0:00:02 > 0:00:03Now, on Top Gear...
0:00:03 > 0:00:05We cross the Continental Divide...
0:00:05 > 0:00:07Look at that!
0:00:07 > 0:00:11..on an epic journey to find America's toughest minivan.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13Oh!
0:00:13 > 0:00:16Don't push me sideways! Don't push me sideways!
0:00:38 > 0:00:39The majestic Rocky Mountains.
0:00:39 > 0:00:44Home to 14,000ft peaks
0:00:44 > 0:00:48and deep impenetrable valleys.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50This 3,000 mile mountain range
0:00:50 > 0:00:53represents one of the most formidable barriers on earth.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57Yet, the first pioneers somehow made their way
0:00:57 > 0:01:00across this hellish, bear-infested wilderness
0:01:00 > 0:01:02in nothing more than covered wagons,
0:01:02 > 0:01:06seeking their fortunes on the other side.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09So, how did they manage it?
0:01:09 > 0:01:13To find out, we decided to retrace their footsteps,
0:01:13 > 0:01:16using the modern equivalent of the covered wagon.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20The minivan.
0:01:23 > 0:01:28Now, this is a '99 Chevy Astro minivan.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30And if I'm going to take a voyage
0:01:30 > 0:01:33into the treacherous Rocky Mountains,
0:01:33 > 0:01:37it's going to be in an all-wheel drive, with six screaming cylinders
0:01:37 > 0:01:39and something built on a truck frame.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43I mean, there really is no other choice.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45CAR HORN BEEPS
0:01:45 > 0:01:49- HE LAUGHS - And then this drives up.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52Ha! 2001 Chrysler Town & Country.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56- The worst minivan ever made. - Oh, I disagree my, friend.
0:01:56 > 0:02:02The year this was made, it was voted the most luxurious minivan you could buy.
0:02:04 > 0:02:08It also has all-wheel drive and 215 horsepower.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11- How much horsepower do you have in there?- 190.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13A blazing 190.
0:02:13 > 0:02:14You bet.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17- Do you have all-wheel drive? - I sure do.- Does it work?- Yes.- Ah.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20- This is a car that a woman named Nancy would own.- Really?
0:02:20 > 0:02:22This is a Town & Country, this is versatile.
0:02:22 > 0:02:23You could drive it in town
0:02:23 > 0:02:26or in the country, it says it right there in the name.
0:02:26 > 0:02:27What do you think Tanner got?
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Something totally inappropriate.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35- Did you hear an Amber alert? - Oh, gosh.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38That's right, the Aerostar.
0:02:38 > 0:02:43It is a manual, six cylinder, rear-wheel drive, drift machine.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46You thought that was a good idea in the mountains?
0:02:46 > 0:02:47Hell, yes.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50If I'm going to have to drive a minivan, which is the bane of
0:02:50 > 0:02:53the automotive existence, I am going to actually drive it.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56With a manual and some drifting.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59All I want to know is what are we going to do with these things?
0:02:59 > 0:03:01Well, I'll tell you.
0:03:01 > 0:03:05"To find out which of your modern-day covered wagons is the most versatile,
0:03:05 > 0:03:08"you will cross the Rockies on a pioneer trail,
0:03:08 > 0:03:10"enduring a series of challenges on the way.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13"Your first challenge is eight miles from here."
0:03:13 > 0:03:16I wish I had rear-wheel drive so I could just dig a hole.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18- Me too. Unfortunately all we've got is all-wheel drive.- Yeah.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21- You'll be fine though.- Good luck.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23I'm going to have fun at least.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26As much fun as you can have in a covered wagon.
0:03:26 > 0:03:31Our journey would take us 200 miles up and over the Rockies.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34The first 150 miles would be on road,
0:03:34 > 0:03:37then we'd be going off-road for another 50,
0:03:37 > 0:03:41driving deep into the wilderness cresting the Continental Divide
0:03:41 > 0:03:45at 12,000 feet and then descending to cross a frigid alpine lake.
0:03:45 > 0:03:50Along the way, our minivans would have to brave snow-covered mule trails
0:03:50 > 0:03:55with steep drop-offs that would leave jeeps begging for mercy.
0:03:55 > 0:04:00All in all this was going to be the ultimate test of our covered wagons.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02Our first challenge was at an ice rink.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04CAR HORN
0:04:05 > 0:04:06Oh.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13And this is Adam crashing.
