The most remarkable testament to the 911 is that it averaged OVER 21 mpg while also averaging almost 100 mph during 14 hours of continuous driving.....GREAT engineering.
@@erkkavilhunen7852 Munich to Stockholm is only about 400 km.....2.5 hours at 160 kph/100mph, not the 1400 MILES and 14 hours of continuous driving that was claimed
My great-grandparents were bootleggers here in Tennessee. My grandpa told me stories about being a kid in the back of their Mercury running from the cops. His parents had a hole cut in the floorboard in the back and they would have my grandpa pour out the liquor through the hole while the cops were chasing them! I thought he was telling tall tales but my dad told me he was telling the truth 100%!
That 5:00am departure time was a blessing because you missed the fifty-leven million deer on the side of the interstate between AL and MS. Great run guys!
Years ago I worked at Three Dollar Cafe in McDonough, Ga. You could always count on David Black for a $100 tip when he came in for dinner with his wife. His Lambo is the only one I have ever sat in also. Great guy!
I know where one of Burt Reynold's previously owned houses is, only a couple hours away... maybe he should buy it! It had the canoe from deliverance hanging from the vaulted ceiling 😳 well atleast until his ex-wife became the owner and it disappeared 😄
"We were coming at it like two on-the-spectrum people going into a 13-hour video game." I don't think I could come up with a better description of it than that. This is why I love Cannonball/Bandit Runs.
As someone who lives in Shreveport and drives to Texarkana regularly, it was super unlucky that yall even saw a cop on 49. There's almost never any patrol in that area.
No kidding, I actually live in an area between both Shreveport and Texarkana drove it damn near everyday for 3.5 years you hardly ever see any Caddo Parish through there if you do they’re just cruising or going home.
I remeber commuting to college one day and there was a porsche cruising fast, I was in a camry hybrid. Amazingly the car was limited to 120mph but with cruise control on the car got a steady 20 mpg.
10:09 Thank You! I drive on I-10 between Florida and MS multiple times a week. Evidently, people from Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi were never taught how to drive on the interstate. The left lane is always full of cars….mainly from Texas and LA. And im not just talking about little old ladies either. In fact, it’s been said that a lifted truck from Texas has never been in a right lane before. 😭 People from Alabama are pretty good about it, and FL drivers are ok I guess. 😂
Had the same thing happen with about a 98 Camry. I was driving a 2016 BMW 550i back to Chicago that I had just flew in to purchase from outside St Louis. On the return drive I would open her up for stretches to around 100mph depending on traffic. On one of these stretches this irritating Camry started started running with me. I would try to get rid of it but couldn’t. Of course I could out accelerate it but didn’t wanna risk getting a reckless driving ticket maintaining 120mph + for an extended period to do so. I would run up to 130mph+ and have to slow down for traffic or minimize my risk of a ticket and the Camry would be right back on my bumper. Like them, this went on for about an hour until I could finally get away for good.
@@jruerph well my best time between Chicago and the border in Sarnia, CAN was in a Camry... V6 TRD is not joke for an econo box. top speed is 131-133 fwiw.
@@jruerph where I'm from (SE Europe) if you're driving faster, above the speed limit but say around 100mph on sunny day and neigh-empty highway people who were up to that moment regardless of car doing 70-80 will glue to your ass with the idea that if there's a cop only you get ticketed. If you move over they'll move over if you return to the left to continue they will continue tailgating. I hate this - had S-line Audis and 20-year old Nissans do this Which is idiotic since in low traffic and good conditions you can cruise the highway at 100-110 without any risk or endangerment.
Lol yup can’t afford to be the fastest guy anymore but I’ll gladly take second and no ticket😁😂 happened just the other day on 75 going into Cincinnati, a KY trooper stopped the black civic I was keeping pace with at 95 and I just slowed to 70 till he was out of sight.
Fastest vehicle I’ve ever encountered on US highways: Toyota Avalon with diplomat stickers and plates … Honorable mention: pink n yellow Calloway Corvette with balls to the wall overtaking on the right shoulder maneuvers.
I like the fact that Doug is describing driving over 100mph and then he complains that the other cars are racing him and that's dangerous. That's the pot calling the kettle black. But if I'm on the interstate and another person is speeding, I will absolutely pace them out because let them get the ticket. I'm not racing, I'm just taking advantage of the other person's stupidity.
