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Now on Top Gear,

we set out on an epic journey

to the most hostile
environments in the country.

Death Valley

I think my motor just blew up.

To find America's strongest off-roader.

Are you okay?

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Top Gear - 02x04 - Death Valley

This is the Mojave Desert.

25 thousand square miles of
snakes, sand, salt and rocks.

It's one of the harshest
environments on earth

and the ideal place

to find America's
strongest off-roader.

Oh, this just doesn't look good at all.

Look at how flat the lake bed is.

This is awesome.

It's just nothing.

We had each bought a 4x4
online for under $5,000...

...And apparently they were out
here waiting for us...

Somewhere.

I think we're stopping.

Here?

I think this is it.

This is it?

Where the hell are we?

I mean, where are the cars?

I don't know.

Here. Look over here.

That's us?

That's got to be them.

How far is that?

Gentlemen, prepare to be jealous.

Who got the Jeep?

That would be me.

You are Daisy Duke.

Yes! Oh, stop it.

Foust: If you're going off-road

and you've only got 5,000 bucks,

you've got to go with a Jeep.

I'd gone for a 1983
lnline 6 C-J7 Renegade,

the ultimate rock crawler,
and a design so good,

it's barely changed since the first
Jeep back in the '40s.

You're gonna have to
have a/c on here, right?

No, that's one thing
that it didn't have.

We are in the desert,

and you got something
without air-conditioning.

It's a dry heat.
I mean, I've got the bikini top.

You're gonna get blown
away in this thing...

Death Valley with no doors whatsoever.

The craigslist ad left out the door thing.

What'd you get?

Ferrara: I bought a '94 Ford Bronco XLT.

Back in the '60s, Broncos
dominated off-road racing.

A big 351 V8 under the hood,

this baby has the power and the
heritage to destroy the others.

Doesn't it worry you,
for the same money,

I get an '83 Jeep,

and this is such a pile of crap,

it's 11 years newer for the same value?

You mean I should be worried.

That some idiot took you on craigslist?

No, it doesn't worry me at all.

That you don't know how to buy a car.

What year is it?

'94.

What else happened in '94?

I know what you're saying...
The O.J. chase in a Ford Bronco.

So I know it's good at slow speeds.

You bought an O.J. Bronco.

Yes, I did, baby.

And you know what else it's got?
Air-conditioning.

Oh, boy. No way.

Now, you guys need to see a real truck.

Wood: Nothing can beat this 1989
Chevrolet K5 Blazer.

This 350 V8 is bulletproof and had to be.

The military bought 70,000 of these,

making them army-tough,

the perfect vehicle for the
challenge ahead.

If I learned anything from Alaska,

I learned that Chevys rule off-road.

And it doesn't matter what they look like.

While the Chevy in Alaska was
something of a phenomenon...

Thank you.

It was lightweight.

You remember? That was the key to that one.

This is lighter, shorter, smaller.

This is a tank.

This is a short, ugly suburban.

It's everything I need and
not all the stuff I don't.

But you know what it does have, Tanner?

Air-conditioning.

You guys and your air-conditioning.

Yeah, 'cause you're gonna die.

Hold the phone.
Oh, this is the challenge.

- Go ahead.
- Okay.

"To find out which of you

"has America's toughest off-roader,

you'll travel 400 miles to Vegas."

Vegas, baby!

Vegas!
Now we're talking.

"To properly test your vehicles'
off-road capabilities,

"at no point during the first 350 miles

can your tires touch asphalt."

Wait a minute... 350 miles off-road?

You heard it.

To get to Vegas.

"Your first challenge is a speed test.

"To see which of your
vehicles is fastest,

"you'll compete in a drag race.

Winner gets first choice of
the items at the finish line."

A drag race?

Aren't you glad you
got your bikini top?

That was actually sort of funny.

Thank you.

Wood: Two miles across
a dry lake bed

were three trailers,

which would be our accommodations

for the next 400 miles.

The winner of the drag race
would get first choice.

All right, here we go.

My only concern is I don't
want to hit a rut...

