cruse at 160 mph if your car is powerful enough.
However I drove once on an American roads and I won't feel safe driving that fast with drivers not keeping the right lane and not checking the mirrors...
@@kuyni dont forget the poor road quality ;)
meanwhile in germany dudes are doing 300kmh to jobs
litterly hahah
nothing special going over 300 here...
@@Andi_Wing Of course it is...
*Germany
I drive on the Autobahn daily and people going faster than 300kph is extremely rare. Commuting to work at 300kph is even less likely because of traffic. That kind of speed can only be achieved on weekends in the early morning hours when the roads are empty. Also, while I am not in favor of a general speed limit on our German highways, going that fast is certainly not without risk and should only be done when road conditions allow for it.
Bummer they missed the record but this is such an awesome story. In many ways, this is a good sleeper car.
Nobody could identify it!
Makes me want an S8
Watch the movie Ronin with Robert DeNiro. They pick the D3 S8 for a reason.
Anyone else wonder why the switches are on such a gigantism mounting box instead of just a simple small S pod switch setup or something. That thing is massive just for those buttons.
@@QuickQuips Ronin is a D2.
average 110 is mental. ive averaged like 80 on a few hour drive before and i was over a 100 for a good chunk of it. all it takes are those little slow downs to bring down the average. cant imagine the mental toll and concentration of these guys. huge respect
Not many people really understand how insane that number is. Glad there are people like you who have recorded averages and noticed this
@@TedwardDrives This^ I averaged 83mph in my A4 once from Boston to DC, and that felt extremely irresponsible. Balls of steel on these cannonball guys.
To keep an average of 110 you have to reach around 160 at the minimum as a maximum speed and cruise at 130. That’s mad and fucking nuts
I mean by itself that doesn't sound like anything special 110 and more is what you'd average on the german autobahn for instance. But driving that while evading police I honestly cannot even imagine.
@@UNNAM3D82 Averaging 110 by itself is mad. You’ve probably only averaged around 50 mph moving speed by yourself on a road trip. You have to take account for how fast you are going on the street which brings down your average. The guys who did cannonball averaged 103 mph over 24 hours and did 193 mph top speed. Anything over 70 mph as a moving average is insane.
The average speed really is impressive. A buddy and I tried to average 80mph on a 4 hour drive once and it was insane what we had to drive like to achieve that.
Great point! Most people don't realize how much speed is involved to achieve an average like this until they do exactly what you did
We don't really have highways in my country, so I cannot really have that good of an insight, but for me any my buddies a 191 km (119 mile) trip to where we study is 3 hours. That's an avarage of 63kmh (39.2 mph). To achieve this we basically do double the speed limit in cities and do 10-20% over the speed limit outside. Most people do 4 hours-4.5 hours on this distance, that's considered avarage by most of the population. (Around 26-30 miles per hour on avarage).
Doing 110 miles per hour for over 2000 miles is straight up madness!
@@birtalanlorant5572 once I did that distance in 54 minutes
Best I've ever done is from just above nyc to Cleveland (480mi) in just under 7hrs , about 6:50.
Averaged out to about 69mph.
You be driving slow
When you try to sell this as a practical family car and your SO pops the trunk...lol
You can pee next time I get gas.
The Audi s8 is a total sleeper what a car
10 second car that's as long as a boat 😂
Who is sleeping on an S8 ??
@@williamriggs1972 the average person wouldn't know that it's that fast. luxurious sure, not that it can outrun almost any car on the road
@@Yabuddy53 the average person drives a 4 cylinder Camry. Any Audi is going to look "fast" to them.
@@williamriggs1972 well 282 people seem to agree with me. I simply meant they don't know how fast the car actually is. This discussion point isn't a big deal.
Even though the new A8/S8 is out this generation of A8/S8+ looks amazing. I would take an S8+ over the new one in a heartbeat.
Saaaame
I love that pop-up screen, something i’ll always want
Just picked up a '14 Monsoon Grey A5 and it's beautiful. I can't wait to procure a specific S8 I've seen waiting for me. Absolutely beautiful cars, and understated. Audi is a great company. I didn't think I would love this car that much.
I think the s8 d4 is the last good looking inside and out a8, the s8 d5's interior looks too futuristic for me, and on the exterior it's on the limit.
I'd rather have a b5 s4
Women: “Why is our lifespan longer than men that’s weird!”