@@JK-g62 Sometimes there is too much car and not enough driver. Other times, there is too much driver and not enough car. Then there is that perfect blend of man and machine. That point you become a driver. Once you become a driver, you are in the zone. But I never said I was also driving their speed. I will pace them at 80 or 85, maybe even 90. But not 100 mph. Anyone who is a driver, a true driver, has gone over 100 and kept the needle buried in the trips. But I'm not doing it. Because even being a driver, means you must prepare for the inevitable too much car, not enough driver. And at triple digits, it comes too fast to do very much.
@@clifbradley Clif... ok, thanks for the followup. You are correct in that alot of drivers dont have the skillsets to react to situations that come up while driving 100+mph. Or their vehicle isnt modified to do those speeds safely. When u said you will pace those vehicles doing that speed...in my mind you were driving exactly as they were...and doing the same dangerous moves they were doing through traffic. When u clarified that you werent driving at the same speed as them i understood. However...you definitely have to watch your "6" as not all cops come from whats ahead.
Great story and congratulations. Now for the important bit. Let's have a link to those binoculars. There are a few things our presenters said that resonated with me. First, the "I wanna go fast too" person, when you pass people and they fall in behind like its a highspeed oval nascar race. It ruins the mojo. It turns that ridiculous speeding ticket into a racing ticket, and they don't know how.. they just don't. I had an orange dodge mini-van with an R taped to the back door following me. I would wrap up to 130 or so and try to lose them, and sure enough, here they are again. I finally conceded for their own good and let him pass. His wife was in the passenger seat. It appeared they had been arguing. Second, the "My car can do that too" person. Picture if you will, I'm quietly sneaking down the road in an overpriced BMW 7 wearing its sticky fat tires, feeling a bit happy about the moment. Only to have a hard right side pass by a Pontiac Grand Prix with one tiny funny tire, no license plate, and a front fender kinda flapping in the wind. It can wreck a mood to put it in possibly realistic terms. So again, I feel an obligation to slow down and squelch whatever competition they are having for their own good. It like some folks have no idea how long you crash for when you're going 100 mph. The best car I have ever owned for going much much too much faster was a white Lexus LS430. The car is virtually invisible. It is fast and, with the addition of Brembo brakes, fairly capable. Handling was not razor-sharp, so extra caution was required when passing. That rig was not going to sweep three lanes at triple digits without arguing which end was supposed to be in front.
Heh! I know I have had plenty of fun in my V6 Accord. I'm sure the V6 camry is about the same. Damn fast, somewhat nimble with the right tire/wheel combo, and totally f-ing invisible to police. Well, except for that one time I was clocked at 120. Thankfully I was already slowing down for my exit.
1972..In my freshman year of college, at our 8 am class I asked the hottest girl on campus for a weekend date to Savannah Beach as Spring Break was coming up. She said to me "if you can bring me some sand from the beach TODAY, I'll go to the beach w/ you". SO, I replied " I'll be back before the baseball game tonight". I lit out in my 1970 914 Porsche. Drove non stop to Tybee Island, Ga scooped up a 7-11 coffee cup full of Savannah Beach Sand, fueled up and headed back to Gainesville Jr. college. I was back1 hour before the game with Savannah Beach Sand in hand!". She kept her word. We went to the beach for spring break. I should have went BY MY SELF ! Could have saved myself that first trip LOL!! A prominent Area DR's daughter~~ what a waste! Anyway, to you rally guys, I have a 1999 996 OCT' "98 built Gen 1 well sorted w/ LN IMS etal, ready for a road rally. Looking to do the "Damn the Torpedoes Run in Georgia" from Athens, Ga to St. Mary's, Ga. Ed, Jared, Tavarish, any takers?
There’s one of those hill crests if you go south into Boston on I-93. It’s beautiful. You take a turn and creat a hill at the same time and it’s just the whole sky line of Boston and if you do it at the right time you can even line the sunrise up with it
I don’t know what they’re so surprised about. Here in Germany you get passed by everything. I have chased an Audi RS5 in a Kia picanto once. Tops out at190 kmh downhill if you wonder.
Had the same thing happen with about a 98 Camry. I was driving a 2016 BMW 550i back to Chicago that I had just flew in to purchased from outside St Louis. On the return drive I would open her up for stretches to around 100mph depending on traffic. On one of these stretches this irritating Camry started started running with me. I would try to get rid of it but couldn’t. Of course I could out accelerate it but didn’t wanna risk getting a reckless driving ticket maintaining 120mph + for an extended period to do so. I would run up to 130mph+ and have to slow down for traffic or minimize my risk of a ticket and the Camry would be right back on my bumper. Like them, this went on for about an hour until I could finally get away for good. 😏
My dad went to Tech. He swears the first solid food I put in my mouth was a Varsity hotdog. Every time I get back to Atlanta, first stop. Oh,my dad use to own a 58, 300 SLR back in the 70s. Huge car fan.