0:04:13 > 0:04:14Uh-oh.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17Woah, don't hit me, don't kill me.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Oh! Oh!
0:04:19 > 0:04:22Covered wagons needed to be vehicles suitable for all conditions
0:04:22 > 0:04:26so to see how well our modern-day versions handled ice...
0:04:26 > 0:04:29Oh, no, I ripped the shift knob off!
0:04:29 > 0:04:32..we compete in a classic winter sport.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35Minivan curling.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38We had to accelerate up to the blue line, then brake and slide.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42Whichever minivan got closest to the cooler would win.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45That's why I'm not going to run.
0:04:45 > 0:04:46Morons on ice.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48All right, Adam, this is it.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51I'm just going to mad it, brake, turn and hope.
0:04:51 > 0:04:52That's my plan.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55If he starts to hit us, throw me over the wall.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58Here we go, all right, come on in.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00Blue line.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Oh, my gosh, it's a lot of speed.
0:05:05 > 0:05:06Oh, there he is.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09Oh, he's going to hit it, is he going to hit it?
0:05:09 > 0:05:13Wait a minute, he's pushed it all the way against the wall.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15Where is it, where's the barrel?
0:05:15 > 0:05:18It's pretty much under your bumper.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20My Astra was up next.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24And although winning was obviously important, what was more exciting
0:05:24 > 0:05:27was the opportunity to drive on ice...
0:05:27 > 0:05:30at speed, toward Adam.
0:05:30 > 0:05:31Oh, oh!
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Oh, this isn't good.
0:05:36 > 0:05:37Yeah.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43I'm so sorry!
0:05:43 > 0:05:44No, you're not!
0:05:44 > 0:05:46I was up next
0:05:46 > 0:05:49and this was my chance to show them that my rear-wheel drive minivan
0:05:49 > 0:05:53could beat their all-wheel drive minivans on ice.
0:05:53 > 0:05:54Here it comes.
0:05:58 > 0:05:59Oh, jeez.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Oh, he's coming backwards.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06- Oh, look at that! Go, go, go, go, go! Yes!- You are kidding!
0:06:08 > 0:06:09Right, measure it up.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11No, we don't need to measure it. You won.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Look how close it is!
0:06:13 > 0:06:17- We should just verify... - Yeah, you should.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21Doesn't look like you're that close now!
0:06:26 > 0:06:29Playtime was over.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32And it was time to begin our climb towards the Continental Divide.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36We'd eventually be leaving pavement
0:06:36 > 0:06:39and heading high into the wilderness.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43And I was confident I'd made the right choice.
0:06:43 > 0:06:49Now, this little gem of an Astro has 143,000 miles on it.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53I assume, pampered miles, as most minivans are.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56Probably been to the mall thousands of times.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59But I think it's perfect for the tough stuff too,
0:06:59 > 0:07:01because it's got good ground clearance,
0:07:01 > 0:07:03it's got a nice all-wheel drive system.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05It's got good power,
0:07:05 > 0:07:07it's very comfortable,
0:07:07 > 0:07:08it seems like the perfect minivan.
0:07:11 > 0:07:15The Town & Country, a direct descendant of the original minivan.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17This is the perfect minivan for going off-road.
0:07:17 > 0:07:21I got plenty of power, I have all-wheel drive. Great!
0:07:21 > 0:07:23I don't have a lot of ground clearance.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26And I have a bad history with driveshafts
0:07:26 > 0:07:29and axles snapping when we go off-road.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31I shall be a little more conservative this time.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34We'll see what happens. I'm going to be better than Tanner!
0:07:34 > 0:07:38Who's going to try and go over the mountains in a rear-wheel drive? He's going to get stuck!
0:07:38 > 0:07:40And I'm going to laugh!
0:07:42 > 0:07:45The thing about the pioneers and about the mountains
0:07:45 > 0:07:48is it's hardcore.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51It's a manual gearbox, straight up V6,
0:07:51 > 0:07:54solid rear axle, Ford Arrow-style hardcore.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57That's why this thing is going to conquer this challenge.
0:07:57 > 0:07:58I have a connection with this van.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01In high school, my mom had one.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03This was the first thing I ever did burnouts in!
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Sorry, Mom!
0:08:14 > 0:08:17I knew a lot of settlers died
0:08:17 > 0:08:19when they had trouble with their wagon,
0:08:19 > 0:08:22but how many people have been driving and texting
0:08:22 > 0:08:25and just shot off the side of this?
