We Tried DIY Fuel Saving Mods

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  • Опубликовано: 15 сен 2022
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    Can you improve your miles per gallon with just £50 to spend on mods? Fuel is EXPENSIVE at the moment. So, we tried to turn 3 cheap cars into greenified ecoboxes to save some money.
    So let’s see what we did to the cars
    Here’s the challenge. £10 of fuel in the UK gets you roughly 6 litres of fuel. We need to get to a pub that I’ve chosen in Bell End which is 47 miles away. That means we’d need to AVERAGE over 35mpg. That’s an easy job for your Nan’s Yaris, but not an easy job for these three idiots in these three cars.
    So, the challenge was set. But, before we’d even left the car park, Callum’s TT was already causing him problems.
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  • @OVERDRIVE.studios
    @OVERDRIVE.studios  Год назад +63

    🟡 Thanks to CarVertical for sponsoring this video! Check your car with 10% discount bit.ly/3UgiFrL

    • @thatlolguy6799
      @thatlolguy6799 Год назад +1

      FIRST

    • @trevoncowen9198
      @trevoncowen9198 Год назад +3

      3 bri ish guys oi must be like top gear innit

    • @curtisducati
      @curtisducati Год назад

      Fuel going down fast in an SLK320 is very normal ! Bloody awful engine on petrol , my 230 will do double lol

    • @Eduardo_Espinoza
      @Eduardo_Espinoza 6 месяцев назад

      What can't duct tape fix! :D

  • @dmk4fcu
    @dmk4fcu Год назад +2860

    Finally someone has managed to give top gear vibes to a show by just being themselves. This channel is a gem!

    • @Wings_of_foam
      @Wings_of_foam Год назад +26

      Lol, not at all, simpleton.

    • @jkliao6486
      @jkliao6486 Год назад +91

      Sometimes, quality content is just doing sth normal people can't do because of money. And many of the old top gear challenges fall into this category.

    • @536lion5
      @536lion5 Год назад +8

      I literally was about to say that but then i saw this comment 😂

    • @stephankyle6460
      @stephankyle6460 Год назад +34

      Finally someone compared a car show to top gear. Refreshing.

    • @licensetodrive9930
      @licensetodrive9930 Год назад +13

      Agreed, I'm really enjoying their friendship-rivalry moments in their videos.

  • @wharris123184
    @wharris123184 Год назад +1032

    Scott revving the SLK 230 Longtail ECO MPG was hilarious 😂

    • @Seb-Storm
      @Seb-Storm Год назад +17

      To be fair we would have done that too. I mean rev the engine of the competition

    • @Bake..
      @Bake.. Год назад +13

      I’m very fond of the SLK 230 Longtail ECO MPG

    • @DIYAmateurHour
      @DIYAmateurHour Год назад

      I wonder how much mileage that cost him

    • @TheForkzman
      @TheForkzman Год назад +3

      @@DIYAmateurHour 2 diddidleys

  • @adamplace1414
    @adamplace1414 Год назад +561

    This isn't just funny in the usual internet, quick joke sense; this actually made me laugh aloud repeatedly. I'm so glad I found this channel, this is great stuff.

    • @08KoolBoy
      @08KoolBoy Год назад +6

      Even their more 'serious' vids are still hilarious and these guys are definitely gonna overtake (no pun intended lol) Donut Media in the foreseeable future

    • @ludlowstech8470
      @ludlowstech8470 Год назад +1

      Check out a channel called Think Flight. You will see a video with remarkable similarity

  • @heshamalfahad3533
    @heshamalfahad3533 Год назад +909

    This channel is turning into the proper spiritual successor of Top Gear. I like that.

    • @noneyabizz8337
      @noneyabizz8337 Год назад +40

      I wish people would stop saying everything is top gear.

    • @Hawk7886
      @Hawk7886 Год назад +38

      @@noneyabizz8337 I get it, but it made such an impression for so many years it's only natural people keep plugging the comparison.