Not that rut, but a rut in the lake bed

at speed and then flip over.

That would be bad.

Three, two, one, go!

Noo!

Oh, come on. Already?!

Ha ha ha ha!

There we go. There we go.

So long, fellas!

Come on, come on, come on, Come on!

Ferrara: The v8 was giving my Bronco
an untouchable lead.

What was O.J.. Thinking?

With this kind of power,

they should have just
put the hammer down.

Noo!

How's your bikini top now?!

I'm losing Tanner in the dust.

Ohh, I can't see!
It's like "Days of Thunder"!

Come on, baby!
Come on!

I'm winning!

Ha ha!

Okay, so that means you
get to go first, right?

Yes, I do.

I may have won, but
to be honest,

I know as much about trailers as
Rutledge knows about salads.

Now, I had to choose wisely

'cause these trailers
were gonna be our homes

until we hit civilization again.

We have the Barbie dream trailer...

Aerodynamic but ugly.

The pink teardrop.

The teardrop...
A classic American trailer.

Classic aerodynamic shape.
Wow.

Look in there.

Oh, crap.

Does this go up?

That's a pop-up.

I see these at the NASCAR tracks all the time...
a lot of fun.

It's a bit of a gamble.

Because if it doesn't go up,
you're...you're stuck.

What is this?

This is an off-road trailer.

Tires.

It appears they're all...

Crap.

All right, fellas.
After careful consideration...

I think I'm gonna take the pop-up.

The pop-up?

Foust: Since I came in second,
I had next choice.

I'm never gonna be able
to pull this up a hill.

It looks heavy,
but I got to take it.

Really?

I have to take the pink teardrop?

Yeah.

You know there's no way
I could fit in there.

That's half the fun.

Let's go.

Wood: Our epic journey
would start here

in the heart of the
Mojave Desert.

We head across Death Valley
to Mount Charleston

and then back on pavement for
the final journey to Vegas.

Our 4x4s would have to
overcome extreme terrain...

From perilous rocky passes to
great seas of sand dunes.

Then...
There was Death Valley,

home to the second-highest
recorded temperature

on earth... 134 degrees.

This would be Vegas the hard way.

We were up and running.

The next challenge was to
make it to the ghost town

of Ballarat 100 miles away.

This gave us the chance

to get to know our trucks and trailers

before we hit the mountains.

Everything about this Jeep
is made for off-roading.

The suspension...

I mean, it's not good at
speed going over bumps,

but rock crawling, for articulation,

the wheelbase,
the approach and departure...

All that kind of stuff...

Perfect for off-roading.

Even the engine design,
the Inline 6...

It's just an unstoppable force.

I always wanted a K5 Blazer

'cause you knew with a K5,

it was gonna be tough.

I think this is the best off-roader.

Because it doesn't have a
lot of bells and whistles.

What you see is what you get.

It's a strong 4x4 with
a strong v8 in it.

I didn't say fast...
I said strong.

This car rides great for a '94.

With 219,000 miles on it.

Power everything.

And it works...
power windows.

Look at that.
Power door locks.

Power mirrors.

Big 351, which I destroyed
them in the drag race,

and air-conditioning.

You need that in Death Valley.

Adam made a conservative
choice on picking the pop-up.

It weighs less than Tanner's trailer,

but it still weighs a ton, I bet.

Tanner made a bad choice
getting that off-road one.

Yes, it has ground clearance,

but I bet it weighs 1,500
pounds, maybe more.

It's all steel.

Why'd you pick that?

I think my trailer's more
off-road worthy than the Jeep!

But it is heavy as can be.

Wood: We arrived in the
ghost town of Ballarat,

Population, 3.

Now we need to pick up supplies for
the rest of the journey.

One of the shacks appeared
to be a general store.

It is open.

It was soon apparent that this
wasn't your average store.

How you doing, sir?

Good morning, sir.
How are you?

Oh, pretty good, pretty good.

So we need to head over those mountains.

What do you have
in the way of food?

Oh, right now I just got
some canned stuff over here.

