Clarkson Tries to Tow a 13,000 Tonne Freight Ship with a Citroën C3 | The Grand Tour

Can a 1 tonne Citroën C3 Aircross pull a 13,000 tonne freight ship? Well, Jeremy seems to think so!
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[@thegrandtour]

Who thinks this should be a regular test for new cars?

[@azaboy2]

You dirty boy

[@president9425]

It definitely should be

[@Ozaneee]

Well everyone is great, but don't give Hammond a new fast Supercars, especially an electric one.

[@Nothinglikeagoodnut]

Tesla will sue

[@minecraft_bi4301]

Yes because one day the car will pull the boat half way across the world

[@Spyn3x]

"For Sale, one slightly used Citroen C3 media car, No mechanical issues, slightly whiffy clutch"

[@prospect2664]

Well... it only travelled 25m, so it is slightly used car :)

[@kevinwirkus5681]

Perspective buyer: why are the front tires bald?

[@chaitanyarao5546]

@@kevinwirkus5681 Special Racing Slicks for added performance

[@Sunset4Semaphores]

"A demonstrator"

[@tepomosweu5529]

“Needs new tires, the tow bar is slightly bent, ignore the orange engine light on the dash, car’s still mint”

[@higgo1978]

Citroen now lists the C3's towing capacity at 13000 tonnes.

[@PointNemo9]

No it doesn't

[@plakeplays6420]

@@PointNemo9 guessing you cant tell a joke from reality

[@howdareyou41]

once

[@robloxfan4271]

@@PointNemo9 its a joke you numpty

[@thedigitalmelon7326]

@@PointNemo9 I don't believe u r serious

[@skuula]

That was him signaling "I'm going in reverse", not him admitting defeat.

[@Metalstacker]

Yup three times is sailing backwards 🤣🔥🔥

[@ivobezuijen2969]

Yup that's True! He's basically saying he was grabbing a coffee earlier and was ready to participate in the tug of war.... let's say its a good time to get out of the car.

[@trainknut]

I was half expecting the car to get yanked off the dock while he was talking tbh 😂

[@pxidr]

Not true. In fact, Citroen even didn't want to give a C3 to the Grand Tour because they were afraid they will trash it.

[@friendlypiranha774]

Impressive!! Clarkson just stretched that rope by 25 meters.

[@lazar_kasalovic]

🤣

[@workphone4210]

LOL THATS FUNNY

[@emmioglukant]

Lol

[@Farrow5405]

I can't bloody breath Im laughing so hard😂😂😂

[@DigitalChatStation]

Nice one

[@spikekatsuki]

could've freed the suez canal with this

[@Richardblue1963]

The trio were operating the Ever Given. Thats why it got stuck.

[@banpridev]

@@Richardblue1963 😂😂

[@rattusnorvegicus4380]

Nah, that was a deliberately orchestrated blockage.

[@yeoldeseawitch]

@@Richardblue1963 jeremy "look at this, im drifting a container ship in waist-deep water!" hammond and james: "CLLLLAAAAAARKKKKSSSSSSSOOOOOOONNNNNNN!!!!!!!!"

[@TymaDem]

@@Richardblue1963 And on that bombshell…!

[@xjet]

This is a fantastic piece of marketing. I was so wowed by this video that I went straight out and bought one... a ship that is :-)

[@thegrandtour]

You called it Boaty McBoatface Junior right?

[@SupremeRuleroftheWorld]

@@thegrandtour The Unsinkable II

[@StaK_1980]

more like HMS Mistakes Were Made... :)

[@filiped7298]

Hi 👋 Bruce!

[@mrboxy7924]

@@thegrandtour Nah he called it ‘It wasn’t my fault’

[@bigbootybastard6973]

I love how the dock workers are struggling to put the tow rope back on and Clarkson is attempting to reason with the ship

[@pati1713]

I feel like that comment alone sums up the entire show XD

[@vondahe]

This is truly a historic moment: No car enthusiast (or anyone else, for that matter) in the history of motor vehicles ever spoke those words before. “The power and the strength of Citrôen!”

