Operation: Dry Tank

[@Mcshee21]

Only Hamish and Andy could take something as mundane as seeing how far your car can drive on an empty tank, and make it such an unbelievably funny and entertaining video

[@TheAngryOutlaw]

What about top gear? Their one was great

[@Mcshee21]

TheAngryOutlaw can't say I've seen it!

[@trollashnikovavtomat]

its actually super lame and highly misleading as its a diesel engine which behaves differently and doing this to it is basically death

[@mus31]

pretty sure they did this on seinfeld as well

[@h0niels]

you find them funny? Oh god how low is your IQ?

[@FoxymoronOfficial]

Makes you wonder how people ever run out of fuel.

[@kenpachi1112]

For real lmaooo

[@ashleysharkey6406]

Older, dumber, less efficient cars probably

[@passingoutwang]

My car stops telling me when i hit 50 kms left and if i use the odometer i get legit 10 kms or less once it hits "empty". 2016 lancer too

[@MsNovazz]

I think it most probably is depends on the car. Logically speaking though; different car, different performance. I dont know.

[@starzandearth]

Cuz you need to be able to afford an audi

[@dainah105]

That’s like when you get to 1% on your phone and it lasts for 10+ minutes

[@valiosu8008]

For me I get 10% and end up getting 1% value...

[@IanVinh]

I recently went 1% for 2 1/2 hours

[@MrBraddles3128]

IanNguyenDo, you’re a liar. Cease and desist immediately.

[@guccimaverick7639]

I think my iPhone goes from 30% to zero in 1 minute...

[@zeitGGeist]

Battery percentage is a made up metric that means nothing. Voltage is what should be displayed.

[@justo316]

rewatching this in 2019 because it is still the greatest scientific experiment ever performed.

[@befer]

i don't it' the greatest, but really makes you think...

[@user-ie6jr4bg1w]

They’re not the first 😂

[@heavensign3101]

Top Gear has done it before too.

[@emmadavies8588]

And again in 2021...

[@enigmabeatbox1358]

2021, clarifying data

[@liammccarthy6592]

This is like the Seinfeld episode where Kramer takes a car for a test drive and him and the salesman get so excited trying to go as long as they can on no fuel.

[@davesadler8969]

Came here to say this. Glad someone else remembered that episode

[@liammccarthy6592]

@@davesadler8969 And your comment made me watch that clip again and get a great laugh out of it. Cheers!

[@TheGroucho66]

Car Salesman: "Oh Mr Kramer, I gotta thank you. I learned a lot. Things are gonna be different for me now!" Kramer: "Well that's a weird thing to say"

[@jamesnicol3932]

@@TheGroucho66 Where's the needle? Oh it broke off baby!

[@stephenhymesjr.9996]

Hahahahaha

[@flex2639]

And I was worried about travelling 40kms with 44km leftin the tank to work tomorrow. Thanks Ledgens.

[@tuttosalve8352]

It’s still bad for a car to run it on empty

[@drunkendog13]

@@tuttosalve8352 🤓

[@sweetbrainbox08]

This is the content I’m here for

[@trollashnikovavtomat]

but i mean its pretty bad an misleading, this is a diesel engine and there are alot of factors, if you think driving your car on anything below quarter is good for it youre gonna have a bad time

[@urboyliam9924]

I'm glad you came here for the content you clicked?

[@thecommodoresmissingfuelca1603]

they're comedians not mechanics buddy@@trollashnikovavtomat

[@tompoulter6875]

@@trollashnikovavtomat I hope you're not still this much of a prick

[@progidy7]

I was starting to think that gasoline was a conspiracy theory

[@Kahandran]

What powers cars? Wizards. Tiny fucking wizards.

[@barnowl2832]

Cars have been solar electric for years! The engine and fuel is just a front to keep the oil industry in business!

[@Receptivel]

My mate and I did this today after watching this, made 137km before running out.

