"Tonight, o n "Jay Leno's Garage"..." "This is what the kids are doing." "We're throwing cautio n out the window..." "Put it to the floor!" "'Cause this episod e is all about losing control." "I have no idea what I'm doing, here." "Because you can't know your limits until you go past them." "Help!" "That doesn't reall y make sense, but it sounds good." "Because pushing boundaries..." "It's got a jet engine in it." "Leads to innovation." "That's idling!" "But mostly, we're gonna lose control 'cause it's a lot of fun." "Yeehaw!" "Along the way, my nemesis." "Tim Allen will drif t into insanity." "I couldn't contro I that car no matter what I did." "I'll slide all over the slopes with racecar driver, Katherine Legge." "I'm catching you, I'm catching you." "No fair." "I'm fat and old." "And smash... or be smashed..." "Gee, I wonder if they'll try to kill the Hollywood guy?" "In my first eve r demolition derby." "Well, that's called "losing control."" "I'm here at th e "Jay Leno Garage" test track" "Some people call it the airport." "But anyway," "I'm here with the Nissan GTR." "I'm waiting for my archrival, Tim Allen." "He and I are gonna have a little drift competition today, to see who's faster." "Just the fact that I got here before he did should give you some clue." "You know, every time." "Tim comes on this show, things kinda get out of hand." "You'll always be the tool man, Allen!" "It's called "outdoor man," bitch." "Our most recen t burnout competition did not have a clear winner." "So what do you cops think?" "Who won?" "Yeah, if you had to pick a winner." "Yeah, if you had to pick a winner, who won?" "And Tim claimed that I cheated in our stockcar race." "This is my wife's Camry." " You've got slicks!" " The tires are just worn." "Needless to say, he hurt me with his cruel remarks." "You look like my wife in that car." "You know the sad thing is?" "I do look like your wife." "If you remember, last time things got a little out of control." "You pushing me?" "So I figured he'd b e the perfect guy to bring back today." "Jeez." "I think I pulled something." "Tim is coming over in his Nissan GTR and we're gonna have a little outofcontrol drift competition." "Nice parking job." "Sorry, my plane was late." "Hey, Timmy." "How are you?" "Pretty good, Jamie." "How are you?" "Yeah, nice to see you." "Sport coat?" "What's the occasion?" "You're on the show." "You know, special guest?" "Thank you so much." "I'll tell you what we're doing." "We're gonna have a little drift competition, and see who wins." "We're gonna meet Chris Forsberg." "He's one of the original drifters." "He lost his job when?" "No, it's not those kind of drifters." "This is what the kids are doing." " The young kids." " See, unlike you, Tim," "I have my thumb on the pulse of what the young people are doing." " You're a Twitterer." " And..." "You Tweet a lot." "Well, and you're a -er." "Right, so..." "Before that, can we go down to Men's Warehouse, so I can get a sport coat too?" "Yeah, maybe." "Chris, hit it!" "This is drifting g at its finest." "Drifting is basicall y sending a vehicle into a controlled slide." "It requires quick reflexes, great handeye coordination, and a steady supply of tires" "None of which I have." "In the hands o f a professional drifter, a car can burn throug h a course like this one." "This is what the kids are doing." "Hi, Chris." " How you doing?" " You might wanna shut it off, Chris." "I'll cook the motor if I turn it off... 30 seconds, at least." "Filling 30 second s is no problem for Tim and me." "In fact, our whole career s are nothing but filler." "I think I got tuberculosis just standing here." "I mean, it's amazing..." "You can tell tuberculosis..." "Right like that." " I can feel it." " I thought it came on slowly, but apparently..." "I have a medical degree." "I am a doctor from Western Michigan University." "They give you a doctorate." "All the sudden, I'm Dr. Allen." "You know, Bill Cosby's a doctor, too." "Whoo, there we go." "So was Mengele." "Do you wanna go there?" "He was a doctor." " Yeah, Mengele was a doctor." " He was a doctor..." "You wanna go right to that?" "You're in good company." " Yeah, this is gonna be fun." " See, that's the other thing, between the old and the new." "I'm willing to try the new thing." "Yeah, I know." "And you got your thumb on the young people." "Sorry about that." " Chris, how are you?" " Good, how are you?" " This is my dad, Tim Allen." " Hey." "Nice to meet you." "Chris, how you doing?" "Chris Forsberg is a threetim e Formula Drift world champion." "And he's go t the most podium