(high-energy music)
(car engines purring)
- We're coming up on this crazy ghost town.
- Look at this place.
Wow.
- Nelson.
- This is a proper road trip location.
(upbeat music)
- Wow.
- Right?
- This place is awesome.
- I know, this is Nelson's Ghost Town.
It's in the middle of nowhere.
- Well, it looks amazing.
- Speaking of amazing, now would be a perfect time
to stop and talk about the design of these two huge sedans.
- Let me stop you for a moment.
You're going to start saying things like dash-to-axle--
- Dash-to-axle is a perfect place to start actually.
- 'Kay Jonny. - Yeah.
- You can tell everyone how these cars look.
- Yep. - I know they can see on video
but you will fill in many more details.
I'm just going to look around here 'cause this place is great.
- Alright, watch out for rattlesnakes.
Anyways, dash-to-axle, what that means is
the space between the centerline of the hub
and the steering wheel, essentially.
And the longer it is, the more elegant cars look
and that's why full-size cars
and front-engine sports cars just look so good.
Now the Jag XJ, I think this is.
- Whoa.
What the hell is this thing.
- It's hard to have something that's really large
look athletic, you know, if you go to the animal kingdom.
- There's no one around
and Jonny's talking about
all the things I hate.
So what if I flicked this.
(truck engine starting) (Jethro laughing)
- Elephants-- (truck engine revving)
Look, I'm talking here. (Jethro laughing)
- [Jethro] Oh, check this out.
Yes.
(Jethro laughing)
- Do you even know how to drive that?
(truck horn honking)
(Jethro laughing)
Are you supposed to drive that?
Not very good dash-to-axle.
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Jag is so smart to come out with this car
because, since 1968, XJ's has looked the same
and really since the Mark X before that.
- Oh, I'm never going to get this around this turn (laughing).
He's an absolute beast.
Oh my God.
(Jethro laughing)
- Part of the reason why
is it's extreme tumblehome,
now both these cars have that.
What is tumblehome?
Basically it's relationship of the belt line,
the part that sticks out the most
in the top of the roof,
in nautical term.
- This is a lot more fun
than listening to Jonny talk about
tumblehome, all that weird stuff
that was designers talk about.
- And basically like a van,
a old traditional van,
is just square, straight up and--
(truck engine roaring)
- There's, oh there's Jonny.
Still going on.
Yeah, we survived.
This thing's wicked.
- [Jonny] You know I am working here.
- Jonny.
- [Jonny] Huh?
(Jethro laughing)
- [Jethro] Woo.
- [Jonny] I cannot hear you.
(truck horn high-pitched honking)
(laughing)
- [Jonny] Oh, I couldn't even see you.
- [Jethro] This thing's awesome.
- Having fun?
- A lot of fun. - Yeah.
- And did I manage to ruin your design discussion?
- Yeah, I mean we were just gettin' to tumblehomes, so.
- Perfect, perfect, I ruined it.
And people watching will be so happy.
Anyway, listen, we're in the middle of nowhere.
- True. - I'm havin' a lot of fun
in this, but, there's some long, straight roads
around here. - Yeah.
- Why don't we just get in the cars
and, go as fast as we can?
- You mean like a standing mile?
- No, I don't mean a standing mile,
there's no one here.
We'll just keep going till the road runs out.
- [Jonny] For those of you who want more design chat,
please direct message me on Instagram.
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