[@MJFAN666]

Wtf

[@hasmituchil5214]

Where's the video punk

[@yukiiel]

your mate and you ruined your car

[@theexpertsblueprint2716]

This video saved us today, we were running empty with 30km to go until a petrol station But then remembered golden era Hamish and Andy did 100km on operation dry tank! Hahaha

[@midgetwars1]

Think we don't appreciate how ridiculous 100kms is. That's past Wollongong if you're in Sydney, that's practically getting to Ballarat if you're in Mebourne and GC to Brissy.

[@bfc9467]

And nowhere if you're in perth...

[@bluey6687]

gc to bissy is about 70-75km, probably more like brissy to toowoomba.

[@vincenzopanetti294]

Explain this in American terms

[@DR-54]

@@vincenzopanetti294 little over 60 miles

[@midgetwars1]

@@vincenzopanetti294 Most of your cities are like packed with more people than our other major cities. Just putting it in some context on how far 70 miles is.

[@rileyallen5032]

Came back to watch this in 2022 with petrol being at an all time high for a morale boost

[@mega6202]

You're basically mythbusters...

[@trollashnikovavtomat]

kind of the opposite, this doesnt mean anything especially since its with a diesel engine, try doing it with your car though dont believe me

[@urboyliam9924]

Mythbusters should try and break the myth that they're boring. That would be a good one!

[@RealNigga266]

Never compare these two to the mythbusters. They’re more. A lot more

[@KizWhalifa.]

How are they mythbusters, they don't go into the science of it...

[@StreetKxd]

@@KizWhalifa. i think it was a joke you dumbass

[@huhoyman]

I come back and watch this adventure every year. Highlight of my year every year

[@franktibbitts3117]

I tried the same thing in my car a few years ago. Ended up somewhere between Wagga and Canberra in the dark with a pretty annoyed wifey in the passenger seat. On the plus side, I now know how to siphon fuel and what that fuel tastes like too.

[@chappo8100]

shoulda got your wife to siphon, fuel can give you cancer.

[@samoak123]

@@chappo8100 mate his wife is there to siphon something else...

[@AlexanderS007]

Part of the reason for the extra buffer is it's really bad for the fuel pump to run the tank empty. The fuel acts to remove heat from the immersed pump, so you generally don't want to run the car under 1/4 tank, let alone to bone dry. Car companies probably know people wait until the gas light comes on, so have built in a buffer.

[@seluinitaufa846]

I was literally thinking this, this morning. Thank you both for your service. A seriously understated question that I’m not willing to try myself😂

[@rwclark61]

Honestly don't think I've ever seen Andy look this happy

[@TyCetto]

I'm regularly going past zero in my Mazda... I got a reserve tank in the car and I've been past 50 km in most occasions. Great video!

[@Bonstarification]

I actually listened to this a week ago. These two are my favourite radio hosts.

[@Virtua..]

"its like finding out about the matrix" that 70 buffer

[@McGMark1977]

I once went over 100km from 0km range in a 1.6Tdi A3 saloon and chickened out at 108km before it conked. Terrifyingly stupidly satisfying!

[@codyhannahmary83]

When I listened to this on the podcast I was actually riveted! !!!!!!!! Great to see the video too.

[@deepakx7]

Hamish is a prime example of someone who is effortlessly funny, he has the magic fairy dust

[@XxxX-wx3er]

4:47: "never trust a machine, even if it may have your best interest at heart" .. same goes with people.

[@conhod10]

“This whole time, we’ve been sitting on 70 mile buffer and we didn’t know it.”

[@GooserFive]

Wonder if its just a safety net. Like imagine your in the middle of nowhere with no gas stations in sight and your meter hits zero, now you've got 100km until you are truly screwed.

[@Chris-th6wq]

It's not a safety net, it's a design safety thing. This is a diesel injected car, and running it dry will absolutely fuck the inner workings of the engine. I'm pretty sure Hamish later said they ended up having to sell this as a result. You can run past empty for say 20-30km to get fuel, but anything past that and you're actively destroying the car.

