- [Announcer] Thanks to Adobe for sponsoring
a portion of this video.
- Today, we're testing out life hacks
for your car that we found on Tiktok,
and we're gonna find out if they're real.
Are they gonna change your life?
Are they a downright scam?
(crickets chirping)
Today, I'm joined by a super special guest, Jackie Tohn.
You could see her on Netflix on "Glow,"
"Best Leftovers Ever," and you can see her this fall
on the animated show, if you have kids, "Do, Re, Me."
So without further ado, this is Jackie, I'm James,
and this is-
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(soft music)
- So this is a DIY video.
Jackie hosts, "DIYY Show" on Netflix.
So we thought she'd be a perfect fit.
Okay, let's look at our first hack.
- Yay!
- Start with baking soda
and a cut up lemon.
Mix them together.
It actually works really well.
Eco friendly and looks brand new.
Share with everyone.
(James grunts sarcastically)
- Isn't it like a kidnappy vibe?
- Say it works really well.
- I'm fine. - Sarah.
Say it works well, Sarah. - I'm not in trouble.
- So we have our lemons.
- This a lemon.
- We have our baking soda.
We have our knife, we're gonna cut it up.
All we need now is a cloudy headlight.
Yeah, she just smushed.
You go first.
- No, I don't wanna. - Okay.
'Cause that's the shot.
Oh, that's what she did.
That's the smushing in.
Do you know what we really should do this on?
My car.
- [James] Let's do it.
Wouldn't you be so excited if this actually works?
I will be actually excited if this works.
- All right, ready?
- Yeah, let's go.
What if we ruin it worse?
Wait, this is legitimately working 100%.
- It's working so well.
- [Jackie] Wait, this really worked!
- That's a hack, baby.
That's a hack.
Cool. Next hack.
- I do see that the title of it gives me pause,
which is unlock your car with a tennis ball.
So I'm not feeling optimistic as they say in France.
- [Male Tiktoker] If you ever lock your keys in the car,
here's a way to get it unlocked.
And all you need is a tennis ball.
- That he had up his sleeve?
- So make a hole in the tennis ball,
and then press it up against the lock and push it.
The air pressure will cause it to unlock.
- Also, guy's driving an '87 Aspire.
I'm feeling like we've already fixed this.
- Yeah, it's a lot easier.
- Like on that old, old car, maybe.
- If something like this existed, there wouldn't be keys.
- Correct.
- And everyone's car would be stolen.
Cool.
This isn't gonna work, but let's try it.
- So right now, James has put a tennis ball in a vice grip,
and he will be drilling a hole into it
because we need to make a hole in our tennis ball
so that when we push it against the car door
where the key is, it can suction out the key
and a hundred percent definitely work.
- The car is locked.
(intense suspenseful music)
Ready?
(James and Jackie laugh)
It's like perfectly anticlimactic.
- His door was a little different.
But he squeezed it, and then it was apparently
the suction out is what makes it pop open.
- Which is not how keys work.
Still locked.
That is a scam.
Next hack.
Okay. So it's a mess.
He wraps it around the thing.
- All you have to do to make a straight cord coiled
is briefly wrap it around a marker.
- But wait, then he puts it on the engine.
- Oh.
- So he applies heat.
- The girl version of this is hairdryer, but okay.
- Yeah.
So I think this is gonna work.
I think that putting it on the engine is a little extra.
In classic Tiktok style,
there is a complete lack of specific instructions.
So they just say, wait for it.
In like a real sexy way.
- So we have procured a dry erase marker,
and a fairly straight USB cable.
And we are going to give her a wrap
and then give her a tape.
(engine whirring)
- [James] I think this works.
- Here's my major question about this hack.
Why?
- Yeah, I wanna see their mess more.
So like what?
He's got-
- First of all, that's four cords.
- He's got cords-
- That's like minimum four cords.
- Going into the air vent.
Like literally he's got cords going into the air vents.
- He's got one down here
that looks like it's going into
what may or may not be a tape deck.
- Who are these people?
- It technically worked, but it solved a non-problem.
- Exactly.
- It just made something straight into something curly.
- So is it a lie?
No. - No.
- Is it a hack?
No. - Also no.
- Okay, so if you're like me, your car stinks,
and you don't wanna spend
all that money on air fresheners.
- If you're like me, your car smells kinda nice,
but maybe we'll try this.
- All you need is a mason jar, a nail,
a hammer, and some candle wax.
Once you have this, just stick it in your car
and the sun will be melting this wax,
and it'll smell real good in there.
It's just like $30.
- Let's see if it works.
We got a mason jar.
We got a nail.
That's a screw.
A comically large hammer.
And we got,
hold on. - For breeze girls.
- Yeah, you gotta smell it like she smelled it.
(loud inhalation sound effect)
(hammer thumping)
- Criminy Christmas.
- Screw it out. (chuckles)
- [Jackie] God, you're so not scared.
- I'll just put those in there.