[@jetaddicted]

With 102 Rallies wins, I think that Citroën is quite the brand.

[@christopherpetersen9751]

It was not the car that pulled the ship. It was the gravity of Jezza's genius

[@Nothinglikeagoodnut]

The mAgnutizm of his genius

[@imallfordabulls]

It’s almost frightening.

[@jasond5140]

Wow 🙏

[@HopeYukizmizu]

He is one of a kind

[@dylanmaclean2351]

I'm surprised he didn't mention his genius

[@LivinLikeLarrry]

"What a powerfully amazing machine this is!" *The Citroën nearly in flames*

[@nickmagee-brown739]

He should have used an American or Chinese car.....no need to use a European car any more....those days are past us.

[@LivinLikeLarrry]

@@nickmagee-brown739 Chinese cars are ass lmao

[@paflamenace6513]

@@nickmagee-brown739 lmao Chinese car 😂

[@detroitbecomehorny7119]

@@nickmagee-brown739 lmao American car 😂

[@chosone2]

@@nickmagee-brown739 saying to use an American or Chinese car is like saying to someone who has bought a nice coffee "should have got a cup of mud with pro-plus added to it, or a weak fake Starbucks"

[@mirkovodegel3120]

“This is boaty McBoatface admitting defeat”. No. This were three short beeps = “my engine now is reversing”. He probably went for a swim with his Citroen after the cameras cut lol

[@dougaltolan3017]

Yeah but nah. The vessel was not in sight of another (of interest) since the car is not a vessel. It was not underway. It was not manoeuvring as authorised or required by colregs. Rule 34 does not apply GSOH!

[@henrychanner4032]

@@dougaltolan3017 get a life

[@dougaltolan3017]

@@henrychanner4032 get a sense of humour.

[@Stefanius058]

@@dougaltolan3017 you gotta be funny atleast for people to sense your humor. But alas.

[@dougaltolan3017]

@@Stefanius058 you read any boat forums? Nahh, didn't think so, so STFU.

[@stevenwilson5737]

Cool to see both wheels spinning together, good work Citroën engineers!

[@jacklazarski1037]

I actually watched them film this live when I worked at these docks, it was all legit and he genuinely did pull it (after burning out a few sets of tyres). The ship also was over half full at the time, still had around 600-700 cars and vans on which makes this even more impressive

[@RockyFoxxowo]

Wow that's pretty neat that a tiny little Citroen even though of doing this

[@Deehydrate]

No it didnt. I've tried a car like that and its actual dogshit.

[@chatterperson1803]

@@Deehydrate which port allowed you to tow there ship in a citroen?

[@armymatt83]

It's just a matter of generating enough thrust and tractor force all you need is .01 of a knot.

[@jacklazarski1037]

@@Deehydrate it really did, I can promise you, the only aid it had was the ship having its side mooring lines loosely attached to the dockside, to stop it drifting out into the channel

[@badcomradee2204]

the captain was so scared of his genius so he moved the ship forward

[@TheRealGamada]

Clever one !

[@malm4640]

@@TheRealGamada it's you

[@TheRealGamada]

@@malm4640 no you.

[@chikoritalast1596]

Figure out out just by looking at his shackle nd round sling.. Pffft

[@syedzainalizaidi6766]

Backward actually

[@hgaming2.067]

" Bono ! the tires are gones" - Lewis Hamilton

[@darryl0harris]

This Citroen didn't last 100kms after Jeremy was done with it.

[@rononi7915]

No Citroën last that long.

[@darryl0harris]

@@rononi7915 Well played sir.

[@RE-so1ml]

@@rononi7915 will last more than a Land rover doing this test

[@red-n-blue9015]

@@RE-so1ml I love Land Rovers (the older ones) but your not wrong

[@ceteletec8113]

@@rononi7915 i've got 400 000 km on my citroen how about that

[@MattBeardless]

Somebody at Citroën's PR office surely looked at this car like what the actual fuck did they do to this...

