How fast can you drive in REVERSE ? (Faster than you think)
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- Опубликовано: 12 янв 2017
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Everybody knows the fastest car that can go in reverse is the rental car..!
hehe !
I know you're right, but Wise man, you are. In my old days, my friends and I also discovered that you can go really fast in reverse and then slam it into drive for a wicked burnout.......in a rental car that is.
I know you're right, but yes rental cars are the fastest cars in the world overall!!
rinos88 my buddy had a 77 impala station wagon, and when the roads have that tar oozing up that's the best. Drop it in reverse at 45 miles an hour and nail the gas, you have one spinning tire that is slowing the vehicle down LOL
MrTheHillfolk I was at the drag strip 2 years ago and noticed a kid in line to race with a new Taurus. I asked him if he had done anything to it and his response was 'No. It's a rental. I picked it up today. I told them I was visiting my mom. They have no clue what I'm doing with it.'
I did this this morning when McDonald's forgot to give me my large sprite at the drive thru
dopex2xdeath really
lol
***** dead serious lol
dopex2xdeath I tried that too a few days ago and the Honda Civic that was behind me got mad because I smashed their hood
Sports Division lmao...should probably look behind you next time
I like the direction this channel is headed.
Johntyson backwards?
I see what you did there.. ;)
Haha 😂😂
Johntyson me too mate
Yeah his channel rlly did go backwards not forwards 🤣🤣🤣
When I lived in Brazil there was a fellow who drove a Toyota pickup around a small town in reverse because it was manual and all the other gears were shot.
Joshua bridgman it is really common here where I live in Brazil
Must be a great thing to see
@@King_Renato1 hahahaha. Todo dia saio na rua e vejo as tia dirigindo de ré....
In an automatic transmission, the reverse gear is simply the first gear but, well, reversed. So essentially the car would go as fast backwards as it could go forwards in first gear.
It is always like that, even with the manual. Reverse is always the same as the first gear.
Exactly, no crazy backwards driving required.
acoundou Why did you specify "in a automatic transmission"?
Justice In the 3 Manual vehicles I've driven and looked into, the reverse gear is a higher gear ratio than the normal 1st gear. Therefore, there is a difference that would require him to specify "in an auto". That's assuming all autos are the same, I doubt it but I do not know.
no it isn't, it is a separate gear and is often different than 1st.
For those of you who might be wondering.. Yes I had the pedal to the floor incase you didn't hear the sound of the rev limiter.. ;)
AutoVlog How did your reverse feel after?
AutoVlog I remember a few years back I read an article about a vehicle and it said something like 6 gears forward and 2 barckaward. I don't remember well but alas it was in Spanish so how true that would be and how fast that car could go ?
AutoVlog do a 0-60 with 5 people in the car with the windows down and the ac on full blast( and on economy mode), then strip the car and do another 0-60.
I love autovlog
AutoVlog
This is why I don't buy used cars.....
Bo Han - I still buy used cars depending on where I buy them. Just bought my 92 pathfinder and 90 gmc van used with no regrets. In my experience, it is still cheaper than a car payment.
This is why I do this type of stuff in RENTAL CARS!
LOL
Donnie Freeman - You must be proud.
Oh yea for sure that shit will destroy a car i bet it was off to the scrapper after this video
lol you think of the randomest questions for cars
you should rename your channel the fast & the curious
Good one :D
SGS XIV "randomest" is not a word ...try " most random " 😒
Edwin Oda 😒
D.O.A. thank you. i appreciate people like you, who are not a total buzzkill
So in theory would a CVT be as fast in reverse as it is forwards?
Yes. In some Honda Hybrids with CVT, you can get OVERDRIVE, in _reverse!_
Jeff Jones Nope, says in the owners manual that reverse is limited to 15mph
In theory it would be faster than something with a planetary or standard, but like Jimmy said, they set the limiter much lower when you are in reverse compared to forward. If you fucked with the software you could get it to go faster, but I honestly wouldn't wanna drive that fast in reverse.
Not sure about that but a golf 2 3 speed automatic was pretty fast in reverse.
It had transmission that actually shifted gears up even in reverse.. dont know how exactly that worked but you theoretically could be as fast in reverse as in forward
on some cars, the volvo 340 cvt did the same speed in reverse!
i think you can go as fast as you could with 1st gear..