(heater whirring)
Let's see with our hack.
(loud inhalation sound effect)
(James chuckles)
It smell better in here now?
- It smells better if you, like I said earlier...
Ow!
Like I said...
They're really sharp as (beep).
- I wanna know where you put this now.
Like an air freshener is this big.
An air freshener fits right here
An air freshener is hidden.
This- - And it costs
a single dollar.
- This is a decoration now
that I have to live with in my car.
Not a hack.
- Not a hack.
- Not a scam.
- Kind of a non thing.
- A ham.
(pig squeals)
- Of course it wouldn't be a Tiktok hack video
without a little slime.
This is a brand new slime recipe.
It's different than previous slime recipes.
Hopefully, this is the ultimate slime recipe.
Right.
- [Female Tiktoker 2] Tiktok made us do.
Car edition. Let's go.
[Female Tiktoker 2] You can tell my car is super dirty.
Add some Elmer's glue to your cup holder.
- [Female Tiktoker 2] Now let's add some Tide.
- Let's add some Tide.
- [Female Tiktoker 2] And mix.
- What are they mixing it with?
- It should look like this. - A plastic spoon.
- [Female Tiktoker 2] Now watch this.
(Jackie gasps)
- [Female Tiktoker 2] This will literally
keep your car clean for ever.
- Forever!
- [Female Tiktoker 2] Even on the outside of it.
- What?
(James and Jackie laugh)
Thanks, TikTok made us dip.
- Car edition.
- Let's go. - Let's go.
- So all we need to keep our car clean forever.
- Forever.
- Is Elmer's glue, a little bit of tide,
and our scientific instruments.
And a dirty car. - And a dirty car.
- Which we have.
- [Jackie] Okay, so how much?
'Cause I can't really see.
- [James] I think you go, and then I'll try and-
- [Jackie] Match me.
How's her? Or more?
- [James] Way more.
- [Jackie] Way more, way more, girl.
- [James] They made it go (imitates glue splattering)
- [Jackie] Oh, that's right.
- [James] Little bit of Tide.
- [Jackie] We don't know how much?
- [James] Again, with the Tiktok,
you don't know how much.
- [Jackie] Okay, that's good I think.
'Cause I think the ratio was way more glue, am I right?
- [James] I think so.
- [Jackie] Maybe not.
- [James] I think we just.
(Jackie gasps)
(mixture sloshes)
(Jackie and James laugh)
- Oh no, that's not.
That's way, way, way too wet.
- [James] But is it too gluey or is it too?
It is very sticky.
- Needs more glue?
- It needs more something.
(suspenseful music)
- And I think it's about getting that moisture out.
Is this is gonna work?
Smiley.
Oh my God.
Okay, so it's a little too sticky,
but if you go quickly, it does work.
Oh, I see a place I wanna do it,
but it might be too dangerous.
On the Pioneer.
- [James] Oh, yeah do it.
- Oh boy, oh God, oh boy.
I think this is a hack.
I mean, as I was saying in the car for my...
It's a hack, but it's like many hacks.
It's not necessary.
(startling sound effect)
- What is the biggest issue you have
when you're inside a car and not at a park?
- For me?
It's a lack of green, a lack of flora, lack of trees.
This kinda thing.
- Well have I got a hack for you.
Okay, so get rid of your old floor mat.
Cut grass in he shape of your floor mat.
Cut.
Now you've got grass in your car.
Okay.
- So first we're gonna need some existing floor mats.
- Existing floor mats, check. - This will be our pattern.
- We should have slimed that thing.
- Yeah, definitely.
This is gross.
And in the video they threw it.
(floor mat explodes)
This is an Astroturf that we conveniently have here.
- So right now, I am merely cutting the basic shape.
And then once I've done that, I'll go in and cut the angles.
The other thing you got to keep in mind with this hack.
Look at this.
You excited to have this all over your car
for the next however long?
Here we go.
Wow. Gorgeous.
- [James] Where am I?
Central park New York fricking city?
- Where am I?
Griffith park, California, USA?
I mean, I don't hate it.
It's very stupid.
But I don't hate it.
- Like an eccentric college student.
- Yeah.
- [James] I don't know why all cars don't come with this.
- [Jackie] I'll tell you why.
It's not very comfortable under the shoe.
- [James] No, it's not very good.
It moves around a lot.
- I think if you drive a Volkswagen
where the headlights are eyelashes,
I think this is for you.
- Grass floor mats.
Not really a hack, more of a craft.
If you have a very specific style and personality,
I think this is great for you.
(whip snaps)
(cow moos)
Thank you so much for coming by.
- Thank you for having me. - This was super fun.
Hit that like button
because it really helps us in the algorithm.
If you wanna see us install eyelashes on this Volkswagen,
check out this other episode of "The D-list."
- On the social medias
you can find me at @JackieTohn.
Across the boards, Instagram mostly.
- Yeah, me too, @JamesPumphrey.
I love you.