0:08:25 > 0:08:28You see all these rocks at the side of the road?
0:08:28 > 0:08:31- Some big chunks drop on cars sometimes, I think.- No, they don't.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36Have you not seen the "danger, falling rocks" signs, Adam?
0:08:36 > 0:08:39I don't like to read when I drive.
0:08:46 > 0:08:51As we climbed above 9000 feet, our minivans were doing just fine.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53But Rutledge, not so much.
0:08:53 > 0:08:54Oh, man.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Oh, Daddy needs some fresh air.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02I'm getting nervous. My heart rate is elevated.
0:09:02 > 0:09:03I think it's the elevation.
0:09:03 > 0:09:07Is this elevation making you guys feel a little funny?
0:09:07 > 0:09:09Yes, got a bit of Rocky Mountain high going on.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11Hey, leave John Denver out of this.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16I've got a little bit of a headache and I'm a little short of breath.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18This is probably the only time in your life
0:09:18 > 0:09:20you're going to be light-headed.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23- Now that's funny.- That was funny.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34The pioneers' covered wagons need to be adaptable.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37So, to find out which of our minivans was the most versatile,
0:09:37 > 0:09:41our next challenge was to race a quarter mile to a barn,
0:09:41 > 0:09:45remove all the rear seats and race back to the start.
0:09:46 > 0:09:50- This place is spectacular. - Yes, this is beautiful.- Ready?
0:09:50 > 0:09:54- Are there style points involved?- No. - What if you slide or drift around?
0:09:54 > 0:09:57The pioneers didn't hang it out, so there's no style points.
0:09:57 > 0:10:01You can do whatever you want but it's not going to count.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05- Pioneers, they had... OK. Let's do it.- Come on.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09- They had those big belt buckles. - Those were pilgrims.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13So, hoping for a good launch.
0:10:13 > 0:10:17I hope Tanner gets wheel spin in his rear-wheel drive.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20And the air is real thin up here and it is affecting Rut,
0:10:20 > 0:10:22so I'm kind of hoping he blacks out.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26Gentleman, thumbs up
0:10:26 > 0:10:31and three, two, one, go!
0:10:34 > 0:10:35Good launch.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37Christ, it's quick.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40Here we go.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43Tanner, what the hell is he doing back there?
0:10:46 > 0:10:51- Come on, get up there. - I'm in the lead.
0:10:51 > 0:10:52Over the crest.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58Oh, yeah!
0:10:58 > 0:11:02And here comes the barn.
0:11:02 > 0:11:03Fair it up.
0:11:08 > 0:11:13- Heads up. I was behind but that was my strategy.- Oh, jeez.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16Once I made it to the turn, my seat would simply fall out.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21Oh, it didn't work, it didn't work!
0:11:26 > 0:11:29Oh! Oh, gosh!
0:11:30 > 0:11:36Here we go. It's done!
0:11:36 > 0:11:38We're on the way.
0:11:41 > 0:11:45- I got a lead on him.- Come on!
0:11:47 > 0:11:52Tanner can try all he wanted but I had 25 more horsepower.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00This race was all Town & Country.
0:12:00 > 0:12:04Yes! Town & Country, baby.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08This altitude is ridiculous.
0:12:08 > 0:12:13- Did you get all your seats out, Adam?- Yes, I did. And I beat you.
0:12:13 > 0:12:19- I got both of my benches out. - And you lost as well?
0:12:19 > 0:12:22- I didn't win but I don't think it was my fault.- Are you sick?
0:12:22 > 0:12:25Yes, I think I need to stop here for a couple of minutes.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29- I'm not feeling so hot. - What's the matter, Rut?
0:12:29 > 0:12:32I feel like I got a really tight hat on and my feet feel tingly
0:12:32 > 0:12:34and my heart rate is up.
0:12:34 > 0:12:38OK, so do you want us to go get somebody and send them back
0:12:38 > 0:12:40with some medicine?
0:12:40 > 0:12:42I'll be fine. Y'all go ahead. I'll catch up.
0:12:42 > 0:12:47I'm just going to take a minute, get acclimated, I'll be fine.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52We left Rut behind and set out to scout the trail
0:12:52 > 0:12:54over the Continental Divide.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59- Are you kidding me? - This can't be right.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Look at this, it says,
0:13:01 > 0:13:05"Recommended - high clearance, four-wheel drive, short wheelbase."
0:13:05 > 0:13:07We got to get up there in these things?
