After the donuts, they were ready to bring this home, literally. They jumped back on the road and headed home. The teens couldn’t wait to get back and tell everyone about what they’d seen when they got to the seller’s house. Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, they got back to Orion’s house. They were all pretty impressed with the car, and with themselves for making it all the way there on baby oil.
Now it was time for some gloating by the teens who’d won the bet, including Orion himself. There was some high fiving, and then of course it was time to check the vehicle and see what the damage was, or if there was any.
Turning Around
If you were heading up this little exercise, what would you say would be the indications that it worked? Well, Orion and the others who said the car would make it to the next town already won in a way, but they still wanted more answers. Of course, they would use all of the same parameters from the first two tests.
How would you say the experiment was a success? For one thing, if the car doesn’t explode, that’s always a good sign. Something else you’d have to look for is smoke, and of course, if it just stops running, you’ll know the test failed. That’s basically the same limits these guys put on the new exercise. If the car ran for a consistent 100 miles or so without any of the above happening, they’d know it worked. So, they decided to push it to its limits and take it all the way back to where they began the experiment.
Taking it to the Next Level
On the way back, Orion decided to take things up a notch. The teens were ready for some action and were honestly a little disappointed the baby oil had worked. So, to create a spark, so to speak, they decided to push the limits a little bit. Everything had worked out driving at regular speeds and cruising down the street. But what would happen if they stepped on it – and maybe even drifted.
The next step was taking it to the empty mall parking lot, a perfect spot for donuts. They were ready to see some excitement. And they were not disappointed.
Comparing Notes
Orion is far from being the only YouTuber to pull experiments like this one. And he’s definitely not the only one who makes videos about race cars and using different types of materials on them.
All it takes is one search of a few keywords to uncover the influencers that you’d like to watch. Of course, maybe they’re not all putting WD-40 and baby oil in car engines, but you’re bound to discover something else you’d like to see. There are probably even more extreme pranks. There’s likely someone who actually tried to put the oil in the gas tank – or something else in the gas tank that doesn’t belong. We blame Gen Z.
Drifting
Drifting is a popular form of racing that’s done by drivers all over the world. With this technique, a driver purposely oversteers to lose some traction on the road. While this doesn’t sound like something you’d necessarily want to do while driving, these racers typically have a good handle on things, literally. This is why it’s important not to try it on the roads at home though, or in a mall parking lot.
Drifting can usually be achieved by a trick known as “clutch kicking.” But once that traction’s gone, they’d better hope they can get it back as easily as they lost it. Sometimes, drifting happens unintentionally, due to rain or other circumstances.