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00:00 If you had 24 hours with these two cars, what would you do?
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00:24 As it turns out, our company is sort of annoyed with all the dirtball stuff that
00:37 we've been doing on Roadkill, so they threw money at us.
00:40 They gave us $6,000, so we went and rented this Lamborghini Aventador.
00:44 That's like $4 a minute for the next 24 hours.
00:48 >> That's like, if you're from Alabama, that's your mortgage for about,
00:51 I don't know, seven or eight months.
00:53 >> Well, that car cost as much as my house.
00:55 The tax on it is as much as we pay you in a year.
00:58 >> That hurts.
00:59 >> So, this is a 2012 Lamborghini Aventador.
01:03 It's supposed to be the king of the hill.
01:05 The California model has 691 horsepower.
01:08 It's a seven-speed, paddle-shifted, single-clutch transmission.
01:12 It's all-wheel drive, and it looks like a giant piece of Tupperware.
01:16 We got 24 hours to do whatever we want with it, but
01:20 we didn't really want to be seen in it, so we also brought this car with us.
01:23 This Rat Rod is a 1930 Model A two-door sedan, and
01:28 it was bought as sort of a hacked-up Rat Rod.
01:31 And Hot Rod Magazine, in conjunction with Mackey's Hot Rod Shop,
01:35 reworked it for Sailor Jerry Rum.
01:37 It's a marketing piece.
01:38 It's designed basically to just be looked at, which is kind of a good thing,
01:42 because it's a little hard to drive with how heavily chopped and channeled it is.
01:46 It's powered by a small block Chevy, and
01:48 it has a turbo 350 automatic transmission.
01:50 So we're going to hit the road here in Southern California and
01:53 see what kind of damage we can do.
01:55 Which one are you going to drive?
01:56 >> I know you're the boss, so- >> So I get to pick?
01:59 >> You get to pick.
02:00 >> I'm taking the Rat Rod.
02:01 >> Wow, that was a surprise.
02:04 >> [LAUGH] >> All right.
02:06 >> That was such a surprise, my glasses are in here already.
02:08 >> [LAUGH] >> I'm not sure which one of these is
02:11 worst, to tell you the truth.
02:13 >> Not sure how to even drive this thing.
02:14 >> Okay, this car actually has bathroom door locks.
02:20 [SOUND] >> That's what sex sounds like right
02:27 there.
02:28 >> Do you see my steering wheel anywhere?
02:29 >> Don't worry, that'll buff out.
02:30 >> Aha, I found it.
02:33 >> Don't hurt yourself, boy.
02:36 [MUSIC]
02:38 >> I'm at it.
02:41 [MUSIC]
02:47 >> Okay, you ready to go in that gold chain mobile?
02:58 I know this cool place down by the beach.
03:00 We're going to go have breakfast,
03:01 see what people think of these two cars together, okay?
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03:17 >> Stuck.
03:18 >> [LAUGH] You got stuck.
03:20 >> It's stuck.
03:20 [LAUGH] >> That's awesome.
03:24 That's why I chose the Lamborghini.
03:26 [SOUND]
03:28 [LAUGH]
03:30 >> You can't go backwards either.
03:31 [LAUGH]
03:34 As big a douche bag as I feel for driving a rented Lamborghini,
03:38 the fact that he's stuck in the death trap on a driveway that's too steep,
03:43 that's somehow worse to me.
03:45 >> Man, it's hard to get out of this thing.
03:47 >> It's going to be a long day for him.
03:48 [BLANK_AUDIO]
03:51 >> Hey, Finn again?
03:52 >> I think I'll just listen to the radio.
03:54 >> I can't even get out.
03:59 I need a hand, I literally can't get out.
04:02 >> What a piece of crap.
04:03 [SOUND]
04:13 >> Not happening.
04:15 I think rocking it was helping.
04:16 >> Yeah.
04:17 >> Ready?
04:19 [SOUND]
04:26 >> Not happening.
04:27 >> The rocker's stuck in the ground.