[@MakedonskoChojek]

Ahoy fellas, you may have just solved this whole fuel predicament we seem to have. Oh and happy birthday Andy!

[@xmeria_]

miguel hahahhahahaha

[@lennyluvr]

38

[@davidandroid7747]

Thank you. From every driver on this planet you have satisfied our curiosity 😂

[@ElisonJackson]

this is the side plot of a seinfeld episode about going the car dealership.

[@lanainauz764]

The knowledge this video gave me jus what I needed to push through and not get stranded in the outback ahah!! I knew we could make it to the next fuel station even after we hit empty and there was still 20ks to go! And we did!! Thank God. I wasn't ready to be wolf creeked in the outback!

[@MachineThatCreates]

As an alternate... My car said I had 45km left and died 20 km later. Life's just not fair sometimes.

[@Virtua..]

" ilove checking things that nobody expects you to check" yup

[@petev23]

I fucking LOVE you two. Funniest team alive. If you're ever in San Francisco, drinks and stippers are on me

[@carlosparra8976]

drinks, strippers and STDs are on petev23

[@urboyliam9924]

Herpes stays for life, so techincally you'll be with them forever @petev23

[@urboyliam9924]

Please explain?

[@urboyliam9924]

not the best troll I've ever seen

[@LollieLops]

they dont want to get shot

[@NathanBRing]

I feel the reason why car manufacturers are telling you that your car is almost is gonna go on empty is becuase they dont want you to runnout of petrol and start pumping air into the cylinders at all csuse the bearings can be damged, so its a saftey feature to save your car from getting replacements. On reasurance if you run out of petrol cause your car says it does, just know you still have at least 1 to 2 gallons left depending on what car you have so that you have time to refuel up your car with petrol. So you can drive up to another 50 to a 100 miles

[@Ryan-eu3kp]

Gallons? Miles? What is this

[@girlinaworldx8753]

One of the best videos on the internet

[@CharlesP2009]

Keep in mind driving with low fuel is bad for the pump since it's cooled by the fuel. And you can't count on any specific empty range since driving conditions and weather have a big impact. City driving you might be lucky to go half that distance.

[@noxious89123]

+1 for this. He could have given it one good squirt of throttle to accelerate or pass another vehicle and instantly lost power for example. Cruising like they did is as efficient as it gets.

[@Corzappy]

It’s just giving an extra head start to the idiots that somehow run out of fuel anyway

[@roxierocket6882]

So glad this is Trending! Nothing like this gets this much attention! Keep doing Australia proud boys!

[@lindsayalexander5296]

This is the best thing ever!! So true like finding out about the matrix 😂 makes me want to test my own car! All the lies we’ve been fed! Thanks Hamish and Andy! You guys are legends!!!

[@zeitGGeist]

This is a great video idea executed as well. Thanks!

[@joshuahobbs494]

Ffft ffft, wwwooohh, hello hi, weeeee

[@emperorpicasso8732]

Reminds of the Seinfeld episode where Kramer does this exact test with the car salesman

[@SuperKillerpickle]

It's like that episode of Seinfeld!

[@michaelnavarrete6737]

SuperKillerpickle I looked for this comment lmao

[@Cheeseboardv]

Pretty sure most cars go 50 miles past the empty mark to avoid idiots running out of fuel up and down the country

[@TheCed90]

most cars have a reserve of 2 to 3 gallons after it hit's "empty". The car gets average 27mpg and they went 111km, 68 miles. Car has roughly 2.5 gallons reserve after the gauge hits emtpy

[@alittlebitgone]

Yeah, it's kind of a dumb video, that reserve is there by design, the machine isn't wrong in any way.

[@Poop-cm1lg]

Then how come my stupid ford territory gave up at 18 before it said empty on the dial. Machines will mess with your head before being your friend.