Men: “CANNONBAAAAAALL”
It's true tho. The dif ference in lifespan is entirely accounted for by risk tolerance.
As long as the women aren't in the car we will live longer! Lmfao
James L haha right
Women-:"Why is our lifespan longer than men that's weird!"
Men: "Because Femaleball"
Men: "Hold my beer and watch this"
they should take 4.2TDi instead because on highway consumes lot less fuel on lower rpm
True. even a 3.0 would be fast enough tbf
@@JP-js8jr the 3.0 is nothing like the 4.0 a TDI would be nice but neither of those compete with almost 600 hp
@@paulrichardson5340 the 4.2 can be tuned to that 600hp and if you delimit it.. oh boy. There is a guy in germany that has one, and he went 300kmh+
xDrifz hell yeah I enjoy his videos
yeah with a ecu tune it got around 500hp and you still consume like 10 liters at 155mph
I like how your logo is based off the german no speed limit sign
Thank you for noticing!
and the old Australian open limit sign... right, right?
@@TedwardDrives and the Irish "we're too lazy to give this gravel road from 100 years ago a speed limit but you can drive up to 80kmh on it if you want" sign... Right?
It's technically the all-restrictions-lifted sign 😎
This might be my favorite youtube video in several weeks/months. I have always wondered how the F*** people average such speeds across country but with spotters, binoculars, fuel cells, taillight off switches, etc it seems just 2% more possible. Thanks a lot for making this video I had no idea how much work and thought goes into these runs.
Thank you! I'm looking forward to one day showing the details of the planning. Not ready to share that just yet, but it's really something to behold.
Tedward would love to see it! Keep it up man
Look up Ed Bolian on yt, he explains doing cannonbal runs fairly well
You don't watch VINwiki?
I once averaged 150 kmh (92 mph) on a 500km (310 mi) night drive on the Autobahn in a stock GTI with 200hp. It felt like i was driving over 200kmh (120 mph) all the time. But one construction or one guy sitting in the left lane kills your average almost instantly. Averaging 110 mph feels impossible to me even on an empty Autobahn at night. Great achievement!
150 im Schnitt sind ja mindestens 250 permanent. Das geht nur nachts. Wir haben hier keine Straßen wie in Nevada
You know what...3 years ago, i did this same run., without knowing what the canon ball was....our time was 27hrs... Best fuel stop was 7.5 and our average was 104.5mph...
How did we do this your saying by now...simple....mobile fueling... You save 1.5hrs...
Remember., your not just loosing time while fueling, your looseing mileage... On average., you loose 23-35 miles per fueling....
Anyways., we are gona make this run next year in a 2019 decom police charger with all wheel drive and a ripp super charger and fully loaded police vehicle with lights and siren.....
July 2021 is when we destroy the record👍
UPDATE: Charger Purchased 08/01/2020.
Fuel cell purchased and installed 8/10/2020
Planning dry run in january
Nice one! Not an easy challenge to complete in good time. That will be good to see. Make a doc out of it, you'll get plenty views.
I am really waiting for you to record it, that should make for a great doc. All the best!!
Update?
I was working in a car wash. When this exact Audi pulled up, I just said I gotta sit in this thing... what a machine, specially the V8 sound it makes it was amazing
5 minutes late. These guys will never make it as a Japanese bullet train conductor.
lol
Put a needle or ball valve on the fuel tank to quickly and easily bleed the pressure, literally takes no time to flip a quarter turn valve. Amazing video though!
Amazing once did 1150 km in 8.5 hours and i thought that was fast. But i think police is much harder in Europe :)
I still think the trick to a new record especially while the roads aren't as crowded is fuel efficiency... any powerful diesel sedan can easily average the same speed as the current record holder and probably use half as much fuel. Effectively turning that one stop into possibly a no stop run.
If only the E400d (wagon with air suspension) or M550d were available in the US...
you can get an a6 with a 3.0tdi but no point of awd sucking up power and efficiency. so as much as it hurts me I would vote for a bmw
Romuald Clariond made an attempt in 2018 with an Euro spec Audi A4 TDI wagon fitted with an 100-gallon auxiliary tank. He finished with a time of 30:53. But the one-stop strategy could also work with a gas car, as Fred Ashmore’s Mustang GT outfitted with an extra 130 gallons proved.