finishes in the history of the sport." "This doesn't sound like any Nissan I've ever heard." "What engine is in this?" "Well, it actually is the factory V6 engine, but it has a twin turbo kit and straight pipes, so it's a lot more raw than your typical 370Z." "This car is one of my favorites." "I bring it ou t for playing around and having fun with you guys." "What's the stick for?" "That's actuall y the hand brake." "So, it's lik e a rallystyle hand brake with a separate se t of calipers to the rear" "Locks both rear wheel s at the same time." " Both rear wheels..." "I see." " So, it sets you in motion." "Yeah, just like a factory hand brake, but just a little more exaggerated." "And this is a light switch?" "What is the little switch?" "That's the kill switch." "That turns the whole car on and off, so be careful there." "So in a race..." "If you're racing against him, you just wanna reach over..." "You just reach over." "Out your window and grab..." ""I won!" "Hey, what's that over there?"" "And then you win a race." " I like it." " And what kind of horsepower are you making?" "This one's about 600 horsepower." "Wow, that's pretty good." "Yeah, enough t o get the job done." "This is gonna be cool." "Is this what we're gonna" " be driving?" " This is my car." "You guys don't get to drive this one." "I know you guys rolled in in these GTRs, and these are fantastic, but I brought out something a little more simpler for you." ""More simpler"?" "Nissan Leafs?" "That's right, we got these Nissan Leafs." "Very highpowered cars, very easy for you guys to control." "Yeah, real highpowered cars." " That's right, that's right." " Yeah." "Hey, don't get me wrong..." "The Leaf is a fine vehicle." "But when you're expectin g crazy horsepower and highspeed drifting... well... it's a Leaf!" "We outfitted the m with these easydrift tires, so now you hav e almost zero traction in the back of these cars." "They're gonna be driving through this course, and it's just gonna wanna spin around the whole time." "So, what I'm gonna say is that the slower guy is actually gonna be faster, because the faster you go through this course, it's gonna wanna spin you around." "This is like a setup, 'cause I'm sure." "Jay's has a bigger voltage or amp meters." "I think it's fair to say my package is a little bit bigger, sure." "It'll be shocking... because they're electric." "What a jolt." "I'm gonna get a charge outta this." "Gonna get a charge out of this?" "Travolta would say..." "It's electrifyin'!" "It's..." "Electrifyin'!" "Let's give it a shot." "Chris said tha t the slower guy would win, but I think I can handl e a couple of easydrift tires." "Three!" "Two!" "One!" "Go!" "He's got some speed." "Okay." "You can go a little faster than that." "There he goes." "Okay, new plan:" "Go slowly" "Really, really slowly." " He's going slow and steady." " Yeah, slow and steady." "Yeah, but... come on!" "He's really creeping'." "I don't know if he can finish it under a minute at that rate." "We're all gonna go home." "You just pack up when you're done, Jay." "Yes!" "Come on!" "My kid's cat could drive faster than this." "And that cat is dead." "Hey, you want speed, Timmy?" "I'll show you speed." " Almost there." " Yeah!" "There it was!" "That was a finish, right there." "What was the time?" " Under a minute?" " Yes!" " 56." " Like my wedding night!" "Yes!" "56 seconds!" "But it was something, Jay, the way you took those corners like a golf cart." " It was great." " It was "gweat"?" "Did you say it was "gweat"?" "You hear that?" "I'm already in his head." "This is going "gweat"!" "Three!" "Two!" "One!" "Go!" "So he went for it." "Tim, I think that car has too much power for you." "Impossible to control frontwheel drive." "Really, it's very peculiar." "Tim, are you looking for a parking space?" "You okay?" "I'm looking for a burger!" "You're driving an electric car, so you can only have a veggie burger with a side order of kale." "Tim, we're gonna have to switch to the hour clock." "Yeah, I was texting a little note to my daughter." "Your daughter is now 57 years old, Tim." " Ooh, nice slide!" " Ooh!" "Nice drift by Allen!" "That's really hard." "That Ensure really made a difference." "Close." "Now, the moment of truth:" " How'd we both do?" " Well..." "When we return:" "The exciting conclusion." "And later..." "Total vehicular insanity." "I have no idea what I'm doing, here." "My archrival, Tim Allen, and I just finished an outofcontro I drift race..." "And now, the final tally." "Now, the moment of truth:" "How'd we both do?" "Well, you guys both did pretty