[@BigBlack81]

Probably got them thinking of ways to emulate it, but in an 'upmarket' fashion. Content is content.

[@Stryke607]

Na, Citroen was probably like: "We are on Top Gear, in a positive context, well worth it to just write off one mini-SUV"

[@WillMorgan89]

@@Stryke607 I've just checked the reg, it's still on the road with an MOT XD

[@Ymma58]

@@WillMorgan89 haven't you got anything better to do karen

[@WillMorgan89]

@@Ymma58 obviously not 😂😂

[@SaveWesternCivilisation]

I grew up around dredgers, barges, ferries, and all manner of commercial vessels. In dead calm conditions we'd often move a 1200 ton ferry a hundred feet up the wharf by hand. Even a single person leaning back against the rope would have it noticeably moving in less than two minutes, so this car could definitely move that ship in around 20 minutes. Best wishes all, Cheerio😃

"We're not Germans, we didn't mess your economy up!" Well, you stole their most priced archaeological pieces though.

[@OwainapDewi]

That's a funny way of saying rescued and saved.

@@OwainapDewi Greece has a lot of archeological pieces in very good conditions. British just cut through a unique place without consideration for it and moved those back to London without precautions. You should educate yourself.

[@OwainapDewi]

@ Much consideration and caution was taken and a huge amount of money was spent on rescuing artifacts from Greece before the uprising against the Ottomans, lets not forget half of the Pantheon is destroyed because it was used as a ammunition dump, if it wasn't for the British there may be very little left.

@@OwainapDewi again, ignorance. Precautions were not taken. It was savagely removed, disfiguring what was left of an already bad shape monument. It wasn't destroyed because it was an "ammunition dump", it was a holly place, and the whole acropolis was a fortress containing ammunition, yes. But that was the purpose of a fortress at the time and it was always a fortress, before archaic Greece to ottoman empire. It was destroyed because Italians decided it was time to shoot at the whole thing to take Athens. Talking about "saving"... Please stop spreading idiotic things when you don't know what you are talking about. It is important to learn before talking.

[@OwainapDewi]

@ Ironic lol The Greeks and Ottomans were firing cannons at the Acropolis during the Greek rebellion a few years after Elgin saved the Marbles, shows how much they cared.

[@Esset8710]

Love the ending! The ship gives three honks, meaning powering astern. Another way of saying: My turn!

[@maremike2691]

Really???

[@player400_official]

@@maremike2691 Yep

[@vikr4m]

Doesn't three honks mean ship is gona reverse.

[@samuelrodriguez6684]

@@vikr4m that's what astern means

[@Jeremy-ff7gv]

Dude,3 honks state the intend to go from being pulled by a ship/tug/car to switching to own power...a ship does NOT honk 3 times if its gonna reverse,who made u believe that?lmfao there are no honksequences for maneuvers,u got ur signaling lights to let ppl know wether u turn left or right,green light means they going left,red light means they keeping right...learn ur nautical language/sequences b4 u spout that bs here,only newbies with a sailboat think u r right,a real sailor knows better

[@iTzCorey]

Safe to say that C3 is going to need a service before sale.

[@JohnWick-stardawg]

Service... New clutch and transmission. Meh same thing

[@joshuamitcham1519]

Nah it's fine

[@DoktrDub]

Lol, and the boat.. it really took a serious beating from that C3, I’m surprised it’s still buoyant!

[@sirsentry1769]

Nah just market the car as “slightly used” and “slight clutch wear” and you’re golden

[@MrrNacho]

Holy moly! I never knew they were so good! Im definitely going to the shop and buying me one tomorrow! Does anybody know if home depot or mitre 10 sell those ropes?? Man they are strong!