@@kipdiggs1827 I mentioned a no-stop not a one stop run. Which would be a lot easier on a diesel. You could still make a no-stop in a powerful gas car, but at what cost? How much extra weight would that be?
V10 Phaeton TDI maybe?
Great run guys. It was nice to follow along and hear your take on how your runs went. It’s a hard thing to make exciting for people when there’s so much monotony you can’t explain in words. Hopefully we can all meet up at some point and talk them over in person.
You’re a legend. We’d love to meet up and trade stories. Your run has my head spinning
Tedward I’m sure we will soon! Would love to see the car up close. What an awesome piece of machinery/artwork...
Fred Ashmore the legend!!
someone needs to do the cannonball with a diesel audi it will cruise over 130 no problem with good mpg
Americans dont seem to like diesels ;p
@@adrianmlodzik7713 TDI got popular until recalled
was just watching your america unrestricted speed limit video haha!
I guess you could say the topic has been on my mind haha
7:54 you can press the wheel to mute, is quicker than scrolling down
haha i realized this about an hour after i shot the video. Damnit. I happily admitted in the R8 that I'm not "audi literate." I'll get there.
5 minutes :(
"Going at 130 mph and watching for poice" *laughs in german*
Sometimes we have speed limits too, and we have cops. They check the speed in a civil car, and we have radar. So, in germany we are not allowed to drive fast everywhere.
@@Gangster172 radar can be easily spotted.
What interests me is what will happen if you drive by a civil police car at 300kph in a 120 zone, because they won’t be able to catch you 😂
Really enjoyed this, thanks for sharing the story!
Glad you enjoyed it!
This car is actually a marketer on why it would be cool to have high speed rail/Shinkansen cross country. Those travel 100-159 mph avg and could get someone from NY to LA in this time. 🤔
A hsr rail line would have to either be elevated, or with an impassable security fence that creates a wildlife barrier. Trains are great for regional transit, planes better for distance.
Except you can make the trip by plane in a quarter of the time.
I thought my A4 was quick.
Lol, I feel baller in my A4, then a Rs5 pulls next to me haha
Imagine getting a Tuned S8 with fancy gear getting 26hrs getting beat by a bone stock rented 5.0 mustang with 25 hrs 🥴
24 hours of Lemans Street edition
so why aren't these cars stripped? like no carpet no panels headliners lighter seats just as light as possible, you'd get better gas mileage and it'd be faster I'd think
It's quite different driving here on European territory, huh? :))). I live in Canada for most of the year and driving in North America brings me close to insanity, right up until the summer which I spend in Eastern Europe. Germany is good but traffic is too heavy during the day. Go more east you can drive just as fast if you use Waze :)).
I find it so strange that this sort of thing is seemingly praised more than demonized. 110 mph average means you have to drive at 10/10ths, with insane levels of debauchery taking place, right? All you guys these days seem to promote safe driving and enjoying spirited driving etc, while not being an endangering a-hole. Somehow cannonball seems to get this weird sort of pass. I’ve just always been somewhat confused on how this is heralded on the one hand, but people are usually demonized for a little overly spirited driving, on public roads, typically. I’m all for people doing whatever they want, but very confused how it’s held in such high regard, when the whole thing is technically only remotely possible while driving way beyond the speed limit the entire time, and lets face it, while passing left right and center lanes, etc etc.
It was nice to hear you mention Fred Ashmore at 15:27. Cars like this S8, their teams, prep, planning and tech are very impressive in their own right, but Fred's run in that rental is my favorite one of all.
Sadly as it turns out his proof wasn't lining up, and some of it was fabricated. Though it is impossible to fully prove he didn't achieve the time he claimed, the evidence he was providing fell far short of the usual proof provided with a claim. Several of the screenshots he provided as proof turned out to be heavily edited, even with a couple of the same screenshots containing differing information. In the end, though it would be an amazing time to set solo, it does not look like he actually achieved the claimed time.
Really enjoyed this one. Changing my mind about VW group cars. Would love to drive this!
We have a BMW and a Golf GTI. The BMW is newer, bigger, stronger, faster, ... but the GTI is more fun to drive 😎
Really? I wouldn't think Audi's flagship sedan would be anything other than one of the sportiest most comfortable high speed machines.
I'm driving an A8 from time to time and that shit's planted like a train on tracks... It's insane, you feel like you're commanding a ship as big as a tank but as agile as a bike
This is such a great line, feel the same with an A6. Literally like commanding a space-ship pushing you through space-time.