good." "Tim had some nice slides out there, though, kind of pushing it." "But... you both landed at 56." "56 seconds!" " Congratulations." " Wow." "But my 56 was..." "a little smoother." " Early side of 50?" " Yeah, yeah, earlier 50?" "Well, let's see how an expert does it." "This is what you do, right?" "No exactly this, but..." "Let's see if he can beat our time, Tim." "Now let's see how Mr. BigTime Drifter..." "Go on, let's see how you do." "Yeah, where's your muscles now?" " Yeah." " Hop outta there." "I couldn't control that car no matter what I did." "I think I got head lice from that stupid helmet." "Who else has had that helmet on?" "I'm sure it's "brand new."" "You know, the kinda money they're throwing around on CNBC..." "I think all those spin s went to his head." "Three!" "Two!" "One!" "Go!" "Thank you!" "Old age and treachery beats youth any day." "Yeah, but he saved it." "Nice..." "ly done!" " That's a nice drift." " That's a good drift." "That's a good one." "Not as easy as it looks, is it, Mr. Stud Bucket?" "Spin around!" "Spin around, spin around!" "Damn it!" "Yeah, it didn't take him long to figure this out." "See, look at that, look at that, look at that!" "Look at that, look at..." "Bangin' it out!" " Very good." " Very good!" " It's not looking good for us." " No, it's not." "Unless something really good, like a meteor could hit it." "53." "I mean "shoot." I mean..." "That had to be a little better." " Yeah, yeah, yeah." " There we go!" " Very well done." " 53." " Very well done!" " Nicely done." " Yeah." " Nicely done." " That shows he's a pro." " There you go." "So, we can't use this take." "Well, of course Chri s is gonna beat us." "That's his job." "He's half our age, and smarter, and more talented, and better." "But the important thin g to remember here is that Tim did not win." "Well, Chris, thank you very much." " Thank you." " Nicely done." " Yeah." " Tim, we tied this time," " my friend." " Yeah?" " But it's not over." " No?" "What's gonna happen now?" "Maybe we'll get another season..." " Okay with me." " Maybe we won't." "But one way or the other, this score will be settled." "Right." " See you next year." " See you next year." "Okay, that was a fun race, but now it's time to bring out somethin g with just a little more power" "Something like... jet power." "This is my Y2K motorcycle." "You talk about losing control, well..." "That's kinda what this is." "It's got a jet engine in it, about the same as that helicopter you hear, circling overhead." "I'll be right there, fellas!" "Thank you, guys." "Now we all know motorcyclin g can be kinda risky" "Well, this... this is just taking I t to the next level." "This is just adding ris k where you don't really need it." "It's frightening to drive, but it's exciting to drive." "Every time I get off it, I'm like..." ""I'm still here."" "You know?" "It's a lot of power in a small package..." "Much like me." "I don't have a small package..." "All right, look, just forget that." "Just forget that part." "Now, all that powe r comes at a cost." "The jet bike burns throug h a gallon of fuel every eight minutes, nearly six times faster than the average motorcycle." "But it's such a thrill." "When you're on the freeway, it's like you strafe people." "It's like in a jet, and it handles pretty good." "Let's fire it up." "That's idling!" "With this jet engine, the exhaust can get u p to 1,400 degrees." "Actually, this should say:" ""If you're close enoug h to read this, your face ha s already melted off."" "With a jet engine, you've got no compression braking at all." "That's why I've got Brembo brakes on this thing to make sure I can stop it, 'cause when you shut down, it's still pulling hard." "We're doing okay." "Let's open her up a little bit." "This motorcycle's a lot like being with the wrong woman." "You know you shouldn't be there, but... by golly, it's a lot of fun." "When we return... man versus mud." "The mud wins." "For a show all abou t losing control, we've stayed awfully clean." "Sport coat?" "What's the occasion?" "You're on the show." "Now, we're getting dow n and dirty." "You know, when you think of famous racetracks, names like Indianapolis 500," "Le Mans, Nuerburgrin g all come to mind." "You don't really thin k West Georgia Mud Park." "And when you think of those famous racetracks, you think of names like Dan Gurney," "Phil Hill," "Stirling Moss," "AJ Foyt" "Here, it's just one name." "We call him Joey." "Joey, how are you doing?" "Good, Jay." "Are you doing good?" "Joey's gone muddin g all his life, so a few years ago, he decided to make his