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@FicarraClassic Год назад

The epic conclusion to the Audi Cannonball story! Enjoy! And, no, I'm not planning on organizing another Musketball. Allegedly.

@988danyx Год назад

In my head, you are legend. I mean, your knowledge,the way you deliver stories... Perfect. Greetings from Croatia!

@pm2282 Год назад

What is this facebook group one would have to allegedly join in order to snag an invite to such a mild mannered middle aged man cruise?

@robclapp9250 Год назад

So all my convincing of my wife to let me Musketball her TDI is in vain? Allegedly?

@theanomalous1401 Год назад

Bravo, John! Bravo! Oh, and #ThisCanBeRed

@dorian7661 Год назад

If you're allegedly going to organize another Musketball, I want to race a Nissan k11. Across the US. I hope to have enough money for it by then.

@cobymeytin8542 Год назад

“Middle aged men running to middle aged cars” John Ficarra is an absolute legend

@Suhspencce Год назад

Hey now, I'm 32!

@bensonsspeedshop1191 Год назад

I'll be 66 tomorrow and I can Still run to My car!

@Molly-bd1hp Год назад

@@Suhspencce and I’m female! 🤷🏻‍♀️

@rapidrowe86 Год назад

Verified... a 3-cyl Ford Focus will hit 141mph, with a puzzle on the hood. Allegedly.

@jeffweiss70 Год назад

Yaris topped out at 117.... Allegedly

@julianbrelsford Год назад

I drive a Prius that has a 95hp gas engine. Definitely capable of around 100mph but the fuel economy benefits of driving a hybrid are mostly negated at such speeds

@shadowwarsshadypeople6299 Год назад

@@julianbrelsford I drove my dad's Prius in 2010 or so, I think it was an '06 or around there, from Chicago to New Mexico, I did 90+ for most of the time, and fuel economy was pretty good

@agentmueller Год назад

@@shadowwarsshadypeople6299 Mom had a ‘11 Prius, drove it out to California and back in 2019, think I spent $87 total in gas. Full tank was $20 which got around 450 miles on eco mode. Can’t beat that. Edit: maybe it was $107, not sure. I know with gas prices how they are right now in Oklahoma, her new 2021 Prius is $36 to fill up at costco (which is crazy, my wife’s Corolla is $48 not even tickling E) and that gets you 450 miles at 57mpg, that’s booking it down the highway with the AC blasting on high.

@spiralinglight Год назад

The more you know

@landiahillfarm6590 Год назад

This is "alleged" event is the absolute embodiment of the 24 Hours of Lemons turned into a Cannonball Run. Awesome idea, Awesome plan. Well done! If you ever decide to "allegedly" organize another one, I'm all in!.

@pistoncount Год назад

Ditto

@randytheracer3664 Год назад

When life gives you lemons you turn em into a combustible cannon ball and burn your house down

@charliesschroedinger Год назад

To be invited into John's bad choices is like inviting a 6 year old into a China shop... you never know what's gonna happen aside from the relative certainty of chaos and laughter. 😁❤️

@girrrrrrr2 Год назад

I always thought a China shop was a Chinese food restaurant as a kid. And I was really confused until I learned it meant China dishware.

@charliesschroedinger Год назад

@@girrrrrrr2 lmao. Had twin boys... took em into a china/curio shop at 2 years old Christmas shopping. ... They were..restless... like their father lol. And as a good father, I leaned down and quetly whispered to them, "I swear to Christ if either of you two break anything I'll break yer fingers..." The smart-a$sed one quickly yelled out as loud as his little rear end could, "Daddy, please don't break our fingers!" Wanna see a grown man... a Vet... turn redder than a chapped *beep? Yeah.... They're 25 now and great young men living well.

@baldrehdead Год назад

drive a fast car slow is always less interesting than driving a slow car as fast as possible

@hydewhyte4364 Год назад

James May was dead right on that point.

@fnorgen Год назад

Man, the most fun I've had while driving was in an old, tired little turbo diesel van pulling a trailer. Although weak, the engine had excellent throttle response above 2k rpm. The car had a sloppy manual transmission, rear wheel drive and an unusually tight steering rack. I sat there, trying to maintain momentum through corners on these windy country roads, foot to the floor up every hill, focusing on perfect gear changes. All to just about keep up with traffic. I drive same route now with the same load in modern car with actual decent handling, great brakes, loads more power and a good auto box. It's dreadfully boring! I'd have to drive like a maniac to have any fun now.

@stephenhenion8304 Год назад

No VW Beetles???

@matthewcox7985 Год назад

@@stephenhenion8304 The beetles are dying off. Must be the pesticides...