    • @zokusharuuku1091
      @zokusharuuku1091 Год назад +9

      More of a cheap rip off of top gear.. they’re not only acting like the top gear guys but are clearly doing the same challenge.

    • @dzello
      @dzello Год назад +2

      It's not even close. Have you seen Throttle House?

    • @user-hw4st7br9a
      @user-hw4st7br9a Год назад +1

      @@noneyabizz8337 ok. Grand tour then

  • @DanielJamesEgan
    @DanielJamesEgan Год назад +116

    I like how the TT was all covered in tape but nothing was done about the spoiler in the back, whose job is to literally grab wind and force the car down.

    • @Sugurain
      @Sugurain Год назад +33

      I recall Audi adding the spoiler because the TT had so little traction on the rear axis it was actually dangerous and unpredictable to drive.

    • @HostileLemons
      @HostileLemons Год назад +5

      @@Sugurain the shape of the boot caused lift at high speed.

    • @m0rb1d43
      @m0rb1d43 Год назад +3

      The spoiler on the TT doesn't just reduce lift, it also reduces drag.

    • @shaft9000
      @shaft9000 Год назад +2

      Whoa, you're conflating two different purposes here:
      Spoiler = to reduce turbulence, and so reduce drag
      (inverted) Wing = to create downforce directly above the contact patch of the tire, achieved by _ increasing drag_
      or iow,
      think about what a bird's wing flapping does - it contacts more and more turbulent air to generate lift.
      Now flip it, invert it = downforce.

    • @kaikart123
      @kaikart123 4 месяца назад

      the spoiler is there to reduce aerodynamic drag...

  • @bindefuni5407
    @bindefuni5407 Год назад +182

    I love that Callum doesn't lose patience and just open the door, but stays committed and keeps climbing in and out through the window 😆

  • @mat8448
    @mat8448 Год назад +23

    Yes, covering the air intake seems very smart. No reason a radiator might need fresh air to keep the engine cool or anything

    • @collinkaufman2316
      @collinkaufman2316 2 месяца назад +1

      Making an efficiënt airduct for them and changing intake is too much work

  • @Pedun42
    @Pedun42 Год назад +85

    I'm itching for more MOAR FAST. Hopefully it comes soon!

  • @SirChickenMcNuggetTheThird
    @SirChickenMcNuggetTheThird Год назад +64

    Yess!!!
    Love that trio comparing the same cars over and over in new challenges!
    Please do more stuff like this :D

  • @GarageSupra
    @GarageSupra Год назад +7

    "What's that"?
    "It's for MPG"
    ".. Fair enough"
    😂😂😂

  • @zakellicott127
    @zakellicott127 9 месяцев назад +2

    scotts "I would prefer to be in sports direct even though I'm not a chav" had me dying🤣🤣🤣

  • @xyroah
    @xyroah Год назад +64

    If top gear really wanted to bring even a fraction of the success they had before, these are the guys they should bring in rather than 3 strangers who are forced to play pranks and be funny. Probably the only guys that give of the same vibe that doesn't look forced

  • @ChristianBehnke
    @ChristianBehnke Год назад +9

    The Nokia on the dash of the Jag is pure gold.

  • @Metroshica
    @Metroshica Год назад +62

    This is legit good. I get heavy Top Gear vibes but not in a bad, copycat way. I legitimately was laughing out loud during this. Y'all feel very natural together, which is why Top Gear did so well. Keep it up! Just always be yourselves, don't try to emulate them.

    • @skylined5534
      @skylined5534 Год назад +4

      "TG vibes fnerrr-berrr blerrrr"

    • @a_single_white_female
      @a_single_white_female Год назад +2

      Why is literally every top comment identical. Who upvotes this swill?

  • @fraserthomson6934
    @fraserthomson6934 Год назад +23

    Actually hope this channel blows up to ensure these videos keep getting produced. Sooooo good 😂

  • @cyrilio
    @cyrilio Год назад +93

    There definitely needs to be a scoreboard of sorts at the end of every challenge to update us on who’s in the lead.