0:13:07 > 0:13:09That's...that's gnarly.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12- We're in trouble.- I kind of have high clearance.- No, you don't.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14- Four-wheel drive.- I have that.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17- You got all-wheel drive. - How many wheels are on that?
0:13:17 > 0:13:20It's a little different.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26Come on, girl.
0:13:30 > 0:13:31Good girl.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33What the hell is that?
0:13:33 > 0:13:35As long as it stays dry,
0:13:35 > 0:13:39and it stays about like this, no steeper,
0:13:39 > 0:13:40Aerostar is going to do well.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42You can feel how light it is.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45There you go. Ha ha!
0:13:45 > 0:13:47You're doing it!
0:13:47 > 0:13:48Town & Rough Country, baby!
0:13:52 > 0:13:55Have you seen some of the looks on the faces of the jeeps,
0:13:55 > 0:13:58coming up and seeing these minivans here?
0:13:58 > 0:14:00Yeah, I think we're being shunned.
0:14:00 > 0:14:01They come up here,
0:14:01 > 0:14:05they've been training and off-road driving for weeks and weeks.
0:14:05 > 0:14:06Hey, what's up?
0:14:06 > 0:14:08Like that guy right there.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11They're in first gear low the whole way,
0:14:11 > 0:14:13monitoring tyre pressures.
0:14:13 > 0:14:18And they get passed by an Aerostar and a caravan.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20I love it, love it.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29But it didn't take long to find out that the rocks on the trail
0:14:29 > 0:14:31were a little bit bigger than the speed bumps at the mall.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33CRUNCHING
0:14:35 > 0:14:37CRUNCHING
0:14:37 > 0:14:38Oh! Oh, that's a big rock.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42Ah! Oh, that hurt, that hurt.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45Oh, my gosh, this looks bumpy.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51Oh, come on!
0:14:51 > 0:14:52BEEPING
0:14:52 > 0:14:53'Three miles up the trail,
0:14:53 > 0:14:56'my Town & Country decided that this was way too much country.'
0:14:56 > 0:14:58BEEPING
0:14:58 > 0:14:59Come on, honey.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02DIFFERENT BEEPING THEN SILENCE
0:15:03 > 0:15:05You stuck, buddy?
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Yeah, I'm having all kinds of electrical problems.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09Lights don't work, windows don't go down.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12Poor all-wheel drive car.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16- Put your ABS fuse back in.- Yeah.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19And there's two fuses that are burned out.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21Here's my question, see how all the gears are lit up?
0:15:21 > 0:15:24Yeah, the gear light. That just happened
0:15:24 > 0:15:26and then the transmission went whack.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29See, I don't think your transmission... it's in limp mode.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31Can you back it down to some place flat?
0:15:31 > 0:15:32So you know about this limp mode?
0:15:34 > 0:15:36I've... I've seen a rental car in limp mode before.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38You've been in limp mode, haven't you?
0:15:38 > 0:15:41- I've been in limp mode before. - Really?
0:15:41 > 0:15:43This isn't a good place to be in limp mode,
0:15:43 > 0:15:45I'm just telling you right now.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47When did it happen, when you're drinking?
0:15:47 > 0:15:51I think your best shot is to take the negative cable off,
0:15:51 > 0:15:53try to reset the computer,
0:15:53 > 0:15:57so that the limp mode thing goes away.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00All right, now we wait.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05- So, anyway, it's pretty beautiful up here, yeah?- Gorgeous.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07I mean, this is like peak leaf-changing...
0:16:07 > 0:16:08OK, that's long enough.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13All right, go see if the Christmas lights are still on on the dash.
0:16:13 > 0:16:14Got it.
0:16:16 > 0:16:17ENGINE STARTS
0:16:17 > 0:16:19That seriously worked?
0:16:19 > 0:16:22OK!
0:16:26 > 0:16:29Night was falling and neither of our minivans
0:16:29 > 0:16:30were enjoying the rough stuff,
0:16:30 > 0:16:32so we headed back down the trail.
0:16:32 > 0:16:37To even have a chance of making it over the Continental Divide,
0:16:37 > 0:16:41we needed to toughen up our vans and make them less...suburban.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49The next morning, fitted with off-road tyres, brush guards
0:16:49 > 0:16:51and winches,
0:16:51 > 0:16:52our minivans were ready for anything.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54We met up with Rut
0:16:54 > 0:16:57for one more challenge before heading into the wilderness.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00He had gotten over his altitude sickness
0:17:00 > 0:17:03and spent the night making a few modifications of his own.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07- How does even the Astro van look kind of cool?- It does, look at it!