[@Eulers_Identity]

lmao nice one

[@dansargeant2087]

"what a machine this is" will never get old 💯😂

[@austinreed5805]

“We’re not German, we didn’t mess your economy up.” XD

[@o_o-_-8639]

This is a bit of a bruh moment XD

[@vloplob]

Funny thing is that the Germans are actually saving their economy. They managed to mess it up all by themselves.

[@fussballgeniesser]

@@vloplob that's such a stupid thing to say and I'm German

[@vloplob]

@@fussballgeniesser Care to explain?

[@laurenz4528]

@@fussballgeniesser deutsche bank

[@sparky4878]

This is why I won’t buy a used car that has a tow bar fitted.

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

Depends on the price and if a clutch refit is worth it. And you can tell if the clutch is worn just by driving it once.

[@dkdanis1340]

Well they can take tow hitch on and off.

[@liams1991]

Yeah there's always that risk it's been used as a tug boat.

[@Alexander_l322]

@@MDE_never_dies well yes, I always ask if the car I’m viewing has ever towed a 13,000 ton boat among other things.

[@Alexander_l322]

@@MDE_never_dies asking the tuff questions is how I find reliable cars you see.

[@pati1713]

Lol the three honks at the end. Proceeds all power, pull in reverse. The Captain : I may have lost this battle but it be you who looses this war! Clarkson seeing his poor C3 becoming an ancor , well back to the studio...

[@dartfield4655]

3:05 Citroen-chan: "I got this!" 3:06 Boaty-kun : "No you don't"

[@artix4545]

Damn ur sad

[@themythrilforge1310]

JEREMY, TURN AROUND THERES A MAN BEHIND YOU!! *James may stands awkwardly* “hello”

[@judetaylor5]

🧍‍♂️

[@themythrilforge1310]

@@judetaylor5 the most outstanding reply

[@theempires5]

"You have to stay with hello"

[@decodolly1535]

@@theempires5 * You have to *start* with hello.

[@theempires5]

@@decodolly1535 My keyboard is having a seizure

[@nielssonneveld]

"Selling citroen C3 only done 3 miles.. Good as new!"

[@markwright3161]

"Clutch and tyres broken in, once used for light towing"

[@bghoody5665]

@@markwright3161 You mean broken down lol.

[@varrjames186]

Demo model.

[@jeanpeuxplus1726]

Only done 25 meters*

[@PlaneSpottingBerlin]

C3 on sale! Only 100km, demonstrator car, as new. Meanwhile:

[@leonmichell107]

I love how you can also see the water behind the boat which applies the boat is turned on and ready to move great job covering that up

[@thembangulube9041]

I swear these guys are the best advertisers for cars than any marketing department in the world 😂😂😂😂😂👍🌍

[@commonnerfer]

Besides Tesla

[@thembangulube9041]

@@commonnerfer touché

[@iantownsend500]

Definitely. I said about Clarkson’s review of the RS Twingo when I bought my Gordini version. The sales wasn’t best pleased. I explained that if wasn’t for him you might not be selling me the car

[@enchanted_blue9807]

I think Toyota might disagree with you

[@thembangulube9041]

@@enchanted_blue9807 do tell....

[@dutchmansmine9053]

*Jeremy drowning in enough smoke to kill a horse* "What a machine!"

[@avcomth]

The C3 didnt have to exert 13,000 tonnes to pull that vessel as it is floating in water, fluid mechanics and buoyancy did most of the job. The C3 merely gave it a push at the tip.

[@steel-r_ua]

Exactly! Any human who could lift that rope from water would move it, just it would take a little longer. Basic physics.

[@Devil-dt9vc]

@@steel-r_ua Lol you wouldnt even move it a inch. Just because its floating dosent mean its weightless. You clearly never tried to push a boat to see just how much resistance water makes.

[@thenamen935]

@@Devil-dt9vc you'd just need to lift the rope up and lean into the opposite direction, that little force will be enough to move to boat. It just takes a hell of a lot of time to do so, but not much strenght.

