Top Gear (US) s06e08 Episode Script

- Oh, this is a tight hairpin here.
Still sliding.
Ahh! There's the snow.
- He's going for the full wheel spin approach.
- There he goes.
- If you touch one of those banks-- He could just break the car.
This is where it gets scary.
- Oh! No, go the other way! Go the other way! - Uh-oh.
Drive into the bank.
- The convertible.
In the early days, all cars were convertibles.
The first automobiles didn't have roofs, windshields, side glass, or even doors, because they were modeled after buggies.
Then, in 1905, Henry Leland changed all that.
The founder of Cadillac and Lincoln offered buyers the made-to-order option of a fully enclosed body.
Today convertibles are only 1% of the new car market, and most people only drive them when there's blue skies and sunny weather.
This means that great cars go unused half of the year.
What a waste.
But we think the newest all-wheel drive, high-performance convertibles can be driven all year.
To test our theory and find the best year-round convertible, we head to Colorado's Rocky Mountains and meet at 6,700-feet in the alpine playground of Steamboat Springs.
- You know, I think moguls are actually just dead skiers they left on the mountains.
- I've never been skiing, don't think I'm gonna start.
- Did you bring the Porsche? - You know I didn't bring the Porsche.
- I know.
- That means you brought-- - The Jag.
Behold, the 2016 Jaguar F-TYPE R.
Beautiful and powerful.
Five liter, supercharged V-8.
550 horsepower.
0 to 60 in 3.
5 seconds.
Now, the advanced all-wheel drive system sends 100% of the power to the rear wheels under normal driving conditions but automatically transfers 50% of the power to the front wheels if it loses traction.
Let's say if you're driving, I don't know, on ice.
- If you want a car that was made for this stuff, it's this one.
This is the 2016 BMW 650i xDrive.
That's right, it's all-wheel drive.
4.
4 liter twin turbo V-8 under the hood, pumping out 445 horsepower through an 8-speed transmission.
And it's loaded with high-tech gadgetry.
The driver's seat has 20-way adjustability.
The high beams dim automatically.
The doors shut on their own if you don't close them all the way, and the wipers sense how hard it's raining and adjust their speed accordingly.
She's a little big at 4,600 pounds.
- No.
No.
That all-wheel drive digs in, it'll do 0 to 60 in 4.
4 seconds.
Oh, yeah.
She's big but she can run.
- Hey, guys.
- Ah.
- Yeah! Welcome to Steamboat, gentlemen.
This is where I lived for eight years.
Isn't this place amazing? - Nice entrance.
- Oh, I miss it.
It's incredible here, isn't it? 911, unbelievable.
You guys chose poorly.
What are you thinking? Look at this thing.
2015 all-wheel drive turbo.
That thing is gorgeous.
All new all-wheel drive system for this model year-- Can send 100% of the power to the rear or split it between all four.
Got some good set of snow tires.
And the brakes are neck-snapping.
It can decelerate from 100 miles an hour to 0 In just 100 feet.
But that's on dry pavement.
We'll see how it does on snow and ice.
Hell yeah.
And I got a little special treat lined up.
The winner will get to race their car against the loser, who will have to drive a dogsled team.
- Like the sled, and the dogs, and mush? - Mush, yah.
- Yes, huskies.
Angry, fast, gnarly through the powder.
- Why would you do that? - 'Cause we're in Colorado, and it's snowy out.
That's why.
Get in your cars.
I'm gonna change my boots.
- I mean, I like dogs, but-- - I do too, but just one at a time, not six pulling me over the tundra.
- This is about the convertible factor, so let's do a race on the convertibleness of the cars.
It's a race to test the traction on the ice and snow, the braking, and then also how fast your convertible top works.
- All right, you see that sign? - The sign right here? - That's the finish line.
We'll go up this hill, race down to this sign, race back, and then you gotta have your top down before you cross the finish line.
- Perfect.
Fastest person wins.
- I like it.
In fact, I like it so much, I'm going first.
- The rules are simple.
Down and back, fastest time wins.
We start with the top up, but it must be down when we cross the finish line, and the driver decides when to put the top down.