04:28 >> Yeah, I know.
04:30 You beached it.
04:31 >> Hot rods are perfectly practical vehicles for daily use.
04:33 >> Dude, it bashed the door.
04:37 Yeah, you need to get out too.
04:41 We need the weight off of it.
04:42 >> Okay, let's see if we can shove it backwards.
04:44 There we go.
04:46 That's gonna get it.
04:48 Yep, okay.
04:50 One, two, three.
04:52 Okay.
04:52 >> Yeah.
04:58 >> Jump in it, back up, hug this wall, and then come across this.
05:02 >> Okay.
05:04 >> Okay, hard, yeah, there you go.
05:05 >> Yep.
05:05 >> What am I doing?
05:07 This thing runs.
05:08 Start it.
05:09 [SOUND]
05:12 >> Don't stop, just go.
05:15 >> Are you sure that's not gonna just rip the quarter panels off of it?
05:18 >> This is the only driveway.
05:20 >> But does that mean we wanna just rip the quarter panels off?
05:23 >> Do this.
05:24 Cut the wheel this way, back up more, and hit it more of an angle.
05:28 >> Go for it.
05:29 [SOUND]
05:32 [LAUGH]
05:37 >> Sailor Jerry will probably never loan us their car again.
05:39 >> Whoops.
05:41 You'll know when I leave, the door's not gonna fly open.
05:44 Love the Lambo.
05:47 [MUSIC]
05:53 >> Good thing it was this car and not the Lamborghini.
05:55 >> I'm so glad that was you and not me.
05:57 [LAUGH]
05:59 >> The Rat Rod is a whole lot of fun in theory,
06:02 until somebody forces you to actually drive it.
06:05 The car is so heavily chopped that there's barely any windshield in it.
06:09 And it's so heavily channeled that there's not a lot of headroom and
06:12 not a lot of space between the steering wheel and the floor.
06:14 So to drive this thing, I had to lean way back, put my foot up on the dash, and
06:20 sort of drive, you know, full on monkey style in the thing.
06:23 It was actually pretty miserable.
06:24 [MUSIC]
06:27 The most excitement I'm having right now is hitting the button to raise and
06:30 lower the front end for railroad tracks, potholes, and driveways.
06:34 So pretty much I'm relegated to just posing right now and
06:38 saying hey, hey girl, how you doing?
06:41 Meanwhile, Fry Burger is in the Talk Like a Pirate car.
06:45 >> Yeah, baby.
06:47 >> With no air conditioning, no radio.
06:50 >> At least it's quiet.
06:52 >> No safety.
06:53 >> It's impossible to see out of this thing.
06:55 >> No shame.
06:58 >> Yeah, this is hot rodding.
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07:07 >> Yeah, I could drive this every day.
07:09 I'd be all right with that.
07:10 >> This thing would be fantastic if there was no other cars on the road.
07:15 >> Nobody's really looking at me in this car.
07:19 It's like I'm invisible.
07:21 They're all checking out the pirate car in front of me.
07:23 Model A is kind of popular right now.
07:28 I think because people are worried about running into it and
07:30 needing a tetanus shot afterwards.
07:32 >> Yes, it is better to look good than to feel good.
07:36 [MUSIC]
07:39 And I look good.
07:40 >> Turn signal lever's kind of in a weird spot here because of the paddle shifters.
07:45 >> Notice the hand signal?
07:48 Yeah, there's no turn signals.
07:50 I don't even know if I remember what those are.
07:51 >> Corvette guy digs me.
07:54 >> The old broads like the Sailor Jerry car.
07:58 Check it out.
07:58 See?
08:02 Old people dig it.
08:04 Nobody gives a shit about the Lamborghini.
08:08 >> Hey Mike, you know why David is driving so slow?
08:13 >> David is driving so slow because if he drove any faster he'd kill himself.
08:18 >> There is no speedometer, the brakes only sort of work.
08:22 He can't see anything.
08:23 Yeah, just get used to this.