[@skirnir-atf]

It`s same like in space Mass of object has no sense, it`s compensated by outer forces. You should fight only with inertia of object. Even one man can push/pull vessel at still water.

[@mtrude]

@@skirnir-atf unlike space water moves and the harder you pull the same force goes on the other way thats why you need more and more force to move it

[@swaggyd1829]

1:35 Ive been laughing my as$ off as Iam a greek born in Germany ahaha

[@jackrasbeary4156]

God I can’t wait until The New Grand Tour episode is out. Jeremy, James, and Richard are about the only people I find entertaining nowadays.

[@Kris_T_]

I paid for Amazon TV just for Jeremy content. And thats a BIG deal, I normally pirate everything.

[@nova8747]

Pretty much, they know how to put on a good show.

[@brianallen858]

Agreed

[@tj71520]

Thats funny because... Jeremy, James, and Richard are about the only entertaining I find people nowadays.

[@Mick-Dempsey]

Friday man,can’t wait !!!

[@SouthwestRefuseVehiclesIreland]

0:01 I love how the ship just has two angry eyes LOL

[@theheroweneededbutdidntdeserve]

No one: Not a single soul: Jeremy Clarkson: It's Boaty McBoatface

[@bensmoov6522]

😂😂😂 Clackson always gets me of guard. "We are not Germans, we didn't mess up your economy"

[@stc3145]

He should have used John. He could have easily pulled that boat

[@PhatOof]

Who's John? (Someone had to say it)

[@rnewbs]

@@PhatOof Their homemade car they drove in Mongolia.

[@sympathiser_of_Germans_in_40s]

John and Geoff can do anything BEST cars ever made, and there won't be any that can beat them especially John.

[@cadillac_cowboy]

I think Oliver could have pulled it

[@bobbobson9952]

I actually thought u meant John Massis.

[@1MrLuar]

I miss this type of episodes testing a singular car. Hope that one day they come back to roots 😉

[@bluevenom2847]

I'd love to see a teardown of it to see the aftermath of the wear on every component

[@nitehawk9270]

repair bill for parts and labour would be more expensive then vehicle replacement.

[@timoarrg]

​@@nitehawk9270 not really, it's a brand new car. It maybe needs a new clutch at most but I doubt it really needs a replacement. It probably has the worn a few thousand miles clutch would have instead of a brand new one, so it will need to be replaced earlier. But I doubt anything needs replacement at that point

[@creamyrimmers2180]

Good god he really is an unrivalled genius

[@BigBlack81]

He is also quite mad, which makes sense if you think about it. LOL XD

[@spamuraigranatabru1149]

@@BigBlack81 madness is when you are not recognised as a genius until after you overdose on an illegal substance in a cheap hotel shower

[@enigma8725]

*Meanwhile in the control room:* Captain: **Moves throttle by one milimeter**

[@Drewengtheway]

Red thousands of ppls minds.

[@julncs8974]

Citroen should just take that video as an advertisment. It´s brilliant!

[@Tesla_shaikh]

3:02 "what machine is this" literally scared me💀

[@ChrisN06999]

"It's Boaty McBoatface!" Jeremy's smugface: We duel at dawn.

[@zwarst]

Hello this is Suez canal authority, we'll take two just in case..

[@JJVernig]

🤣

[@franciscoleal2403]

I just laugh when he said what a machine 😂😂

[@reece005]

Clarkson in a Citoren never thought I'd see the day 😂

[@contradicsean]

Clarkson only gets bolder the more fumes he sniffs

[@tosinkazeem1930]

“ It’s that ship, look, the ship’s going back” Seriously Clarkson😂😂😂

[@rogerb5615]

Sixteen tires and five clutches later, the ship is successfully docked. Well done, matey!

