Car & Driver- Rental Car Olympics

[coxmaster]

Worth the watch


All I can say is wow. Who would have guessed that a Lincoln Town Car can

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do 63 mph in reverse

 

[Kirby]

lmfao, awesome

 

[sandorski]

hehe, hilarious.

 

[Throckmorton]

The most amazing thing is they aren't even embarrassed about destroying other peoples' property.

 

[Howard]

We don't know that damages were not reimbursed to the rental companies.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

better than top gear, that's for sure

 

[Doppel]

This will give the kids out there some bad ideas!

 

[PlasmaBomb]

The most amazing thing is they aren't even embarrassed about destroying other peoples' property.

What did they destroy?

It's not like most people treat their rentals with love and respect...

We don't know that damages were not reimbursed to the rental companies.

This is true - because when it went online/for sale the rental companies were bound to find out that their cars were involved in some extra curricular activities...

This will give the kids out there some bad ideas!

Also this.

 

[PottedMeat]

Worth the watch


All I can say is wow. Who would have guessed that a Lincoln Town Car can

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do 63 mph in reverse

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and that it's ~1 second slower in reverse than its forward 0-60 time

anyone know why is the cadillac reverse governed at 31?

 

[Bignate603]

anyone know why is the cadillac reverse governed at 31?

Why wouldn't they limit it? I can't think of a single reason why they shouldn't limit it. With everything in modern cars being electronically controlled it's relatively easy to do.

 

[evident]

Why wouldn't they limit it? I can't think of a single reason why they shouldn't limit it. With everything in modern cars being electronically controlled it's relatively easy to do.

uhh what if you are going down a one way alley and you have two squad cars waiting for you at the other end. you need to kick it in reverse and get the hell out of there.

or what if you're trying to pull off the paul walker reverse drive from 2fast 2 furious?

 

[Demo24]

I guess cops need to go fast in reverse? lol. Now I sorta feel like those movies where they spin the car around at decent speed aren't actually to far from the truth.

 

[evident]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDMvjrEIEjU 2:37