Adam and I have to keep our cars under 30 To put the tops down, but my Porsche takes 13 seconds, and his Jag only takes 12.
Rut's at a slight disadvantage, because the BMW can't drive over 25 while lowering the top.
So basically, it's anyone's race.
I just want to point out that Adam hasn't wrecked that in the snow yet.
- Well, this gonna be fun to watch.
- Yes.
- All right, you ready? - Let's do it.
- Three.
Two.
One.
Go.
Oh, he's doing it right now, isn't he? - Come on, baby.
Easy.
Easy.
Easy.
All the way down and go.
- That was a fast top.
- 50.
Thread the throttle.
Thread the throttle.
Okay, turning around.
ABS is kicking in.
Come on.
Easy.
Easy.
Easy.
Easy.
Easy.
- Did he hit it? - No.
- Oh! It's icy.
Get some traction.
Yeah, she's skating now.
Get on it, honey.
- Oh, dude.
He's bringing it.
- 70, and it's cold! My hands are warm, 'cause the steering wheel's heated.
- And stop.
- It looked slow.
Did it feel slow? - No.
- Is that all the way down? - That's all the way down.
- Nah, that looks weird on the side.
- Go in and push the button, see if something happens.
- I don't think your top's all the way down.
- Nothing happened.
- He did the fake button push on you.
- The top was supposed to be down.
This is the top.
It's down.
What was my time? - 1:17.
- I'm up.
- You go next.
- Come on.
- That's for throwing all that snow at me all these years.
Are you okay? Seriously, I feel bad about it now.
- Let's be honest.
Out of the three of us, getting tops down is kind of his specialty, no? - He's gonna drop that top like it's Daytona Beach, 1993 spring break.
- Whoo-hoo! Bong shots.
- Get it.
Get it, girl.
Get it.
- I'm gonna go flat out down there.
And while I'm turning around, l do the top.
Two birds with one stone.
- Three.
Two.
One.
Go.
- Okay, he's going through his gears.
- Whoo, it's slippery.
That's 100 miles an hour.
- Come on, slam into a snow bank, but be careful.
- How do you do that? - I don't want him hurt.
I just occasionally would like to beat him at something.
- Hitting the brakes.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
Come on.
Done.
Little bit of a wobble from all the snow in the wheels.
- He's getting a lot of wheel spin.
- Yeah, I'm telling you, it's all ice.
- Whoo! That was scary.
- He's coming right-- watch the time.
Watch the time.
- How'd it feel? - Loving this thing.
What was my time? - It was 1:10.
- Yes.
- You know that time only seems good because I haven't gone yet.
My motto is, "Work smarter, not harder.
" So I'm gonna stay warm for as long as possible.
- All right, 1:10 is the time to beat.
Three.
Two.
One.
Go.
- This is really slippery.
- Oh, he's got traction control on.
Look at that guy.
Trying to use all that technology to his advantage.
I like it.
- All right.
We get down there, turn around, come back, drop the top at the finish line.
Yep.
Okay.
That was the turnaround there.
- He's probably gonna put the top up now.
This is a good opportunity because he's going slow at that point, right? - Fair enough.
- Hit it.
Boy, this stuff is slippery.
- Did he already do the top? - No, top's still up.
- Here we go.
- Why is he slowing down? - Probably gonna do the top now.
- I'ma start putting the top down.
Putting the top down.
Putting the top down.
Putting the top down.
- That was his strategy.
- The top isn't moving, though.
- Come--opening-closing temporarily not possible, see owner's manual-- l don't--no, come on.
Come on--what do you mean, it's not possible? - You know you gotta put the top down.
- It's not opening.
External temperature is less than 14--it's 13-- Oh, come on.
Give me one degree! - What are you doing? - The car says it's too cold for the top to open.
- What? - Hold it.
Hold it.
- What? What do you mean it's too cold? The whole point of this is having a convertible in the winter.
- Tell the car you're the one making the payments, open the damn top.
- Apparently BMW thinks if it's under 14 degrees, you shouldn't put the top down.
And you know what? I agree.
This is crazy.
This is crazy talk.
- Well, I'm just saying that we can't stop the time until you get the top down and complete the actual race.