@stuartd9741 Год назад

This is so true. In a high performance car alot of the effort to drive fast is done for you. In a relatively normal car one has to ragg it to the red line to get the most out of it. And to know when to rag it when approaching hills etc.. constantly thinking while driving. Whereas say a lambo just sits there all day long @ 100mph.. Allegedly, with no effort...

@bobmcl2406 Год назад

I have to say that I was less surprised that the Citroën XM made it than I was that the Fiat 500 (modern) made it.

@Suhspencce Год назад

The XM was my teams car, even made it back to Ohio!

@bobmcl2406 Год назад

@@Suhspencce hello! Thanks for responding and filling in a bit of the story. I'm a Citroën guy from eastern Canada, so I was thrilled to see the XM appear in this story. Wonderful cars, and as you certainly know, myths about old Citroën unreliability are just that: myths!

@scorg Год назад

@@Suhspencce First car that caught my eye! not seen an XM in decades, and im in the UK!

@elnyoutube123 Год назад

Why?

@Suhspencce Год назад

@@scorg It's a odd duck, has been in the US since new. Was brought to try and get them legal for the US but then they pulled out the next year.

@NickBiancalana Год назад

I love this event! Seriously, I'd be there if I were in the crowd for it. Also, as a former Volvo 240 owner (multiple times over), the best you can get in an NA 240 is about 112-113mph, downhill with a tailwind, after miles upon miles of "acceleration"

@woodyholland9865 Год назад

Most fun I ever had, with my clothes on, in a 240 was on I10 driving from I75 to Jacksonville, about midnight chasing a BMW at over 100 and doing it for miles and miles. Miss that old box with a 4 banger.

@garywuollet5866 Год назад

I think I remember a line from Car and Driver that went “Volvos don’t accelerate, they gather momentum.”

@AB-these-handles-are-stupid Год назад

@@woodyholland9865 h

@stuartd9741 Год назад

Considering the Volvo 240 weighs a million tonnes 113 mph pretty good lol... Always remember the incredibly loud ticking seat belt warning lamp...

@andrewallen9432 Год назад

hmm....mine would run 120+...of course that was after a new head gasket, and decking the head, and playing with timing...made for a fun time!

@outlawed14 Год назад

Dude the Musket ball sounds so awesome I wanna do this 😂

@Aquarium-Downunder Год назад

I was thinking of older car with less BHP, per ww2 cars with only 75bhp. 100 year old cars like the Ford T Model could have a run with it's 20bhp

@royliber3824 Год назад

@@Aquarium-Downunder Ford T Model would be perfect because the car literally has nothing to worry about cops. It can't even reach highway limits so its 100% safe when it comes to overspeeding.

@kyleranderson5557 Год назад

These events are awesome but the best part about them all is when you know everybody made it back home

@Joshua-cv7mp Год назад

Love every single one of John’s stories. Always a perfect addition to any day

@mart2carl Год назад

This has to be one of his best stories!

@BigKrisMorris Год назад

This interests me more than the actual cannonball lol

@overclockeverything2310 Год назад

Bucket list thing to do for sure. I don't care how old I get, I'm gonna do this run. Would love to see a sleeper cannonball run, with tight restrictions on what a sleeper is.

@rjnation5042 Год назад

"This is a really bad idea, Yes you should definitely do it", where do you find a wife like this lady John, I agree completely with the biggest trophy going to the micro van, but I also saw in one of the pictures a Suzuki Capacino, those things are tiny, I've got one & I wouldn't drive it 3,000 miles across country, Rj in Oz

@johnvernon1729 Год назад

i also have a suzuki cappuccino... absolutely amazing car, by far one of the funest cars ive ever owned..... but yes... musket balling it across the country would be ruff!.... but totally worth it.

@crisrose9707 Год назад

yeah! I've found the cappuccino owners comment club XD Fellow cappo owner here! The best thing to do is put ear plugs in and then its not so bad!

@benjaminlarson6948 Год назад

Hands down John is my favorite story teller. Could listen to his stories all day

@gabiballetje Год назад

Bold statement, there are a few good ones, and Ed Bolian sure as hell si really good too with his own personal flair and shrewd negotiations.

@jmoney7289 Год назад

I love Saturn's... I'm so so happy he went back for ol pistachio I'm actually almost tearing up right now. Ok I did cry a little when the transcon Medivac mini won the musketball. Just amazing

@sleepymckush Год назад

its funny that he says "for an hr the cars were driving over 100mph, allegedly" after showing the pic of the audi or jetta with 102mph on the dash. haha

@bwofficial1776 Год назад

Those are metric MPH. Everyone knows Germany uses the metric system for their miles.

