1 00:00:06,397 --> 00:00:07,833 All right. 2 00:00:07,876 --> 00:00:10,009 So, you ever wonder how all these cars we just randomly happen 3 00:00:10,053 --> 00:00:11,663 to buy off the street run so good for our tests? 4 00:00:14,535 --> 00:00:17,408 Well, it's not magic, people. I do it! [laughs] 5 00:00:17,451 --> 00:00:19,714 So sometimes, I just got to sit these tests out 6 00:00:19,758 --> 00:00:21,629 so I can actually make some stuff happen behind the scenes. 7 00:00:21,673 --> 00:00:23,109 I'll catch you on the flip side, though. 8 00:00:23,153 --> 00:00:25,807 Don't worry. I'll be right here. 9 00:00:25,851 --> 00:00:28,549 All right. You ready to see if this speedometer rolls back? 10 00:00:28,593 --> 00:00:29,985 - [Bisi] Yeah, ready. - [Tory] All right, let's go. 11 00:00:31,335 --> 00:00:33,380 This could work. 12 00:00:33,424 --> 00:00:35,687 People are like, "What are these idiots doing?" 13 00:00:37,297 --> 00:00:40,431 Well, I cannot believe that someone would actually do this. 14 00:00:40,474 --> 00:00:42,172 [Tory] What? Wait a minute! 15 00:00:45,044 --> 00:00:46,089 [narrator] Meet the team... 16 00:00:46,132 --> 00:00:48,569 We'll be at work in no time. 17 00:00:48,613 --> 00:00:51,311 This might be the miracle coolant that everybody's been searching for. 18 00:00:53,574 --> 00:00:55,533 [narrator] With the mechanical expertise... 19 00:00:55,576 --> 00:00:57,056 [Faye] My main concern is structural integrity. 20 00:00:57,100 --> 00:00:58,536 I think this is gonna work. 21 00:00:58,579 --> 00:01:00,103 [narrator] To test all things automotive... 22 00:01:00,146 --> 00:01:02,017 That was beautiful. 23 00:01:02,061 --> 00:01:06,283 The more air we push through, the more fuel will siphon out and boom! 24 00:01:06,326 --> 00:01:09,373 - [narrator] This is Motor MythBusters... - [Faye] Whoo! Come on! 25 00:01:09,416 --> 00:01:12,071 This is the weirdest thing I've ever seen! 26 00:01:12,115 --> 00:01:15,683 [narrator] Where science meets the streets. 27 00:01:18,860 --> 00:01:21,167 - Something really bad happened to me not too long ago. - What? 28 00:01:21,211 --> 00:01:24,083 I bought this car and it had 50,000 miles, 29 00:01:24,127 --> 00:01:26,172 the paint looked great, interior was beautiful. 30 00:01:26,216 --> 00:01:27,434 And what was the problem? 31 00:01:27,478 --> 00:01:31,656 I found out it had 350,000 miles. 32 00:01:31,699 --> 00:01:34,354 So they rolled back the odometer 300,000 miles? 33 00:01:34,398 --> 00:01:36,051 Yep. 34 00:01:36,095 --> 00:01:38,184 And around the world, people lose millions of dollars a year 35 00:01:38,228 --> 00:01:39,751 - to odometer fraud. - Huh. 36 00:01:39,794 --> 00:01:42,623 So I had to figure out, okay, how do they do this? 37 00:01:42,667 --> 00:01:45,148 So I put this contraption together 38 00:01:45,191 --> 00:01:46,540 and you see it go forward, right? 39 00:01:46,584 --> 00:01:47,933 [Tory] Yeah. 40 00:01:47,976 --> 00:01:49,587 - [Bisi] And counting is going upwards, yeah? - [Tory] Right. 41 00:01:49,630 --> 00:01:51,066 When I go backwards. 42 00:01:51,110 --> 00:01:52,416 [Tory] It's not going in reverse. 43 00:01:52,459 --> 00:01:53,721 - [Bisi] It's not, so. - [Tory] No. 44 00:01:53,765 --> 00:01:55,767 How did they do it? 45 00:01:55,810 --> 00:01:56,855 I don't know. 46 00:01:56,898 --> 00:01:58,683 - What do you think? - I don't think-- 47 00:01:58,726 --> 00:02:00,250 - I don't think it's possible. - Well, why don't we do this? 48 00:02:00,293 --> 00:02:02,121 Why don't we get a bunch of different cars, 49 00:02:02,165 --> 00:02:03,992 - put them in reverse, let them run... - Okay, 50 00:02:04,036 --> 00:02:05,994 And see if the odometer rolls back. 51 00:02:06,038 --> 00:02:07,648 That may be a good myth, actually. 