Ex-Stig Drives the WEIRD and WONDERFUL with @mgcharoudin @MarkMcCann64 and @AdamC3046
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- čas přidán 27. 04. 2024
- Even if you were asked to imagine the very strangest high-performance vehicles you could possibly imagine, you probably wouldn't be able to dream up the two hilariously entertaining machines I found myself piloting at Blyton Park Circuit with some of my friends recently.
First up, I was invited to get behind the wheel of a miniature Tuk Tuk three-wheeled pick-up... with a very big difference. You see, this one had a Suzuki Hayabusa superbike engine tucked underneath its dinky loading bay - creating a sensation not too dissimilar from strapping a rocket to a packet of crisps.
Next, some friends lent me the keys to their Ariel Atom, which, as you've probably guessed by now, was just as far from standard as the Tuk Tuk. Head to the back of this featherweight sports car and you'll see an enormous turbocharger hanging from the car's rear end, meaning that around 1000bhp is now on tap - what could possibly go wrong?!
This unforgettable day was made all the more memorable thanks to the appearance of some of my close friends, not least @AdamC3046, @MarkMcCann64 and @mgcharoudin. Enjoy the madness...
Huge thanks to the guys at @MotorAddicts for organising the day. Check out their perspective of it here: • HAYABUSA PIAGGIO APE |... - Auta a dopravní prostředky
Excellent driver, very friendly and conversational. I did not need to give any directions, very polite and experienced.
8/10
Cooler than a cucumber Adam, totally unfazed and clearly enjoying it. Ben, puckering slightly
You'd better find the other 2/10 before I see you
You mistyped 18/10 😂
you lads should hop down here to NZ, I have something that would give you RSI from checking the belts :)
Nothing better than seeing the man him self drive your car.. a true gentleman in person 👍🏼
I worry for you Rick get that turbo tweaked ;) great meeting you
I beg that you make some videos on your unbelievable machine. Maybe talking about the build process/why you decided this was something you wanted to try and pull off? This is just one of the coolest and most insane creations i've ever seen
Someone managed to make an Ariel Atom less driveable than an Apé with a busa engine.. that deserves a medal
The conditions didn't help, the understeer was immense, but then you couldn't drive it quick enough to get any heat into the fronts because the boost would spin you off backwards so had to always mother it.
It would be tricky doing a straight quarter mile never mind corners.
It defiently needs some aero to help it.
That Atom is the epitome of ‘Your engineers were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should’. 😂
More unhinged car videos please. That was a lot of fun to watch.
glad you enjoyed it - glad we survived - more to come!
Love seeing Ben and Misha in the same vid, it's like a crossover of your favourite cartoons as a kid ♥
lovely guy - more to follow there for sure
Telling Ben off for doing donuts.... lol.... I bet that would never happened at Dunsfold.
always getting in trouble
@@BenCollinsDrives Who told you off? Im sure it wasnt the owner of the car was it...... A track official?
@@BenCollinsDrives Maybe wear a white race suit and helmet next time. You know, to not draw attention.
@@Hells_Gate
Track official.
Gave him a sense of self importance by telling someone off AFTER they've already done something. Hahaha. Give him a pat on the back for such a job well done! 🤣🤣🤣
He is not the Stig, He is the Stig's Tuk tuk driving cousin! 😂
"This is all Mazda (MX5)", yup, that'll be all the bits that are all covered in rust!
A vehicle so sketchy that I’d be scared even with the Stig at the wheel. Wouldn’t even trust the door to stay closed on that thing.
I think you can "look forward to short life" in either one of those! Brave man. :)
Here for a good time, not a long time!
What a dangerous, irresponsible use of a utility vehicle. I'm unsubbing if I dont see more content like this.
No different than what top gear use to do 😂
He drove that much better than mat Armstrong's car! 🤷♂️💁♂️🤣🤣
@@Carl-op1gpRead the comment again.
Bye :)
@@iwanevans607 read my comment again 🤪
Misha saying never again was hella funny! LMAO
4:38 literally made me "LOL" =)
Were Hammond behind the wheel of this thing instead of Ben, I'm sure we'd get at least one declaration of 'I AM A DRIVING GOD!!' before Hamster came to the scene of yet another accident.
I genuinely sat with my hands over my mouth from 4:00 to 8:00, I'm sitting in the comfort of my chair watching this and still terrified for Ben!
“Well done and welcome to a short life!” Says it all 😂
Showing your skills while showing those machines what they are built to do. I must say Mark McCann was close to having babies with the Oh hell handle.