[@matthardy8821]

Andrew /// i have a 2013 xr6 turbo and it runs out at 10ks under. Found out last week and we measure in litres and kilometres.

[@Drummercommander]

I'm assuming people already know this but just in case: Every car is different but the general rule is the steadier you drive the less fuel you consume. 111Ks is indeed a pretty insane number

[@diagonals792]

Oh to have a friendship like these boys have.

[@Sean-sn6gn]

Haha this is too funny😂. Also have fun with that diesel😬

[@technodaisy18]

So I had seen this before but it came up in my recommended again and I CRIED laughing this time

[@MrsGisawesome]

I seriously believe that there should be a sign erected at that point on the freeway. You know, like "Hamish and Andy made it this far"... we could crowd fund it. A flashing neon sign!...But part of me wishes they made it to Sydney.

[@maxsinventions8913]

So I know this might be hard to believe, but I did a equation to figure out exactly what it would look like to leave a string representing how much fuel you use behind you as you drove forward. In my car that gets 30 miles to the gallon, that means whenever I drive I'll be leaving a string of fuel behind me the thickness of one normal head hair.

[@timtam8771]

You could have at least acknowledged Seinfeld in the preamble.

[@christianvlek]

pfft... there are those of us who live our whole lives beyond "0 kms til empty"

[@charlien3605]

This just reminds me of the Seinfeld episode when Cramer takes the guy at the car dealership.

[@rynomuncher]

Man your mechanic is going to cry!

[@trollashnikovavtomat]

of joy for all the money hes gonna charge him

[@liambrazel812]

cry all the way to the bank yes he will

[@urboyliam9924]

Boys don't cry out of their eyes..

[@ahmetturkmen0011]

They ARE the mechanic

[@mrloner8558]

Kayıhan Türkmenoğlu It’s spelt M A N I A C .

[@Taureg]

I don't know why this surprises anyone, any car usually has a 6-7 litre buffer from when it identifies as empty.

[@tummygang6070]

Good job boys! Doing productive stuff and helping change the world.

[@JM-de9en]

This reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where Kramer takes the car salesman for a wild ride of driving without fuel 😂

[@ElectricRides]

Hahaha this is gold although I would never recommend running your tank dry. You will root your fuel filter and pump.

[@rikinpatel6685]

Not sure, why I was been recommend in 2024, great video though and nice experiment.

[@jimstines2943]

Any poor student found out this secret almost immediately. The worst part is putting your last 5$ in on fuel after youve already been driving on empty for a day or two and the fuel meter never moves.

[@paulfrankelphd]

I'm not totally surprised by a 50 mile conservative calculation by the vehicle computer.

[@timbaltutan]

You know there is a "reserve" tank on most cars, so that you could go a little further in case you don't find a servo..

[@sandonschultz7355]

Do you think maybe the car had calculated the range for city driving which obviously is a smaller distance rather than on a freeway

[@Vers16]

This video gave me anxiety the entire time

[@nicholasallan573]

Andy flexing by knowing how to zero the odometer

[@midnighteternalsoul]

To be fair, it first dropped from 10 km to 0 when you were on surface streets, where your consumption is much less efficient.

[@GregScavezze]

Have they never noticed that when they stop with 0km left per the computer that when they fill, they end up putting in 2 or 3 gallons (litres or whatever) less than the capacity of the fuel tank in the owner's manual? I think this is the way the manufacturer kind of builds in a virtual "reserve tank", like on a motorcycle. It keeps dolts from running out of gas on the freeway.

[@kateybear8323]

Best video ever!! xx

[@bartjeuhh790]

I always drive about 50km after hitting 0... I thought it was common sense you don't have to trust that gauge?

[@MickDavies]

What a hyper mile boys, going where man has not gone before!