52 00:02:07,692 --> 00:02:12,392 Can we turn back miles by going in reverse on a car? 53 00:02:13,828 --> 00:02:15,787 [narrator] Well, here's a classic myth. 54 00:02:15,830 --> 00:02:17,702 Want to shave some miles off your car? 55 00:02:17,745 --> 00:02:18,790 Simple. 56 00:02:18,833 --> 00:02:20,139 Drive it in reverse. 57 00:02:20,183 --> 00:02:22,228 I mean, it's so much in our culture 58 00:02:22,272 --> 00:02:24,535 that it was in the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off, 59 00:02:24,578 --> 00:02:26,276 where they add a bunch of miles on their car 60 00:02:26,319 --> 00:02:28,365 and they thought, "Let's put it in reverse 61 00:02:28,408 --> 00:02:29,322 and we'll get those miles back." 62 00:02:32,151 --> 00:02:35,676 [narrator] It's a classic caper, but we chose not to buy the clip, 63 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:39,158 and Ferris Bueller's "Pay-Off" covered the cost of an '80s Caddy 64 00:02:39,202 --> 00:02:43,118 with mechanical odometer and a Honda hybrid with digital readout. 65 00:02:44,859 --> 00:02:49,124 [Bisi] This '85 vehicle here and this newer 2011 hybrid, 66 00:02:49,168 --> 00:02:51,997 I think we should jack it up and get the drive wheels off the floor 67 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:53,259 and drive it in reverse. 68 00:02:53,303 --> 00:02:54,913 We'll put a brick on the gas pedal... 69 00:02:54,956 --> 00:02:56,262 - [laughing] And see what happens. - And let them run. 70 00:02:56,306 --> 00:02:57,742 - Oh, no! - I don't want to do the brick thing. 71 00:02:57,785 --> 00:02:58,960 I think that's a great idea. 72 00:03:06,316 --> 00:03:09,580 All right, so we have all the odometers recorded. 73 00:03:09,623 --> 00:03:12,365 I say we just start up the cars, put them in reverse, let them run. 74 00:03:12,409 --> 00:03:14,454 - How long are you thinking? - Half-hour? 75 00:03:14,498 --> 00:03:16,587 Sounds good. 76 00:03:16,630 --> 00:03:19,372 All right. Are we sure that these are front-wheel drive? 77 00:03:19,416 --> 00:03:20,765 We'll find out in a second, won't we? 78 00:03:25,291 --> 00:03:27,902 [Bisi] That's hauling! That is fast [laughs] 79 00:03:27,946 --> 00:03:28,816 I'm going to get in the CR-Z. 80 00:03:28,860 --> 00:03:30,035 [Tory] Cool. 81 00:03:38,217 --> 00:03:40,045 All right, let's start a timer. 82 00:03:40,088 --> 00:03:41,829 - [Bisi] Yes. - Half hour. 83 00:03:45,006 --> 00:03:46,094 [Tory] All right. 84 00:03:46,138 --> 00:03:47,270 I'm curious about the Cadillac. 85 00:03:48,706 --> 00:03:51,186 - [Bisi] Oh! - [Tory] What? Wait a minute. 86 00:03:51,230 --> 00:03:52,884 - [Bisi] It's counting upwards. - [Tory] It's going forward, 87 00:03:52,927 --> 00:03:54,625 even in reverse. 88 00:03:54,668 --> 00:03:55,626 [Bisi] Oh! That's crazy. 89 00:03:55,669 --> 00:03:57,105 The numbers are going up. 90 00:03:57,149 --> 00:03:57,845 That's pretty clever, though. 91 00:03:57,889 --> 00:03:59,194 That is. 92 00:03:59,238 --> 00:04:00,935 That's smart of the manufacturer to do that. 93 00:04:00,979 --> 00:04:03,198 So no matter what you do, it's actually covering distance. 94 00:04:03,242 --> 00:04:06,419 - Yeah. - Even if you're going forward or backward, it's clocking. 