- So we'll come back in the spring? - Yeah.
- I get it.
I lose.
I get it.
You don't have to come up with fancy ways to say it, okay? It's too cold for a convertible.
I'm gonna get it down.
Just you wait and see.
We just need it to warm up a little bit here in the tundra.
I would have won had my top gone down, for the record.
Hold on.
Hold on.
It just hit 14.
Let me try it.
It's working.
It's working.
- Oh, we have movement.
- Wow.
It is actually a convertible.
Unbelievable.
- Look at that.
- Do you believe in miracles? - I told you I was gonna get the top down.
Ooh, that's chilly.
Brr.
- To find out which convertible is best in harsh winter conditions, the tops stay down from here on out.
For the next challenge we head to an ice track to test all-wheel drive performance.
The Bridgestone Winter Driving School is the only one of its kind in North America and has trained race car drivers, stunt drivers, law officers from 20 states, plus the FBI.
But I'd bet none of them were driving topless.
Is this not the most beautiful place on Earth right here? This is the Bridgestone Winter Driving School.
3 miles of ice track.
It's got hills.
It's got jumps.
It's got banks, and if you touch one of those banks, you could just break the car.
Airbags'll go off.
It's gonna be an adventure.
- Correct me if I'm wrong, isn't this the place where you taught? - Yeah.
Eight years.
- We're gonna race around a track that you've practiced on for eight years? - You know what? That sounds totally fair.
We should do that.
- Well, if you don't have the confidence in your convertibles - Home field advantage, I'd call it.
- A slight home field advantage, for a slight, little man.
- You're up first.
- You know what? I will go first.
- Good for you.
- Track two has six turns over 1 mile.
Some tight hairpins, some banked sweepers, and some off-camber corners that will force your car off the outside of the track, even at slow speeds.
The challenge is a single lap.
The fastest time wins.
- Hurry up.
I'm freezing my balls off.
- Just go for it.
Hammer down, just make sure you keep it full throttle.
Right? That seems like the right advice.
- Thank God, I have never listened to you my entire life.
- All right.
In three.
Two.
One.
Go.
- We're in the Colorado Rocky Mountains at the Bridgestone Winter Driving School, and Rut is first on the ice track.
- 50 miles an hour? Hello.
Okay, gotta slow it down.
Gotta slow it down.
- He's going into turn one hot.
Oh, he goes wide, almost hits the bank.
- Missed that one completely.
All right.
Oh, this is fun.
All right.
Ooh.
Oh, this is a tight hairpin here.
There--she's sliding.
Great.
Okay.
That's the slowest drift ever.
No, snowbank! - There he goes.
- That worked out really nice.
- Oh, yeah.
There it is.
Okay.
All right.
- Now he's too fast into that one.
That's too fast.
- Oh.
Oh.
Oh.
Oh.
Oh.
- Still sliding.
Still--there's the snow.
All right, a little bit of speed here on the straight.
Oh.
Oh.
Oh.
Oh, boy.
We are in trouble.
- Oh.
Oh.
- He spun.
- He spun out.
- He spun.
- Okay.
All right.
Oh, now I got it.
All right.
A little spin.
I'm good.
- This is the most treacherous part of the whole course.
- Ooh, he's downhill.
- This is gonna be a monster.
That's what I thought.
- He's getting into trouble.
- Oh! Yeah! - And this is where it get's scary.
- Oh! - Oh-- No.
Go the other way.
Go the other way.
- Uh-oh.
Oh.
- Going into the bank.
- He's headed for the bank.
There you go.
Okay, stop the clock.
- Are you dizzy? - I don't know why you ever left here.
- It's awesome.
- What was the time? - Uh, 2:50.
The spin-- - That's impossible.
- Spins didn't help.
- You are in trouble.
- Nah.
- You know what we should do? Just go ahead and stick your face in that snow right now, 'cause it's coming.
- You think so, huh? - Let's dance.
- Three.
Two.
One.
Go.
He's made it down the first half of the first straightaway.
- The exhaust sounds great.
- Look at him.
- Little bit of an oversteer slide going into turn one.