My daily is an A8 and I can definitely vouch for the freight train feel. Fucker just rolls
Mercedes? Nope. BMW? Nah. Corvette? Wrong again.
Audi S8!
True engineering masterpieces.
S8 trash
J Glock please try and justify that comment 😂
Joel Sadler just joking, still doesn’t make Audi superior out of the three, you can do this with any car, you just need the balls too.
J Glock of course you could do it in any car, but that doesn’t mean the S8 wasn’t a bloody good choice for it
@@CP-vg4vy you can't with the Mercedes due to their wired boot opening. It would be impossible to get that tank in the boot.
This is the coolest video I’ve ever seen on RUclips in a while lol subbed
Big thanks 🙏
Silver is still a great accomplishment.... 03S8 owner here, your video is one of the better Cannonball ones. Hope to see your S8 at Bren's shop some day.
Thanks Mo!
Lmao why do people call in a quick car? You can be quick and completely safe
They're karens
I am a german and I have to drive alot for work.
Rotterdam - Berlin 690 km. I always drive at night and do it in 4 - 5 hours depending on traffic. This means an avg speed of ca. 150KM/H wich is pretty easy here in germany at night.
Munich - Berlin 600 KM is possible at night time in 3,5 hours
Freiburg - Hannover is possible in 3 hours but I always do it in 4 hours because safety first.
But I know in germany everything is different compared to the us. thats like comparing apples to oranges
Mich interessiert brennend, was du fährst?
what radar/laser jammer do you recommend budget friendly if possible lol.
Do you think the third person and their ~180 lbs or whatever in the car cost you any efficiency/ one gas stop possibly over the 26 hours? Also fun fact I lived 2 min away from that water tower/ plant nursery at 19:10 until 2001 lol. Great video!
Thanks! Technically yes it would impact efficiency but not by enough of a margin that would justify not making a fuel stop. That weight counts the most under acceleration vs steady state cruising so if it were in stop and go traffic that’s where you’d see the increase in fuel use most. Glad to see more locals seeing the content!
Tedward fair point. I guess I was wondering if there was just that one last gas stop that you really didn’t want to make but it was too close to not do it or something haha. And agreed! I’ve lived on the Cape since then but I’m planning on moving to Boston in the next few months so I’ll be semi local again!
I love the sound of that car it’s so subtle but so much power
Can someone please explain to me how this is not punishable? All the conversions and illegal devices on board alone should have long since voided the registration of the car. Is the conversion not already punishable and there is therefore also no insurance coverage for the vehicle? And the video provides clear evidence of speeding, which is an illegal street race and would result in the loss of the driver's license, including a heavy fine.
Here in Europe you just need a license plate from a special place like Montecarlo and u can do whatever speed and relax lol
What happens if you get busted by the cops at this speed? You're probably going to jail. It is stupid to drive to so fast except in germany.
Why dont they all use Diesels? They are the perfect travel machines.
Fuel economy would be my guess
@@mrclean5789 They are way more fuel efficient than gasoline cars. Especially at high speed. Therefore here in europe, but especially here in germany, cars intended for use as a long distance car, almost always are diesels.
My best guess as to why they aren't used that often (or at all?) in cannonballing would be do too both the lack of available high powered diesel cars in the us (even in Europe they've seldomly reached over 300 hp) and probably because of a worse availability of diesel over gasoline in the US in general.
But I'm not to sure about that last statement.
@@psanderbrand was wondering the same thing, there is an a8 with 4 liter diesel has around 350hp, does like 40 mpg at high speeds so they will be doing less refueling and it will be a breeze for the car. But all big engines can take long trips.
Diesels aren’t readily available in the US like the are known Europe, S8’s are probably 4 to 1 in production. On top of that, they really don’t have the thrust or “sportiness” of the S8. Gotta remember, cannonball cars have to stop and handle as well.
Not all gas stations in the US have diesel available. Probably one of the biggest reasons
Big and fast sedans are the way to go. I would think the new RS6 Wagon could give it go??? The hatch will be easy to work with, ya know???
Pretty horrible to imagine the driver could lose his/her license while doing this. driving 100 mph in some states is almost as bad as DUI. Straight to jail. The laws suck. Someone should crowdfund free radar jammers for everyone. Who cares about laws?!
why is their a vacuum? that sounds like a potential disaster for the fuel pump. Just add a valve?