  • @seanbyrne5313
    @seanbyrne5313 Год назад +14

    The first team I've seen really get the Top Gear vibe right for a video.

  • @robertlewthwaite4877
    @robertlewthwaite4877 Год назад +4

    Got to hand it to that jag. It did well to get 34mpg considering its a V8 luxury car with an auto gearbox and was unmodified. It proves that it Doesn't matter what car you have it's how you drive it.

  • @jethro07
    @jethro07 Год назад +19

    How is that AUDI TT gonna breath 🧐

    • @trixie9867
      @trixie9867 Год назад

      yeah

    • @jrhpng
      @jrhpng Год назад

      Shows that these guys are journalists first and car enthusiasts second (well, maybe 10th)...

    • @_mickmccarthy
      @_mickmccarthy Год назад

      @@jrhpng I mean Callum has a degree in mechanical engineering right? He should not have been surprised with the outcome there

  • @carlharrison1461
    @carlharrison1461 Год назад +6

    Hearing Scott list all the places he’d prefer to be in my hometown was a particular highlight

  • @xeode
    @xeode Год назад +21

    that tape was put on so roughly that there's no way it's smoother for the airflow lol. the tiny length of tape on the door shut line that callum is saving by being given birth to by his TT each time they need to get in or out is so tiny and so shoddily applied that you've got to wonder what they're trying to save :D

  • @RyouTheMad
    @RyouTheMad Год назад +104

    closest we've got to the good top gear

    • @hansghunter
      @hansghunter Год назад +4

      Remember it's a budget top gear

    • @FiatUno2003
      @FiatUno2003 Год назад +3

      @@hansghunter and still manages to be better than the new top gear

  • @UndermobzRec
    @UndermobzRec Год назад +5

    The TT reminds me of a golf 4 I had, the doorhandle didn't door...handle, so I had to get in from the passenger side or the window. Excellent!

  • @narvalo2885
    @narvalo2885 Год назад

    It's feels good, because it's honest. Honest friendship and reactions.
    Just 3 guys having fun

  • @nhad11
    @nhad11 Год назад +7

    such a top gear challenge and I'm for it lol. love u guys and hope u can keep it going!

  • @SpaceMissile
    @SpaceMissile Год назад +2

    i _love_ these little challenges. not so much MPG, but all these _very familiar_ style of automobile challenge vids. 10/10, i always eagerly await new vids.

  • @Danger_Dingus
    @Danger_Dingus Год назад +2

    I'm loving these Top Gear/Grand Tour videos. Keep em coming fellas

  • @jamescresswell1532
    @jamescresswell1532 Год назад +7

    Really enjoyed this video! I’d not be surprised if the only thing improving your fuel mileage was actually how you were driving, though. I managed to gain about 11mpg (compared to the claimed figures) over a 250 mile trip in my WRX by doing the whole thing around 60mph steadily on motorways. The trade-off was very much the extra time spent 😒

  • @brandonterry4638
    @brandonterry4638 Год назад +4

    Very OG Top Gear vibes,genuinely something I hope you keep doing gents,cheers!

  • @ericp20z4
    @ericp20z4 Год назад +17

    As you see in the comments, you guys are doing some really nice work... This channel is getting better and better (funny videos, where u can learn sth, serious videos, where u can learn sth, the challenge with the subie and the Lambo is pretty nice too, and every video is spiced up with some pretty funny jokes... Even those serious videos are really entertaining) ... And yeah, I even would say, you're better than Top Gear... Great job ✌️
    Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪

  • @DamienSLR
    @DamienSLR Год назад +4

    I love the fact that the jag is dead silent compared to the other two, when filming the driver.

  • @ValenGR86
    @ValenGR86 Год назад +15

    Now remember, add race fuel to get better mpg 😂

  • @priyanshuanubis
    @priyanshuanubis Год назад +7

    Why was it deleted earlier?

  • @MTGDan101
    @MTGDan101 Год назад +33

    I love this! This is how Top Gear should be!

