What Happens To A Car Trapped Between Two Trucks? | MythBusters | Season 4 Episode 2 | Full Episode 

I'm so glad you're uploading whole episodes, this is my childhood. I watched episode 1 on tv with my family when it first aired, and it changed my life.

I work for a tow truck company, working on one ofour major motorways. We were called out to an accident involving 2 artic lorrys. Traffic had stopped and one artic smashed into the rear of the stopped artic. When we arrived it just looked like another accident, both of the lorry drivers were injured but ok. The emergency departments were happy for us to do our thing and remove the lorrys. No matter how we pulled the lorrys would not move apart. After clammering under the lorrys we found a sports car imbedded into the front of the lorry that hit the stationary lorry, the car had travelled upwards into the engine compartment, and over the rear axle of the other lorry making it invisible in the wreckage. We had to unhitch the trailers, then lift the 2 lorry cabs (still stuck together) on to a low boy to be taken to a police compound, where they had to cut the lorrys apart to retrieve the sports car. Unfortunately the young driver and his girlfriend did not survive. In 22 years of road recovery, I have only had to untangle 6 lorry accidents, of these their was 7 fatalities, yes in a head on, the tangled mess of metal does fuse together

It would be funny to know what the Crane Operators at the Port thought when they saw this without Context.

6:09 it’s sweet how they were always surprised like “we can really have this?” When their fans chipped in. If I’d had the opportunity, I’d have jumped on it for the chance to meet them. Plus the bragging rights that you got to help them with a myth. Everyone is getting something out of it

Such a shame what they did to that Fiat X1/9, these days it's an extremely rare car, even here in Europe. I would love to own one, it's a pretty unique vehicle looks wise and also was one of the first cars with a central engine.

It makes me sad that the US got cut down versions of all these episodes with commercials added, whereas the UK got more complete episodes with no commercials. I’m very familiar with almost all of the Mythbusters episodes and all of these that I’ve seen on here have several minutes of additional footage, some of which is very good and helpful to the story.

34:12 Well, that's just sad. RIP Grant, we can only wonder what your mind could be giving us now.

Poor little Fiat. Even without a motor that would be worth something these days, but alas hindsight is 20/20

"we've got one shot at this" ... * proceeds to take two shots at it *

Back in the days when you could make people smoke on tv for science😅

Fix It Again Tony. Sad demise of a sweet little X-1/9.

Moments when Grant still wasn't an "Official" mythbuster and is simply a build team member.

It's so interesting seeing all 5 work together on the same myths because by time I started watching in later seasons they were completely separate teams most of the time.

I've been waiting for these uploads for 10+ years. Finally!!😄

I'm allergic to vodka; I break out in handcuffs.

Thank you for uploading these. No matter how many times I’ve seen them I love watching them

Every time I see a full episode posted, it's a good day. Thanks for sharing!

These guys really did have one of the best jobs ("...it just dawned on me that we're really going to smash two big rigs together...."), which of course makes for a great show.

34:12 Those words couldn't be any truer Rest in peace grant

Thank you for sharing the full episodes! One of the best shows of all time!!!

please keep uploading episodes!! this has been so nice, id give anything to see the crew back together

there was no way this was ever going to work but it was fun watching them try

I always love the low-budget ingenuity of this show, even when it did get better funding. Showcases the creativity and engineering of everyone involved even better!!

I saw a car squished between two trucks once. It was at a much slower speed, with smaller trucks, but it still wasn't pretty!

Now I’m keen to see the Compact Compact revisit

Keep those Full Episodes Coming!!!

Hearing the Narrator say "Dead Man Walking" (34.11) when Grant enters the shop felt very uncomfortable.

Rip Grant:( such an amazing series.

There is a piece of footage of a small compact blue car stopped behind a transport and another one hits him from behind…I believe it’s a pile-up on highway. he disappears between the two trucks. The guy driving the compact didn’t even know he died it was so fast and so complete

I loved that MasterChef episode where they tried to fuse two Semi's together for their final dish

Love this. Prefect Nostalgia candy

The best series ever,nothing comes close.Sad news about Grant,Rip my friend.

Thank you.

Anybody else noticed the Matchbox GMC Wrecker? still have mine

"How do we stop this?" That's the neat part, you don't.

I was in my BMW for a very similar rear end collision. The damage looked about the same. I was waiting for traffic with a smoke, and my lighter ready. I looked in the rear view because I was thinking of changing my mind. Here comes a truck. I made my peace with myself in that moment because I thought I was a dead man. The car went about 100 feet. I looked over and the truck went through a ditch, up a grassy knoll, and tipped over as the driver dove out and ran. I got out of my car, went across the road and lit my cigarette. The paramedics thought I was in shock because I was so calm about it. The driver's seat had twisted from the force of my body in the impact. I've had a screwed spine ever since, but I'm still here with minimal damage.

Im with kari its a shame to see that car get smashed it was in fairly good condition

RIP that Bertone X1/9

Do you guys take requests? Upload the full "Yawning Is Contagious" episode. PLEASE!!!