very own racetrack." "Now, you race from, what, one end to the other?" "Do you do circles?" "How do you work it?" "We have an obstacle course here we run, a sidebyside drag..." " Okay." " We do some freestyling, where you just get out there and show off." "They can be like a monstertruck driver for a day." "You know, as lon g as there have been fourwheel drive trucks, people have like d racing them in the dirt." "The first officia I mudbog races were back in the early '70s." "Over the years, the tire s and engines kept growing, and when one o f these massive beasts drove over a car... monster trucking was born." "But all this time, mudding has remained popular for a few special reasons:" "You get wet, you get dirty, and sometimes you get stuck." "Now this is kind of a family sport, right?" " Everybody shows up." " Yes, sir." "And the nice thing is, you don't have to train for this kind of thing, you know?" "Like, most race car drivers, they got that special diet..." "What did you have for lunch today?" " I had some barbecued chicken." " Barbecue chicken, okay." "See, this is the kind of racing I can get involved in." "You eat a chicken, and then you go out and you drive." "This is fantastic." "This is really good." "Now, these tire s are unbelievable." "Look at them." "They have the paddles, so this ought to be-- This is what helps you get through the mud." " Yes, sir." " What kind of horsepower you put in that?" "Right at 2,000." "Wow!" "2,000... so you must be riding, what, on alcohol?" " Blown alcohol." " Blown alcohol..." "Okay, very good." "Now... you yourself don't ride on alcohol, correct?" "Not really." "Not really, not really." "Okay." "And how many miles per gallon do you get with the alcohol?" "It burns abou t five gallons a minute." "Five gallons a minute!" "So, how big a tank do you have?" " 15 gallon." " How many minutes is that?" " About three." " Three minutes?" " Yeah." " Wow." "Like making love." " Maybe for you." " Yeah." "Joey's a man of few words, but he make s those few words count." "And what does a truck like this cost to build?" "You can build a truck from $5,000 to $100,000." "Okay, okay." "The wife's not watching..." "What are you talkin'..." "About 100 grand." "100... okay." "Okay, so 40 or 50." " Yeah." " Okay, good." "Yeah, okay..." "Sometimes you just gotta..." "Can we go for a ride?" "Yeah, sure." "Cool!" "There's nothing like a couple of thousand horsepowe r powering up." "Joey's truck I s a true 4x4x4." "That's four wheels, with fourwheel drive and fourwheel steering." "Well, that was pretty wild!" "Man." "That was pretty crazy." "Well, that's a lot of fun..." "You get soaked in this thing." "I can see why you guys enjoy doing this." "Joey..." "Yeah, that's a lot of fun." "Hey, can I drive?" " No way, Jay." " No?" " No." " Can I try one of" " the other trucks?" " Sure." "Jay, this is Jim Livingston." "He's a good friend of mine." "This is his truck." "I'm gonna drive this one?" " Yeah, this one." " Hey, Jim." "How you doing?" "How you guys doing?" "Good..." "I'm so..." "You know, Joey's very kind, to let me drive your truck." "Yeah." "What a good friend that is." "Okay, I assume this is not a child you hit on the way in here... what..." "No, sir." "When we have all our kids, actually, in the truck, we actually call the truck "daddy daycare."" "Daddy daycare." "Kids, you touch daddy's truck, this is what happens, okay?" "Now, yours is a Chevy also." "Yes, sir." "Not as heavilymodifie d as Joey's, right?" "No, his is more modifie d and limited class." "We actually purchase d this one this way." "This one's just go t a '99 Vortec 454," " is all it's got in it." " Okay." "So, we're looking at about, what, 450 horsepower?" " Yeah." " So he's got..." " 5 times the horsepower." " Yes." "Wow." "But he's a bigger guy." " Yes." " Yeah, you need that." "Well, very cool." "Joey, thank you very much..." " Thank you, Jay." " For letting me borrow your friend's truck." "What a great guy!" "Let's go." "Aw, you're going in the big hole." "There we go." " Whoo!" " That's a bump." "We got leaf springs!" "Keep it, keep it, keep it." "Now you just go straight." " You ain't gotta go far." " Fast?" "No, not fast..." "No." " What?" " We don't wanna jump." "Now you just roll together..." "There you go." "Hit the gas, keep on going." "Hit it, hit it, hit it!" "Go straight through." "Don't let up." "Hold it!" "There you go." "We're going!" "We got it!" "We got it!" "Yeehaw!" " Here we go." " Yeah... yeah!" "Whoohoo!" "You know, even a t a weeny 450 horsepower..." "This truck can move!" "Boy, big difference in the