  • @AustinPerdue
    @AustinPerdue Год назад +8

    Aerocivic owner checking in. Love the rigorosity of the tests. You guys are good for some laughs.

    • @AustinPerdue
      @AustinPerdue Год назад +2

      On a more serious note, 33mpg with the larger UK gallons is atrocious.

  • @randhirparbhunath8843
    @randhirparbhunath8843 Год назад +1

    Great video... And finding a town called Bell-End.. brilliant!🤣🤣🤣

  • @seandiffer8271
    @seandiffer8271 Год назад

    Best trio I've seen since Jezza, Hammond and May, hands down, good laugh, good content, great work lads, idk how you can make saving fuel funny but yous done it 😄

  • @Conservator.
    @Conservator. Год назад +8

    6:30 appalling road surface at that parking space.

  • @maxencamenzuli3898
    @maxencamenzuli3898 Год назад +10

    This is the closest thing I've seen to Top Gear in a while. Great video

  • @Daivd1111
    @Daivd1111 Год назад +1

    I was thinking 'how can that car cool itself' at 0:30 and was validated at 5:54, LOL

  • @djcoronel
    @djcoronel Год назад +20

    i just discovered this channel and it's like a mix of car throttle and donut media.

    • @joe_3105
      @joe_3105 Год назад +3

      not even like donut media, but more like the old top gear and car throttle

  • @gamersmudngrubshow6119
    @gamersmudngrubshow6119 Год назад +1

    Great stuff! Banter is always good! Do a long special! That would be epic!

  • @pablojones5613
    @pablojones5613 Год назад +1

    Great video! I'm glad the irony of driving to a place called bellend was not rubbed in too much. 🤣

  • @easygoingdude9990
    @easygoingdude9990 Год назад +2

    Callum clambering in and out of the TT had me in splits 😂😂

  • @MiyuruWeerarathna
    @MiyuruWeerarathna Год назад +1

    Reminds me of the old top gear. And that’s a very very good thing ! Thanks foe the content guys.

  • @Olivyay
    @Olivyay Год назад +1

    This was fun to watch, reminded me a bit of classic Top Gear

  • @MrDees6
    @MrDees6 9 месяцев назад

    The "longtail" on the SLK actually makes sense. The flat rear end is called a Kammback design and is used on various cars for fuel economy, the Prius being a prime example.

  • @ivan_domangaming9359
    @ivan_domangaming9359 Год назад +1

    this episode reminds me of the American top gear with Tanner Foust Routledge Wood and Adam Ferrara, i love that top gear version

  •  Год назад

    Covering the air & radiator inlet won't do much as it is a stagnation area (perpendicular to the flow), but wheels and flat bottom do.
    Cutting a ~rectangular hole above the fr. wheel and behind rear wheel would be also a nice gain.

  • @emersonkabati9470
    @emersonkabati9470 Год назад +1

    This channel is filling the hole top gear ending left in my heart

  • @guss25100
    @guss25100 11 месяцев назад +2

    The top gear spirit isn’t determined by a highly produced show about cars with 3 people attempting to make jokes. It’s essentially three mates who like cars and eachother, that’s what makes it funny and enjoyable. This is really good

  • @MrLolx2u
    @MrLolx2u Год назад +1

    If you think about it, Top Gear did a wonderful clip about it.
    Remember the M3 vs the Prius one-liter challenge? The M3 won despite having like... What? A 4L 444hp V8 against a dinky 1.6L hybrid.
    Sometimes, it's not the bigger engine that kills your fuel but how you drive and how big the tank is in the car.