Love this but liked the old intro more

I always thought a shorter and/or higher vehicle, more like a mini or beetle, would have worked better.

I remmenber this when I saw for first time in 2008-2009?😮😢ñ

Kari is too cute at 10:40 😂

I can't tell you how much traffic I've run on this Compact-Compact story! The welding together is completely forgotten. It's the; "How to time the tow trucks so the semi trucks hit at the same time!" It's really simple. I'm surprised the Mythbusters missed it. You attach the two cables together with a shackle to a pulley. Attach one end of a double strength cable to one tow truck. Pass it through the pulley then attach the other end to the other tow truck. Now the trucks can vary some and the; pulley, long cables, and two semis are drawn at the same speed as one assembly.

That aint compact, thats just a regular sports car.

Kari's Toad screams when the collision happens are killing me

had a blast watching this the first time it was aired an the look on jamies face when it happens is pure joy the man just loves a good crash lol

Happened several times that car be found hours later in between two trucks rearended.

44:40 nice use of recycling: The Arc of the Covenant being used as a field table

The shape of things destroyed. Lol - old people remember the commercial for the TR-7.

I actually had a family friend's son, go through an accident just like this. Instead, he was rear-ended into another semi. His car was unrecognizable, and ironically he is a paramedic. He's lucky to be alive. I dont remember the full story as it was third hand information by the time it was told to me.

I enjoyed this show when I was a kid because they can do whatever they want then you can learn along the way

It would be great to do it again anyway but full load and full speed 60mph :D like radio controlled :D

yall should add air dates in the description

Those are actually the gnarliest feet I've seen on a sane person 🤣🤣🤣

I think I od'd on puns ☠️

17:18 Adam is so funny!! xD

34:15 Sad to think, when the narrator said "dead man walking" that Grant would pass away so soon... Grant was genuinely a good guy and was taken way too soon from the world!!

50:28 RIP my man

The calculations they must have performed, just to figure out if one tow truck had the torque and power to pull two semis with attached trailers at a high rate of speed, had to be monumental.

when you blow your whole budget on one myth

I love that the "Mack" on the truck was first turned into "Wack" and later became "Ack" when it rear-ended the car. Martians!

i wonder what the tow truck drivers thought of the carnage. theyve probably seen dozens of fatal wrecks

Is season 4 the earliest season they have uploaded?

😭😭😭 I would’ve paid good money for that compact. That thing would be worth a fair bit now in 2024

34:19 just said grant imahara then deadman walking thats fucking creepy rip grant

Miss you Grant 😢

They should have used ONE tow truck

a block and tackle between the tow trucks would even the forces and timing regardless of if they were exactly even or not

6:34 fiat x19 😂😂

My BIL made mouthwash out of homebrewed vodka. Gave himself thrush. 😆

Rip Grant

45:29 : "FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION!"

everyone who watched the busters on tv remembers the 3 months they rteased this episode and was the episode that besides the cement truck everyone from the early 2000s remembers

I wish I could get 2 semis and trailers for free

grant is the worse co driver ever, he kept telling the driver to go slower every time when they were clearly behind the other tow truck. the constant slowing down is why the rope broke when the semi went faster than they pulled since they slowed down.

This was the perfect chance to test why does mouthwash burn twice, i notice when i mouthwash I'll be sitting down and i wait till it stops burning and then stand up and it begins to burn again its weird

34:12 this is strange to hear now

Kari ❤

Two trucks, getting wrecked (oh yes)

this the first time they used the Alameda Runway? :V

I think Adam ended up getting pissed that he did the bad breath myth , check out after Carrie decides that the myth is confirmed @ 37:54

They should have used my feet after work. lol

The term "Fix It Again Tony" comes to mind - but it ain't gonna happen, fixing that is. Trying to remember which vodka distiller that had as their slogan "It's the spirits that count".

they should have use one towtruck only

Tory is always hurting himself, I remember when he hit his knee on the window sill that looked painful!

Sad that they destroyed those cabovers...

I love the mack on the truck converted to wack

Nooooooo F for FIAT X1/9

Adam Savage? Ha more like Adam Salvage

For this myth we have to make Adam smell like a Frenchman 😂

I always wonder why these uploads have BBC and Masterchef UK watermarks

It's not often they use Buster for what he was actually designed for

Using a damn near mint fiat x19 feels like a crime fr

That poor Rx7 🥲

The only way to test is to run the two trucks on rails with flanged wheels.

My senior year in high school there was an underclasman that a super tuny car similar to that. So we got 6 guys to LIFT IT and put it perpendicular in a parking spot and had others park next to it so he couldnt get out no matter what! We ended up getting a talking to by the principal, but since we didnt actually cause any damage it was more of a "you shouldnt have done that" sorta speech. (Honest to god true story out of Indianola High School prolly 2010)

34:11 well that aged well.....

I still think it needs to be redone...

Ask a trucker if they have ever seen 2 semis go head to head......it happens.