Even if you don't hold the record, my hats off to you for building the cannonball car with probably the most attention to detail and well thought out gadgets!
Thank you!
What I love is to fund 2 black guys doing the same trip. What are the odds they won’t make it out of the city alive …
Wait a minute, no-one else in the comments picked up on that last line, at 19:24???
While he was talking about the build he said a few 'we' and 'us's
Hmmm...
It IS difficult. Back in 2004 I did a 200 km trip in 58 or 59 minutes, just under an hour; to achieve average 200kph you have to set your mind so your minimum speed will be 200kph, going 250 or so for most of the trip. And no cops on the road, all of them were at the Athens Olympics... And no gas stop either, arrived almost empty.
How is it possible that in 2019 you can listen to police comms?i live in a banana country and here the police have all their comms blocked🤷♂️
I believe alot of states in America still use unencrypted radios for comms. But they are slowly switching to encrypted comms. My country has had encrypted comms for awhile now also
okay but what when police stops you and see all those mods + jammers.. how the f do you talk your way out of that 🤣?
The rise of Audi. Superior to BMW and Mercedes.
Germans be like : we could go faster but cars are not fast enough
Traffic
Tedward 😂 oi
5 minutes!!!! What an awesome effort though. That Audi looks so sinister, I love it!
'nothing special, just a 150k bucks car' :D
Truly in love whit this car
A8/S8 D4 best Car. My 4.2TDI runs also over 280. such nice cars😍
isnt it faster to take an airplane?!
Fair.
If you watched the video carefully you would have realized that the S8 is in fact an airplane!
When you see how Germans drive on the Autobahn, you don't need a tuned S8.... a 320d is capable to break the record :D There are other factors if you get it or not...
When you see how many left lane hogs there are blocking the road in America you’d realize you need the power to get back up to speed
Can we get more vids and information about this specific car?
There will be a full feature on it and the team but it can’t be released for some time. But what else would you like to know about it?
Tedward will it be released on your channel? And can you make a full tour/walk around of the S8. It feels like a villains getaway car. It’s awesome
I believe it will be released here when it's all said and done. Interviews with the team, real footage from the run etc. We'll need to wait a bit until that can come out
Why not just install a breather on the fuel cap to sort the vacuum issue in the fuel cell ?
As A German, it tell u the most important thing is Hp consume and 150-250 time.
I would prefer a S/E63s (2017).
Space, Fuel economy AND Comfort.
(Yeah i used shift but i dont care LEL)
Sprit sparen in einem s63 / e 63 s? In welcher Welt lebst Du bitte?😂😂bei über 200 Klamotten aufer Autobahn/Highway bist Du bei über 18 Liter Verbrauch, Du 🤡 😂🤦🏼♂️
DrTerrible ganz schlauer. Mach erstmal nen Führerschein bevor du hier mitreden willst und dann besorg dir mal ne karre die nicht bei 130 auseinander fällt.
S8 looks much nicer than the new 7 series and s class.
I'm waiting for the millionaire cannonballer who will use a gtc lusso who will reprogram the passenger screen
Get back to the right lane when it's free man ._.
i dont get it why nobody tried the run with a Diesel car, like a 550d, enough power and takes way less fuel (about 15l/100km at 250kmh)
There have been a few great times set by diesel vehicles
I’ve wondered how well a car disguised as a presidential vehicle or secret service vehicle would do
Aren’t there cars that the cops legally can’t pull over? Why not disguise as one of them
Also something that’s more manoeuvrable like a modified motorcycle. They could easily outrun cops on a straight line plus often riders go faster normally
Also America’s road system is really bad, drivers just kinda spread across the motorway, where as in Europe most people stay in the outside lane unless overtaking
This is interesting
Amazing the speed commercial vehicles run (see the dump truck almost following you @ 80mph).
I recently drove across the United States with a corolla averaging 100-105MPH, I have complete respect to those who cannonball and stay around 130, the small increases from 115 to 120 to 125 and so on, can certainly take a toll and just gives a glimpse of how difficult staying at those speeds can be. I hope you break the record some day!
tbh 110-120mph is german Autobahn cruising speed for most of the ppl here...