  • @MarcusJII
    @MarcusJII Год назад +18

    Genuinely thought I clicked on a donut video lol

  • @15DEAN1995
    @15DEAN1995 Год назад +4

    The v8 jaguar doing 34mpg is by far the most impressive

  • @adamvanderploeg8270
    @adamvanderploeg8270 Год назад +1

    The nan used in that stock photo was my nan! She drove her Toyota conquest from Cape town to London in it! Her book about it is called my African conquest, worth a read

  • @thecompanioncube4211
    @thecompanioncube4211 Год назад +8

    We all know Scott gained so many MPG is because he must've drove quite spiritedly in the previous drive

    • @fvalve
      @fvalve Год назад

      he's playing the long game

  • @Mr.Investor89
    @Mr.Investor89 Год назад

    You guys are awesome, best budget top gear out there

  • @jagger2001
    @jagger2001 Год назад +3

    just imagine how much further they could've gone without all that camera equipment strapped to the outside of their cars lol. good stuff

  • @DrZbo
    @DrZbo Год назад +5

    I can’t wait to use Car Vertical to make sure my new car hasn’t had the key twisted to bits!

  • @abnfalcon3901
    @abnfalcon3901 Год назад +6

    These 3 are saving lives by bringing back the old classic
    Top Gear Show Vibes

    • @skylined5534
      @skylined5534 Год назад

      *Her-derrr-derp-de-Topgear-derpity-derp*

  • @TheAlison1456
    @TheAlison1456 10 месяцев назад

    there's no way "bell-end" is an actual place in the UK...
    15:28 love that early cellphone there. Beautiful.

  • @robertpaulson4960
    @robertpaulson4960 Год назад +1

    I'm from America and I absolutely love these 3 guys, I'm running out of videos lol. Btw thanks for the imperial translations boys. I only practically understand Meters, gotta get on top of kgs

  • @Oivaras
    @Oivaras Год назад +5

    1:38 Looks like Scott doesn't know how the octane rating works. It does not provide more power to these old cars, it isn't more energy-dense. It simply prevents detonation in high-compression engines, as found in new performance cars.

  • @modelnutty6503
    @modelnutty6503 Год назад

    12 gallon tank of cheap unleaded, with a cheap bottle fuel injection cleaner and a cheap bottle of octane booster (both under 1.50 each). without range displayed 330 miles (27.5 mpg), with 2 bottles of goop range shows 420 miles (35 mpg) driving light on the pedal. 90 extra miles for under 3 bucks works for me!

  • @andyfisher6025
    @andyfisher6025 9 месяцев назад

    Still make a boring drive into a hilarious joy ride tho cracking vid guys

  • @DoDoENT
    @DoDoENT Год назад +5

    A great simulation of the "electric car experience". Hilarious! Great job, guys!

  • @jaccoruisch1863
    @jaccoruisch1863 Год назад +1

    This is the top gear we needed
    Scott is like Jeremy Clarkson
    Will is like Richard Hammond
    Callum is like James May

  • @williamhayashi2190
    @williamhayashi2190 Год назад

    I think I have seen that episode
    But it was tg
    Love the content
    Keep it up

  • @timpea777
    @timpea777 Год назад +1

    Haven’t watched to the end yet, but I’m expecting to see a very warm TT.

  • @TheGermanEngineer
    @TheGermanEngineer Год назад

    Very good summary. I like it.

  • @omjones7761
    @omjones7761 Год назад +1

    “A pub I have chosen in bell-end”
    Bravo. Bravo.

  • @mrdgamesrl
    @mrdgamesrl Год назад +12

    why deleted then re-upload

    • @bagasanantawijaya
      @bagasanantawijaya Год назад +1

      probably copyright

    • @nesbittracing1081
      @nesbittracing1081 Год назад

      Either it was flagged or had an editing blooper

    • @mrdgamesrl
      @mrdgamesrl Год назад

      @@bagasanantawijaya no that doesn't make sense

    • @casperkankarjarvi
      @casperkankarjarvi Год назад +2

      Pretty sure they had some problems with HD not working or something like that. Callum was tweeting that the HD version hadn't uploaded if I understood correctly

    • @Ash14760
      @Ash14760 Год назад

      To assert dominance

  • @tanvirhussain6106
    @tanvirhussain6106 Год назад +2

    Love how Will is obsessed with his insurance companies 😂

  • @williamlefort2720
    @williamlefort2720 Год назад

    Insane how good this is for a channel of this size.