- Yeah, there you go, baby.
- The concentration face must be extreme right now.
- It has to be, right? He's going so slow.
What's he doing? - He's nervous about wrecking the Jag.
- Oh, where's "Adam" Adam.
Snowy Adam.
- Hey, can Adam come out and play? Crash that already.
Just kidding, though.
I didn't push the button.
- Good.
- Oh.
Oh, there it is.
- This is a tough turn.
- Oh, there it is.
- He's going so slow, that's a-- Oh, he's spinning out.
- Don't wreck.
Don't wreck.
Don't wreck.
- Can't tell if he hit the bank.
- Does he know where the gas pedal is? - Oh, throttling out.
You'd think he'd been to the school before, huh? Crazy.
Looking good.
- Oh, downhill.
Downhill.
- Oh, my gosh.
He's so cautious.
Oh, too fast.
Oh, jeez.
That's the thing-- is sometimes slow is fast.
Like, you got to know how slow to go in order to go fast.
That sounds weird, right? - I think the altitude has gotten to him.
- That's fun.
- What happened, grandpa? You just crawled around there.
- I really like that car, and I don't want to wreck it.
- Are you okay? Do you feel okay? - Do you need some water? - What was my time? - 1:53.
You smoked Rutledge.
- So yeah, great work.
Way to drive slow in the snow.
You're super safe, for once.
- Let me tell you something.
Slow is fast.
Fast is smooth.
- Wait-- Both: What? - I don't know.
- 1:53 is the time to beat, gentlemen.
No problem.
- Yeah, and here's the thing.
Since you obviously have an advantage here, and our times are pretty close, I think the only right thing to do is take a classic racing approach to this.
- Like your thinking.
- Le Mans start.
In old-school motor racing, a Le Mans start is when a race begins with the drivers completely outside of their vehicles.
When the flag drops, they run to their cars, hopefully buckle up, start the engine, and go.
Obviously, very few drivers fully strapped in, and after multiple fatalities the Le Mans start was abandoned in 1970.
I think the Le Mans start's the ady.
- All right.
Here we go.
- Push it! - And three.
Two.
One.
Go.
- Oh.
- You can do it! - That is cold.
I hate you guys! Testing high performance, all-wheel drive convertibles in brutal winter conditions.
Since Adam and I are competing against a race car driver with a home field advantage, we're leveling the playing field.
- That is cold.
I hate you guys! - You can do it.
- There you go.
- What I hope is that he gets out there, and he just starts to feel back what he used to feel and hears that turbo boost and just goes, "whoosh," right off course.
- Yeah.
I don't think it's gonna happen.
- Probably not.
- Oh, it's fast.
- There he goes.
Oh, he's angry.
He's an angry little elf.
- It's slippery.
Whoa.
New all-wheel drive system in the 991 Is just as sophisticated as it gets.
I got the dual-clutch gearbox shifting gears instantly as I grab that gear.
Totally sideways there and it's completely manageable.
- That's pretty.
- That was smooth.
- Yeah.
Whoo.
Coming into turn 4 hot.
So delicate, just tuck along the inside edge.
Yes.
- Oh, did you see that big-- - What was that? - Grabbing gears in this dual-clutch gearbox mid-drift is pretty satisfying.
- Look at that.
- There it is.
- Whoo! - Oh, there's the flea-flicker.
- He's angry.
- He tried to fling stuff on us, and he got stuck.
- Stuck in the snow that you buried me in? Yes.
- Well, you know, if it snowed at Le Mans, they would have done the same thing.
- Yep.
- What was my time? - It's, uh, 1:48.
- Yes.
Yeah.
I mean awesome.
- No, you--that's exactly what you meant.
Great, "I'm a race car driver.
I've been running this track for eight years.
" Got it.
Are you shocked he won? - You guys are making excuses.
Just--l mean, bow down to the fact that the Porsche, strange as it may seem, is really good in the snow.
- Okay.
So yeah, you win.
All right? - All kidding aside, I'm impressed.
You guys did pretty damn good for a Georgia boy and a New York, L.
A.
-ish-- Whatever it is you are.
That was pretty awesome.