0:17:07 > 0:17:10- How you feeling? - You doing good?- Much better.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14- Man, I drank my weight in water. - So, there's a missing lake somewhere.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16Yeah, that altitude sickness, it's for real.
0:17:16 > 0:17:20All right, we came out to the ranch, we're stepping in cow patties.
0:17:20 > 0:17:21What are we doing here?
0:17:21 > 0:17:22Let's find out.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24"When crossing the mountain,
0:17:24 > 0:17:27"settlers had to carry all their food with them.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30"To find out which of your minivans is best suited to
0:17:30 > 0:17:34"following this tradition, you must each transport livestock to market."
0:17:34 > 0:17:37Wait, I think I'm getting the picture of what we're doing here.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39"The minivan that delivers its livestock
0:17:39 > 0:17:42"with the least damage to the car wins."
0:17:42 > 0:17:45- Come on!- I heard a sheep, let's check out what else there is.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47It sounded more like a goat than a sheep.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50'We had to somehow get these animals into our minivans.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52'Tanner chose the goats,
0:17:52 > 0:17:56'I took the pig and Rut, of course, took the sheep.'
0:17:56 > 0:17:59- You know what, I'll go first.- OK. - Do it.- Me and Lamb Chop are out.
0:17:59 > 0:18:03- I'll show you guys how this is done.- Let's see it, Georgie Boy.
0:18:03 > 0:18:07Wow, You are humongous. Humongous.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10Hi, hey there! All right, perfect, let's go this way.
0:18:10 > 0:18:11They smell fear.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Let's go this way, that sounds like fun.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16It's so big, it's like a horse!
0:18:16 > 0:18:18There you go, there you go. There you go.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20That's good, you're doing it, Rut.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23Yeah, let's go get in the Astro.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25I've got a sheep! This is amazing.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27Come on, come on, be cool.
0:18:27 > 0:18:28I'll stop shouting.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31You know what they call these, they call these barn doors.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34Ironically.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37OK, how much do you weigh?
0:18:37 > 0:18:38Up!
0:18:38 > 0:18:40In you go.
0:18:40 > 0:18:41Pick it up, Rut.
0:18:41 > 0:18:45- Yeah, pick up this small horse. - Just lift with your legs.
0:18:45 > 0:18:46There you go.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49- Oh, son of a...- She bite you?- No.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52- I hear they bite. - They're poisonous.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54- Son of a bitch! - It's not a very versatile van,
0:18:54 > 0:18:57I think the sheep would recognise that.
0:18:57 > 0:18:58- It's hated by animals.- I've got it!
0:18:58 > 0:19:01I don't have her! I lost my sheep!
0:19:02 > 0:19:04Ride 'em, cowboy.
0:19:04 > 0:19:05You know, you could help.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08Nice and easy, girl.
0:19:08 > 0:19:09Come on, Alice.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12- Ease her forward.- There you go.
0:19:12 > 0:19:13Here, get behind it, Adam.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15Get behind it, Adam?! No!
0:19:15 > 0:19:16You get behind it.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18Just give a high butt push.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21- Adam, lift it!- I'm lifting it! - You're not lifting.
0:19:21 > 0:19:25- There it is, yes, yes, yes! - Get in there. Get in there, kid.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27Go, go, go.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29- Shut the door!- Yes!
0:19:29 > 0:19:30Hey, beautiful.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32You got to be kidding me.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35Could've done that by myself. Don't know why you kept getting in the way.
0:19:35 > 0:19:36SHEEP BLEATS
0:19:36 > 0:19:38Gentlemen, let me show you how it's done.
0:19:38 > 0:19:42- Pigs are smart, they're like dogs, you just call them, and they come. - Great.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44I'd like to see that happen.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47Hey, good morning. Want go for a ride?
0:19:47 > 0:19:49Oh, come on, now.
0:19:49 > 0:19:50PIG GRUNTS
0:19:52 > 0:19:54Oh, you let my goats out!
0:19:54 > 0:19:56Oh, you little son of a...!
0:19:58 > 0:19:59Jazz hands.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02No, you'll scare him, I need to get him that way. Come on, come on.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05Come on, pig. It's OK. Come here. OK.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08PIG SQUEALS
0:20:08 > 0:20:10OK. Don't puke, don't puke.