08:25 It's going to be like this the whole trip.
08:26 [MUSIC]
08:32 >> Out of gas.
08:33 >> [LAUGH] David just ran out of gas.
08:38 [LAUGH] Hey, you sure it didn't just load up?
08:43 >> It's zero fuel pressure.
08:44 >> Oh, well, that's out of gas.
08:48 So I need to go get gas in a Lamborghini?
08:50 >> Yeah, go just throw a five gallon jug in there, no one will know.
08:53 >> Yeah, nobody will care if I spill any on the leather.
08:56 >> It's not bothering me right now.
08:57 >> All right.
08:58 >> What good is a $6,000 rental that you can't go get gas in?
09:01 >> That's a good point.
09:02 >> Be somebody.
09:03 >> I'll be back.
09:05 >> I win the chick attention thing so far.
09:07 >> Dude.
09:08 >> Total. >> You had some senior citizen blue
09:10 hairs back there that were literally ready to rip their jogging suits off for you.
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09:24 >> What, you didn't want to spill it on the Lambo?
09:29 California gas can.
09:31 Get stuck in the driveway, run out of gas.
09:35 I see how this day is going.
09:36 Dude, the restaurant's right around the corner and it's like right on the beach.
09:41 Chicks playing volleyball and the whole deal.
09:43 We're going to prove once again that chicks dig the rat rod, not the Lambo.
09:47 Beautiful downtown Hermosa Beach, California,
09:51 where people have no idea what they're looking at with this car.
09:55 A big part of what we're doing here is really figuring out which one of these
09:59 cars is a better attention whore.
10:01 And we went down to the beach first thing and I gotta say, chicks check out
10:06 the rat rod and dudes check out the Lamborghini, inverted of what you would
10:10 think, so, so far, I completely win the chick contest, I'm serious.
10:16 >> Dude, let me tell you something.
10:18 The only people that have checked me out in that car are dudes.
10:23 I stopped, opened the door, and the next thing you know,
10:25 a little point and shoot camera came in the window.
10:28 And I was like, what the fuck?
10:30 And it was some guy going, I gotta have a picture of the Aventador logo for
10:33 my roommate.
10:33 >> [LAUGH]
10:35 >> I couldn't get out of the car.
10:37 Unreal, dude.
10:38 That car is a death trap.
10:40 I've lied down in it just to be able to steer.
10:42 >> I can't hear what you're saying because there's chicks playing volleyball
10:45 on the pavement right now.
10:45 >> Wow, this was the right place to come.
10:50 I figure from here, we're almost obligated to cruise PCH a little bit and
10:55 then hit Mulholland, right?
10:57 >> We need to get out of the city.
10:59 >> Okay. >> The Lambo was useless.
11:01 >> Yeah, the rat rod's fairly useless in traffic as well.
11:03 >> I didn't get out of third gear.
11:04 Sucked.
11:04 Good. >> So from here,
11:05 out of the city, Mulholland, then after- >> We'll go out to the desert,
11:09 where we can go really fast, not going to jail.
11:11 >> We have 24 hours to kill.
11:12 [MUSIC]
11:16 >> Okay.
11:18 >> Who's driving what?
11:18 >> I'm driving the rat rod, cruise the beach.
11:21 >> We're going to Mulholland, so I'm not gonna argue with you.
11:23 [LAUGH]
11:25 >> Ready? >> Curbs are gonna suck in that thing.
11:27 >> Not for me.
11:28 I never had the Countach poster when I was a kid.
11:32 I'm not a Lamborghini fanboy.
11:34 I just don't care.
11:35 Is it not automatic?
11:38 This thing's as hard to get into as the hot rod.
11:41 So all these guys who are worshipping that car on the Motor Trend YouTube channel
11:46 every single week, I'm gonna give it to you straight.
11:49 Is the Lamborghini really that cool?
11:51 If you paid $400,000 for a car, wouldn't you want an electric seat adjuster?
11:55 [SOUND]
12:05 >> The rat rod is a total freak show.