KwCtaC EoTB That's true for automatic but not manual vehicles.
I drive a manual so its true...
KwCtaC EoTB Manual cars can have Different gear ratios for 1st gear and reverse..
KwCtaC EoTB bruh...
I don't think so. He hit 40 and it didn't sound like the engine was at its max RPM, but 40 is in the neighborhood of max 1st gear speed for that car. I had a 2000 Taurus, and it would do 20 mph at about ~2000 RPM before the limiter would kick in, which is more consistent with the ratio for reverse being closer to 2nd gear than 1st.
driving fast in reverse saved me from an 18 wheeler backing up stupidly on a red stop light
my car whines in reverse
Must be a Honda
houstonturbostreets renault, Rover and my dads nissans
houstonturbostreets its called straight cut gears. Reverse gears go through more wear so they are typically straight cut gears. SCGs whine a lot. Its just what they do. My grandpa is a proud and fortunate owner of a 1929 Duesenberg and like all old cars, every gear is straight cut. When you floor it those gears are LOUD!!!
wc96 Must feel like you drive a race car all the time :P
Mine knocks when I slowly reverse lol, th350 in a '64 Impala
Just in case those zombies are chasing you from the front
The Muscle Biker i hate when that happens
lol
Man the reason I just subbed and the reason I enjoy your videos is because you do the crazy sh't that everyone thinks about but never think about testing or never had the balls to test.
Alan Garcia me too
Alan Garcia me too
why dont you have them? i mean not a big of deal. drove the same speed backwards but for like a quater mile on an empty street. why not?
just tried this on my escort. ran over 3 cats and did a back flip landed on my wheels. pretty sure i hit 50.
bruhh that must be worth it if you hit 50
Here in Holland, we used to have car's from a brand named DAF (they stopped building cars years ago, they only build trucks now). They had variomatic transmissions and the top speed in reverse was the same as the top speed going forwards. They actually raced them on a national level in reverse (with the driver constantly having to look over his shoulder)
Remember when you're doing this that you're steering with the rear of the car now. Steering inputs will be greatly magnified
Is it usual for Fords in the US to have over 200hp? I think in Europe they rarely have that much power.
BlastForward very common. In the us, people love the lower 0-60 times so much that cars get lower fuel economy than their European counterparts. A bone stock work truck nowadays can do 0-60 in about 6 seconds
Michael Lawhead bizarrely, cars sold in the US overall seem to have lower top speeds then in Europe. And our fuel efficiency is unbelievably terrible. We just don't make our cars work for us
tmanepic most of the time they have an electronic limiter well before the mechanical capabilites of the car itself. Which again doesn't make sense to get all that power out of it just to limit it haha. Cars might sounds fuel efficient, but when you compare them to those smaller diesel powered, manual transmission cars in other countries it makes our cars look bad
Michael Lawhead my f250 has a limiter at 97 but with my tune I deleted the speed limiter and can hit 140 before it stops wanting to go
Let's see... Highway traffic averages at 70 MPH, but less than 100 ft of onramp from the city streets. In European terms that's 100Km/H, but you get less than 40m to get up to that speed. That's why we like to have cars with lots of power, and still have a top speed capability that we can't (legally at least) use.
you always answers the burning questions in my head, keep it up 👍🏼
I try ;)
AutoVlog top speed before cut off video?
Ahmed Sobhi that's what im saying tho!! 😂👏
69 👌
That cut at 1:28 :D
Before I watched the video I assumed it won't pass 15mph, but wow
Sur A I have done more than 40 in reverse and it is terrifying
Home of the Mad i would imagine so especially with the steering wheel being so touchy while driving backwards any little mistake could screw you up lol
Sure is....i don't think i ever drove this fast in reverse & yet i still, always tries to slow down even when the road is empty & looking all around & backup camera. Just to be caution
Sur A Especially in an old rotten van.
I've been wondering.. Does cruise control work in reverse?
mncarguy no
on my Volvo 940 from year 1991 it does, because the speedometer is electric driven, it also works in reverse. If going faster than 40km/h (~25MPH)
I’m guessing when in reverse the numeric value of MPH that’s stored in the computer is negative therefore it wouldn’t work
LMAO you always try weird shit with cars. I love it. subscribed!!