suspension on this thing." "Yes, yes." "This is old school." "These ar e oldschool leaf springs." "It don't go fast." "It's just a creeper." " Yeah." " You just ride around, and you hold your beer, and you cruise." "Hey, let's go through the car wash." "Put it to the floor!" "All right, turn the wheel that way, turn the wheel that way... turn." "Turn it that way." "Keep hitting the gas... turn." " Which way?" " All right, we're stuck." " Reverse?" " No, we're stuck now." "Nope, we're done." "Help!" "You just hang tight." "Help!" "It's what's called a pit stop in mudding..." "We're in the pit, and we're stopped." "Hey, pal, can you pull us out?" "Yeah, I can pull you out." "Where are you from?" "California." "California?" "Yeah, that'll be about $500." "While I wait to get pulled out of the mud with a bruta I Californiastupidcelebrity tax added on, check out this insanity." "I know it doesn't look like it, but they're actually tryin g not to hit each other... because this I s figure8 racing." "Figure8 racing" "You're almost guaranteed to have a crash." "And sometimes you'll be dow n to three or four cars, 'cause everybody els e has crashed." "I'm Don Kazarian, the promoter of Perris Auto Speedway, home of the Night of Destruction and figure8 racing." "The racetrack is basicall y a big, giant 8, and you have an intersection, so the cars basically dodge each other every lap." "It's a dangerous sport." "Timing is the number one thing." "If you don't have timing down, you're gonna crash" "Every corner, every intersection." "My name is Earl Cox Jr.," "I'm a Perris Auto Speedway figure8 champion of the car 27." "I think I was 15 when I drov e my first figure8 car, and when I first drove it, I was very, very scared to go through the intersection, 'cause you don't know where they're gonna go." "If you lose control, you're gonna spin out." "It's just plain and simple." "Or you're gonna end up making a mistake in the intersection." "In 1986, I hit an intersection." "I had just built a brandnew car, and it blew up on m e and it basically burnt part of my face and my chest." "You know, that's the risk these guys take." "It's a risky business, and guys get hurt." "And gals get hurt." "You know, with so much danger on the track and only 500 bucks in I t for the winner, these racers do it fo r the thrill, the glory, and the outofcontro I excitement." "When the green flag drops, you go to a different zone." "You forget about everything." "It's a high." "Coming up, we go from mu d to the mountains for a slipper y supercar snow race." "This is actually fun." "He's actually pretty good." "Should I be shocked by that?" "Is that gonna offend him?" "A perfect exampl e of losing control would be strapping g a couple of boards to my feet" "and sliding dow n a snowcovered mountain." "But why would I do that?" "There's no engine." "So, instead, I'm gonna take a super car and a super driver completel y out of their comfort zones." "Today, I'm gonna challenge a professional race car driver in a super car to a race." "Now, you might say to yourself, "Jay, what chance do you have" ""against a professional?" Well..." "Professionals are used to racing on billiardsmooth tracks on beautiful, sunny days." "That's why I'm in snow." "That's my advantage." "See, I used to practice in DeMoulas Super Market parking lot when I was 16, on snowy days, doing donuts." "That gives me the edge." "Okay." "Race car drivers are pretty competitive, too." "Katherine, how are you?" "Good." "How are you?" "This is Katherine Legge." "She's a bigtime racer." "Katherine's been a professiona I racing driver since 2005." "She's very talented, extremely inspirational, and, obviously, incredibly competitive." "In fact, her ide a of fun and relaxation is competing in triathlons." "I get exhausted watching 'em!" "I appreciate you taking time out to come do this today." " Thank you." " You're a very good racer." "You've won some open wheels..." "You've done everything, right?" "Yeah, I'm probably one o f the most diverse racing drivers." "I've driven everything from IndyCar to DTM, to sports cars, now..." "Formula E." "You name it, I've driven it." "Right." "But not..." "In the snow." "Today, we'll bot h be competing in one of these." "The Acura NS X is a modern hybrid." "In fact, it I s the fastest hybrid super car currently in production." "With a 3.5lite r V6 engine connecting three electri c motors, it's arguably the mos t technically and advanced hybrid powertrai n on the market today." "The NSX is designe d to control any road, which is exactly wh y we're not taking It on any