- Follow me.
- Mount up.
- So race boy has an early lead, but the question of the day is, "Who's driving the dogsled?" So the competition isn't about finishing first, it's about not finishing last.
- You're a child.
You are an absolute child.
- Are we gonna play hockey? - To prove that the Porsche is the best all-wheel drive convertible for winter conditions, we are going to play a game similar to hockey.
Rules are, you start over by the goal with your car.
You gotta take that puck through the defenders, there's four sets of defenders, and score a goal.
Fastest one to do it wins.
We're not gonna use sticks.
We're gonna actually use the cars.
- Car hockey.
- Yes.
- Cocky.
- Like--it's like you.
Cocky.
I, you know, I'm not--okay.
I'll go first, 'cause that's what cocky people say.
Don't forget, this is about the best convertible.
The open sightlines of the Porsche are critical to seeing the puck, especially when you're shooting.
May look like a hockey game, but this is science right here.
Watch.
- You're go in three.
Two.
One.
Go.
- Gonna go for a head on.
- Oh, it slides.
- Yes, that's good.
- Okay.
- The old door squeeze here.
- Okay.
Okay.
- Oh.
- Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
- There you go.
That's it.
- Oh, the side kick, and it worked.
- Yeah, it worked.
- There you go.
- You're trying to hit the goal.
Look how much snow he's got on him.
You suck at hockey.
- All right, here we go.
- Net it.
- Slap shot.
- Slap shot, Father Time.
Oh, this looks exciting.
Go.
Go.
Go.
- Can he do it? - Upper left corner.
- 3:41's the time to beat.
I'm going next.
- You ready, Rut? - Let's do it.
- In three.
Two.
One.
Go score a goal.
- There he goes.
- Ooh, he's gonna hit it hard.
Oh, I like that he hit the brakes into it to try to get the nose down.
- Oh.
- Oop, too hard.
- Oh, yeah.
Look at that.
- Oh, see? Poor visibility.
He can't see over the hood, 'cause he's got the engine up there.
- He can't see 'cause his glasses are frozen.
- Oop.
Nice.
- Is it up there? - Stop.
- Did you see that? Yes.
Yes.
- There you go.
- Yes.
Both: Yeah! - There it is.
- Whoo! - Amazing.
- Did you see that? What was my time? - Yes! - 3:59.
- Seriously? - Yeah.
- I can't win anything in this damn altitude.
- Here we go, and don't wreck the car.
Three.
Two.
One.
Go.
Traction control on? - Off to a slow start.
- Oops.
- It doesn't have to be the correct direction.
- Should have got a Canadian car.
Those people love hockey.
- The hood's so long on it, he's gotta stop to see where it is.
- There he is.
He's going pretty fast.
- Missed it.
Get it, Adam.
- Yeah, there's Adam.
Yeah.
- Yeah, just skip those guys.
Let's go back between the same two again.
- I can't see anything in this damn car.
- Oh, the frustrated Adam's coming out.
Did you hear that? - Yeah.
- This is getting good.
- Yeah.
- That's two.
He's in--l think he's got it.
- Oh.
Oh.
Oh.
Oh.
Oh.
- There he goes.
- Swing around.
- He's getting out.
- You know-- - I don't know if that's okay.
I'm pretty sure that's cheating.
Adam, that's cheating.
- Coming up, the loser just tries to hang on.
We're testing all-wheel drive convertibles to see which is the best at handling winter weather with the top down.
As usual, Adam's playing fast and loose with the rules.
- Swing around.
- He's getting out.
- That's okay.
- You know-- - I don't-- - Now he'll just run through the goal.
Just drive straight through it already.
- I think that was-- - You know what? - Wow.
- Why didn't I think of that? - That's called a power play.
- I don't care what it's called.
- That was smart.
- It was cheating, sort of.
- No.
No.
I used the car to put the puck in the goal.
- You did say, "Use the car," And that's exactly what he did.
- What was my time? - 3:37.
- Ha-ha! Yes.
That's why you guys are so upset, because I won.
- Yeah, I just feel like I'm one step closer to a dogsled, which just sounds great.
- Sounds awesome.
- Mount up.