[@cracka5431]

I reckon it being a diesel car gave it that extra range

[@kaylahorton7083]

Coming home from a holiday last year driving a mazda cx 7, we were racing to get to a petrol station. But it stopped literally as soon as it told us 0kms left 😂😂

[@punkizm]

I get nervous when I’m under half a tank

[@NathanChisholm041]

Dont be such a wuss!

[@katerosengreen7567]

Wholesome content, I thoroughly enjoyed

[@2x4noah]

My dad calls that running on fumes

[@alittlebitgone]

and the rest of earth

[@theguywhoisaustralian1465]

Everybody calls it that buddy

[@braydonjohn3322]

Does he

[@queleimportapene6582]

Even in spanish we use the exact translation.

[@westonkenyonmusic]

noah2x4 And Tucker Gott. He landed on fumes on his paramotor.

[@noahwebb9887]

You lads have defeated the system

[@claraedits]

genuinely one quarter of my tank… so i have 5 quarters…

[@liviniaflorisson3484]

We did 30kms towing a large boat on an empty tank once. We were in the middle of the desert and had to get to the next servo.

[@carni5064]

I ran out of fuel in my BA XR6T because I trusted the machine. I ran out when it said I had 26km to go.

[@NoudlePipW]

Can't believe the greys on Hampshire, so weird to see him as a grown up. Even if it's only technical

[@ChaoticOCE]

All depends on acceleration and how much petrol you're using. Freeway it'd be barely any

[@tombeverley1]

Is no one going to mention how running a diesel system dry is a really bad idea?

[@trollashnikovavtomat]

oh no theyre gonna praise them like gods and somehow a conspiracy theory is gonna get born outta here lol

[@SALLYLYNN91]

Yeah I thought that too ... theyre going to fuck it

[@jaejoongkim4926]

That little car is diesel?

[@Jacko30152]

They mentioned it briefly at the end of the radio show.

[@trollashnikovavtomat]

you can see the tdi on the back of it (trubodiesel) also i didnt know an sq5 can be diesel but i guess in europe the a7 even comes iwth a 2l diesel lmfao

[@Ewigkind]

Wow, my blind guess was 80km, and I thought to myself it's might a to high expectation. This is good to know

[@thurmanmurman1271]

Nice roof racks on Andy's car. Bet he got them for free, the weasel

[@charliecameron5516]

the best Audi advertisement of all time

[@heartquake1100]

That was actually hilarious. I think the best thing is that they were really expecting like 10ks. Also even though I'm Australian it looks so weird to see the driver on the right side because I watch too much American TV.

[@jojojorisjhjosef]

behind every machine, there's an engineer.

[@nitsuj6801]

Fuel light comes on in most cars when you have 5 Litres left. I wonder what the fuel economy for that car is

[@gusgould4420]

Imagine if Andy’s car was a diesel

[@zayne1725]

It is a diesel... TDI = turbo diesel injection

[@spikeman4pres]

lol feels like a challenge the old top gear would do

[@benwhite6261]

spikeman4pres they kind of did. They did an economy race. Switzerland to Blackpool. The Jag ran 40km or so past empty

[@bluebint]

This may be like some sort of car scam that the manufacturers do to make u use more gas

[@ki6eki]

I thought people knew cars have a 50 mile fuel reserve tank

[@befer]

now you know they have 62

[@curryontheloose]

Must be nice having an Audi

[@warly2350]

this experiment ruined my life

[@djd829]

Hah wish my MB was "less accurate". I'm out when it says I'm out - I know this from experience.

[@Karpooo1]

@Hamish & Andy try this. Full the tank. Reset computer (also consumption). Drive in city to empty (not empty but 0km/mile) and then drive in city to dry it. It´ll be maybe 30km or 40km with SQ5. :) You will get proper data and more accurate test. :) Have nice day

[@kaneohalloran8586]

Over 13.5km possibly one of the best bets i've ever seen

[@indyrauch1995]

Guys this vid has made me run out of fuel on the side of the road so many times .. literally sitting here right now

[@yasin224]

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