road!" "Now, let's face it:" "Super cars are not mean t for the snow." "I currently race one of these bad boys in GT3 format." "Right... now, the GT3 format, you're not allowed to have the hybrid system with the extra power, correct?" "Absolutely, yup." "Technically, it's the same engine without the hybrid motors, 'cause we're not allowed to use them." "So, yes, I would say that gives..." "So you get more torque with a hybrid motor." "So my... my streetcar is faster than your race car." "No, 'cause we have extra downforce, and we have, like, bigger tires." "Yeah, out here, downforce is called a snow plow, okay?" "'Cause that's what you're gonna be doing." "Downforce, you're just gonna be moving snow, so..." "I think I got a good chance at this." "You know, feel free to wager at home." "And put your money..." "Well, you know where to put your money." "I got this, I got this." "No, no he doesn't." "Come on, let's do it." "I'll take the red one." "Ladies first." "Playing the woman card." "A circular snow track composed of tight curve s and tricky snowbanks." "The firs t to complete 3 laps wins, but we're startin g on opposite ends of the course, and if you get withi n two car lengths of your opponent, it's an automatic victory." "In the blue car, we have Katherine Legge." "Sure, she's a pro, and she's no stranger to the NSX, but when it comes to snow, she is a novice." "In the red car, we have me." "Okay, not a professional racer, but I have a little extra downforce 'cause I weigh mor e than Katherine does." "And I have ton s of snow experience" "But will that be enoug h to give me a leg up on Legge?" "And Jay, remember:" "Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear." "Three!" "Two!" "One!" "Go!" "See, I should be in my mother's '64 Falcon to make this fair." "Believe me, this is nothing like DeMoula's parking lot." "Yo!" "I'm more worried about catching him than I am not crashing." "Oof..." "I think I'm doing pretty good." "Damn, he's actually pretty good." "Should I be shocked by that?" "Is that gonna offend him?" "See, my idea of doing pretty good is that I don't see her in my rearview mirror." "He's getting quicker!" "This is actually fun." "On a regular track, Legge would have lapped me by now." "I'm amazed I'm not catching him quicker than I am." "But the sno w is definitely giving me a fighting chance here today." "Come on, hard on the gas." "Come on, Katherine." "Come on, Legge." "You've got this." "She's catching up to me." "Yeah... not good." "Damn!" "She's a fast learner." "All right, hard on the gas..." "All right, a bit of oversteer." "Don't spin it, Katherine..." "I think she's catching up!" "Yeah... not good." "We got this." "I'm catching him, I'm catching him!" "All right, I guess I should call it." "I'm not reall y a big fan of losing." "No fair!" "I'm fat and old." "This handles beautifully." "I love this NSX... it's awesome." "All right, it's been a few years since I was in DeMoulas' parking lot, but you won fair and square." "Thank you." "I did win fair and square." "But at least Jay was a good sport about it." "I was so nice with my hit one." "And when it come s to losing control, there's one group of vehicles that must be mentioned:" "The cars of Rally Group B." "Introduced back in 1982," "Group B ha d surprisingly lax regulations." "By 1986, engineers had create d some of the fastest, most sophisticated, and dangerous rally car s ever built." "They were racing o n challenging roads in difficult conditions, with fans who woul d crowd the course and try to touch the cars as they went b y at tremendous speeds." "You know what happen s when you touch a rally car?" "Your fingers wind u p in the car!" "The lack of crowd control, plus the growing power and speed of the cars, inevitably led to many accidents" "Some minor, some fatal." "These outofcontrol car s were soon nicknamed the "Killer Bees."" "After legendary drive r Henri Toivonen and his codrive r Sergio Cresto died during th e 1986 Tour De Corse..." "The Group B class was shut down." "But over 30 years later, Group B is still referred to as the golden era of rallying, and it's a prime exampl e of the excitement and tragedy that can come from pushing g the boundaries of control." "Coming up," "I see what it's lik e to be a demolition man!" "Whoa!" "We've been exploring the concept of losing control." " We're done." " Help!" "But now, I'm gonna experience the ultimate loss of control:" "With my first eve r demolition derby." "Any race where you have a skip loader to get your car off the track is not a good sign." "You know, I love cars, so I