95 00:04:07,812 --> 00:04:08,987 [Tory] All right. How's this one doing? 96 00:04:11,381 --> 00:04:12,643 [Bisi] It's going upwards. Yeah. 97 00:04:12,686 --> 00:04:13,948 - [Tory] Okay. - [Bisi] It's going up. 98 00:04:13,992 --> 00:04:15,559 - [Tory] All right. - Same thing. 99 00:04:15,602 --> 00:04:17,212 So these modern cars... 100 00:04:17,256 --> 00:04:19,954 They figured out how not to cheat the odometer. 101 00:04:19,998 --> 00:04:22,522 So it's actually whether it's going forward or backwards, 102 00:04:22,566 --> 00:04:24,394 it's increasing mileage on the car. 103 00:04:24,437 --> 00:04:27,832 Right. If you were trying to shave miles off your odometer, 104 00:04:27,875 --> 00:04:29,877 the modern-day cars are not going to allow you to do that. 105 00:04:29,921 --> 00:04:30,704 That's right. 106 00:04:32,271 --> 00:04:33,881 [narrator] Yep. It's pretty clear. 107 00:04:33,925 --> 00:04:37,102 Based on the comparative tests between an '80s analog system 108 00:04:37,145 --> 00:04:41,454 and a 2011 digital odometer, driving a modern car in reverse 109 00:04:41,498 --> 00:04:43,978 won't wind the clock back. 110 00:04:44,022 --> 00:04:46,633 So Tory and Bisi are going to look for older vehicles 111 00:04:46,677 --> 00:04:49,070 that might be reverse-winding clock contenders. 112 00:04:51,029 --> 00:04:54,075 [Tory] Well, Bisi, I mean, I guess the good news is odometer fraud 113 00:04:54,119 --> 00:04:56,121 is a lot harder to do than you would think. 114 00:04:56,164 --> 00:04:57,992 You can't just throw the car into reverse 115 00:04:58,036 --> 00:05:00,212 and start shaving miles off your odometer. 116 00:05:00,255 --> 00:05:03,781 [Bisi] But fraudsters are still finding ways to wind back odometers. 117 00:05:03,824 --> 00:05:06,914 What a shame, not to mention, highly illegal. 118 00:05:12,964 --> 00:05:15,619 You know, every day millions of people drive their cars 119 00:05:15,662 --> 00:05:18,361 and they look at their gauges, they see the speedometer, the odometer go up. 120 00:05:18,404 --> 00:05:20,014 Right. 121 00:05:20,058 --> 00:05:21,755 And they have no idea what's going on behind the scenes. 122 00:05:21,799 --> 00:05:24,845 - Oh! - So this is the perfect representation of... 123 00:05:24,889 --> 00:05:26,456 - [Tory] So we broke it down. - [Bisi] ...of what's in a car. 124 00:05:26,499 --> 00:05:29,937 - And this is a transmission out of an old van. - That is correct. 125 00:05:29,981 --> 00:05:31,112 - That is correct. - All right. 126 00:05:31,156 --> 00:05:33,724 And so, now right here, this is the cable 127 00:05:33,767 --> 00:05:36,030 that's connected to the odometer. 128 00:05:36,074 --> 00:05:40,470 Yes. And there's a reed wire that goes all the way to the odometer. 129 00:05:40,513 --> 00:05:41,471 [Tory] Yeah. 130 00:05:41,514 --> 00:05:43,386 And as it spins, it spins some assemblies 131 00:05:43,429 --> 00:05:45,910 inside the gauge cluster as well. 132 00:05:45,953 --> 00:05:50,349 [Tory] So as this is rotating, it's actually spinning this cable 133 00:05:50,393 --> 00:05:51,785 and that's turning our odometer. 134 00:05:51,829 --> 00:05:52,830 [Bisi] Yes, it does. 135 00:05:52,873 --> 00:05:54,309 You know, what is shocking to me 136 00:05:54,353 --> 00:05:58,009 is the fact that they're using plastic gears to spin that cable. 137 00:05:58,052 --> 00:06:00,228 You know, forces are not exerted on those gears, 138 00:06:00,272 --> 00:06:02,448 and it's much more cost-effective for the manufacturers 139 00:06:02,492 --> 00:06:03,841 to use such components. 