[@rmstitanic8163]

Clarkson, you are one of the funniest people out there. Brilliant. 👍👏

[@LeprosuGnome]

"boaty mcboatface" I see, Clarkson is a man of culture after all

[@marselpusic746]

Its like, water boiler pulling a Boeing 747 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@laurentiudumitru3566]

" I,however, dissagree" of course you do Jeremy 😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[@gagecortez7983]

"Moooove you vicious boat!!" The legend once said himself

[@lb_the_pleb7498]

Jeremy is basically saying, ’yes, this car has enough power’, something rarer than winning the lottery twice while being hit by lightning

[@atoka2206]

And being hit right in the head by a meteorite lol

[@skybenv2211]

Finally the ability to tow Hammond's car without paying £13 quid!!

[@Shaggit532]

Boty mcboat face is probably one of most favourite quotes and this is probably one of my most favoroite scenes from grand tour

[@Immortal_BP]

when your friends play your game for the first time and you try to carry them to victory

[@drunk3n_m0nk12]

Have they finally found a use for Jeremy's giant tractor?

[@dylanspice914]

earlier than hammond to a medivac heli

[@fizz113]

Earlier than Clarkson to the hot meat side of the buffet.

[@aikonoklas]

Makes it even more impressive since the citroen not only pulled a mega ship, it did so while having clarkson in it

[@popra432]

Fun fact, if you ask a strongman to stretch the rope like that tied to the ship it will have the same effect only in a longer time! 🤣😁

[@stingerbean1848]

Who here knows as well that sounding your horn three times on your ship/boat signals that you are going backwards. I think that Citroën wouldn‘t have survived for long had they not taken off the rope at the end😂

[@johannes.f.r.]

Just because it makes for good tv isn't a good enough reason to let your ship hit the quay.

[@stingerbean1848]

@@johannes.f.r. obviously… I don‘t want to pay the repair bill

[@JustCvke]

See, where I’m from they sound the horn 3 times before leaving the port. But they also tell you that if they sound the horn 3 times the boat is sinking. Helpful at least I guess lol. But at least you guys have your shit together.

[@stingerbean1848]

@@JustCvke well I did my boat driving license last year and I remember that three short signals (these were short ones) signal a backwards going engine. For both sea and enclosed water bodies

[@VictorSneller]

I’m actually more amazed by the steel cable.

[@jojodroid31]

Seems rather elastic for steel

[@duncyy7471]

@@jojodroid31 the "elastic" of the steel cable is gravity pulling it down due the weight of the steel cable.

[@thegeekno72]

@@jojodroid31 you'd be surprised by the elasticity of some alloys

[@kuekuatsu4284]

Damn the elasticity in the towing rope till the very end😁

[@jayjayb89]

I was expecting a Clarkson "Watch this" & "Power!!!" before it all went wrong 😂😂

[@HyperVegitoDBZ]

Only Clarkson's genius can bend physics like this

[@XantheFIN]

It's actually when you calculate forces required to move it.. not so hard. Boat is not on sand which many people forgets but on water. Its a bit different situation.

[@joashchechet1675]

@@XantheFIN true. With enough time and patience, you can even pull it by hand

[@apesuit9820]

Speed and Power Clarkson. Love the old trio because of their stupidity. Lol

[@msamour]

Three short blasts from a ship's horn means he's about to operate astern propulsion. You better unhook that tow rope quick!

[@deeznoots6241]

The ship has over 200,000 horsepower. I think the Citroen is gonna lose lol

[@msamour]

@@deeznoots6241 it's not about the size of the engine that matters. It's the mass displacement. The two vehicles are vastly disproportionate in mass. The ship would still drag the car even if it only used 5 of its horsepower.

[@skirnir-atf]

@@msamour Not like this Car usualy has 300-500kg of pulling power, ship - may be 500 tonns No mather how power your engine - how you operate power - more important. Truck with 200Hp can easy pull car with 600Hp

[@msamour]

@@skirnir-atf The mass of the object will still matter greatly compared to the power of the object can produce. When there is such disproportionate mass between the two objects, the object with the lower mass will lose. The force of the massive object expressed in Newtons is much more than the less massive object no matter how powerful the motor is.