And then I got
some stuff in there.

Do you have any meat...
Like something...

Yeah, I got some meat.

I got some burro meat in there.

Burro?

Yeah.

You better take that with you.

Wow.

Foust: We cleared out the
store of food and water,

but we had a small problem.

None of us had a stove to cook on,

so we had to improvise.

I took the beans,

Adam the vegetables, and Rut
prepared the burro meat.

That is fresh.

This is so not the first time
that you've done this, is it?

Gently place it over intake manifold...

Braced on there correctly.

You guys, I think we are all set there.

What time do you guys want to eat?

Wood: With dinner in the oven,

we set out for the next
stage of the journey.

Ahead, our 4x4s
faced a dangerous,

rough and rocky 30-mile pass
through the mountains

that would take us down
into Death Valley.

As long as it's smooth
road like this...

Shouldn't be a problem.

But if it gets really rough,

this Jeep is gonna be brutal.

Look at this.

Oh, no.

This doesn't look good.

Oh, man.

This looks scary.

Ferrara: Steep canyons
towered above us.

Holy crap.

This was a different type

of off-roading altogether.

Hold on, guys,
there's a tricky bit up here.

This looks nasty.

Foust: The rocks were
wet with snowmelt

from the peaks above.

With limited grip,

the trailer becomes
basically an anchor.

This was our first true test,

and I needed a Guinea pig so
I could protect my Jeep.

An overconfident new yorker
was first in line to oblige.

If O.J. can get over on 12 jurors,

he can get over this.

Am I clear to go?

Yeah, go.

Come on.
Get on up there.

There you go.
Get on up there!

Damn.

You might want to back up a little bit.

You dug a hole there.

That hurt.

This is more fun than you could
possibly imagine to watch.

There you go.

Whoa!

Let's go.

Oh, is that the rear end?

Listen, fellas.

I have always yielded to your
automotive knowledge and skill.

I'm no genius, but I don't think
that's supposed to happen.

We are finding America's
toughest off-roader

on a quest from the Mojave
Desert to Las Vegas.

It's a lot farther
than I thought it was,

to be honest with you.

Yeah, and there's a reason
people don't do this for vacation.

- No.
- It's hard.

I mean, even though Adam
won the first event,

he just killed that Bronco

in what I would call the worst display

of off-road driving ever.

It was sad, actually.

It was.
And there's 300 miles to go.

You know but
that's what you guys get

for trying to take those
things over big rocks,

because that's what the
Renegade was built for.

You guys good?

Go ahead.

He's got the gear.

Come on, come on, come on.

There it is.
There you go.

That's a mess.

Oh, my gosh!
He's gonna do it.

No...Way.

Yeah!

That's what I'm talking about!

Daisy Duke did it.

What the hell?

How was that physically possible?

No way.

Unbelievable.

Jeep rules.
What can I say?

It's a Blazer's time to shine.

This is it.

I know it's gonna beat the
Bronco since the Bronco died.

Want to dig in and let it fight,
let it fight...

And then slowly accelerate.

Go, go, go, go,
go, go, go, go, go!

I'm gonna need a winch.

You're gonna need a winch?

Basically you're saying,
"okay, my truck fails."

I'm still working,
so technically I beat the Bronco.

No, you haven't.
You didn't make it up.

I got up...
Eventually.

Second place is first loser,
my friend.

I can do it. This is it.
This is the one.

All right, give me
everything you got.

Let's go.

Here it is.
Here it is!

Go, go, go,
go, go, go, go!

Go!

Yes!

Yes!

Yes!

Look at the trailer!

Totally fine!

This took a long time.

I feel like the ones
that have four wheels.

Should probably hit the road.

That'd be...

- Um, me...And you.
- And me.

Okay. Um...

- Yeah.
- We'll see you, Adam.

Think I'm gonna
need a winch.

Watch out for the coyotes.

You don't think we should feel bad.

About leaving Adam in
Ferrara Canyon, do you?

No, it's done.

Foust: With Adam and the
Bronco out of the picture,

it was down to
Jeep vs. Blazer.