I once drove from Huston to Dallas. In 2 hours 40 mins. In Honda Prelude from an Auction. I got behind some lady in a Cadillac. She was clipping along at 110 mph the whole way. We only stopped for gas once...I swear she was the Governors wife. Not one single cop showed up till almost to I-20.... That Honda coolant gauge was just under the overheat line...
Was crossing the country in the deep night, with a radar detector. In the mid 1990's. Only about 85, on an empty, empty interstate. (PA?) Some guy kinda detected what I was doing and tucked in behind me. Close. His headlights were super annoying. I flicked lights on/off, and gestured in my rearview. No change. Upped it to 95, upped it to 100. He/she stuck right on my bumper. Lasted about 70 miles, until they left. Flashed their lights at me! Thought I was his/her buddy? Very frustrating.
Handled projects at an aerospace place. The 6'6" big boss "Steve." Combat -vet Marine SF. His 6'2" right hand man? "Steve." Combat-vet Blackhawk pilot. So I had to call them "Big & Little Ennis." Thank God we had a good relationship and they have excellent sense of humor. Relevance? I want to think that "Tiny Dancer" Tabbutt (Thank Rabbit for that) dressed as an "Ennis." One of the 1st things I demonstrated to my daughters with a GT350 is how people will try to race you or goad you into doing stupid S...took maybe a 5 minute drive
I have a Audi A7 3.0tdi 320 hp, and it has pretty much the exact same fuel consumption at the same average speed! If it wasn't for the need for a back seat and trunk space I would definitely prefer to drive a 911...
Why Coors? Coors used to be unpasteurized, you had to keep it cold or it would spoil. It was also GREAT beer. Back then (70's) if you took a trip out west (close to Golden Coloroado) you would bring back a couple cases of Coors. THATS....why Coors. My dad told me story about seeing a couple of Cobra chopper pilots unloading a load of Coors at an airport in St. Louis. They had the underbelly of that helo packed with Coors!
Ysob how many people paused it between 2:21 and 2:22 just to notice that if you do not have a video editing software you have no chance of catching what his other option was going to be
I saw a Bandit Porsche (screaming chicken on hood) and another white Porsche with trailer where interstate E-80 merges into I-20 outside Dallas last week 👋🏼 Maybe not you guys but hi I was the Ram Rebel that flew by if it was y’all
I wish I could do something like that. I'm a 300+ mile per day driver here in east Tn, I am disabled and can't work good paying jobs so unless something really good happens i'll never get the chance.... hell is being a driving enthusiast stuck driving cars barley safe to drive... If it wasn't for my back pain maybe i'd have a chance, sorry to bring everyone down, it just sucks being me.
10:45 'scared my dog laughing out loud. ALWAYS Mustangs for some reason. I don't even "cannonball" on my cross country commutes to tracks (with a trunk full of spares, tools, and cloths in an already "slow" NSX), but it's shocking the number of times some generation of 'stang will pull up next to my speed-limit-driving self and rev or goose it and gesture. Half the time I've got a sandwich in my face, or my wife's drinking coffee, or she's driving and I'm asleep...doesn't matter. For the record, I learned to drive manual on a 5.0 Foxbody. I still do not understand this phenomenon.
Literally this week my friends engine went out on his v6 mustang. He was driving to the city in the middle of the night trying to find a tool and someone tried racing him. Now here he is in this v6 five speed mustang with rod knock trying to keep up with this guy and he starts overheating. That was the end of that motor.
I used to drive from the west side of Houston to Gainsville quite often....and I had one time where this 'burley' looking late 40's - early 50's guy was driving a Fiat 500 in a girly light yellow color like his life depended on it.....I was driving a modded turbo something or other that made plenty of power and i would ZOOM off and leave the Fiat in the dust only to have him catch me when I got stuck in traffic...this guy must have had that thing on the floor the whole time.....rinse/repeat and this guy was like a damned bulldog....so...coming into Biloxi MS, I had goaded this guy into going faster and faster.....and there was an overpass coming and the RX65 gave a couple Ka beeps and stopped....so going up onto the overpass--which was a blind crest, I had him in the right lane going about 105 and right before we got to the point of no return, I dynamited the middle pedal and slid back over into the right lane.....Mr. Fiat flies over the crest and my RX65 goes 'BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP'....... Yeah....Mr. Fiat got popped for 100+..... this had been going on for almost 200 miles and I had to stop for gas at that next exit....I watched the Fiat get towed and Mr. Fiat get cuffed up and hauled away after quite the triad with Mr. p0-p0... OOPSIE!!