0:20:10 > 0:20:14- Holy...- Jazz hands.- Not that way.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16We're going this way now.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18Goats that way.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21SQUEALING
0:20:24 > 0:20:25PIG SNORTS
0:20:25 > 0:20:28Adam one, pig nothing!
0:20:30 > 0:20:33'Tanner rounded up his goats and felt the need to name them.'
0:20:33 > 0:20:35- Get in there. - Help him with Rutledge.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37- Three.- Adam is about jump out.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Why did you name your goats after us?
0:20:39 > 0:20:42I don't have a valid answer for that.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44You're going to go in with them so we can close the door.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46- Get up in there.- Rush them that way.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48Herd 'em in.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50- Here? Is this good? - No, that's not good!
0:20:50 > 0:20:51Now, move your leg.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53No, no, don't drop that thing!
0:20:53 > 0:20:55It's all right.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57- Come on, let's go. - Yeah, let's get out of here.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00Pretty nice in here, right, roomy?
0:21:00 > 0:21:03Jeez, that took forever. Oh, I smell awful!
0:21:05 > 0:21:07SHEEP BLEATS
0:21:07 > 0:21:09Holy...! I forgot it was in here!
0:21:18 > 0:21:20Now all we had to do was deliver our livestock
0:21:20 > 0:21:22to market, 20 miles away.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26The minivan with the least amount of damage would win.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29Hauling farm animals isn't exactly what
0:21:29 > 0:21:33I had hoped to do with this minivan but I think Judy is doing great.
0:21:33 > 0:21:39She seems very comfortable in the Astro. She has gone pee and poop.
0:21:39 > 0:21:40Oh, my gosh!
0:21:41 > 0:21:43That is so gross.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52Tanner, did you get a look at this pig while I was carrying it?
0:21:52 > 0:21:54Is it a boy or girl?
0:21:54 > 0:21:56I think it's a girl.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59Because I was going to call it Sir Francis Bacon if it was a boy,
0:21:59 > 0:22:03but since it's a girl, I think I'm going to call it Spamela Anderson.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09All I know is that Adam in here is eating everything
0:22:09 > 0:22:12and Rutledge is chewing on the actual van.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18I'm going to name a dog after you, it's official.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20Tanner Foust just crapped on the couch.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22Tanner Foust just humped my leg.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25Tanner Foust is licking his...
0:22:25 > 0:22:26BAA!
0:22:30 > 0:22:33'Rut may have been having fun with his sheep...'
0:22:33 > 0:22:34BAA
0:22:34 > 0:22:36Baa!
0:22:36 > 0:22:37BAA
0:22:37 > 0:22:39Baa!
0:22:39 > 0:22:41'..but Spamela was not behaving like a lady.'
0:22:41 > 0:22:42PIG FARTS
0:22:42 > 0:22:44Oh, that is SO bad!
0:22:48 > 0:22:49Argh, it's methane!
0:22:50 > 0:22:54You got some bad breath, I tell you that.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01'Finally, we arrived at our drop off point.'
0:23:01 > 0:23:04- It's been really nice knowing you. - BAA!
0:23:04 > 0:23:08I love you too. I love you too.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11- How's it going?- How are you?
0:23:11 > 0:23:13So we're just delivering some livestock.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15All righty.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17- Where do we put it?- Go right into this gate.- OK.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21- There you go.- Come on, go, go. Go, go, go.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24- Watch out, Adam will just crash right into that wall.- Very funny.
0:23:26 > 0:23:27Come on. Come on.
0:23:27 > 0:23:28There you go.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31All right, that's the job done for the goats.
0:23:33 > 0:23:34I hate goodbyes.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38Come on, now, look how easy it is for you to get in and out.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40- Good girl.- Come on, big girl.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44- All right, here comes the squeal. - Yeah, you don't need to open...
0:23:46 > 0:23:47You lost the pig.
0:23:47 > 0:23:52No, I...I lost the challenge, I freed the pig.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55- You just let it go?- Yes, I did.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58Turns out she had irritable bowel syndrome and I couldn't take it.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02You just let it go out in the wild here? Winter's coming.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05- It knows its way home.- There are bears and coyotes...- Mountain lions.
0:24:05 > 0:24:09- I lose. I don't care.- Fair enough. You cash out, you lose.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11Let's see how that sheep did in the back of your Astro.
0:24:11 > 0:24:12There's hardly anything.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15Oh, my God!