140 00:06:03,884 --> 00:06:06,104 Yeah, I just feel like something as important 141 00:06:06,147 --> 00:06:09,673 as knowing the miles on your engine, a gear like that, 142 00:06:09,716 --> 00:06:11,718 I feel like if it, you know, broke a tooth, 143 00:06:11,762 --> 00:06:13,677 now you're going to start skipping miles. 144 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:15,069 It's really robust. 145 00:06:15,113 --> 00:06:17,594 But tell you what, when I build your car, I'll use titanium. 146 00:06:17,637 --> 00:06:19,552 - How's that? - I feel better already. 147 00:06:19,596 --> 00:06:21,554 - Sounds good. - All right, hit the gas. 148 00:06:21,598 --> 00:06:23,600 - Just allow me to demonstrate. - Hit the accelerator. 149 00:06:23,643 --> 00:06:24,644 Sounds good. 150 00:06:25,906 --> 00:06:26,864 "The gas." 151 00:06:26,907 --> 00:06:29,910 [both laugh] 152 00:06:29,954 --> 00:06:32,609 All right, so that's the transmission which is just spinning 153 00:06:32,652 --> 00:06:35,002 and that's spinning this gear, and inside here, 154 00:06:35,046 --> 00:06:38,092 there's a cable that's spinning and attached to the odometer. 155 00:06:38,136 --> 00:06:39,311 [Bisi] And you see there are miles moving up. 156 00:06:40,921 --> 00:06:41,922 It's painful. 157 00:06:41,966 --> 00:06:43,489 Oh, all right, well, why don't we see 158 00:06:43,533 --> 00:06:48,059 if we can actually break into an odometer and roll back the numbers? 159 00:06:48,102 --> 00:06:49,843 [narrator] Remember these words, folks. 160 00:06:49,887 --> 00:06:53,020 It's illegal to roll back your odometer. 161 00:06:53,064 --> 00:06:56,589 So there's basically two types of odometers, digital and mechanical. 162 00:06:56,633 --> 00:06:58,722 - I want to explore the electrical side of things. - Okay. 163 00:06:58,765 --> 00:07:00,332 - And I'll look at the mechanical. - Sounds good. 164 00:07:03,074 --> 00:07:06,773 [Tory] So what I have right here is a mechanical odometer from the 1980s. 165 00:07:06,817 --> 00:07:09,167 And I have the cable attached to a drill 166 00:07:09,210 --> 00:07:12,605 just so you could see the mileage increase. 167 00:07:12,649 --> 00:07:17,262 Now, as I'm spinning the cable, it's recording those miles. 168 00:07:17,305 --> 00:07:20,744 Now, the top part, that is the trip mileage. 169 00:07:20,787 --> 00:07:24,878 Down at the bottom is the mileage of the overall life of the engine. 170 00:07:24,922 --> 00:07:30,275 So right now, I have 322 miles on this odometer. 171 00:07:30,318 --> 00:07:33,931 So what I'm going to do is see if I can open this up 172 00:07:33,974 --> 00:07:38,544 and figure out a way to roll that 322 miles back to zero. 173 00:07:38,588 --> 00:07:40,198 I mean, obviously, you're probably thinking, 174 00:07:40,241 --> 00:07:43,418 why don't you just put it in reverse and make it go backwards? 175 00:07:43,462 --> 00:07:49,990 Well, if I do that, you can see what's happening here. 176 00:07:50,034 --> 00:07:53,646 That little lever as it's rolling forward, 177 00:07:53,690 --> 00:07:56,867 it's pushing this gear forward. 178 00:07:56,910 --> 00:08:00,087 But when you go in reverse, that arm lifts up. 179 00:08:00,131 --> 00:08:02,699 It uses a gear freewheeling ratchet 180 00:08:02,742 --> 00:08:05,179 that rotates and spins the counter up 181 00:08:05,223 --> 00:08:08,618 when going forwards and idles when going backwards. 