I hate to admit it, but I’m the guy in the Camry, (prius in my case sadly) but I’m not on my phone, very attentive, keep up but have some distance. If someone’s going faster I join in the line. Even if it’s a struggle to maintain 110-115mph. 😂
Would've bought 4 cases of Lone Star with that 6 pack of Colorado piss lite. .. ... but what do I know ? I'm a Texan that enjoys our own state's piss lite.
Everything old is new again! Back in '77ish, couldn't get Coors in Oregon (not pasteurized) so, yea our beer runs were interstate...kinda, sorta. And now the county I live in passes an ordinance banning the sale of "flavored tabaco" so it's back to smugglers blues. Drive to the next county just to get my Kools.
Most of those VINwiki stories should end with Ed saying straight to the camera "ALLEGEDLY"
That's brilliant!
PLEASE do this Ed 😂
Letterkenny style?
The most remarkable testament to the 911 is that it averaged OVER 21 mpg while also averaging almost 100 mph during 14 hours of continuous driving.....GREAT engineering.
Just Porsche doing Porsche things
My 1.8t Jetta does that lol
@@devonfarmer3438 under what circumstances are you driving a Jetta for 14 hours at 100 mph?
Just average night in Europe driving from Munich to Stockholm.
@@erkkavilhunen7852 Munich to Stockholm is only about 400 km.....2.5 hours at 160 kph/100mph, not the 1400 MILES and 14 hours of continuous driving that was claimed
"With the force of a pregnant woman giving birth to a 12 pound baby..." Quote of the day.
Seriously... The gastrointestinal gods got him
A beautiful verbal tapestry
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This reminds me of that Mexican dude racing a Porsche in a maxima. Running through the gears at light speed
El legend
Pablo Racecobar
My great-grandparents were bootleggers here in Tennessee. My grandpa told me stories about being a kid in the back of their Mercury running from the cops. His parents had a hole cut in the floorboard in the back and they would have my grandpa pour out the liquor through the hole while the cops were chasing them! I thought he was telling tall tales but my dad told me he was telling the truth 100%!
the good ol'days eh ,
Man I want to hear those stories being from Tennessee myself
Remember.....
Allegedly....
@@windicatedtaren2485 haha I’m pretty sure the statute of limitations has run out on this one 😎. But for the future, yes. I will remember……
…allegedly
"We can't say it's a race but it's a race" made me laugh.
Congrats to Doug & Dave on a phenomenal run!
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those binoculars probably cost more then my truck hahah i want them tho.
Hi Ed
Thanks.
wrong beer tho
so should not count
That 5:00am departure time was a blessing because you missed the fifty-leven million deer on the side of the interstate between AL and MS. Great run guys!
Years ago I worked at Three Dollar Cafe in McDonough, Ga. You could always count on David Black for a $100 tip when he came in for dinner with his wife. His Lambo is the only one I have ever sat in also. Great guy!
I know where one of Burt Reynold's previously owned houses is, only a couple hours away... maybe he should buy it! It had the canoe from deliverance hanging from the vaulted ceiling 😳 well atleast until his ex-wife became the owner and it disappeared 😄
What's a three dollar cafe
Three Dollar Cafe is a Sportsbar in McDonough Georgia. They have a few more locations in the greater Atlanta area.
"We were coming at it like two on-the-spectrum people going into a 13-hour video game." I don't think I could come up with a better description of it than that.
This is why I love Cannonball/Bandit Runs.
21.4mpg @ an average speed of 99mph is pretty impressive from that Porsche
I didn't notice that, that is crazy impressive
@@tmanepic i had to do a double take the first time i saw it 😂
They're built to run fast yet efficiently for German autobahn use lol. Modern 911's are nutty
As someone who lives in Shreveport and drives to Texarkana regularly, it was super unlucky that yall even saw a cop on 49. There's almost never any patrol in that area.
And they are exactly right on the idiots camping in the left lane! Every single morning on 220
No kidding, I actually live in an area between both Shreveport and Texarkana drove it damn near everyday for 3.5 years you hardly ever see any Caddo Parish through there if you do they’re just cruising or going home.
Porsche losing to a Camry *clicks instantly
I kept up in corners with a bmw in a suv
@@dancearoundtheworld5360 s
Right! Here I am thinking they came across a 2JZ Swapped Camry or something like that. lol.
@@dskribe9598 id love to see a 2j Camry
@@dskribe9598 but they have one it’s called the jx100 or cefiro lol
I remeber commuting to college one day and there was a porsche cruising fast, I was in a camry hybrid. Amazingly the car was limited to 120mph but with cruise control on the car got a steady 20 mpg.