Thank you everyone. I loved that video from beginning to end.
I was just thinking 'I wonder if Misha has seen this video?' then he walked into the shot 😅
For example can ams had races in sunny desert having over 30 degrees heat and track surface being quite hot. It's totally different to drive on a cold tarmac in damp British isles. Way to go Stig!
I know APE 50 back in the day. It looked similar to this tuk-tuk. But setting up all that new junk on it and giving it 100x the performance of an APE 50... is just ridiculously hilarious and insane.
Lads on Motor Addicts drove it a couple of months back, it's absolutely mental power
Ben not saying a word while driving that thing, says it all.
"Look forward to a short life!" 😂
At least the TucTuc had a roof for a little protection.
First honest opinion, Sketchy as hell but 100% adrenaline rush!... Misha came out OMG im in love!
Mark has probably already ordered a turbo Busa tuk tuk to jump on his track. 😂
I thought I recognised that little circuit ! One of my locals. 40 mins up the road from me. A tad small for the Atom to stretch its legs properly though! Thanks for sharing. 🚘👍🏻
Sounds like the people running the place are not much fun.
Some say he is the third member of the Daft Punk
all we know is that you have conkers made of something unreal in throwing that beast about . your a legend as always
Ben and Misha! what an awesome Combo!
What point did he show up? Never saw or heard him.
@@junatah5903 bruh... these 2 make videos together look at the videos!
@@junatah5903 11:05
Nowhere near as awesome as sabine and tiff on 5th gear driving a 3 wheeler,like poor old Freddie crashed.how he flipped it I have no idea.
More please. Great to see Mark & Adam.
Brilliant 👌 love this bunch
Well done Ben great vid, glad you enjoyed the cars and the day
Absolutely
This kinda proves the pirelli advert.... "Power is nothing without control"
Stig: Hoonigan Edition!!!!! This was fantastic to watch. Only you could get me to form the sentence “I think that Tuk-Tuk sounded better than that Ariel Atom!” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Good to see stiggy being polite and apologetic to marshalls. A proper gent and a true hotshoe. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 🙌🏼🙌🏼
What a cracking video! Absolutely in stiches with you two in the tuktuk 😂 heard you over the tannoy at donington today selling your youtube stuff lol, you're an absolute legend tho love watching your vids i grew up watching top gear, loving the persona and the skills of the stig!
That's an amazing job o with the tuk
Haha... This is class.! Well done, Ben Collins.! 😁
Most exiting 19 minutes 18 seconds ever.
I was just waiting for mat Armstrong to come flying past on his bmx lol
Definitely loved the Honda - 1000hp.! Wow.. Quality Ben
incredible driving to handle that thing like you did! I honestly didn't think that level of throttle would be possible. Great video!
The Tuk Tuk can be amazing fun. I work in Asia, where we have come out of work late in the evening after a long day and had our Tuk Tuk drives race each other to the restaurant with us in the back and with a fraction of the power you have here. You can imagine the fun where we are working like sidecar passengers transferring weight. You can imagine we are killing ourselves laughing before we get to the first cold beer. It's not even fast but it is super unstable especially as traffic is coming at you from all angles. It's not about reading the track of the road but what's moving around you, making a gap and changing direction on three wheels in an instant. It's a;sp about seckond guessing what you Tuk Tuk driver is about to do and what gap he is going for. PS, this message comes with a health warning! Watching you guys trying to peel yourselves out of the Tuk Tuk at the end of the drive was seriously funny.
with hayabusa engine you dont need to use clutch on upshift just prime the gear then lift off the throttle and straight back on without clutch and the gears will do its thing. it is a sequential gearbox without a auto cutout that makes it change while still on power, the tuck tuck does not have this device fitted to the bikes engine, most bikers add this device called a quick shifter which allows continuous on power gear shifts without having to lift off the throttle, you also can get auto blippers so you also dont have to use clutch on downshift but manually you can tap the throttle to do this without clutch.
Pure and total awesomeness!! I felt the energy of that TukTuk, that Ariel though God above… it was like Thor had a baby with Godzilla - eesh
I am very disappointed that his suit is not white anymore
The donuts at the end 😂👌 Bloody Legend Mate 👍
What an astonishing driver Collins is. His level of skill is breathtaking.
Loved the Atom, shame the guy had to put a bad tone to the video at the end.
This thing needs an LSD more than any vehicle ever created.
A diff would just transform the cornering.
Easy fix for an MX5 rear end.
Crazy machine !!!!
I just love Ben's dry witt! Such a cool dude.