- Go, sports! Yeah.
Whoo, it's cold.
Brr.
I'm the only one without a win, and I really don't want to race the dogsled.
I still have a chance, but I need a plan.
We head to Steamboat Springs' rodeo arena for our last test, a classic barrel race.
- Not a lot of people realize, but Steamboat's soul is based in rodeo.
This is a rancher town.
Yeah, check this out.
It's like barrel racing.
Yeah.
Ha-ha! - All right, well, here's the thing, you won two.
You've won one.
- Yeah.
- Let's make this fair.
Winner take all.
- Uh-uh.
- I'm in.
- Well, of course you're in.
You're losing.
This thing has been smoking every single challenge we've got.
Even the ones it shouldn't be winning.
- Okay.
I'll tell you what.
- Then what seems to be your problem? - Yeah, why don't you put your money where your mouth is? - Fine.
Fine.
Let's do it.
- Winner takes all! that's what I'm talking about.
- Good work.
- Let's do it.
It's a race around three wooden barrels in a standard rodeo pattern, ending at a wooden steer.
Our cowboy friend Jason's riding shotgun, and the race ends when he lassos the steer.
Fastest time wins.
A smooth ride is crucial.
Basically, we're the horse.
- You don't actually have to win.
You just have to not lose.
- I've never roped out of a car before, so-- - You're not on a horse now, you're on a Jaguar.
- A Jaguar.
- Can you do this? Yah.
Yah.
Get ready, I've been saving the best for last.
- Yee-haw! - Three.
Two.
One.
Go.
- Oh.
- Ooh.
- Oh, Watch the bull.
- Traction control's off.
- Watch the bull.
- No, not quite enough.
Ooh.
- Slow and steady.
- I think traction control is on.
- Here we go.
Here we go.
- Oh, hell yeah.
- He's getting good at this.
- He is getting good at this.
You aren't kidding.
- All right, around the last barrel.
- Here he comes.
Jason's out.
He's out with the lasso.
Get ready with the clock.
- Get it, Jason.
- Look at this.
- Dun-dun-dun! - He got him.
- Oh! - Stop the clock.
- Look at that.
- Yee-haw! - 51 seconds.
- 51 seconds.
- I'm going next.
Jason, you ready? - Yeah, well--yes, sir.
- Let's do this.
- Yeah, don't use the door.
You're a cowboy.
- That's right.
- How was it? - It's a lot slippier than you think.
- All right, guys, you ready? - On you, Tanner.
- Here we go.
- There he goes.
- Ooh, that thing looks cool in the snow, doesn't it? Oh, look at that.
See, he's bringing more speed into it.
You were a little more slow and steady.
- That's cold.
- Look at the snow just drifting in on him.
- Oh, that is cold.
Yeah.
- Ooh.
- Oh.
Oh.
Oh.
Oh.
- That was good.
- Coming up.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
- Wow.
- Give me the time.
- 38 seconds.
- Oh, you know what that means? - That means you're not going in the dogsled.
- And that means I'm driving a car.
- I can still beat it.
All I gotta do is beat 38 seconds.
- Yep.
- Yes, you do.
- Or 51.
- Good luck, Rut.
Pressure's on.
- Okay.
- This is a bigger car.
Okay, what that means is it's more spacious.
That's why you're in the backseat.
But what I need here from you, l need total focus.
Okay, because if we can nail this, I will not have to race a dogsled.
- All right.
Good luck.
I'm focused.
- All right, Rut.
Here we go.
In three.
Two.
One.
Go.
- Okay.
Okay.
Overshot it.
Overshot that a little bit.
Stay with me.
- Swung that wide.
- It's pretty slippery.
- Oh, that's cold.
Sorry.
Sorry.
I got it.
Don't worry.
It's gonna go any second, any second.
- How you feeling back there? - Oh, no.
It's rear-wheel drive.
- He's overcooked the little all-wheel drive clutch.
- I took traction control off.
That may have been a mistake.
- Great, he got some bite on the front.
- Okay.
Okay.
Yeah.
- Smoke 'em if you got 'em.
- Nope.
Still rear wheel drive.