Yea that's cool and all. But will it blend ?
omar khan everything blends
omar khan that is the question
Your question will blend.
Too many comments for me to go through (in case someone already asked) but could you have gone faster than 40 or was that as fast as the car would allow you to go?
Liev it's a single reverse gear so of course backwards speed will be lower than forwards speed
No I floored it :)
The car won't shift into second gear in reverse.
Reverse only has 1 gear.
William Ho right! My car is super slow in reverse. It is really bad with a CVT transmission.
Quite easy to know how fast you can go in reverse.
Look at the spec sheet for the car.
It will tell you the reverse gear ratio.
I don't think that would have generated as many RUclips views though.
But doing so is legal.
In many countries it is illegal to "reverse more than necessary" and doing it at high speed can also get a "reckless driving" charge.
Unless you do this on a private road in which case it is legal.
Yes, he clearly nearly killed 30 people here and need to be in jail
Correct. If you have the gear ratio information at hand, do the test with the forward gear that's closest in ratio to reverse. Divide the forward ratio by the reverse ratio and multiply that by the top speed in the forward gear. The answer is your top speed in reverse gear
what about cvt? or tesla cars
I think my altima only goes 25mph in reverse with thr cvt. I will have 2 check
Actually in a (modern) CVT you can go as fast in reverse as you can go forward.
A Tesla has no transmission so it should also be capable of doing the same speed in both directions, but I can't say if the software allows it.
ok but it's computer limited on my car.
Sterling Archer look up the old dutch cars of DAF. they used a cvt which allowed them to drive backwards as fast as forwards ^O^
Sterling Archer 15mph
Running out of gas...driving in reverse...you are making me nervous-er and nervous-er! ha loved it. You're a good sport! Thanks!
I really like these experiments you're doing lately. They're very interesting to watch! Please make more!
Does anybody think he looks like Matt Damon?
lol love these crazy experiments.
love these crazy tests you have been doing recently! keep it up!
I love your videos, its hard to find people that get straight to the point nowadays.
"Nobody goes on this road"
When he drove forward there was another car in the shot :D
My '09 mustang peaked 90mph in reverse when it was stuck in sown. It was pretty crazy
you are constantly satisfying my curiosity with all your videos! keep it up! I love them!
I really enjoy your tests
keep it always like that ;)
Next should be if miles go backwards or add up when you go backwards.
Hector Zendejas only on older cars
Nay2003 Unct&More AKA GSXRULES
Do they add up or reverse?
Add up in new cars
Old DAF cars can drive high speeds in reverse
Lol I'm just going down this dude's whole playlist of popular uploads... So many things that I've wondered but didn't dare try myself lmao, thanks a lot AV ~
I stumbled across your page a while ago and now I can’t stop watching you hahaha
You just discovered the joy of driving a RWD car :P
Alex Acea that's a fwd
Ricardo The Computer Wizard I know, but it becomes RWD when backwards
Alex Acea oh I get it now!!! lol
...but turning wheels are BACK
Yeah, Reversing turns a rear wheel drive car into front wheel drive, with rear wheel steering like a forklift truck :)
1st like 1st view 1st comment, keep it up
jason virtuspro Exciting life ya got there!
RYGUY PICK THE MILK FROM THE DOOR
Educational! I thought about it one time but I never really thought about it again.
I like these videos, you have answered some interesting topics that I have wondered about from time to time.
The fastest Iv went in reverse was 35 mph... Pretty hairy at that speed but it had a little more to go
Supposedly the crown Vic's can do 60... Myth busters tested it
I guess I"ll test it on my CVPI
It's useful to go fast in reverse in an emergency situation.
How many times has that happened?
Yeah if you are stuck in one way road and zombies chasing you.
Than why are you still trying to date in a dark alley, lol... try a public place instead or get off the meds
Yeah like running up on a drug deal, or a mob killing, or back ally sex orgy, back ally stabbing, zombie attack, Mob deal gone wrong in a back ally, riots, dead end klan party, dead end zombie hordes, dead end clown in the road, dead end creppy girl in white gown...I think I got everything.
I really like all your videos and helps for the professional valet guys like me to know car limits. Keep doing these!
Thanks! Will do :)
Go to say man, came across your channel among the "suggested videos" on the side the other day and found it interesting and subscribed. Interesting channel, man, keep it up!