12:08 Difficult to drive, but badass, nonetheless.
12:11 [SOUND]
12:14 >> This thing is a naturally aspirated V12, 6.5 liters,
12:19 691 horsepower, and I truly appreciate the 8,500 RPM redline.
12:24 [SOUND]
12:27 >> You hear that thumping?
12:28 [SOUND]
12:30 >> This thing does not drive that much differently than the hot rod.
12:33 I wonder if it'll downshift.
12:36 Yes, it will.
12:37 Okay, yeah, it's peppy.
12:39 Ha ha.
12:40 I feel like Carlos Lago right now.
12:42 [SOUND]
12:47 >> Poor Finnegan in front of me in the hot rod.
12:50 Not good.
12:52 [MUSIC]
13:00 >> So I was driving the Sailor Jerry car, and our goal was to get both cars up to
13:04 Mulholland Drive and drive around the curves.
13:07 We get stuck in typical LA traffic about five miles into literally crawling.
13:13 I watch the temp gauge just go 220, 230, 240.
13:18 Hey, it's getting hot.
13:19 Hey, the death trap is at 250 degrees.
13:23 >> Do you want to pull over?
13:24 >> Yeah, I'm pulling over right here.
13:28 >> I don't even know if I should turn it off.
13:29 [SOUND]
13:34 >> Hey, that thing will overheat in traffic, by the way.
13:36 >> Yeah, not my car.
13:38 >> Who ever got past 200 on me when we were just doing what we were doing?
13:42 >> I never even looked at the gauge.
13:44 >> Wow.
13:44 >> It doesn't matter.
13:47 >> I wouldn't film this, there's cops everywhere.
13:50 >> Hi.
13:52 >> It's overheating?
13:52 >> Yeah, it's a maiden voyage in traffic.
13:57 So we've apparently found out the limit of the cooling system.
14:00 Is it all right if we sit here for a few minutes, let it cool off, and
14:02 then get it out of the way?
14:03 >> No, that's fine.
14:05 >> Okay, I know we shouldn't be, but I'd hate to hurt the motor.
14:12 >> How's it going?
14:13 >> Pretty good.
14:17 >> Weird, we rented it, I've never been in one before.
14:19 It's strange.
14:20 >> I want to ride one every day.
14:21 >> [LAUGH]
14:22 [BLANK_AUDIO]
14:27 >> Yeah, that thing's not gonna get any better, so I guess we might as well just
14:29 drive.
14:30 It's puking coolant everywhere.
14:32 >> Yeah, it's not gonna cool down sitting there with the engine on.
14:34 >> Okay.
14:35 Well, [BLEEP] it, I'll see if it'll start when we go.
14:41 >> So my first experience driving the Rat Rod was in overheating in LA traffic,
14:46 five miles after I get behind the wheel.
14:48 >> Hey, this thing's boiling over, I gotta get off the road or something.
14:55 >> Before I can even get off the highway, it goes 260 on the gauge, and
14:59 a geyser comes out of the radiator overflow.
15:02 And it literally shot straight up in the air over the cab of this thing.
15:05 It's got a canvas top on it that wasn't on there, and
15:08 I was literally leaning over thinking, I'm getting burned right here.
15:11 It's going through the roof.
15:13 >> Holy shit.
15:15 >> So on Roadkill, we're on a loose schedule.
15:17 >> Yeah, remember that thing we said we were gonna do about going to Mulholland
15:20 and hauling butt around curves?
15:22 That's not happening, cuz this thing overheated.
15:24 >> California has this bitching program with guys in trucks that just drive around
15:27 and help stranded motorists.
15:29 And so that guy pulled over, gave us a bunch of water, cooled it off, and
15:33 we hit the road again maybe a half hour later.
15:35 And after that, it was fine.
15:37 As long as that car is moving, you're good to go.
15:39 You get stuck in traffic, you're getting scalded probably.
15:42 >> The overheating blew our plans to go blast around Mulholland.