@vincasvosylius6045 Год назад

What an amazing story! Those 19 mins felt like watching an adventure movie!

@stuartd9741 Год назад

You know was thinking Ed could do a cannon ball movie he's done car trek. Based on these events...

@jonathanohagan1349 Год назад

Would love to see the 'Speedball', who could actually get to the end by the actual set speed limits, exactly or close to it. ofc stop for fuel etc.

@jphilb Год назад

You would get run over trying to drive the speed limits across the country.

@garymartin6987 Год назад

@@jphilb Especially through the Phoenix AZ area :)

@stuartd9741 Год назад

I would suggest this would be more difficult than doing a ball out cannonball run lol. But interesting there wouldn't be much leeway. Organisers could be really mean and set a max + 10 minutes for the whole journey that would be challenging...

@1BigBen Год назад

there is no way to escape from "Racing Around the Rules" "How to win" "The Unfair Advantage"

@akc7668 Год назад

I guess I'm one of those crazy Yaris owners. Was my wife's car, bought brand new in 2008. Just started modding since things are just now needing replaced at 100k.

@boilerpride03 Год назад

The car was purchased solely for this event but kept as a loved daily after the event until it wasn't driveable. Wish another would show up at a deal!

@ianjones1118 Год назад

That story touched my heart. Everything about it. The concept, the rules, the penalties, the start, the f'ing puzzles!!? Thank you for this smile today.

@patrickthomas8621 Год назад

A buddy of mine and I had the idea to run a cannonball wherein the vehicles are limited to one set of space saver spares for the duration but otherwise free to be as powerful, exotic, modified or expensive as anyone wants. It's an interesting gimmick and definitely does a bit to level the playing field from a power standpoint.

@LadyAnuB Год назад

The Musketball sounds like the perfect event for a Volkswagen van. Loads of space for supplies, you can easily sleep in it while someone else drives, it is vastly underpowered, it will shut down on you if you push it too hard but come back to life once rested, you can give it a variety of motifs, you'll barely make it to 65 mph, you can equip it for long distance travel easily.

@1967250s Год назад

My thoughts exactly. I jave a 1972 VW Bus, all of maybe, 65 horses. But it would be easy to put a big fuel tank, sleep in it, and have space left over! Can't imagine driving totally driving across the country in one shot, lol.

@tihruytssgjjvsavcxtbvhj3429 Год назад

Those vans die in the desert. You get about 45 minutes of driving and then have to stop for 3 hours while it cools down in 120 degree heat!

@chriswatson7488 Год назад

You don't realise how bad the emission controls of the 70s were until a V8 could be raced in the Musketball and be within the 100bhp rules (Oldsmobile Cutlass 4.3 V8 diesel with 90-bhp)

@christophertaylor9100 Год назад

And it would be like floating, with plenty of space for supplies

@2000freefuel Год назад

DAMNIT! you created an event that would have been perfect for my 1996 Volkswagen Passat TDI! with all of it's 90PS of OEM powah!

@luissera1296 Год назад

It would have been perfect for 1.4L Vauxhall corsa too 90 bhp at the wheels according to GM.

@CannonballCC Год назад

What an amazing time had by all. Thanks for the amazing event!

@gonzoprius3589 Год назад

Wow! This made my day. Was so much fun to participate in.

@GermanEliteTuning Год назад

It’s awesome That it was based around an old Quattro.

@colinritchie1757 Год назад

I could listen to john read the Phone Book(remember them), but him talking about something as fun as this is sublime

@stuartd9741 Год назад

Amazing to think now . The phone book would contain phone number and address! One could just drive up to a ramdoms house by looking at the telephone directory as they were called in the UK.

@gamby16a Год назад

I never considered myself crazy for dailying a Yaris. I guess I've been crazy for 7 years now. It's about ready to kick the bucket, but in 2015, with 102k on the odo, I could have easily taken my 08 across the country. Only issue would be the shortish range. TDI Insight is bonkers. That's some evil genius sh*t right there 😈

@fastinradfordable Год назад

I have an 81 rabbit pickup with a Tdi swap 65mpg 3000rpm is 90mph+ 1000+ mile range with stock tank.

@emmber19 Год назад

We took our Yaris across the country with 180,000 on the clock, performed great, no issues across the Dakota's at 95 mph for hours upon hours

@1marcelfilms Год назад

How do you ruin a yaris in 100k ?