Can’t wait to see Ben drive double stints at the 24 Hours of Tuk-Tuk!
The Stig, Ben Collins who I hero- worshippe and admired since being a teenager and as of it wasn't enough rolling a Bedford van , getting into a CCX without a back wing , takes on a modified Tuk tuk and an Ariel Atom with a 1000hp ...rather you than me...😂😂😂 ..I thought the turbos on an F40 are bad enough when it comes on boost
A little blue coffin, you guys are nuts 😆😆😆
THE STIG!!!! I found you finally! Subed and liked!
That ariel is effing insane. I dream to one day own an ariel in its stock configuration for its pure bad@$$ery. I imagine trying to drive this would be 0 to 60 to wall.
The wood in the tuk tuk is as old as the chassis is. Sketchy AF…. I love it! 🤘🏽🤘🏽
That modified Atom looks like absolutely no fun at all to drive in a twisty damp track. My heart rate was way up just watching... No thanks!
that poor ariel atom. amazing build but its quite obvious it is not suited for such a track. I reckon the stock amount of power would have been faster on that day.
It says something that Ben is almost completely silent when driving this beast. He needed to concentrate to keep it well mannered.
can see why ben was best stig they should of just let him speak would of done brilliantly
Misha + Ben Collins is truly peak cartube
Misha taking Ben for a ride round the Ring in something rapid would be god tier.
Poor mans Deltawing
Love it
Checking my seat belt nah, I'd be checking my pants!!! Wow what a RUSH. Lucky Adam C. 😅
Ben mate everyone wants to see you thrash cars about straight up its what you best at. Love the interviews but your the proper stig
oh hey, they added seatbelts to the piaggio
That start setting the tone of the video is golden already
Brave passengers
Ex-stig? You’ll always be «The stig»
Lol why did i only find this now
10:20 Good thing you have the rain tires on the Atom !
Ben, thank you for your service 😂
Things an animal, wonder what be like on a straighter track, or less turns, get the power down, bet its frightening lol ❤❤
tuk tuk looks fun. almost motivational to get my own one going...
Well I'll be danged....!!...that fella working for Nissan copied that design for the deltawing no doubt....you could've beeen much quicker....😬🤣
The Rita Coolidge music was clever....;-)
1:34... I REMEMBER THIS THANG!^^ It was on some show, like, 3 different dudes took it for a spin, they got into it with a Ford ST or sumn lol. That thing is WILD!! I get to see STIG DRIVE IT?! LET'S GO!!
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When a guy that good struggles you know its not right perhaps a bigger dryer track i dont know
That atom just shows the potential of the K20C platform from the modern CTR/Accord, would love to swap my SI someday if the engines get cheaper
I would love to see that Aerial Atom when it's dialed in so it can handle corners.
1000 kg of downforce should do it.
the higher camera while stif driving is ace should do that one everytime
Tuk Tuk Nürburgring record is 31:49... that's some serious performance... doubt it'll ever be equaled.
So much fun to watch!
misha at 17.23... love that )
Lol I love the fact that you are using Mark McCann as a ballast boy love mark such a good guy hes new to the youtube game but his videos seem like he's been doing it for years . if you subscribe to anyone today Let It Be
Mark McCann😊
This is wild
It should be called the Hyuk Tuk.
Or TukTukGo.
That piaggio busa is a machine Ben glad you liked driving it
Top video Mick
Technically the blue thing is a Piaggio Ape whereas the Tuktuk is a Bajaj Auto Rickshaw
I love that Ben Collins is a proper racing driver through and through. Donuts first, apologies second. I think everyone and ANYONE who has been in or is currently in motorsports has been scolded by a track steward or track owner at least once.
Having driven the 'normal' atom in anger, I can say with some confidence that, it doesn't need 1000bhp lol.
Must've been great fun though 👍🏻
Some of my favourite CZcamsrs at my local circuit.... wish I'd of known 😏
I’ve seen this little gem before, one of the best sleepers I have ever seen 🤙
finally lets go
NO WAY Adam in the passenger seat lol
well done Thank you
Thank you too!
What man thinks he can tell Ben Collins to not do a couple quick donuts in a safe spot?!
Great video, but what is AdamC doing in this company with the big guys?
Not enough Misha 😋
Come drive my Ariel Atom in the US, less power at around 600 whp, but fully sorted suspension and aero for track use. I think you'd love it!
such a great video, also all the crazy car builds are so interesting.
Mark should've got in the back and done more of a sidecar stance ! 😅😂