Ambiguous "Gray" Duo ....🤣🤣🤣🤣 Nice SNL reference. Ace and Gary would be proud!
I was soooo confused when the intro starts with Dave, and then Doug pops on screen to start the story. Great story and congrats on an amazing run!
10:09 Thank You!
I drive on I-10 between Florida and MS multiple times a week. Evidently, people from Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi were never taught how to drive on the interstate.
The left lane is always full of cars….mainly from Texas and LA. And im not just talking about little old ladies either. In fact, it’s been said that a lifted truck from Texas has never been in a right lane before. 😭
People from Alabama are pretty good about it, and FL drivers are ok I guess. 😂
Burt Reynolds is my spirit animal… You stole that line from Sterling Archer, that’ll put you in the...Daaaannngggeerrr Zooooonnnneee
Ah yes, everyone watches the shows that you watch!
Sorta... archer wasn't first either
Wait...really? Did Archer say Burt Reynolds? I’ve seen some episodes years ago....so damn, that would be quite an embedded memory.
Miss the tiny dancer’s stories, glad to see him back.
I'm telling you... a V6 camry is the ultimate econobox highway run car...
Had the same thing happen with about a 98 Camry. I was driving a 2016 BMW 550i back to Chicago that I had just flew in to purchase from outside St Louis. On the return drive I would open her up for stretches to around 100mph depending on traffic. On one of these stretches this irritating Camry started started running with me. I would try to get rid of it but couldn’t. Of course I could out accelerate it but didn’t wanna risk getting a reckless driving ticket maintaining 120mph + for an extended period to do so. I would run up to 130mph+ and have to slow down for traffic or minimize my risk of a ticket and the Camry would be right back on my bumper. Like them, this went on for about an hour until I could finally get away for good.
@@jruerph
well my best time between Chicago and the border in Sarnia, CAN was in a Camry... V6 TRD is not joke for an econo box. top speed is 131-133 fwiw.
Those 3.5 V6s are fantastic. They're in the Lotus Evora and Exige V6
@@jruerph where I'm from (SE Europe) if you're driving faster, above the speed limit but say around 100mph on sunny day and neigh-empty highway people who were up to that moment regardless of car doing 70-80 will glue to your ass with the idea that if there's a cop only you get ticketed. If you move over they'll move over if you return to the left to continue they will continue tailgating. I hate this - had S-line Audis and 20-year old Nissans do this
Which is idiotic since in low traffic and good conditions you can cruise the highway at 100-110 without any risk or endangerment.
301hp plain Jane commuter. Nearly invisible in silver or gray.
Camry sounds like me in a hurry following the fastest guy going my way
Lol yup can’t afford to be the fastest guy anymore but I’ll gladly take second and no ticket😁😂 happened just the other day on 75 going into Cincinnati, a KY trooper stopped the black civic I was keeping pace with at 95 and I just slowed to 70 till he was out of sight.
Fastest vehicle I’ve ever encountered on US highways: Toyota Avalon with diplomat stickers and plates … Honorable mention: pink n yellow Calloway Corvette with balls to the wall overtaking on the right shoulder maneuvers.
I can’t explain how much I love these videos
I like the fact that Doug is describing driving over 100mph and then he complains that the other cars are racing him and that's dangerous. That's the pot calling the kettle black. But if I'm on the interstate and another person is speeding, I will absolutely pace them out because let them get the ticket. I'm not racing, I'm just taking advantage of the other person's stupidity.
Yeah, what a stupid and hare-brained take. The whole idea of cannonball is dangerous and reckless lmao.
Following someone who is driving 100mph doesnt make them the only driver being stupid 🤔
@@JK-g62 Sometimes there is too much car and not enough driver. Other times, there is too much driver and not enough car. Then there is that perfect blend of man and machine. That point you become a driver. Once you become a driver, you are in the zone. But I never said I was also driving their speed. I will pace them at 80 or 85, maybe even 90. But not 100 mph. Anyone who is a driver, a true driver, has gone over 100 and kept the needle buried in the trips. But I'm not doing it. Because even being a driver, means you must prepare for the inevitable too much car, not enough driver. And at triple digits, it comes too fast to do very much.
@@clifbradley Clif... ok, thanks for the followup. You are correct in that alot of drivers dont have the skillsets to react to situations that come up while driving 100+mph. Or their vehicle isnt modified to do those speeds safely. When u said you will pace those vehicles doing that speed...in my mind you were driving exactly as they were...and doing the same dangerous moves they were doing through traffic. When u clarified that you werent driving at the same speed as them i understood. However...you definitely have to watch your "6" as not all cops come from whats ahead.