182 00:08:08,661 --> 00:08:12,926 Just like a bike does, pedal going forward, free-wheel when not pedaling. 183 00:08:12,970 --> 00:08:15,320 One other thing you can look for to know 184 00:08:15,363 --> 00:08:19,411 if your odometer has been tampered with is if you pop this gear off, 185 00:08:19,454 --> 00:08:22,327 the numbers will never line up completely. 186 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:28,420 All right, as you can see, I've got it back to zero. 187 00:08:28,463 --> 00:08:31,075 Now, I'm just going to put the odometer back together 188 00:08:31,118 --> 00:08:35,383 and see if we can detect whether or not I've been tampering with this. 189 00:08:43,261 --> 00:08:45,568 Now that it's back together. Let's just do a test. 190 00:08:53,140 --> 00:08:56,622 So while Tory is investigating the mechanical odometer, 191 00:08:56,666 --> 00:08:59,799 I'm going to use this specialty tool to look at how easy 192 00:08:59,843 --> 00:09:04,891 or challenging it would be to modify a digital dash display. 193 00:09:06,763 --> 00:09:08,678 How does a digital odometer work? 194 00:09:08,721 --> 00:09:12,116 In place of a mechanical drive cable, a magnetic sensor 195 00:09:12,159 --> 00:09:16,120 tracks the number of gear turns in the transmission, 196 00:09:16,163 --> 00:09:19,689 then it is conducted by wires to the onboard car computer, 197 00:09:19,732 --> 00:09:23,214 which interprets and converts the information into a mileage count. 198 00:09:25,085 --> 00:09:27,566 So what I'm going to do is I'm going to attempt 199 00:09:27,610 --> 00:09:30,090 to change the mileage on this vehicle. 200 00:09:30,134 --> 00:09:32,527 This tool is actually a professional tool 201 00:09:32,571 --> 00:09:35,618 that allows for odometer calibration in the event 202 00:09:35,661 --> 00:09:39,186 that you may have an odometer that went out and you need to correct it, 203 00:09:39,230 --> 00:09:42,102 or you had a vehicle that had a discrepancy 204 00:09:42,146 --> 00:09:44,583 and you want to get it back to the original format. 205 00:09:44,627 --> 00:09:48,718 What's interesting is that this particular device 206 00:09:48,761 --> 00:09:51,721 only allows for kilometer measurement. 207 00:09:51,764 --> 00:09:56,203 So I'm going to convert my mileage to kilometers 208 00:09:56,247 --> 00:09:58,684 and have the opportunity to put this back when I'm done. 209 00:09:58,728 --> 00:10:03,210 So we're now at 106,264 miles. 210 00:10:03,254 --> 00:10:05,691 Let's knock off a good 30,000 off this. 211 00:10:05,735 --> 00:10:07,998 So 70,000 miles. 212 00:10:08,041 --> 00:10:10,261 So I'm going to go ahead and put this in. 213 00:10:10,304 --> 00:10:11,479 There we go. 214 00:10:11,523 --> 00:10:13,003 Enter! 215 00:10:13,046 --> 00:10:14,744 These are bunch of checkered lights coming on, 216 00:10:14,787 --> 00:10:16,571 some flashing of the dash itself. 217 00:10:16,615 --> 00:10:19,226 And that says my adjustment is complete. 218 00:10:19,270 --> 00:10:25,406 And look, it gave me 69,615 miles, so slightly off. 219 00:10:25,450 --> 00:10:28,192 So now, let's put it back to the original mileage. 220 00:10:28,235 --> 00:10:29,149 Okay. 221 00:10:30,673 --> 00:10:32,587 This is a professional device. 222 00:10:32,631 --> 00:10:34,851 Not everyone can get access to it, 223 00:10:34,894 --> 00:10:36,461 but where there's a will, there's a way 224 00:10:36,504 --> 00:10:39,420 because unscrupulous characters can actually change your mileage. 