- Nope? All right, all right.
- The car is freaking out.
Now it's one-wheel drive.
- He's got a one-tire fryer.
.
- All right--you ready? Here it comes.
Get it! Get it! Get it! - He's getting the steer.
- Oh, yes.
- Yeah.
- Stop the clock.
- There it is.
- Don't tell me the time! - I'm gonna tell you the time.
- I'm sorry.
- I don't need you to tell me the time! - Get on the dogsled.
- Dogsleds are fun.
Sorry, man.
- Thanks for your help, partner.
- Sorry.
- Oh, I'm so happy to be me right now.
He's not happy.
- Ah, you are just growling, aren't you.
- This car was not designed to have fun in the winter, l can tell you that.
This all-wheel drive is like, "Oh, "it might be a heavyish rain.
You'll be fine.
" - Before we get to you getting dragged behind a dogsled, I just want to say, the Porsche is more fun in the winter than in the summer.
Yeah, it's a little chilly sometimes, so you put the windows up-- big deal, turn on the heat.
That thing is an absolute beast in the snow.
- I'll tell you what, l had a blast in that Jag.
Slid it all around, it sounds mean, it's great.
It's good at hockey, who knew? - So anyway, let's get back to those dogs.
- Are we certain that there shouldn't be, like, cumulative my score overall? - Look, you're a man.
You're gonna be a man.
You're gonna man up.
It's gonna be rough.
Ruff.
Ruff.
Ruff.
But I think you'll be fine.
- Please be careful.
If you need me, I'll be at the hot springs.
- Oh, this is gonna suck.
Thank you.
- Oh, listen to that growl.
- Yeah, I've heard it enough.
Oh! - Coming up - Oh, boy.
Whoa.
Whoa, I'm drifting.
Whoa! My Porsche 911 Turbo is victorious.
Even though I had a home field advantage, a win is a win, so I'm racing my car against the loser in a dogsled, and that's Rut.
It's gonna be fine.
I don't even know what you're worried about.
They're nice dogs.
They don't bite.
It's gonna be fine.
You like puppies.
- How you doing? - Good, man.
What's happening? - Are you Chris? - I am.
- Rutledge.
Nice to meet you.
- Come on over.
- All right.
A healthy sled dog can pull three times its body weight, and sleds can reach speeds of 20 miles per hour.
Hi, buddy.
With no roll bars or seat belts, it sounds a little dangerous.
What happens if, by some unforeseen possibility, I am no longer with the sled and the dogs? - I'll tell you, there's two rules in dog sledding.
The first one is don't let go, and the second one is really don't let go.
- They just keep going.
- They are all about going, not much about stopping.
Sometimes, if you get lucky, "Oh, God, please," works, but other than that, that's the best we've gotten so far.
- Is there--is it a sled? Is that what we call it? - Yeah, man.
Come on over.
- He looks like he's not ready at all, so I'm gonna enjoy the Colorado sun for a minute.
- Wow, so this is it.
Is this like the Porsche of dogsleds? - I don't know if I'd go that far, but it's fairly maneuverable.
- How do the dogs know which way to go? - You tell them to go, "Haw," They're gonna go take a left.
Tell them to go, "Gee," they're gonna take a right.
- Gee? - Yeah.
You want this thing to go left, shift your weight, lean to the left.
You want the sled to go to the right, shift your weight, lean to the right.
You ready? - You know, I think I'm as ready as I'll ever be.
But how about we do a practice run? - Start hooking these guys up.
- Awesome.
- Oh, my gosh.
Is that the dogs? They sound vicious.
Rutledge has got to be freaking right now.
- Oh, this sucks.
- Are you ready, brother? - Oh, this sucks.
- All right.
Hold on.
- Okay, I'm holding.
- Okay, here you go.
All right, guys.
All right.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Oh, boy.
Oh, dear.
Oh! Hold on.
What am I doing? Whoa.
Whoa, I'm drifting! Whoa! - What are you-- - Did I win? Did I do it? Did I beat him? That was just the practice? Oh, God.
- We're racing to the aptly named Nordic Center on the other side of lake Catamount, but I have 520 horsepower and he has 6 dog power.