Great story and congratulations.
Now for the important bit. Let's have a link to those binoculars.
There are a few things our presenters said that resonated with me.
First, the "I wanna go fast too" person, when you pass people and they fall in behind like its a highspeed oval nascar race. It ruins the mojo. It turns that ridiculous speeding ticket into a racing ticket, and they don't know how.. they just don't. I had an orange dodge mini-van with an R taped to the back door following me. I would wrap up to 130 or so and try to lose them, and sure enough, here they are again. I finally conceded for their own good and let him pass. His wife was in the passenger seat. It appeared they had been arguing.
Second, the "My car can do that too" person. Picture if you will, I'm quietly sneaking down the road in an overpriced BMW 7 wearing its sticky fat tires, feeling a bit happy about the moment. Only to have a hard right side pass by a Pontiac Grand Prix with one tiny funny tire, no license plate, and a front fender kinda flapping in the wind. It can wreck a mood to put it in possibly realistic terms. So again, I feel an obligation to slow down and squelch whatever competition they are having for their own good.
It like some folks have no idea how long you crash for when you're going 100 mph.
The best car I have ever owned for going much much too much faster was a white Lexus LS430. The car is virtually invisible. It is fast and, with the addition of Brembo brakes, fairly capable. Handling was not razor-sharp, so extra caution was required when passing. That rig was not going to sweep three lanes at triple digits without arguing which end was supposed to be in front.
These stories with multiple parts are the best
I had to do a double take when they showed BOLD American fare since it’s a restaurant I’ve cooked in many times and thoroughly enjoy!
Heh! I know I have had plenty of fun in my V6 Accord. I'm sure the V6 camry is about the same. Damn fast, somewhat nimble with the right tire/wheel combo, and totally f-ing invisible to police. Well, except for that one time I was clocked at 120. Thankfully I was already slowing down for my exit.
1972..In my freshman year of college, at our 8 am class I asked the hottest girl on campus for a weekend date to Savannah Beach as Spring Break was coming up. She said to me "if you can bring me some sand from the beach TODAY, I'll go to the beach w/ you". SO, I replied " I'll be back before the baseball game tonight". I lit out in my 1970 914 Porsche. Drove non stop to Tybee Island, Ga scooped up a 7-11 coffee cup full of Savannah Beach Sand, fueled up and headed back to Gainesville Jr. college. I was back1 hour before the game with Savannah Beach Sand in hand!". She kept her word. We went to the beach for spring break. I should have went BY MY SELF ! Could have saved myself that first trip LOL!! A prominent Area DR's daughter~~ what a waste! Anyway, to you rally guys, I have a 1999 996 OCT' "98 built Gen 1 well sorted w/ LN IMS etal, ready for a road rally. Looking to do the "Damn the Torpedoes Run in Georgia" from Athens, Ga to St. Mary's, Ga. Ed, Jared, Tavarish, any takers?
Burt Reynolds is my spirit animal
And Hal Needham is mine
There’s one of those hill crests if you go south into Boston on I-93. It’s beautiful. You take a turn and creat a hill at the same time and it’s just the whole sky line of Boston and if you do it at the right time you can even line the sunrise up with it
I love these types of run stories
You don't have to go the speed limit, you just don't want to be the fastest one on the road.
Fred is an awesome dude ! He’s friends with a buddy of mine up here in Maine, I helped him dig a firebird out of the woods a few years back
“Great. Keep the change, bye!” - Made me giggle.
"The Ambiguously Gray Duo" that killed me.
Scotty Kilmer has entered the chat....
😂🤣😂👍
Yeah but can you fit a additional fuel cell in a Toyota Celica???
Oh I bet Doug looked good in a wedding dress! Lol
Awesome story, I enjoyed this one. Loved smokey and the bandit as a kid, grew up watching it. 👍
The Ambiguously Grey Duo. LOL!
I live all of 10 minutes from where the picture of his trans am was taken in front of bold American fare. Places is HEAT
I don’t know what they’re so surprised about. Here in Germany you get passed by everything. I have chased an Audi RS5 in a Kia picanto once. Tops out at190 kmh downhill if you wonder.