[@skirnir-atf]

@@msamour Only in car traction mass has important sense.

[@varunkarthikm3453]

It can be used in middle of ocean to tow the ship whenever engine fails

[@venom-ee2kn]

Can imagine something like this is the next Fast and Furious movie.

[@alessandrofaxelhas6628]

Well they have already pulled down a plane🤣👌

[@Hamza_inayat]

The power of Family can do anything

[@markwright3161]

Don't be silly, this is far too realistic

[@tokul76]

Slow and Stubborn, the movie.

[@henrlima87]

@@alessandrofaxelhas6628 and a tank

[@jacobschofield9712]

I wonder if the person who apparently bought this very car in 2019 has watched this episode 😂

[@jmt8706official]

Citroen should use this in sales and marketing. The only sub compact suv to pull a cargo ship.

[@GERntleMAN]

@@jmt8706official It would be the only selling point for those mishaps of a car

[@tonystone7152]

@@GERntleMAN what a load of bollox. You clearly have no idea what your talking about. I expect you are also a bmw, Audi or Merc owner they judges poorly everything that isn’t one of those 3 brands. And you drive it because it’s important for you to impress others. Because it’s so important for you, what people think of you.

[@heneedsomemilk2877]

@@tonystone7152 woah calm down there buddy, it was probably meant to be a joke

[@MrMarukas86]

Nothing wrong with the car. U all children newer ever drove car with fun? Car can take and designed to take abuse like that. Clutch is still like new.

[@mihaelmerkler3924]

Expacting same scene with Dom's Charger...Because family 🤣

[@Cold-Blooded-Jay]

Now I want to see a tank pull a ship. Make it happen, Citroën.

[@earthknight60]

Considering that I've moved an icebreaker I was working on with my bodyweight and a 2x4, it's not at all surprising that a car would move the ship. As usual, Clarkson took an overly aggressive approach, but that's kind of his modus operandi.

[@stoatrepublic]

If they had fitted work group and crawler gear sets to the car, this might have worked using traction and not the kenetic rope effect.

[@johnnymack923]

Sure you did

[@Vincent_Sullivan]

EarthKnight; "Overly Aggressive" is a very kind way of saying he brutally and needlessly abused that vehicle. I seem to have made a sub-career of using undersized equipment to do oversized jobs without destroying the equipment. Here is how you do this job: Launch the car and develop as much tension as you can in the tow rope without permanently deforming the body of the car and then brake hard to hold the car in position (trans in neutral, clutch engaged, engine idling) while the tension in the tow rope works on the inertia of the ship to get it moving. When the tension in the tow rope subsides to perhaps 25% of maximum slack off the rope and repeat step 1. Since the ship is now moving a bit the tension in the tow rope will subside more quickly. Rinse and repeat as necessary to get the ship where you want it. Smoking tires and burning clutches are NOT necessary! Be aware that the momentum built up in the ship will have to be dissipated somehow when you want it to stop moving. The car can only accelerate the ship, not decelerate it. The engine has the power to do this job, but the drive train is designed to apply that power to accelerate a 1 tonne mass, not a 13,000 tonne mass. Clarkson's job here was NOT to move the ship. His job was to make "good" television with lots of smoke and flames to appeal to an audience that likes to see (somebody else's) vehicle abused. He was certainly successful at this job!

[@XantheFIN]

@@johnnymack923 Funny you. Calculate required forces to move a ship (on water and not on land which is totally different situation which many limited minded people here doesn't get it seems) and come back make more joking.

