🚗💨 Mud Car vs Clean Car Fuel Economy Test

They say driving a completely dirty car actually saves gas because the dirt acts just like the dimples on a golf ball! 🚗💨

To test this crazy automotive myth, the team buys a standard Ford Taurus and takes it to a test track. After finding out that a thick layer of mud actually drops the fuel economy to 24 miles per gallon compared to 26 for a clean car, they decide to take the science to the extreme. They cover the entire car in over 1,000 pounds of heavy sculpting clay to literally build a giant, driving golf ball! 😱

First, the smooth clay car gets exactly 26 miles per gallon. Then, they manually carve thousands of dimples all over the body. The car looks absolutely ridiculous, but the science actually works! The dimples create tiny pockets of turbulence that drastically reduce the massive air wake behind the car. The giant golf ball car gets an incredible 29.6 miles per gallon, giving it a massive 11 percent fuel boost! Drop a comment and let us know what extreme automotive myth we should test next! 👇

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