Lol that little cherry pops
Now living in the Atlanta area. I'm going to break this record. This summer
Be safe and have fun man🙏🏽
Godspeed my freind. Be safe and I hope everything goes well. 🙌
Had the same thing happen with about a 98 Camry. I was driving a 2016 BMW 550i back to Chicago that I had just flew in to purchased from outside St Louis. On the return drive I would open her up for stretches to around 100mph depending on traffic. On one of these stretches this irritating Camry started started running with me. I would try to get rid of it but couldn’t. Of course I could out accelerate it but didn’t wanna risk getting a reckless driving ticket maintaining 120mph + for an extended period to do so. I would run up to 130mph+ and have to slow down for traffic or minimize my risk of a ticket and the Camry would be right back on my bumper. Like them, this went on for about an hour until I could finally get away for good. 😏
I live by Restore A Muscle Car in Lincoln where they specialize in trans am’s. I’ve seen their “bandit run” get together and everyone at the facility.
One of my favorite stories yet!
That sounded like a fantastic time, congrats guys.
What was your favorite Burt Reynolds movie?
Smokey and the Bandit
Striptease
Driven
Hooper
Star Wars, he is actually the Voice of Jabba the Hutt
My grandpa ran moonshine in Casey County Kentucky up until 93, was in with the sheriff's and everything
“Yeah, you have no idea what I had to do.” 😂
My dad went to Tech. He swears the first solid food I put in my mouth was a Varsity hotdog. Every time I get back to Atlanta, first stop. Oh,my dad use to own a 58, 300 SLR back in the 70s. Huge car fan.
13:00 that is my favorite sight every time I come from my farm in Alabama back to my house in atl
That pic of the 911’s is 🔥
What, no comment about my wife's sweet Pacifica minivan in the background?! 🤣
1:09 Ah, speedrunning. As these runs get more and more insane, it’s really the only thing you can compare it to.
Haha I was said team who bought all the beer at 7am when the gas stationed opened!
Well, we left some for Taylor, which does have some redeeming value.
Loved ‘two fastest co-drivers ‘
Yeah, the new sport cameras are no slouches. Also hilariously, the new RAV4 Prime is Toyota's second fastest vehicle in their Fleet right now.
arguably one of their lamest models, STILL.
I once drove from Huston to Dallas. In 2 hours 40 mins. In Honda Prelude from an Auction. I got behind some lady in a Cadillac. She was clipping along at 110 mph the whole way. We only stopped for gas once...I swear she was the Governors wife. Not one single cop showed up till almost to I-20.... That Honda coolant gauge was just under the overheat line...
Was crossing the country in the deep night, with a radar detector. In the mid 1990's. Only about 85, on an empty, empty interstate. (PA?) Some guy kinda detected what I was doing and tucked in behind me. Close. His headlights were super annoying. I flicked lights on/off, and gestured in my rearview. No change. Upped it to 95, upped it to 100. He/she stuck right on my bumper. Lasted about 70 miles, until they left. Flashed their lights at me! Thought I was his/her buddy? Very frustrating.
Handled projects at an aerospace place. The 6'6" big boss "Steve." Combat -vet Marine SF. His 6'2" right hand man? "Steve." Combat-vet Blackhawk pilot. So I had to call them "Big & Little Ennis." Thank God we had a good relationship and they have excellent sense of humor.
Relevance? I want to think that "Tiny Dancer" Tabbutt (Thank Rabbit for that) dressed as an "Ennis." One of the 1st things I demonstrated to my daughters with a GT350 is how people will try to race you or goad you into doing stupid S...took maybe a 5 minute drive
Despite the 100mpg avg speed, their avg fuel consumption was 21.4mpg. That is remarkable, that TT flat 6 is wonderfully efficient.
I have a Audi A7 3.0tdi 320 hp, and it has pretty much the exact same fuel consumption at the same average speed!
If it wasn't for the need for a back seat and trunk space I would definitely prefer to drive a 911...
Amazing!
9:25 did you waste time to wipe?
Are those the number plates from the missing McLaren F1 P440 CPJ in the background?
Why Coors? Coors used to be unpasteurized, you had to keep it cold or it would spoil. It was also GREAT beer. Back then (70's) if you took a trip out west (close to Golden Coloroado) you would bring back a couple cases of Coors. THATS....why Coors. My dad told me story about seeing a couple of Cobra chopper pilots unloading a load of Coors at an airport in St. Louis. They had the underbelly of that helo packed with Coors!
My roommate is the Camry driver! It was a golden Camry!
Really? Hahaha
Perhaps the "Mexican Sting" will make another appearance soon...? I'd be taking that sombrero and racing suit on all of my cross country exploits.
I almost clicked off the video after the first 15 seconds because I started to think about how that would fell and I felt sick
Dammit, another thing to add to my bucket list.
You know that they had to have been stressed and stayed when you hear the guy say the mustang had a horrible color on it
10:45 "especially Mustangs"
Big Camry Energy, taking a lesson from the Altima crowd.