As we climbed higher
into the mountains,

we passed ancient mines
haunted by the ghosts of men

who died chasing their dreams...

And abandoned cars rusting back
into the earth they came from.

This was no place to get stuck.

This was a place for a real 4x4.

My Jeep was leading the way.

Nothing could stop this
off-road monster.

Whoa, big drop.

Ow!

Ohh. Ohh.

Okay, here's a
ground-clearance test.

Whoa!

My God.
This thing is so awesome.

Mother...

That is painful.

Wow.

Holy

I even still have
a trailer back there?

Whoa!

Yes!

Whoa!

Holy

Hello.

Oh, that's steep!

I am constantly amazed
by this Jeep.

Wood: We were getting to
the top of the hill,

and my Blazer's chances at
victory suddenly improved.

I think my motor just blew up.
Did you hear that?

Yeah, what was that?

Sounded like a gun went off.

I thought a gun did go off.

Okay, my Jeep just stopped.

This is unfortunate.

Pulled a plug out, didn't it?

Oh, if dinner shorted
something in my Jeep,

I'm gonna be pissed.

I didn't want that stuff in there.

I'm not sure what's funny.

I can't believe that happened.

Oh

The can did burst, yes,

and fused the wires to
the top of the can.

Oh, God. Ohh.

Wood: It was really tragic to see
the Jeep in this condition.

I wanted to do everything
I could to help.

Ooh, oh, gosh.
Oh, God, that's hot.

Well, at least it's
pretty good at cooking.

Do you have anything
I can try this with?

Mmm.
Your Jeep is delicious.

Is this your first time
cooking and driving?

I bet Adam can make
a mean pasta sauce.

You know, 'cause he's Italian.

Yeah, I got it.

Foust: My wiring was screwed.

Luckily I could hot-wire myself

out of listening to any more
of Rutledge's small talk.

And...

Start.

By nightfall, the
Jeep and the Blazer

had made it 30 miles
up and over the pass.

In the morning we
would drive down

below sea level to Death Valley.

But now it was time to eat,

with what remained
from Rutledge's

engine cooking experiment.

Oh, oh. Oh, I got it.
I got it.

What they call that. Here.

I don't think you can eat that.

- If it's burned through like that.
- No, it'll be fine.

Oh, my gosh.
That does not look good.

Is it supposed to look
like artichoke heart?

It kind of looks like a turd.

It smells a lot like engine oil.

Waft it, waft it.

That's not right.

What other options do
we have here, dude?

Where are the vegetables?

They're on the Bronco,
aren't they?

Adam was in charge
of the vegetables.

He's probably dining right now.

Having some carrots,
potatoes, zucchini.

And look at us.

Eating ass.

I'll go if you will.

That's terrible.

I don't think
I'm gonna eat this.

Me either.

That was gross.

Foust: We had camped high in
the hills above Death Valley.

But as the sun rose and began
cooking the valley below,

a low rumbling drowned out
Rutledge's snoring.

Morning, fellas!

Where's the big girl?

Aw, I thought it was an earthquake.

Where did you come from?

I came from the canyon
where you left me to die.

Look at this.

No way.

Perfect.

What did you do?

Oh, I see. The tire was
falling off, so you put...

It's a support to keep it in.

It was broke,
and now it's not.

You don't have
4-wheel drive anymore.

I got 2-wheel drive.

Actually, it's front-wheel drive.
It's very rare.

Come on.
Let's go.

I could use some coffee
and a pair of pants.

I could use a time machine

to get this image
out of my mind.

You know how
tough this Ford is?

Even I can't kill it.

Snapped an axle,
patched it back together...

Keep going.

This Blazer is
the best 4x4 in America.

K5 Blazer!

I don't know how Rutledge can
say his car's done super well.

You know, he didn't even
want to climb that rock.

He wanted to winch
up the rock face.

Adam and I
had to talk him into

driving his Blazer
up the rock face.

I think he should get
some points off for that.

Ferrara: Today our challenge
was to take our truck

70 miles across Death Valley
to the Nevada state line,

and our moods
weren't improving.