15:45 And the thing we've got to do now is get out to the desert,
15:48 because what we're really doing with these two cars is shooting a really
15:52 important cover for an all new issue of Hot Rod Magazine.
15:56 And we've gotta meet the photographer out there.
15:58 >> And with any luck, we'll get there early enough where we can beat the hell out of
16:00 these things on the open road.
16:01 [MUSIC]
16:05 >> You wanna hop in?
16:06 >> All right.
16:07 [MUSIC]
16:09 >> See the beauty of this is it's not my Lamborghini, so we can do this.
16:12 [LAUGH]
16:13 [MUSIC]
16:16 It doesn't sound good till you go.
16:18 There you go, seven grand.
16:20 >> When we stopped out in the middle of the desert, we met this young couple.
16:22 And once again, the guy loved the Lambo.
16:25 The chick really, really liked the Hot Rod.
16:28 >> What do you think of the Model A?
16:29 >> I like it way better.
16:31 >> You wanna sit in?
16:31 >> Yeah, sure.
16:33 >> Go ahead and turn the key.
16:34 >> Almost every woman we've run into wants to go for a ride in the Model A.
16:40 >> What do you think?
16:40 >> I like it, I wanna keep it.
16:42 [LAUGH]
16:43 [MUSIC]
16:46 >> Okay, desert road hijinks.
16:48 >> Yes.
16:49 >> Rochambeau.
16:50 >> For what, the cars?
16:51 >> Yep.
16:52 >> All right.
16:53 >> Ready?
16:54 [MUSIC]
16:56 So I pick what?
16:58 >> Let me guess, the one that doesn't hurt your ass to drive.
17:01 >> Bingo.
17:02 >> Shit, all right.
17:04 [MUSIC]
17:06 About to go drag racing in a car that you really can't see more than ten feet in
17:10 front of.
17:11 Not one of my brightest moves.
17:12 [MUSIC]
17:15 But at least I'll look cool.
17:17 [MUSIC]
17:23 Let's go drag racing.
17:25 [MUSIC]
17:35 [SOUND]
17:45 [MUSIC]
17:55 How do you start an automatic Lamborghini?
18:07 I don't know.
18:09 >> A Lamborghini has what they call thrust mode,
18:11 which is essentially launch control, drag race style launch control.
18:15 And I tried to activate it, but it seems if you hold the thing up on the rev
18:18 limiter long enough while you're trying to launch, that it eventually backs down,
18:22 or I lift and engage the automatic clutch, I don't know.
18:25 >> I beat Freiburger driving the Rat Rod the first race.
18:29 Second race, he kicked the crap out of me once he figured out how to drive the car.
18:33 >> The thrust mode's actually kind of cool.
18:36 You turn off the stability control, and it lets you stand on the brake,
18:39 floor the gas, it comes up to like 5,500 RPM, and
18:43 then you just swap feet and mat it, and it hooks up and launches.
18:48 It doesn't launch that hard.
18:50 To me, it's not $400,000 fast at all.
18:54 [MUSIC]
18:59 Is it the best day at work ever?
19:00 >> This is probably the best one.
19:02 >> [LAUGH] So after we were done messing around out in the desert,
19:05 we had to wait till dusk, and we went straight into our Hot Rod Magazine cover
19:09 shoot. >> We found an abandoned desert road, and
19:13 the first thing we did is we got a couple very slow car to car shots to get some
19:17 action for the magazine.
19:19 And then our photographer, Wes Allison, set them both up on the road, and
19:23 we lit them to shoot the cover of the September issue of Hot Rod Magazine,
19:27 which is going to be this all new, complete makeover on the magazine.
19:31 So this was a really important shoot.
19:33 [MUSIC]
19:38 It doesn't seem like it, but it's really hard work fooling around with really
19:42 great cars.
19:42 And so, done with the photo shoot, time to go eat some food.
19:46 >> I want it out here so I don't spill it.
19:47 [LAUGH]
19:52 >> Apparently we can't drink in the Lambo.
19:54 We signed a contract.