Yup unfortunately in America they’ve decided those are reckless speeds :(
"Every gallon of fuel weighs 6 pounds"... damn American units are so intuitive.
what? is it that complicated for you superior Europeans? SMH.......
@@F14Mavrick - Metric system is based on "10" or "x10". A fucking gallon are 3.79 liters, which is stupid as fuck. European pound are 500 grams (0,5 kg), in US its 0.45359237 kg. How dumb is that? ....... A cube of 10x10x10 centimeters takes 1 liter water. 1 liter water weights 1 kilogram. Show me the cube that takes a fucking gallon. Ya, you cant. 100 cent = 1 Euro/Dollar (cool, thats easy). But concerning american football, you dont take 100 centimeters for 1 meter as we superior Europeans do, no, but 91,44 centimeters for 1 yard. So, what is a fucking yard? Yeah, its 3 feet and 1/12 inches, thats absolutely helpful.
@@F14Mavrick Ye it is, 1lb being 0,453592 KG is not that easy to understand
Our roads are fraught w construction in summer..and now, trailer traffic...we used to really enjoy overnight from Calgary to Minnesota overnight..beck then was Volvo turbo which was good for it’s time...we drove near 100 and in a few years of it only have one incident in dark with loose cow..my wife was driving, 2am..she didn’t blink, but simply spun the car out of trouble.
I was lucky enough to marry a woman who had taken a Jim Russel open wheel course..
This is spectacular!
Am I the only one bothered by the fact that he needs an alignment? 😳
yass more women in cannonball! oh wait, i pee every 3 hours....
hahah i pee just as much... maybe i need one of those pills they show on TV with the guy made out of pipes
@@TedwardDrives you'd just have to hook me up to a catheter. if they could make a car that ran off of that i'd be set haha
You really need a high gear car (200mph +) for at night and to not get tickets.
Love the check engine light. 😂
O2 Sensor code... happened after the car filled up in a state without 93 octane. Octane booster was added and It seems to have disagreed with the car lol
@@TedwardDrives Ah it's fine, it's a sweet ride, didn't mean to hate on it. Wish I had the budget and/or expertise to daily an Audi.
nah no hate interpreted. I was annoying lol
@@TedwardDrives Having an APR Mobile dongle in the car would be a great idea. You can quickly switch away from the 93 octane tune to the 91 octane or stock tune when you encounter lower octane fuel. I keep one in my S6 for a quick tune swap with my phone when I hit the 91 octane areas of the country.
Wouldn’t be a V8 Audi without a check engine light ;) It’s just staying true to its roots.
in germany we call 150miles per hour „a normal drive to work“
Yup. That’s why we went 190+ on the next next run
3:15
You spoke about the gas pumps. Would it be wise to find a truck stop where the gas pumps have a high flow nozzle? Do different gas stations pump gas at different PSI?
What was that blurred out white thing
Anyone else notice the engine light come on? Lmao just an audi thing
Chris Shelby - Always Under Diagnostic Inspection (AUDI)
And the steering angle is off
I’ve driven a lot of cars and out of all vehicles I’ve driven besides my 63’ Cadillac DeVille and E32 V12 BMW, the D4 Audi S8 plus is a phenomenal vehicle. One of the best vehicles every produced for the money.
Dont know why you wouldnt bring in an AUDI A6/A8 3.0 BiT diesel. Really fast car and REALLY good fuel economy.
Thanks for this video, very interesting to get an in-depth appreciation of what it takes to do a Cannonball run.. BTW your steering wheel and tires look slightly out of alignment. (Steering wheel is slightly to the right)
What kind of camera do you use?
What was blurred out on the passenger side floorboard
Tedward answered below: it was the registration.
My old Massachusetts stomping grounds.
How do these guys get away with doing JAIL time speeds across the US????,? WHY THE FUK DO I GET STOPED FOR DOING FUKIN 10 OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I wonder how tuned 3.0 TDI vehicle would cope with cannonball. It can comfortably sit at 200-220kph , acceleration is pretty good, and the fuel consumption is amazing.
Great video. I’m preparing for an Australian Cannonball run once state borders open up again and there is a lot of useful information here.
I bought my Audi S8 Plus new in 2016. I loved that car. I sold it last year.
Im no expert but wouldn't it make more sense to drive a diesel car for such a run? If you want an audi you could drive a 3.0 V6 TDI those things have unbelieavably low fuel consumption even at 130-150 mph