@gamby16a Год назад

@@1marcelfilms I think you misread my comment. It was near perfect at 102k in 2015. It's pretty beaten up after a bunch of city miles at 185k now.

@egoalter1276 7 дней назад

Yaris really dislikes highways. Its a city car.

@jeffldavis1969 Год назад

I personally love these so called "Cannonball / Musketball" stories.

@alexandercowin4921 Год назад

john is one of the best car storytellers ive ever seen, absolute legend

@GGrimm-Deadstone66 Год назад

I really want to do a musketball run now, it sounds like a blast! Thanks for the great story!

@johnhager2011 Год назад

Another amazing story from this guy I freaking love listening to this guy talk it's outrageous. You can sit there and talk about drying paint on a wall and make it entertaining way to go. Can't wait for more

@adamtaylor7867 Год назад

Ive been waiting for this episode, it didn't disappoint

@bobmcl2406 Год назад

That was a wonderful story, well told as always by John F (allegedly!).

@mihan5660 Год назад

Lol at the yaris description. Reminds me of watching the improved production races in Adelaide where the winning cars would sometimes struggle with "the traffic" of the yaris similarly always bringing up the rear (when they had to lap it). Great times

@Spollekop Год назад

What's wrong with a yaris? I have a 20 year old yaris with 230000km on it. Still runs great. I take it on vacation every year. 1500km there, 1500 km back. Loaded to the roof with camping stuff. Never skipped a beat and drives 35 mpg. I love my lil' nugget.

@dempsej Год назад

There’s a probability that You don’t live in IS 😉

@feelinghealingfrequences7179 Год назад

where is IS?

@dempsej Год назад

@@feelinghealingfrequences7179 next to US, stupid smartphone dictionary ;)

@caseysmith544 Год назад

If my dad ever did this event if it were run again, he should use his parents old 2 door 1986 Sabb 900 for the run he has, the car is different and is really durable.

@jacobu4862 Год назад

Absolutely awesome story! Loved every minute of this!

@jake6483 Год назад

I drove my Scion IQ from Wisconsin to Los Angeles, around 2200 miles almost nonstop. I only have an 8 and a 1/2 gallon fuel tank which will take me around 250 miles before I have to fill up, but when I hit Nebraska's 30 mile an hour ahead winds I only got 25 miles a gallon instead of the 45 I was getting normally. I would love to have taken my 07 yaris if the engine didn't decide to blow up

@tempest20000 Год назад

The fact you didn’t even mention the Hawaiian Tropic Laguna S-3 makes me sad.

@Ki113r210 Год назад

Big thank you to the fellas running the celebrity wagon. (7:12) I love my celebrity wagon and it would be amazing to drive it in an event like this

@jackroutledge352 Год назад

That was absolutely fantastic to watch, must have been a blast to take part in! Allegedly.

@christophermichaels Год назад

Great video John! Ed, Dan and I had such a great time driving the rental car in this event which you summed up perfectly. What do you do when you’ve done it all? Musketball!

@joshuagibson2520 Год назад

I notice your gettin thick brother. Mid life is rough, huh? Being 42, I say indeed it is.

@Theweekendtuner Год назад

@@joshuagibson2520 I noticed nobody asked you.

@xellos013 Год назад

I would absolutely love a Cannonball Run like this maybe with a Trabant and just bring an additional engine just in case.

@soundz9992 Год назад

You do such a great job with these interviews!

@bretthatfield2516 Год назад

John Ficarra always brings the BEST stories!

@speedojamison9268 Год назад

That's (allegedly) Steve Brown in the flying pistachio, he ran the GMC Sierra solo a few times.

@CannonballGMC Год назад

Allegedly! 😀

@squid_fish Год назад

I remember live-streaming the beginning of the Musketball - great event and homage 🍻

@AntBangBang Год назад

Could listen to John’s stories forever. This sounded like a brilliant time for all involved.

@charliesschroedinger Год назад

His stories make a great Friday just that much better!!

@codypk5111 Год назад

I’d love to hear ficarra discuss the financials behind these events, since I’m sure there’s a lot myself (and others like me) having never done one would never think about.

@joshuagibson2520 Год назад

Just the cost of fuel would make it prohibitive for most people I'd say.

@stuartd9741 Год назад

@@joshuagibson2520 Just done some rough calculations. From the Red Ball garage to the Portofino Hotel Los Angeles. Based on a car doing 30mpg = ~ 430$ car doing 15mpg = ~ 850$ one way. 2815 miles @ average 4.50 per gallon. Double those figures for the return trip home. Budget 2000$ for maintenance and car prep/modifications. 1000 on "driver aids"/satnavs. Hotel stays varies depending where one lives. Probably not going to have much change from 10,000$.