Ysob how many people paused it between 2:21 and 2:22 just to notice that if you do not have a video editing software you have no chance of catching what his other option was going to be
go to settings and change the playback speed to .25
I even scrolled through messages to make sure someone had caught it. You are a man of class, sir.
I saw a Bandit Porsche (screaming chicken on hood) and another white Porsche with trailer where interstate E-80 merges into I-20 outside Dallas last week
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Maybe not you guys but hi
I was the Ram Rebel that flew by if it was y’all
A beige Camry at that!!!
that gas station worker probably was baffled
I wish I could do something like that. I'm a 300+ mile per day driver here in east Tn, I am disabled and can't work good paying jobs so unless something really good happens i'll never get the chance.... hell is being a driving enthusiast stuck driving cars barley safe to drive... If it wasn't for my back pain maybe i'd have a chance, sorry to bring everyone down, it just sucks being me.
That Camry had Altima Energy.
Waiting for the drive to "The DeLeon" lol 👦🏻👍🏻🏁🏎
New Mexico Loves Doug!
Santa Fe Racers Be Like....
SEE THAT, IM DOUG!!!!
In ALL of his extra-medium goodness ❗🤣
"Ambiguously grey duo" made me laugh
Great one thanks!
Love seeing Doug on these videos
8:50 this must've been so confusing for her lol
10:45 'scared my dog laughing out loud. ALWAYS Mustangs for some reason. I don't even "cannonball" on my cross country commutes to tracks (with a trunk full of spares, tools, and cloths in an already "slow" NSX), but it's shocking the number of times some generation of 'stang will pull up next to my speed-limit-driving self and rev or goose it and gesture. Half the time I've got a sandwich in my face, or my wife's drinking coffee, or she's driving and I'm asleep...doesn't matter. For the record, I learned to drive manual on a 5.0 Foxbody. I still do not understand this phenomenon.
Literally this week my friends engine went out on his v6 mustang. He was driving to the city in the middle of the night trying to find a tool and someone tried racing him. Now here he is in this v6 five speed mustang with rod knock trying to keep up with this guy and he starts overheating. That was the end of that motor.
Very cool!!
Set up a Yeungling run for people in the Midwest.
Well depending on starting and finishing point we have Yuengling beer here in Kentucky....
Love the madtv reference 👌
Buying all the beer is a duche move
I would absolutely love to do the Bandit run with a copy of Gator's LTD😂
I used to drive from the west side of Houston to Gainsville quite often....and I had one time where this 'burley' looking late 40's - early 50's guy was driving a Fiat 500 in a girly light yellow color like his life depended on it.....I was driving a modded turbo something or other that made plenty of power and i would ZOOM off and leave the Fiat in the dust only to have him catch me when I got stuck in traffic...this guy must have had that thing on the floor the whole time.....rinse/repeat and this guy was like a damned bulldog....so...coming into Biloxi MS, I had goaded this guy into going faster and faster.....and there was an overpass coming and the RX65 gave a couple Ka beeps and stopped....so going up onto the overpass--which was a blind crest, I had him in the right lane going about 105 and right before we got to the point of no return, I dynamited the middle pedal and slid back over into the right lane.....Mr. Fiat flies over the crest and my RX65 goes 'BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP'.......
Yeah....Mr. Fiat got popped for 100+..... this had been going on for almost 200 miles and I had to stop for gas at that next exit....I watched the Fiat get towed and Mr. Fiat get cuffed up and hauled away after quite the triad with Mr. p0-p0...
OOPSIE!!
I hate to admit it, but I’m the guy in the Camry, (prius in my case sadly) but I’m not on my phone, very attentive, keep up but have some distance. If someone’s going faster I join in the line. Even if it’s a struggle to maintain 110-115mph. 😂
What analogy was he making about Gumball/Cannonball? The movie "The Gumball Rally" predates "The Cannonball Run" by 5 years... and is wayyyy better.
He called the Varsity a restaurant. That’s a stretch.
Thanks for another entertaining story
When the video says 1 minute ago
Which binoculars are those?
Would've bought 4 cases of Lone Star with that 6 pack of Colorado piss lite.
.. ... but what do I know ? I'm a Texan that enjoys our own state's piss lite.
Now I want to try this
Everything old is new again! Back in '77ish, couldn't get Coors in Oregon (not pasteurized) so, yea our beer runs were interstate...kinda, sorta. And now the county I live in passes an ordinance banning the sale of "flavored tabaco" so it's back to smugglers blues. Drive to the next county just to get my Kools.