0:24:15 > 0:24:19Are you kidding?! How much of that was Judy and how much was you?
0:24:19 > 0:24:21One, you guys didn't know,
0:24:21 > 0:24:25- but those are grapes on their way to becoming raisins.- Eat a raisin.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28- They're not done yet. - If you eat the raisin, you win.
0:24:28 > 0:24:32- Because then we know.- Have a raisin. Flick it like a booger. Flick it.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34- No! No!- I have very little chance of getting it in.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36- It's just a raisin!- Don't do that!
0:24:36 > 0:24:39'My minivan may have had a few... raisins in it,
0:24:39 > 0:24:41'that just gave it more character.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44'It must have coped better than the Aerostar.'
0:24:44 > 0:24:47Here's the deal. If my floor is not completely coated in crap
0:24:47 > 0:24:51- like yours was, then I win. - I've lost already so I'll judge.
0:24:51 > 0:24:55- OK. Hardly any poop at all. - Are you kidding me?!
0:24:55 > 0:24:58- It doesn't smell! - The smell is so strong!
0:24:58 > 0:24:59They ate the ashtray.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01You're going to mark me down for an ashtray
0:25:01 > 0:25:04after he has a full layer of crap on the back?
0:25:04 > 0:25:06But you have crap and they ate an ashtray.
0:25:06 > 0:25:10I can wash that carpet. You can't watch that ashtray that they ate.
0:25:10 > 0:25:14OK. You both have crap damage and foul barn smells,
0:25:14 > 0:25:16but you have permanent damage, so Rut wins.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20Rut won the livestock challenge.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23But that had nothing to do with his minivan,
0:25:23 > 0:25:25and everything to do with his way with sheep.
0:25:25 > 0:25:29Tomorrow will be the first time off-road and the first real test
0:25:29 > 0:25:31of each of our minivans' ruggedness.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36Getting stuck on a narrow alpine trail at 12,000 feet
0:25:36 > 0:25:39was not something we wanted to even think about.
0:25:45 > 0:25:46The next morning, we set off.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50We were only 50 miles from the Continental Divide,
0:25:50 > 0:25:54but those weren't the sort of miles our minivans were used to.
0:25:57 > 0:25:58Wow.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00Look at that!
0:26:04 > 0:26:06Are you kidding me? There is so much snow up there.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08We have to cross THAT?
0:26:12 > 0:26:17To get to the Continental Divide, we had to follow an old mule trail
0:26:17 > 0:26:19which weaved its way up between the peaks
0:26:19 > 0:26:22to an altitude of 12,000 feet.
0:26:22 > 0:26:23To make matters worse...
0:26:24 > 0:26:26..it started to snow.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33This is...
0:26:33 > 0:26:35incredible.
0:26:43 > 0:26:47- Don't look over the edge. Don't look over the edge.- Holy...
0:26:47 > 0:26:48Don't die.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50Don't die. Don't die.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57I would not bring a two-wheel drive minivan up here
0:26:57 > 0:26:59under any circumstances.
0:27:04 > 0:27:05Whoa!
0:27:07 > 0:27:09Come on. Dig!
0:27:09 > 0:27:11Whoa!
0:27:13 > 0:27:15That's not good.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17There you go.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23The trail got rockier and steeper.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27Adam and my all-wheel drive minivans were somehow still going.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30But Tanner's rear-wheel drive was in trouble.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Oh, my gosh.
0:27:32 > 0:27:33Here comes some rough stuff.
0:27:39 > 0:27:40Go, go, go, go.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46These tyres are too big for the power.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52There you go. That's it. Cook those tyres.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56Skater shoes were not a good call.
0:27:56 > 0:28:01He went out of his way to find a rear-wheel drive manual.
0:28:01 > 0:28:05And do you know why they're so hard to find? Cos they're crap.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08I'm getting out to pee.
0:28:08 > 0:28:09OK.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17Please don't blow through the windshield on me.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20- Keep your head down. - Yeah, seriously, right?
0:28:20 > 0:28:22Mental note...
0:28:22 > 0:28:24low gear range is key.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27With the automatic, the torque converter can let you drive slowly.
0:28:27 > 0:28:31But this thing just does not let you go slow. It's a speed demon, really.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33The fact that in the marketing campaign
0:28:33 > 0:28:35they actually stood it next to a space shuttle
0:28:35 > 0:28:37to show the similarity in profile
0:28:37 > 0:28:40lets you know it's built for speed,
0:28:40 > 0:28:43not really for comfort or for off-roading.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46Oh, God.