So I'm driving 8 miles around the lake, and he's mushing 2 1/2 miles straight across.
First one there wins.
Should be close if he doesn't go through the ice or let go.
- For the love of all that is sacred, really, Rut? - Please, you can call me by my dog sledding name, Dances with Doggies.
Are you ready, preppy? - Who are you? - Dances with Doggies.
- I'll call you on the radio.
- Let's do this.
This is it, six dogs against a car that costs as much as a house.
- Oh, man.
Those dogs are ready to go.
- Let it out.
Let it out.
- Rut is gonna hurt himself, and this road is very treacherous.
The sun has been on it, which actually makes it more slippery, 'cause it has water on top of it.
Either way, I'm gonna haul ass.
- What am I doing? - All right, Rut, you ready? - Let's do this.
- Three.
Two.
One.
Go.
- Oh! There we go, boys.
Yeah.
- Oh, my gosh.
He's going like the wind.
Look at that guy.
- Feel it.
Feel it, boys.
- Whoo.
Oh, it sounds so good with the turbo whistling like that.
- Straight on.
Straight on.
Mush.
Yeah, good dog.
Good dog.
- I've got the traction control system completely off, which is spectacular.
A lot of systems, if you activate the ABS while traction control is off, it'll literally turn it all back on again.
Not this one.
Whoa! - There we go, boys.
Good job.
Straight on.
Doing great.
I hope this thing's really frozen.
Ice, don't fail me now.
- This thing is fast, all 520 horsepower.
It's just too much, frankly.
I'm getting wheel spin in fourth gear.
But you know what? It's worth it.
- Yeah.
Yeah, good job.
Oh, boy.
Someone's pooping.
Someone's pooping.
Oh, pooping while you're running, there you go.
Thanks.
Thanks for kicking that up in my face.
That's--that's good teamwork there, guys.
I've never seen anything poop as much as you guys.
Straight on.
Amazingly, I'm in the lead as I approach the far side of the lake, but I can hear the turbo behind me.
- It is literally taking all my concentration right now just to go straight on this bumpy, icy road.
Whoo, that was close.
That was close.
Whoa, it's 100 miles an hour.
Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo! - We got him.
Stick it, yeah.
You guys are amazing, keep going.
Straight on.
Oh, no.
That's a sharp right, right there.
- There's the lodge.
- Okay, uh, gee.
Gee! - Where is he? Ooh, sharp turn.
Sharp turn.
- Gee! - Oh, no.
That's a sharp right, right there.
That's a 90 degree turn.
- There's the lodge.
I don't see Rut.
- Okay.
Uh, gee.
Gee! - Where is he? Ooh, sharp turn.
Sharp turn.
- Gee! - Getting treacherous right through here.
Slow down, girl.
Slow down.
Whoa.
I don't see Rut.
Yeah! Yeah.
I wonder if he's okay.
Rut? - I can hear the dogs.
Come on, second place.
Yeah, Rut.
Yeah, Rut.
Ru-- Holy crap.
I killed him.
There you are, buddy.
From out the woods they came.
Wow.
- I think my dogs beat you.
- No, they didn't.
I saw them go by with the sled.
Are you okay? - I'm fine, man, never felt better.
- Some snow just came out of your mouth.
- It's cold out here, isn't it? - Well - I gotta be honest, man, that's a lot harder than driving a car.
- Well, I gotta say, that was awesome.
The Porsche was, like, third gear drifts around those corners.
That thing is amazing.
The more I drive it, the more I like it.
What was it like on that sled? - It was pretty fun, man.
It's a lot faster than you'd think for only six dogs.
I mean, just carving left and right, and then-- - How'd you go down? - There's a real, real tight turn back there, and it just got hairy, and I tried to save it.
- They won't stop for you? - They don't stop for anything.
- Can I get a ride? - No.
I got extra 430 bucks in the leather on that thing.
- Really? I can't-- I seriously-- l can't get a ride? - No.
Sorry.
It's really nice leather.
It's still in good shape.
It's practically new.
I'll call your dogs for you.
There you go.
Here's a hand warmer.
- Thanks.
Oh, come on.