We couldn't agree on anything...

Who had the best 4x4,
who was winning,

even directions.

Which way do we go now?

That's not a good omen, is it?

No, that's like the bird of death.

You know what?

Let's take that as a sign.

The crow is on that side...
That side equals death.

- Let's go that way.
- I like your thinking.

You know what's so great about this trip?

Is that we came out here
to find America's best 4x4.

Right.

Would you say that Adam's
truck still qualifies?

Not at all.

Why not? It's still here,
and it's still going.

It's the best off-road vehicle.

That's 2-wheel drive.

And it's still kicking your ass.

It's not... nothing has
kicked the Blazer's ass.

Obviously I picked the
best-looking vehicle.

Foust: Rutledge would not
shut up about his Blazer.

It was time to bring
him down a notch.

This has no place being here,

but mine only has front-wheel
drive, and I'm still keeping up,

Hey, Rut.

So, you really can't feel
that trailer back there, huh?

Not at all.
It's like a feather.

Can you drive over the
edge of the road here.

Like I'm doing right now?

Yeah, let me try.

Yeah, no problem at all.

Okay, can you swing the
trailer back and forth?

That's the nice thing about
having a heavy trailer

is I can drift it.

All right.
Here, I'll try.

Oh, no!
Oh, no!

We're on the middle
of our epic journey

to find out once and for all
what is America's toughest 4x4.

Oh, that's right.
It's the Bronco.

It's not the Bronco that
just got taken out by a rock.

That was a Boulder.

Did you see the size of that thing?

It's certainly not the unstoppable Jeep.

Which has been stopped by a side item.

Canned beans took that out.

It wasn't even an entree.

But I think you are
talking about the Blazer,

which, just as I suspected,

sailing along
without any problems.

- Oh, no problems, huh?
- Mm-hmm.

That was, until somebody
decided to mess with it.

No!

Ha ha ha!

Ohh, no.

Oh, look at that.
That can't be good.

Wood: My pink teardrop
was shattered,

and I was now trailer-less.

But something just
didn't add up.

Hey, Tanner.

Yeah, Rut?

You didn't mess with my
trailer at all, right?

I mean, I'm starting
to think that you guys.

Are really jealous because

you've had a lot of
problems with the Jeep.

And the axle on the Bronco.

And the Blazer has been
perfect the whole time,

so I'm thinking maybe
someone sabotaged me.

That's,

uh, eh, wrong microphone.

I'm on...My radio.

I don't know if you can... Eh, eh, er.

Foust: My plan had worked,

and only my Jeep and trailer
made it all the way

through Death Valley unscathed,

followed by two homeless guys
with bad vehicle choices.

But my triumph was short-lived,

because the route ahead was
blocked by massive sand dunes.

If we couldn't find a
way through them,

our mission would be over.

Gentlemen, I think it's probably
time to buckle up for this.

Good idea.

Oh, my gosh.
They're huge.

It's like driving in
a giant litter box.

Those have got to be 10
stories tall, at least.

Just drive over it!

Oh, Adam.

I have an aggressive driving style,

and I see no reason to stop now,

so hammer down straight up the hill.

Come on, wheel.
Hang on.

Here we go.

Damn it.

st: While Adam was
wasting his time,

I found a route through
the sand dunes

and took off on my own.

And sure enough, like two lost
sheep, the other two followed.

Whoa!

Ha ha!

Whoa!

Holy

Oh, that was fun!
Ha ha ha!

Wow, man.
This keeps going.

This was perfect 4x4 territory,

or 2x4 if you're Adam.

Yeah!

Go, go, go, go, go!
Watch, watch!

Yeah, good girl.
Good girl.

Keep it going!
Come on, baby, come on!

That's it. Downhill.
It's all downhill from here.

Adam, you look stuck.

Damn!

A lot of people find it hard
to get stuck that quickly,

but not Adam.

I think if you just give
me a push from behind,

I'll roll right down.