don't really get the concept of smashing them." "What's in it for the drivers, besides just pai n and destruction?" "Well, that's wha t we're gonna find out." "Gee, I wonder if they'll try to kill the Hollywood guy." "They love you, you big ham." " Hey, how are you?" " How you doing..." "I'm good." " Welcome out." " Thanks, thanks." "It'll be fun." "I haven't done this before, so this will be great." "You're gonna get shots that'll knock the change out of the ashtray, brother." "I know, I know..." "I'm telling you." "Now, John has spen t the past 40 years putting on extrem e motorsport shows all across the country." "He's kindly provided me with a derby ca r of my very own." "Now, this is a '58 Edsel..." "But it..." "Don't get mad." "This wasn't some sort of show car that they crashed." "This was a junker, and it's been used over and over and over again, many times, hasn't it?" " Right, right." " It's not a priceless classic" " we're crashing here." " Right." "It's been drug out of its last days to do service one more time." "Now, the cars her e all look like junkers, but they actually adher e to very specific regulations:" "No glass, no plastic, no decking" "And the list jus t goes on." "Also, the battery an d the gas tank must be relocated to the cabin o f the vehicle because" "Well, explosions are bad." "Any tips?" "Any lastminute tips?" "Keep moving all the time." "When somebody goes to hit you, don't put on the brakes." "Right." "You're not allowed to hit another car" " on the driver's door." " Okay." "We don't want that to happen..." "And it's gonna happen." "That's why we have the extra bracing and stuff." " Right." " 'Cause you're banging around." "And you wanna protect the engine." "If you gotta take a hit." "You wanna..." "Hopefully, it's in the back." "You wanna get hit in the Kardashian, as we call that in Hollywood." "Exactly, exactly." "That's where you wanna take it." "Are we ready to rumble?" "Yeah!" "Have fun, Jay!" "Feel like I'm in some "Mad Max" movie." "The rules are simple..." "and terrifying!" "You have to land a hi t at least every 90 seconds, and the winner is the last ca r that's still standing." "Of course, they put me in th e bright and colorful car." "It's basically a big blue, yellow target... say, "Hit me."" "I feel lik e "first day in prison."" "Three!" "Two!" "One!" "I have no idea what I'm doing, here." "Yes!" "Outta my way, punks!" "You know, this is actually..." "Kinda fun!" "Whoa!" "And after years of driving g on the 405 Freeway," "I now ge t to hit someone on purpose!" "It's fantastic!" "Okay, where am I?" "Let's get it on!" "It's hard to tell, but I think I lost a wheel." "I've got nothin'." "I'm dead." "Your left front wheel broke off!" "Okay." "That'll do it." "I guess this I s the end of the derby for me." "We're probably gonna see you on the circuit" " in no time." " Yeah, yeah, yeah." " Are you all right?" " Yeah." "Let's get outta here." "Not a good place to hang around." "It was a pleasure, Jay!" "Thanks, guys." "It's a pleasure." "Well, that's called losing control." "Buckle up, folks." "It's time to assess and caress with Donald Osborne." "If you love." "Classic cars." "Then Donald loves." "You." "This episode is all about losing control, and we have three just outofcontrol cars here:" "A 1981 Renault 5, a 1989 Lamborghini LM002, and a 1986 Ford RS200." "And with me today, once again," "Mr. Donald Osborne, appraiser extraordinaire." "Let's start with the R5 Turbo." "Jay, the R5 Turbo 1 is a really remarkable car, made fo r World Rally Championship." "So, Renault took thei r supermini hatch, the Renault 5..." "Known in America as "Le Car"..." "And they move the engine to where the back seat should be..." " Right." " And put a honking turbo on this." "This vehicle puts ou t 185 horsepower in street trim." "You see they've go t these incredibly neat sport seats, which are jus t absolutely spectacular." " Right, yeah." " I mean, this just screams" ""1980s performance car." And there was a very odd law in the '80s..." "The graymarket law..." "Which allowed you to bring in a car that was technically illegal." "You got one exemption for your lifetime, and you could bring in a car from Europe and register it." "And like most laws, it got abused because people would go to senior citizens homes and get a bunch of old people to pretend they bought cars, and the whole thing fell apart." "I was wondering why my grandmother bought that highperformance Mercedes during the 1980s..." "Well, now you know." "Exactly, exactly." "And this is a car that would've probably been brought I n under