225 00:10:39,464 --> 00:10:44,382 So what can we do to prevent you from getting a vehicle that has been tampered with? 226 00:10:44,425 --> 00:10:46,906 Well, vehicle history reports are one good place, 227 00:10:46,950 --> 00:10:49,909 because every time a vehicle is serviced or registered, 228 00:10:49,953 --> 00:10:51,694 that number is put into the system. 229 00:10:51,737 --> 00:10:54,087 Wear items like the pedals. 230 00:10:54,131 --> 00:10:57,438 Do you have a low mileage car that shouldn't have had any pedal wear whatsoever, 231 00:10:57,482 --> 00:11:01,181 but the pedals look like it's been stomped on for hours and hours and hours. 232 00:11:01,225 --> 00:11:02,400 That's a dead giveaway. 233 00:11:02,443 --> 00:11:03,706 The headliner. 234 00:11:03,749 --> 00:11:05,533 Are there rips and tears there? 235 00:11:05,577 --> 00:11:09,146 How easy is it to bring down the visor? 236 00:11:09,189 --> 00:11:12,149 It doesn't have that nice tautness to it. 237 00:11:12,192 --> 00:11:14,586 Check the manufacturer date on the tires. 238 00:11:14,629 --> 00:11:18,677 Does it match the mileage of the car or have the tires already been replaced 239 00:11:18,721 --> 00:11:21,027 when the car has very low mileage? 240 00:11:21,071 --> 00:11:23,464 There's so many ways to look at that. 241 00:11:23,508 --> 00:11:25,989 And, yeah, protect yourself. 242 00:11:33,736 --> 00:11:38,088 So how did your experience go with the digital odometer? 243 00:11:38,131 --> 00:11:39,306 Tell me about yours first. 244 00:11:39,350 --> 00:11:41,047 [chuckles] Oh, man! 245 00:11:41,091 --> 00:11:45,791 So it was unsettling how easy it was to pull this thing apart. 246 00:11:45,835 --> 00:11:48,881 And then I was actually able to roll it back to zero and I put it back together. 247 00:11:48,925 --> 00:11:51,492 And I thought this is, like, too simple. 248 00:11:51,536 --> 00:11:55,279 I mean, we're basically showing people how to change an odometer. 249 00:11:55,322 --> 00:11:59,109 However, watch what happens after I put it all back together. 250 00:12:04,636 --> 00:12:07,117 Tory, it's going up in 1,000 miles, not 1 mile. 251 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:08,596 Exactly. 252 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:12,600 So this was a little comforting to realize that, 253 00:12:12,644 --> 00:12:16,691 you know, it's not that easy to break into a mechanical odometer 254 00:12:16,735 --> 00:12:17,910 and change the numbers. 255 00:12:17,954 --> 00:12:20,391 So this did give me a little bit of comfort. 256 00:12:20,434 --> 00:12:23,089 Well, in my experiment with the correct tool, 257 00:12:23,133 --> 00:12:26,005 it was frighteningly easy. 258 00:12:26,049 --> 00:12:27,311 - Really? - Just plugged it in. 259 00:12:27,354 --> 00:12:28,616 That's not good. 260 00:12:28,660 --> 00:12:30,705 Select it with just some menus. 261 00:12:30,749 --> 00:12:32,620 Put in the mileage you want, and, presto. 262 00:12:32,664 --> 00:12:35,449 Unfortunately, it seems there aren't really any cars 263 00:12:35,493 --> 00:12:37,756 with tamper-proof digital odometers. 264 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:39,236 - [Tory] And that was it? - [Bisi] That was it. 265 00:12:39,279 --> 00:12:40,977 - Oh, that's terrifying. - It is. 266 00:12:41,020 --> 00:12:45,459 Oh, so it's important for consumers to do due diligence 267 00:12:45,503 --> 00:12:48,375 and look around the vehicle, look at more than 268 00:12:48,419 --> 00:12:50,464 just the mileage to determine the age of their car. 269 00:12:50,508 --> 00:12:53,424 [narrator] But this myth's not quite done and dusted. 