19:55 >> That's right.
19:57 We can't afford to fail that contract.
19:59 >> I will say this, I'm not a Lambo guy, but I'm definitely a V12 guy now.
20:04 >> How's that?
20:04 >> 8,500 RPM, nothing sounds like that thing.
20:09 Badass.
20:10 It's like playing a video game.
20:12 You're in seventh gear and tap, tap, tap, you're in second gear.
20:14 And it doesn't care and it doesn't whine about it.
20:16 >> That's totally the best part of the car is the 70 mile an hour quadruple
20:20 downshift and eight grand.
20:22 >> Yeah. >> Yeah.
20:23 >> That's really, it's only redeeming value,
20:25 because chicks seem to like this better than that.
20:27 >> Most people say that they would take this home instead of that,
20:29 you have to admit it.
20:30 >> Yeah, those people have never gone for a ride in it.
20:32 It doesn't stop, it doesn't go.
20:35 This is literally a compound fracture waiting to happen.
20:39 >> This is a death trap, there's no argument there.
20:40 >> Legs broken, shit dangling off.
20:44 >> [LAUGH] So, what now?
20:47 >> I need to go somewhere.
20:48 We've got, we've got like eight hours left.
20:50 >> We're paying $5 a minute on the Lamborghini and
20:53 we're hanging out in this pile.
20:54 >> Yeah, that was 25 bucks right there.
20:56 >> Yeah. >> I'm getting out of here.
20:57 [MUSIC]
21:07 >> This was ostensibly a comparison of these two cars,
21:13 although we really know that it was just a freak show for our fun and enjoyment.
21:17 But I do have some thoughts to take away from it.
21:20 The rat rod thing is so popular right now, and I know why.
21:24 It's because the cars are cartoony and fun and evil, and
21:26 they just look like we wish hot rods really were.
21:29 The truth is, it's not fast, it's not a performance car.
21:33 It's not that fun to drive around unless all you wanna do is get looked at.
21:38 >> It's a miracle I'm sitting here today.
21:40 The rat rod, there's no good way to describe this thing where
21:45 you're gonna wanna drive this car.
21:47 >> It's an attention grabber, it's a lot of fun.
21:49 It's a cartoon, great marketing tool for Sailor Jerry, but
21:53 not something that you wanna drive every single day.
21:55 Even though you can drive it to whatever car show you want.
21:59 The Lamborghini, I just don't see it.
22:03 Finnegan thinks that the car is brutally fast.
22:05 >> If you're a real hot rodder,
22:06 you're probably not gonna say you like a Lamborghini.
22:09 But if you ever got the chance to be tossed the keys to one,
22:12 you can't lie, it's amazing.
22:15 >> It does have some value on the freeway when you're cruising along in sixth or
22:19 seventh and you downshift to second and stand on it.
22:22 The V12 screams like a banshee, and that is pretty cool.
22:25 To me, that's the best feature of the car,
22:27 is being able to just shriek it to 8,500 RPM.
22:31 But you know what?
22:32 It's just as hard to get in and out of the Lamborghini as it is the rat rod.
22:35 The scissor doors are just annoying.
22:38 And you need to know how to run a Hewlett-Packard computer to function
22:43 the center console.
22:44 Way too many switches and gadgets on it.
22:46 It's not that comfortable, it's not that fast.
22:49 The thing I will give it is that we had no real track time at all,
22:54 no performance testing.
22:56 On a road course, I think the Lamborghini would really kick ass.
23:00 The all wheel drive's unbeatable, but that's just not our skill set.
23:03 We were looking at this more from a regular muscle car guy point of view.
23:07 >> They're one dimensional cars.
23:08 You drive the rat rod because you want to be seen.
23:11 You buy the Lambo because you want to be seen.
23:13 You're never going to push it the way you should push it or
23:16 the way we pushed it.
23:17 So pretty much, they're poser's cars.
23:21 You can afford either one.
23:22 You buy it for whatever reason you want.
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23:33 [BLANK_AUDIO]