[@johnnymack923]

@@XantheFIN Shutup you backup dancer

[@brianthesnail3815]

I once watched a very big ship being launched and the head man at the yard put his hand on the side of the keel and pushed the boat forward with the friction of his hand. The ship was on rollers but he said they often had to give ships a push by hand down the slipway. Strongmen challenges pulling a truck are also quite common. Its really all about overcoming inertia rather than moving the weight itself. The springy rope definitely was part of the reason the ship moved though. The energy was stored in the rope as the car moved forward and then when it sprang back it pulled the ship forward. Like a force multiplier effect.

[@kanereeves4866]

That is incredible driving 👏

[@exorias625]

thing is even a snail would start pulling that ship given enough time water isn't really fighting against the pull and once it picks up even the smallest amount of speed then thats that

[@Thunderstormworld]

Actually water have a lot more drag than you really knows and why the land speed record is higher than water speed

[@exorias625]

@@Thunderstormworld the reason why theres a difference is because its a death wish if you hit certain speeds while its choppy you wont fly up you're getting ripped apart im not sure if that's drag or not but i don't think thats gonna bother you with a ship that size

[@vasilisstavridis6387]

@@Thunderstormworld Although at some speeds the resistance (drag) through water is huge, keep in mind that the basic components of ship`s resistance are 1) wave making, 2) Wave braking and 3) frictional. All three components are predominant at higher speeds (especially the wave making). So towing at such a low speed actually (almost) only requires a force to overcome the huge inertia and give a tiny bit of acceleration. After that the ship will continue moving ahead for several meters due to her huge inertia once again.

[@AytonGang]

It wouldn’t. A snail would not provide enough force to overcome the coefficient of friction of the water.

[@aviatorzthebest2452]

I wouldn't go with that snail analogy but it is inituitive that dragging a ship in water is 'possible' rather than dragging the same amount of weight on asphalt. That's what i think he is trying to say.

[@EODLotte]

Next challenge: can the ship pull James, Jeremy and Richard each in a C3 into the water? 😂

[@krakenpots5693]

Most definitely!

[@yeahyeah4433]

That ship could accidentally float off and could quite easily bring a thousand tonnes with it as if it was a little annoying fly on the side of it. Immense power.

[@biggiesmalls7939]

@@yeahyeah4433 Yes, I think that is quite obvious, it was clearly a joke bud.

[@talibanezos]

1:28 As a Greek I can really appreciate this..

[@flossietube2065]

Your gonna need a new clutch! Uh... And two new tires!! 🤣😂😅 But that was amazing!!! No way did I think it was going to budge. Good show!

[@mq1405]

Best Citroen ad lol

[@G__Brtz]

Jeremy: he is admitting defeat Ship, who signaled about going backwards: I'm about to end this car's whole career

[@EmadHa]

The ship is floating on water and as long as you can keep a consistent force you can move it to some degree.

[@deathtrapsnap]

World strongest man competitions use 18 wheelers. Not because a boat cant be pulled, but cos boats cant stop instantly. Otherwise id expect to see this in wsm. However, seeing a wheel-spinning little family car pull anything more than a go cart is amazing

[@kurmaplaygame3164]

1:28 those humans are strong enough to pull the ship!😂

[@No-ki8mf]

I can’t wait to try this when I get home 👍🏽

[@planefreak3833]

Finally!Car advertising done right.

[@mikehunt162]

That ship is big, but nowhere near as enormous as Jeremy’s genius

[@officiallordwilson4854]

I thought you are dead😲😲😲

[@P1ratRuleZZZ]

the best commercial of Citroën I have ever seen

[@mammadyusubov]

"...medium-sized child" 😂

[@nettephar6402]

Those burnouts looked sick!

[@salogel88]

Yeah, I was expecting "one tire fire" but got both tires spinning :D

[@mcmaddie]

I was kind a expecting the cable to come disconnected and Clarkson driving off the pier or least very close.

[@Bigpimpin9393]

The rope/chain weighs more then the car 😂😂😂

[@oadka]

Me trying to pull a large oil trailer in snow runner with a scout car uphill be like 😂

[@theenlightenedone1283]

Clarkson needs to be cloned before he expires 😂