@znewt99 Год назад

When john says who's crazy enough to drive a yaris, i immediately think of ali spagnola's yaris that has been painted like an egg, covered in chia, and covered in pop sockets

@verdatum Год назад

This is the very essence of the art of storytelling. This was an absolutely sublime yarn. Thank you.

@justinbrandt419 Год назад

Great idea, and story! Well done!

@barneypierce6811 Год назад

The best story yet , bar none!!!! Great job !

@cartersmopargarage440 Год назад

I love the Hawaiian Tropic Laguna!! I've been wanting to build one for years!

@xtv007 Год назад

I just love these Cannonball Run stories! I will be running with you guys one day!

@JasonSmith-ns1bi Год назад

This might be my favorite VINwiki story to date. John is my favorite personality on this series.

@gabrielhowardMKE Год назад

I love these automotive stories and the format is just perfect.

@TheOriginalLugnuts Год назад

And I “ allegedly” might have video of that hour and a half, with lots of good footage of the Audi.

@yiocho220 Год назад

We need a kai-truck/car cannonball. Could be hilarious

@JakeNoland Год назад

Man, this is what dreams are made of. Gave me goosebumps when the Med Van rolled in at the end!

@JuanHorsepower Год назад

To run a “Musketball” with my Citroën Xantia Wagon Turbo is now my dream. I want, scratch that, I need to do this in my life. That Citroën XM, though… 😍

@stevend922 Год назад

John always tells an amazing story!!!

@Appletank8 Год назад

A 50 gallon prius tearing it down the highway is a hilarious thought.

@rocksandcows3229 Год назад

Jay leno always says something along the lines of Driving a slow car fast is more fun than driving a fast car slow

@phookit2 Год назад

This sounds like the best race ever.

@mystisith3984 Год назад

Looked like it was a ton of fun. I love those kinds of events.

@CrazyUncleChris Год назад

Truly a heartwarming conclusion John. Bravo! Bravo!

@whiteboyrabalac Год назад

Amazing storytelling again!

@Dolby109 Год назад

Hey I made the video! @12:03 To redeem the Suzuki Van, my Cappuccino with largely the same engine was doing over 100 trying to chase down that Corolla and Citroen....allegedly anyway.

@jordonpumpin Год назад

So awesome!! sounds so much fun

@NFS4LFE Год назад

Excellent video always! I'd love to participate in this with my wheezy Pontiac Vibe lmao I was really hoping that Citroen would've been mentioned more. That car captured my attention the most.

@mathieuf.2788 Год назад

What a great story, from initial “this is a bad idea” through the spirit of the alleged event through the grand prize, just fabulous!!!

@p.informatico1320 Год назад

16:38 That's a Citroën XM... the flagship of the french brand back in the 90s...

@jamiemelius5787 Год назад

Moonshiners use to run from 8 am to 11 am on Sunday mornings because all the nosey people were in church !

@ElDJReturn 10 месяцев назад

I absolutely love this story! I would love to musketball a Volvo stock, then build it up for a cannonball later. Edit, I did have a '93 940 that I ran stock with a broken speedometer. Once was pulled over at over 130, allegedly. The cop was cool with me and just had a nice chat at 4am.

@360zm4 Год назад

The "We'll get there when we get there" cannonball run!

@tunnerboy2299 Год назад

Aplause to this amazing story, you sir are a legend! Hats off to Jhon

@markymarc136 Год назад

"This is a bad idea. You should totally do it" This sums up Musketball. What a story teller! Amazing!

@WilliamBurdine Год назад

WHAT an AWESOME Story... Just EPIC, what a GREAT Story!!!

@CarswithNash Год назад

Nice! I had the pickup version of that van.

@mocanlagunas Год назад

There was a Smartcar run a couple yrs ago. 2 cars ended doing it. Mine was having problems so I just drove a couple miles with them, from the Redball to somewhere in NJ...

@kylegoldston Год назад

Those Saturns don't have a complete front suspension from the factory. They use an oversized front sway bar as an adhoc lower control arm/trailing lower link, they have another single bushing flimsy lateral link and the strut. It's a Very loose arrangement on a good day. Kinda fun on extremely sloppy winter snow and slush covered roads using the P-brake for turn in though.

@opsman1 Год назад

Great job of ensuring fun proceeds speed.

@nicky2shoes519 Год назад

One of my favorite channels, besides CarTrek of course! Thanks for all the awesome content gentlemen! I’d like to join a future musketBall… allegedly.

@VINwiki Год назад

What car would you pick for Musketball?