Foust: There was no way I
was gonna help the Bronco,

so we took off and left Adam
to work it out by himself.

Oh, come on!
Damn!

Where do we go now?

There's another one!
Ha ha ha!

Whoo-hoo!

Holy

Yeah!

I was wrong, Blazer.

You do still have some spin drift.

Wow, this is cool here.

This is the coolest trip ever.

Wood: An hour later, Adam caught
up to us in his battered Bronco,

and we made our way to
the Nevada state line.

We crossed the worst
of the wilderness

and were only 50 miles
from pavement.

The Bronco was on its last leg,
but my Chevy was holding tough.

Adam and I spent the
night in our trucks

tossing and turning

while Tanner slept
peacefully in his trailer.

But we knew in the morning,
the worst would be behind us.

But as the sun rose,

we were confronted by another obstacle...
asphalt.

We can't touch the road.

I don't know.

I'll see if there's a
way around this road.

We looked for an hour, but
all roads led to dead ends.

To make it to the finish,
we'd have to get creative.

I don't know if there's
any way around this one.

I don't think there is.

Vegas is straight that way.

Ferrara: To succeed
in our challenge,

our tires could not touch asphalt

until we reached
mount Charleston.

I got a plan.

All right.

Tanner was eager to show
off his higher education.

What in the world is your plan?

Well, going through the dunes,

you know, kind of inspired me.

The pharaohs, when they
were doing their work,

they used this ingenious
system of rollers.

And you're gonna roll your
truck over the system?

There's lots of junk
lying around here, guys.

It's all gold.

There is no way in hell
that's gonna work.

You can't get this done.

Oh, you guys with your
lack of vision...

Your Ford Bronco and your Blazer.

Failure!

Now, I measured the
wheelbase with the shadow.

And went fingertips to wrist.

All right, I think we're ready.

Looks like you're doing a DUI test.

Just lean your head back.

Foust: With Vegas
only 100 miles away,

I hated to leave my
trailer and risk it,

but there was no other way.

No idea if this is gonna work,

but it's the only shot
I can take here.

Showoff with 4 wheels.

Okay, I might need a little
help getting off the ground.

Oh, you're not gonna push it now.

Come on.
Give me some help.

That is unbelievable.

No...Way.
This is working.

Hold on.
Push.

Just like the ancient pharaohs,

I enlisted the common
man to do my work.

All right, keep it coming.

Oh, yeah. Let's...
we'll push.

I'm pulling hard.
One, two, three, push!

Push! Go, go, go!

It's working.

Okay, push!

In neutral.

Gentlemen...

Hot damn.

Witness the sweet vision of victory.

Yeah!

I'm across.

Adam's plan was about as subtle

as you'd expect
from a new yorker.

I'm gonna take the Bronco,
I'm gonna go up this ridge here.

I'm gonna flip it on its side,
then I'm gonna take the winch,

gonna pull it right across.

You're gonna winch it across?

Yeah.

How's that gonna work?

All right, here we go.
Now, look.

I know this is gonna scratch the paint,

but this is tough enough to take it.

Dear lord, please don't let this kill him.

They can't do this with
a Jeep or a Chevy.

This is a Bronco.

Oh, he's going fast.

Slow it down.
Slow it down.

Whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa.

Easy, killer.

Whoa.

Whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa! Stop!

There we go.

Almost there.

Holy

Are you okay?

Are you okay?

In our journey to find
America's toughest off-roader,

we have conquered
sand and stone.

But in an attempt to cross
a tiny piece of asphalt,

someone has done one of the
most ridiculous things ever.

Just between us...
Do you hate cars?

I mean, why do you have
to kill all the good ones?

What is it we're trying
to test here?

We're trying to test
the toughest 4x4.

So you have to put it up
to a tough test.

You don't put it on rollers.

And push it across the
street like Cleopatra.

But it worked great.

No, you got to put it
through a tough test.

My car's tough on its roof,
it's tough on its side,

it's tough on everything.

Take a look.

Almost there.

Holy

Hey!

Are you okay?

How are you doing?

Are you okay?