270 00:12:53,467 --> 00:12:56,514 Remember the '86 Cadillac on blocks? 271 00:12:56,557 --> 00:13:00,387 In the '80s, cars would only wind their odometer forward, 272 00:13:00,431 --> 00:13:03,347 as Tory has found, where a ratchet system prevented the clock 273 00:13:03,390 --> 00:13:04,478 from getting wound back. 274 00:13:08,569 --> 00:13:11,572 So is it possible pre-'80s cars 275 00:13:11,616 --> 00:13:13,836 could wind their clock back in reverse? 276 00:13:15,707 --> 00:13:19,667 As luck would have it, there's a '67 GTO to test. 277 00:13:19,711 --> 00:13:22,366 [Tory] Ha! I can't believe the producer's letting us drive his car, 278 00:13:22,409 --> 00:13:24,020 backwards, no less. 279 00:13:24,063 --> 00:13:25,804 - [laughs] - I guess you want to drive. 280 00:13:25,848 --> 00:13:26,936 - Yes, I do. - All right. Let's go. 281 00:13:26,979 --> 00:13:28,372 It's like some '70s cop show. 282 00:13:28,415 --> 00:13:31,070 - [laughs] - Hit it. 283 00:13:31,114 --> 00:13:32,158 - There's a crime in progress. - [laughs] 284 00:13:35,683 --> 00:13:36,771 - [Tory] Oh! - [Bisi] Oh! 285 00:13:36,815 --> 00:13:37,990 - [Tory] Feel that rumble? - [Bisi] Yes. 286 00:13:38,034 --> 00:13:39,687 [Tory] Yeah. 287 00:13:39,731 --> 00:13:40,906 He's very concerned about us. 288 00:13:43,648 --> 00:13:45,345 We'll be fine. Don't worry. 289 00:13:45,389 --> 00:13:47,260 I don't need a guide to get out of a garage. 290 00:13:47,304 --> 00:13:49,567 - [Tory] Bisi drives backwards all the time. - Yep. 291 00:13:51,961 --> 00:13:53,571 He's super-protective of his car. 292 00:13:57,444 --> 00:13:58,793 You look nervous. 293 00:13:58,837 --> 00:14:00,795 - Go easy on her. She's old. - [Bisi] Of course. 294 00:14:00,839 --> 00:14:02,493 And you know, there's parts that, 295 00:14:02,536 --> 00:14:04,103 you know, might break, because she's old. 296 00:14:04,147 --> 00:14:05,931 So let's take it real nice and easy, okay, guys? 297 00:14:05,975 --> 00:14:07,715 - [Bisi] Cool, cool. - [Tory] What could possibly go wrong? 298 00:14:07,759 --> 00:14:09,021 - [Bisi] Nothing at all. - We're driving backwards. 299 00:14:09,065 --> 00:14:10,327 How fast are we going to be able to go? 300 00:14:13,199 --> 00:14:14,374 [Tory] All right. 301 00:14:14,418 --> 00:14:16,681 - You're ready to see if this thing rolls back? - Yeah. 302 00:14:16,724 --> 00:14:18,901 I'm having a hard time believing that. 303 00:14:18,944 --> 00:14:21,164 [Bisi] Well, we'll find out now. 304 00:14:21,207 --> 00:14:22,295 There we go. You ready? 305 00:14:23,818 --> 00:14:24,994 - Okay. All right. - Let's go. 306 00:14:27,126 --> 00:14:30,173 [Tory] So right now we are at... 307 00:14:30,216 --> 00:14:36,353 96,486.9 miles. 308 00:14:36,396 --> 00:14:37,136 Barely broken in. [laughs] 309 00:14:42,359 --> 00:14:43,882 [Tory] I mean, this could work, 310 00:14:43,926 --> 00:14:45,710 but what a pain in the butt. 311 00:14:45,753 --> 00:14:48,756 I know, is it even worth doing this for miles and miles and miles? 312 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:50,236 This would be so annoying. 313 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:52,151 [laughs] 314 00:14:52,195 --> 00:14:54,197 The amount of money we're going to spend on fuel in doing this... 315 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:55,372 - Right. - With a V-8, 316 00:14:55,415 --> 00:14:58,723 - it won't even be worth... - No. 317 00:14:58,766 --> 00:15:01,682 - [both chuckling] - ...the advantage of the price. 