Some folks will do the craziest, most outlandish issues for YouTube views. We’re certain you recognize what we’re speaking about, however we might wish to convey to your consideration a brand new video of a Tesla Mannequin 3 perched atop 10 ft tall wheels.
For those who aren’t accustomed to the WhistlinDiesel channel, it focuses on performing ridiculous stunts with vehicles for YouTube views. Most of the time, the results of these stunts is the destruction of the vehicles concerned.
A number of the crew’s most well-known exploits embody doing burnouts in a Dodge Challenger Hellcat fitted with horse & buggy wheels, crushing a Nissan Skyline GT-R, driving a brand-new Mercedes-AMG G63 right into a deep swamp earlier than dropping it by means of a home, and extra.
For his or her newest stunt, Cody Detwiler and his crew took a Tesla Mannequin 3 and submitted it to a bunch of “tests” to see how sturdy it’s – issues like driving it with a wheel clamp on, slicing by means of the rear seats with a chainsaw, “summoning” it by means of a closed storage door, and extra.
However the spotlight of the video is when the Mannequin 3 will get a dramatic floor clearance improve courtesy of stagecoach-like customized wheels product of metal. The ten-foot wheels are enormous, and that is not only for dramatic impact. The purpose was to place the Tesla on wheels that have been sufficiently tall to permit it to drive the wrong way up with out the automotive’s roof touching the bottom.
For those who surprise how they managed to show the Mannequin 3 the wrong way up, nicely, that is what excavators are (additionally) for. After that, driving the Tesla the wrong way up was a breeze, besides they needed to do it in reverse to get the automotive transferring ahead – don’t fret, the video makes that clearer than it sounds.
On the finish of the clip, the Tesla is turned proper facet up for a closing stunt: going downhill – actually down a hill – at excessive velocity. As you’ll be able to think about, that may’t finish nicely.
Whereas we’re sorry for the Mannequin 3 – hopefully it was a salvage – it is laborious to argue with the leisure worth of this video, and a few of the jokes on the expense of Tesla and Tesla house owners weren’t too unhealthy both. Here is one solution to rack up greater than 2 million views in lower than 24 hours.