Yeah, I didn't count on that.

See?

I told you it could take it.

That's true.

You have the controller
for your winch?

You could have just
borrowed mine,

but this is much better.

- You okay in there?
- Yeah.

All right, before I get out,
do we need anything else?

Ferrara: As far as
I was concerned,

I was still following the rules.

We were told our tires
couldn't touch pavement.

It didn't say anything about using
the side of the truck.

Oh, so smooth.

Nice and easy.

Oh, look at that.

That's it.

Huh?

That is the most ridiculous
thing I've ever seen.

Perfect!

Ooh, that chapstick's hot.

Ohh!

Yes!

Look, this is just cosmetic.

Just cosmetic?

It's just cosmetic. This will be fine.

It's all right.

- You ruined it.
- It's not ruined.

You just go and put a piece of glass,

you paint this up... It's fine.

This is America's most
ruined formerly 4x4, now 2x4.

Look how tough this thing is.

Looks so sad.

It's Ford tough, baby.

Foust: Just when I thought
I'd seen the worst idea,

it was Rutledge's turn.

Oh, good.
I could use a hand.

I found three pieces of carpet,

and I've attached them together.

Now I need a little help
lifting the last piece over.

I'm gonna attach it
like a big tank track.

I'm gonna drive on over
to the other side.

Excuse me, Patton.

Have you thought about
how you're gonna see?

Oh

I got it now.

Just a tiny little glitch
I wasn't thinking about.

All right, Blazer.
You haven't let me down yet.

All right, Patton. Let the tank run!

Don't let me down now.

Mr. Big Hammer. Big Hammer, go!

No way is that working.

There you go. Wait.

Don't get in front of me.

You're about to touch right there.

What?!

There's no way this is working.

You're about to touch again.

Oh, dear.
I lost my hat.

Am I across?
I can't tell.

No, you're not across yet. Keep going!

Full throttle!

Turn right!

Wow, I made it!

You've got to be kidding me.

I told you it would work!

Who's the best 4x4 in the country?

An '89 Blazer, that's who.

Foust: Somehow their two
ridiculous ideas worked,

and we were off.

Good God, Adam.

You got some smoke
coming through there.

Adam's brilliant plan
left engine oil

in all the wrong places,

but somehow the Bronco
was still working.

I can't see anything behind.

Wood: From here,

using dirt roads and berms
along the pavement,

it was an easy trek to mount Charleston,

where we'd finally be allowed
back on pavement

for our next challenge.

ra: By dawn, we had made it up the
trail to Mount Charleston,

a snowy peak towering nearly
12,000 feet above Las Vegas.

We were allowed back on asphalt

and ready for our last challenge.

All right, gentlemen.

"From now on you can
drive on paved roads,

"but it won't be easy.

"Your final destination...

Trump lnternational
Hotel Las Vegas."

Nice.

"You each have 3 gallons
of gas to make it there.

"It is 52 miles away,

and the first to Trump Tower
gets the presidential suite."

Presidential suite?

Presidents stay there.

The Blazer gets 14 miles a gallon.

That's 42 miles,
so we're gonna be 10 miles short,

and you all aren't
gonna do any better.

Okay, the good news?
It's downhill.

- I got an idea.
- Me too.

All right, let's mount up.

This will work.
This will work.

Seriously, it's downhill.

Foust: I knew the key to
getting good gas mileage

was smart driving technique.

As for the other two,

God only knows what
they'd come up with.

Those guys have completely
trashed their trucks.

What in the hell have
you done to your truck?

I've removed the excess weight.

You removed the excess truck.

Yeah. It weighs
absolutely nothing now.

You just want it to look like a Jeep.

I really don't.

So you lost the weight,

but you've also got
worse aerodynamics.

Way worse.

You got a giant playhouse
off the back of your house.

It's a boat tail.

That looks like an RV
for homeless people.

Wood: Modeled after
the back of a boat,

my Blazer would cut
through the wind

like, well, a boat
through water.

I mean, look at this.

I've got my safety flag, for one.

But you see how... look at this...
it's so aerodynamic.