318 00:15:06,905 --> 00:15:08,602 [Tory] Oh, that sounds good. 319 00:15:16,654 --> 00:15:18,438 [Bisi] Tory, move back. 320 00:15:18,482 --> 00:15:19,744 [Tory] Right now, we are at... 321 00:15:19,787 --> 00:15:21,224 [Bisi] Oh, it's moving quite a bit. 322 00:15:23,617 --> 00:15:26,011 Like how many times have we gone around this block? 323 00:15:26,055 --> 00:15:28,231 - Quite a bit. - Yeah, this is not... 324 00:15:28,274 --> 00:15:30,494 It is not an efficient way. 325 00:15:30,537 --> 00:15:35,499 [Tory] Well, let's see. We've been driving, I would say, about 15 minutes. 326 00:15:35,542 --> 00:15:38,067 [Bisi] And we probably consumed eight gallons of fuel doing it. 327 00:15:38,110 --> 00:15:41,418 Yeah. This does not seem like the most efficient way 328 00:15:41,461 --> 00:15:43,159 - to get miles off your vehicle. - [Bisi] Not at all. 329 00:15:49,556 --> 00:15:50,905 [Tory] We didn't hit anything. 330 00:15:50,949 --> 00:15:52,342 [Bisi] Yeah, she's in good hands. 331 00:15:52,385 --> 00:15:54,213 - [Tory] Everything went well. - Yeah? 332 00:15:54,257 --> 00:15:56,215 [Tory] She runs like a grizzly bear. 333 00:15:56,259 --> 00:15:57,608 [Bisi] Yeah, smells like one, too. 334 00:15:59,262 --> 00:16:00,437 - Okay. - [Tory] Yeah. Thanks. 335 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:01,916 - Everything's fine? - [Tory] Yeah, it's fine. 336 00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:04,136 Actually, we've shaved a couple of miles off your odometer. 337 00:16:04,180 --> 00:16:06,051 [Bisi] Yeah. 338 00:16:06,095 --> 00:16:10,055 [Tory] So these pre-'70s old-timers will wind the clock back in reverse. 339 00:16:10,099 --> 00:16:14,146 In the GTO, the fixed gear system with no freewheel cassette 340 00:16:14,190 --> 00:16:18,716 means the odometer is mechanically connected directly to the driveshaft. 341 00:16:18,759 --> 00:16:23,199 Reverse, and one mile traveled means one mile off the clock. 342 00:16:23,242 --> 00:16:27,203 And then that cable drive was universally replaced by the '80s. 343 00:16:27,246 --> 00:16:33,035 Electromagnetic sensors count each drive shaft rotation as additional mileage. 344 00:16:33,078 --> 00:16:35,167 Forward or back, the miles go up. 345 00:16:37,474 --> 00:16:40,129 But, Bisi, when we drove the GTO in reverse, 346 00:16:40,172 --> 00:16:42,827 we actually wiped miles off the engine. 347 00:16:42,870 --> 00:16:44,698 So how are we going to call this myth? 348 00:16:44,742 --> 00:16:47,788 Well, we did test vehicles from the '80s and the 2000s, 349 00:16:47,832 --> 00:16:49,138 and it seems that going backwards 350 00:16:49,181 --> 00:16:51,357 didn't make the numbers go down. 351 00:16:51,401 --> 00:16:53,403 It's painfully obvious that manufacturers went out of their way 352 00:16:53,446 --> 00:16:56,362 to make odometers a lot more sophisticated. 353 00:16:56,406 --> 00:16:58,016 All right. So cars made after the '80s, 354 00:16:58,060 --> 00:16:59,713 it's not going to work so much. 355 00:16:59,757 --> 00:17:02,803 However, old-school cars from the '60s, like the GTO, can. 356 00:17:02,847 --> 00:17:04,849 So I say we call this one... 357 00:17:04,892 --> 00:17:06,024 plausible? 358 00:17:06,068 --> 00:17:07,895 I love it. Plausible it is. 359 00:17:07,939 --> 00:17:09,332 Sounds good to me.