A full two years ago, Michael Vaim of the YouTube channel AutoVlog released a video showing what happens when he shifted his 1994 Ford Ranger into reverse while driving forward, which didn’t end quite as dramatically as he might have hoped. Regardless, it was an interesting experiment for anyone who’s ever wondered what might happen if someone did such a thing, yet didn’t want to risk destroying their own vehicle in the process. Now, Vaim is back with a new video in which he throws his 1994 Ford Ranger into reverse while driving with four-wheel drive engaged to see if the results are different.
Obviously, this sort of stunt deserves a giant disclaimer not to try such a thing at home, especially on public roads, as Vaim is doing here. A lot of things could go wrong, whether that be damage to the vehicle or much, much worse, but at least no one was apparently harmed in the making of this particular video. Regardless, even Vaim isn’t quite sure what’s going to happen, and figures that this stunt could cause some major damage to his poor old, heavily abused pickup.
Vaim manually locks the front hubs on his Ranger and heads off down the road with the truck in four-wheel drive, reaching speeds of around 50 miles-per-hour. He does manage to get the transmission into reverse with a little work, at which point the rear wheel spins like crazy and the truck comes to a halt. Vaim quickly realizes that he didn’t have it in four-wheel-drive after all, and fixes that problem before trying again.
This time around, at slower speeds in four low, the 1994 Ford Ranger emits a loud clunking noise and the clutch completely lets go before the truck starts making a ticking noice. It’s essentially the same thing that happened when Vaim put the truck in first gear while driving 65 down the highway. Obviously, these sorts of experiments are terrible ideas for most of us, but on the same token, it’s also pretty interesting to see what happens when someone else gives them a shot.
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Why? Maybe he things the R on the shift knob is for “Race”?
As Forrest Gump would say “stupid is as stupid does”!
In his case, the R stands for retard.
So, he tells an import owner his Ford broke down. Why not tell her the true story? “I’m a dumbass. Can I drive your Korean car?”
I have engaged “R” in my Ford Fusion Hybrid while moving forward many times with no problems. Since its main drive is an electric motor, the car just slows down before changing direction. He can try r that in a Mach-E .
Not the brightest bulb in the socket is he??? That was a waste of 11 minutes of my life that I will never get back…
Why are you promoting stupid stunts by this person? I am very disappointed in Ford Authority for giving this IQ challenged person an audience. If he no longer needs or wants the truck he could sell it or give it to someone who could use it. Instead, he tries stunts to see if he can kill it. How sad that the truck is abused in an effort to fill his need for attention.
I have a 96 Ranger Splash 5 spd manual that I have owned for 18 years, still in decent shape, like that one looks like it is in, and that just makes me sick that someone would deliberately do that to a decent vehicle like that. If he does not want that truck, I would take it instead of him deliberately damaging it.