You've added like 300
pounds of duct tape.

I got a nice nap in.

I feel pretty good.
You guys ready for the drive?

- You didn't do nothing?
- You've done nothing?

It's good the way that it sits.

Wow.
This is not gonna work.

All right, fellas.

First one there,
presidential suite.

- You ready?
- Yeah.

Go!

- Where's he going?
- Later.

I got another plan.

Whee!

I decided to use the Jeep
for what it's best at...

Off-roading.

There's no way Adam's
gonna get to Vegas

with that piece of crap.

He'll blow a tire, an
engine, something.

Hell, he might roll it.

He came down the mountain!

Tanner's gonna drive too fast,

run out of gas too quick.

Then me and the boat-tail
Blazer come sailing through.

We got a big downhill, fellas.

See ya!

Adam rode his brakes,

afraid that too much friction
on his axle-repair job

could cause his tire to blow,

while we let gravity save gas.

Yeah! It's like a roller coaster!

Ohh!
Can you go any faster?

The boat tail's officially drafting.

Adam, can you still hear us?

I just lost my hat!

Ferrara: 20 minutes later,

we had reached the
bottom of the mountain.

There it goes.

My tire was shredded,
and to save weight,

I dumped the spare.

Oh, God.

The Bronco gave me
everything it had,

but O.J. was finished.

I'm gonna go back and get my hat.

Wood: With Adam's
Bronco out again,

it was back to
Jeep vs. Blazer.

Wood: We were nearing the end

of our epic 400-mile
journey to Vegas

to find the strongest
4x4 in America.

We had survived mountains,

Death Valley, and
the Mojave Desert.

And we were now on our
last challenge...

A 52-mile race back
on pavement to Vegas

with only 3 gallons of gas each.

Adam's Bronco had
finally met its end,

so it was down to
Jeep vs. Chevy.

My gas tank was almost
empty, but then...

There it is. There's Vegas!

With just 15 miles to
the Trump Casino,

I knew all I had to do to win
was wait for Tanner

and the Jeep to get bored
with hyper-miling.

Why are you going
40 miles an hour?

This is killing me.

I went 400 miles off-road.

I'm not gonna lose
this challenge now.

The Blazer's gonna win.

Dude, I'm out of here.

See ya!

All right, I hope you
don't run out of gas.

We're going for it now!

This little Jeep
is doing awesome...

65 miles an hour,
humming along.

You know, it's just
like Tanner to take off.

It's "tortoise and the hare"...
That's what this is.

Cars always get better gas
mileage at slow speeds,

so I think 45's a good
speed to run for this.

His hyper-milling stuff is lame,
lame, lame, lame.

Uh-oh.

Car's dying, car's dying,
car's dying.

Oh, I see it!
I see the Trump!

How did the needle get
pegged so low so fast?

Wood: Now on the strip
and only 2 miles away,

I still had to conserve fuel.

Meanwhile, Tanner's aggressive
driving had cost him.

What are those guys handing out?

Those trading cards?

Easy on the throttle.
Feather it. Feather it.

I can see it right there.

That's it.
We're ditching it.

Oh. Oh.

One more light.
That's all I need.

Oh, there it is.

Coming to drop-off.

I made it, I made it, I made it,
I made it, I made it!

Hey, take care of this thing.

Last time I was here,
somebody put a boat tail on it.

- I'll take care of it.
- Thank you. You're a good man.

That's right, that's right.

Give it up for the Blazer,
America's most awesome 4x4.

Now, see, it's not about "awesome,"

it's about tough.

Look how tough that Bronco is.

It's still going after that beating.

That thing is going nowhere.

It was fast.

It was like a red rocket
flying through the air,

but the fact is,

is that the Jeep towed
the heaviest trailer

all the way through the desert.

That, I think,
makes it the toughest.

That's pretty tough.

It's allergic to beans,
but it's pretty tough.

Either way, neither of them made
it to the Trump tower in Vegas,

which is exactly what
the challenge was.

The Blazer did.

End of story. I win.
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