Thank you ! Will do :)
Hi, thanks for the video. Disregard the negative comments from some viewers. It is true that I don't, and never had driven in reverse at such speed because I just never had to. But it is people like you who make watching youtube entertaining. Cheers.
As a child I spotted a quite unusual car (in Germany). My father told me that it was a DAF 600 (Netherland) and that it is able to drive in reverse as fast as forward. I just looked it up: it has a CVT transmission.
Hey Man. You are off the chains with this one. Great information.
Nice! Now we know. Thanks! Btw, first thing that dropped into mind were those chase sequences from Fast and the Furious movies where they're driving in reverse at full speed from cops or bad guys.
Awesome I love these type of videos that you do.. they answer everyone's curious questions that don't want to try themselves
Glad you like them :)
Mate, I've been watching you for some time and I can say really fucking awesome job!
Keep it up, you've earned a sub and a like. Your videos lately are excellent.
Thank you sir !
Jus wat I was looking for. Thanks
I'm an auto body guy and always wondered how fast a car could back up love your videos 👍
I have the same car what's the best way to drive it in normal drive or in the sport mode and if spot do I shift it up and down my self or let it do it it's self??
i'm not even that interested in cars nor do i know that much about them i just find you videos entertaining
A good Thought and Experiment!!!!!! Keep doing things like it!!!
This may be stupid, but does the turbo kick in while reversing?
I was taught how to drive by my dads old race car driver buddy “ my uncle “ he said you can drive , ( 13 year old south Florida 1985) But you have to in reverse , I learned to drive in reverse for six months before I ever drive fwd. I drove on dirt roads , and did maneuvers until I could do it all perfect ... I’m glad I was part of that generation of kids growing up with crazy uncles ... today I’m the only one in my wolf pack that can drive miles in reverse ( parellel parking offft lol) , I think this should be taught in school, With self parking cars , and camera m we dumbed down the visceral feeling , I enjoy the drive still get excited to drive , and get butterflies , when spirited driving Sunday’s come up.... reverse is so much fun when you feel confident
Your videos are so interesting especially hitting the push button while driving, I have a 2013 Altima and I always wondered what happens if you push it, keep up the good work
Thank you :)
That is very intresting, I never thought of that.
I actually had a pursuit that began in reverse probably up to about 40/50 mph. I pulled up in an alley off of Whittier blvd near Willy's Ready Room to back up another Ofcr. on a traffic stop. The suspect was driving a Dodge Charger and I was in an AMC Matador. When the primary Ofcr. reached the driver's door of the Charger the guy took off down the alley and I gave chase backwards for about 50 or 60 yards to the nearest street. I caught the guy several miles later in a dead end street. It turned out he was getting ready to rob the bar and he had previously robbed 18 bars in the L.A. area with a Browning automatic shotgun.
That's funny, I've wondered this before and decided to try this out. When I started the video I said to myself 40 will probably be the limit, it's kind of like driving in first gear because the gear ratio is typically similar to the first gear.
sir had a query if we leav our smart key in to the car n if the car gets locked what can we do .?
very nice knowledge to know when reversing.
Love this channel.
My brother and I were feeding the cows on the farm, we pulled a trailer with four round bales of hay on it and when we got it unloaded we found that something happened to the trans. It was a 78 GMC long-wheelbase with a 350 engine, he looked at me and ask how we were going to get back to the house. I told him we'd back it home, reverse still worked but it would not go forward. We backed it out of the field and headed home which was about 8 miles away on a two-lane road getting dark so we needed to hurry. We made it about three miles with no problem and met his wife in another pickup coming to see what was holding us up. My brother decided to follow me with his wife's pickup just for safeties sake, from there it was another five miles to my Dad's house and top speed while making the trip was 60 MPH but we confused a few folks when they were meeting the tail lights instead of the headlights with the caution lights blinking away. We made it safe and sound but decided not to make a habit of driving backwards and besides that my neck still hurts every time I think about it.
Cool test, a lot faster then I thought.
I always drive manuals but have had my 3 liter Toyota van up to 30 km/h (19 Mph) in reverse, not testing for top speed, but reversing out of a long narrow road.
Great Video!! 👍🏾
Dang, that was indeed scary! Thank you for risking yourself for our entertainment!! When I first saw the title, I remembered the Szalinski Van's rocket-fast reverse scene from Honey, I Blew Up the kid movie!