those auspices." "Let's go over to the 1986 Ford RS200." "This is a car that was legendar y in England and in Europe, and you just couldn't ge t here in the United States." "And you talk abou t control and the lack thereof." "These cars were incredibly fas t and incredibly hard to handle." "And again, you have an interior with absolute, nononsense racing seats." "This is not the kind of ca r that you'd hop into and pop aroun d to get an ice cream cone, because by the tim e you finished the ice cream cone, you wouldn't fit int o those seats anymore." " Right." " Ford had bought." "Carrozzeria Ghia, and you always think of Ghia as the "luxury" versions of the Ford, but since they were building the limited production, this car has Ghia badges on it." "It was actually built by Ghia in Italy." "All right, and let's move to the LM002." "Lamborghini wa s developing a car primarily fo r oilfield exploration." " Right." " So, to allow people to go out and check ou t the oil fields" "Generally, the sheikhs who owned the oil fields..." "In a way that was fast and convenient and safe:" "A highperformance, luxury SUV." " Yeah, and this..." " These were words that were never uttered in the same sentence." "And this used the V12, 455 horsepower... which, in '89, was unbelievable." "It doesn't look that big now, but at the time, they called thi s the "Rambo Lambo"" "because it was monstrou s in size, but it's really" "Compared to a modern Chevy Suburban or Escalade, it doesn't look any bigger." "No, the LM002 is not that big, but compared to what it sat next to in the Lamborghini showroom, this looked immense." "And I remember these tires have a special sand tread." "These tires were $2,000 apiece." "Sir, this was one of those cars that if sir had to ask what it cost to run, then perhaps this was not the car for sir to have." "Right, right..." "Exactly, exactly." "These are remarkable thing s because they appeal to they appeal to people who lik e outrageous vehicles, they appeal to a Lamborghini collector, and they also appea I to people that simply like the things tha t you won't see every day." " Right." " You don't meet very many 002s in the valet parking lot." "This is a hard on e to try and figure, because for a while there, you could buy these for $60,000." "Now, they've just gone... just crazy." "My heart says this is the rarer of the two, but your idle rich guy who's got money to burn is probably more likely to go for this than for that." "So your pick is the Rambo Lambo." "For financial reasons, I'm gonna pick this one," " but let's see." " Well..." "This... and more-- After a brief message from our sponsors." "He wants a big, big car with lots of room inside, but a car like that is so big and clumsy in traffic," " I just can't handle it." " Yeah." "And she wants one of those little foreign cars that's easy to handle and park." "What about the '57 Rambler?" "Big car, room, and comfort, with smallcar convenience." "For more cool cars, go to..." "And we're back, with Donald Osborne." "All right, Donald." "We have three jus t outofcontrol cars here." "Which of these vehicle s has appreciated the most?" "Now, Jay, we could value these cars simply by the size of the width of the tires." " Right." " And, as you mentioned, these very special tires on this Lamborghini are certainly the widest of the tires here." "So, we'll start with the narrowest of the tires, on the Renault Turbo 1." "These cars, five years ago, cost about $55,000." "Today, a Turbo 1 would cost you at least $125,000" "So substantia I appreciation there." "For the next tread width, the Ford RS200." "About five years ago, an RS200 would cost about $200,000." "Today, it'd cost about $240,000." " ." " So, there's not been that much of a chance in value." "The Lamborghini..." "Five years ago, one of these would've cost you about $94,000." "$260,000." " So... the Lambo's the winner." " Lambo's the winner." "Go with the mind, not the heart." " Always." " Unless you're getting married." "This episode has bee n all about losing control..." "I have no idea what I'm doing, here." "Which is why I invite d Tim Allen to stop by." "I couldn't control that car no matter what I did." "We saw what car s and drivers can do when you reall y push them to the limit." "We learned that, sometimes, losing control quickly turn s into complete and utter chaos." "This is fantastic!" "Yeehaw!" "We're going!" "We got it!" "In the end, losing contro I can be ridiculously fun..." "No fair!" "I'm fat and old." "But, you know, it's not goo d for your kidneys." "Whoa!" "All right, we're stuck." "Help!"