  • @joerith00
    @joerith00 Год назад +4

    How can you say Scott won without knowing how far the other cars could have gone?

  • @Gisae
    @Gisae Год назад

    This feels more like the old topgear than the cartrek episodes. Well done!

  • @TonicofSonic
    @TonicofSonic Год назад +2

    I would love to see a follow up video where you drive cars who have been modified for fuel efficiency and test the owners claims.

  • @mxjfilms7118
    @mxjfilms7118 Год назад

    Even the ads are fun to watch 7:19 LiKe CaLlUm‘S TT😂

  • @dat_bouy
    @dat_bouy Год назад +4

    British donut media? The thumbnails are eerily similar

  • @cubisticskyy8768
    @cubisticskyy8768 Год назад

    you guys drove about half of my school bus route around stratford. I was just watching thinking ooo they're going to go past currys in a minute lol

  • @mr2spyderchronicles287
    @mr2spyderchronicles287 Год назад

    The vortex generators dont produce less drag but more. They are used on wings to create turbulent flow which resist flow separation more than laminar flow but they do cause more drag

  • @Iskalawagz24
    @Iskalawagz24 Год назад +4

    Original Top Gear in the making

  • @makeshifthouse
    @makeshifthouse Год назад

    this channel needs to be massively promoted

  • @BillyRamirez
    @BillyRamirez Год назад

    Ah, I love this crew!

  • @georgypadalko2937
    @georgypadalko2937 Год назад

    It’s the 3rd (or 4th) I’m watching this episode. It’s so so so good

  • @geuros
    @geuros Год назад +3

    Straight from Top Gear textbook and I absolutely love it! Whoever thinks it's bad or anything of that sort, think about abandoning comedy as a genre just because it's already been done before.

  • @nickyd9361
    @nickyd9361 Год назад

    I love this channel, enough said.

  • @pattyg1902
    @pattyg1902 7 месяцев назад

    7:05 no idea about you guys but usually when my car is vertical I'm not having a good day prefer my car horizontal great sponsor segment though😂😂😂😂

    • @pattyg1902
      @pattyg1902 7 месяцев назад

      I will say as well got you help me a lot through my iRacing career with your RUclips videos and all of the other videos are amazing as well I love watching you guys

  • @theunexpectedjaz9100
    @theunexpectedjaz9100 Год назад +1

    Getting a prius speedtail must be the answer to the gas crisis

  • @waeveientertainment
    @waeveientertainment Год назад

    subscribed keep it up lads

  • @mehmettanhantoygar827
    @mehmettanhantoygar827 Год назад

    Having massive top gear vibes love it

  • @bryanespino6882
    @bryanespino6882 Год назад

    When I first saw the TT my first thought was...."this man just made a driving bomb"

  • @aaronthomas2302
    @aaronthomas2302 Год назад

    "I'd prefer to be in Sports Direct, and I'm not a chav" 🤣🤣

  • @Pessimisti_c
    @Pessimisti_c Год назад

    the best endurance race in history

  • @randomthingch1970
    @randomthingch1970 10 месяцев назад +1

    f'ing love this kinda style
    keep it up man
    just buy the cheapest car and do hell with it

  • @tim.iteland.9447
    @tim.iteland.9447 Год назад +1

    Try using 4 space saver wheels . Or you could just buy a 2004 Renault Laguna estate 1.9dci , that's does 70mpg at 80mph just by rotating the egr 180 degrees and re-inserting and leaving it connected it still does not work . One of the best MPG cars in history considering its a large family car .

  • @oscarism69
    @oscarism69 Год назад

    5:09 amg gt casually rolls by

  • @_andytang_
    @_andytang_ Год назад

    The thumbnail made it look like it was just an experiment with the SLK, rather than a continuation of the budget cars. I'm glad I watched it as it was genuinely entertaining, unlike the forced out of other mitoring trios (current and past)!

  • @tristan_andrade
    @tristan_andrade Год назад

    Audi with tap “You save fuel and your engine over heats “😂😂😂