Awesome channel. Just subscribed 👍🏼
Thanks !
I tried it out once in a VW passat 1.9l 131bhp and it went about 38mph do i dont think its a matter of power
Years ago I went to go visit a friend and his wife and their new baby. I was driving my '72 Camaro and I passed up their house accidentally so I put it in reverse and drove backwards at a high rate of speed...then I lost control of my car and plowed into their neighbors Grand Marquis, caving in the the front and rear passenger side doors. I threw the car in drive, hopped on the expressway, raced home and hid my car in my garage where it stayed for over a week. Then I called and told my friend that I got tied up with something and wasn't going to make it over. He immediately asked if I still had my Camaro because another neighbor saw a car matching my cars description smashing into the Marquis. I told him no, that I sold my Camaro a while back. I never went to his house again. Ever.
Wait what?
you're my hero for doing these videos that I dont have the courage to do in my car. want a suggestion? put the car in reverse going 60 mph, that would be fun
How fast can you set cruise control to?
can you do this with the Mack transmission with push button reverse. 10 forward speeds, means there are ten backwards speeds.
What's next? Drag races in reverse? Actually that sounds pretty cool, id watch.
Thumbs up for a quick & straight to the point video 🖒
you do all kinds of interesting shit involving cars. thank you haha
1st gear ans reverse are the same but opposite?
Dude, you look like Matt Damon from "Elysium". Cool video! :)
In a manual car the reverge gear ratio is in the middle of 1st and 2nd gear.
So you can take your max speed in 1st, max speed in 2nd, avg them out and that should be a close estimate.
in stick shift car if remove clutch for 1st gear till 20 km's speed there is an advantage and lot of advantage in Trafic ........but my question is that possible and how simple can u tell the answer
Out of interest, how fast can you go in first gear? Just wondering if the gear ratios for reverse and first are the same.
does this work for any car other than ford? I thought it would go around 30KMPH easy.
This channel is amazing
You do videos that I like a lot, now here's one for you that I need done ASAP
What happens to a car with a completely dead battery with electronic park brakes. Does it disengage when the battery goes dead, if not how do you push it out the road.
this guy is crazy. but sure he answer my question.. cool video 👍
I had to do this back in 1990 in a 1989 Chevy Caviler RS 4Cyl on a street. It was a little scary and I went into a driveway (turned) to get off the road..... and I did about 30 +mph... I believe it !!! Do more in Reverse in a parking lot with combs and see how your skills are --- Thank... Jim
my old camry (96) (first car) was able to hit about the same, its interesting how wobbly the steering gets in reverse at higher speeds!! still need to try it out on my new car! (08 fusion)
Its very interesting that the Odometer increased when you were in reverse. It went from 24163.3 to 24163.4. I remember some old movie showing a guy driving in reverse all the way to his destination to avoid miles. Its no surprise that it doesn't work anymore but i'ts cool that it was caught on camera
Can you make a video in which you put your transmission in reverse and push the gas pedal, please?
great video, regards from colombia...
cvt or automatic?
Back when I was younger, I had a 1964 Chevy Corvair and I loved to run the thing fast in reverse. It was a 110HP six cylinder air cooled engine mounted in the back of the car which made the car very stable in reverse. Like you said, the speedometer did not register in reverse, but I would estimate about 35-40 mph. I still miss that car. But I also liked my 305 1976 Camaro and my 1987 305 Camaro. Note: I also had a1981 model Camaro which I think was a 267, but while it was a good car, It underperformed for a V-8. The Corvair was actually an excellent car, especially for a young person at the time, It had good acceleration and handling. I got about 23 mpg when gas was under 30 cents. You had to be careful in tight fast turns because with the engine in the rear it would tend to "over steer". The other problem was with the oil seals. The temp of the aluminum engine would approach 200 degrees so the oil seals became leaky. 40W oil helped. At the service station you could say "fill the oil, check the gas", but it was still a great car that I took across the country from Jacksonville, FL to Los Angeles, CA twice and it drove very well in snow.
are you around the Pittsburgh area? I think I saw you on i79 near bridgeville
So can you somehow make the starter reverse start the engine like a motorcycle and drive backwards with "forward gears?"