0:28:46 > 0:28:47That...
0:28:47 > 0:28:49was brutal.
0:28:50 > 0:28:51Let's see.
0:28:58 > 0:28:59There we go.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02You're adorable.
0:29:05 > 0:29:08This frickin' sucks. Get back in your truck, back in
0:29:08 > 0:29:11- whatever that thing is.- What? Whatever that is? You mean this...
0:29:11 > 0:29:13- We're late. We're late. - This rock climber?
0:29:13 > 0:29:16- Thank you for getting the door. - It's getting cold.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18The sun's coming down. Come on. Let's go.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21Did you wind up your winch?
0:29:21 > 0:29:24Cos mine's all wound up cos I didn't have to use it.
0:29:24 > 0:29:26I can't hear you. Sorry.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28You can't hear me? Why?
0:29:28 > 0:29:31Cos your tyres are spinning from your rear-wheel drive?
0:29:31 > 0:29:33Let's go to the next place you're going to get stuck.
0:29:38 > 0:29:40We continued to climb into the unknown...
0:29:42 > 0:29:45..and broke through the clouds into dazzling sunlight
0:29:45 > 0:29:48that illuminated the full horror
0:29:48 > 0:29:50of what lay ahead.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02Beautiful, isn't it? A little colder up here.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05- How high do you think it is to cross that?- That's 12,500 feet.
0:30:05 > 0:30:10It's over the tree line, that's why it looks bald and it's deep snow.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13- Aren't you worried about not having all-wheel drive?- No.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16These tyres... This van...
0:30:16 > 0:30:18I think you're trying to hide how nervous you are.
0:30:18 > 0:30:23This is the best decision I've ever made, choosing the rear-wheel drive
0:30:23 > 0:30:24manual V6 Aerostar...
0:30:24 > 0:30:28You're doing that thing where you talk really fast when you're lying.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30Let's get on the road. Come on. I'm psyched. I'm stoked.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33- He was standing in a puddle of his own urine. - It's going to be awesome.
0:30:33 > 0:30:37You're going to see how tough the Astro really is.
0:30:44 > 0:30:45Holy...
0:30:47 > 0:30:50Look at those jagged rocks up there.
0:30:51 > 0:30:55There's no way a minivan has been up here before.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59Keep climbing, fellas. Keep climbing.
0:31:05 > 0:31:10We were now at almost 12,000 feet and only half a mile from the top.
0:31:11 > 0:31:15But the trail was getting steeper and narrower.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18Holy crap! It just drops straight off.
0:31:20 > 0:31:22This is not smart at all.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36Uh-oh. Back end...
0:31:36 > 0:31:40is trying to slip off the freaking cliff right now.
0:31:40 > 0:31:42Come on. Come on. Come on.
0:31:49 > 0:31:53Can you try reverse? See if you get any traction.
0:31:53 > 0:31:57I can't... I can't back up because I'm right on the edge.
0:31:57 > 0:32:01'This was a disaster. There wasn't a worse place to be stuck.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03'Tanner couldn't drive forward
0:32:03 > 0:32:06'and his rear tyres were inches from the edge.'
0:32:06 > 0:32:08Adam, anyway you can get back behind me a little bit?
0:32:08 > 0:32:12- Not really much. Can you straighten it out, come back to me?- Me? No.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15I'd just back straight off the cliff, yeah?
0:32:15 > 0:32:19- Let me see if I can come in there. You ready?- Come on in. Come on in.
0:32:23 > 0:32:24THUD
0:32:24 > 0:32:28Push. Push. Push. Rutledge, push.
0:32:31 > 0:32:32THUD
0:32:36 > 0:32:39Go. Go. Go. Go. Go.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43Go. Go. Go.
0:32:43 > 0:32:47Don't push me sideways! Don't push me sideways!
0:32:51 > 0:32:54Straighten your wheel, Adam.
0:32:54 > 0:32:57- That's it. That's it. - Keep pushing. Keep pushing.
0:32:57 > 0:33:00You came off me. Go, go, Adam. Come on.
0:33:00 > 0:33:01Keep going. Keep going.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04It needs to be constant. Go. Go. Go.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06Go. Go. Go. Gas.
0:33:06 > 0:33:07Come, come, come.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10Yeah!
0:33:10 > 0:33:11I've got it from here.
0:33:11 > 0:33:12All right. Thanks, Adam.
0:33:12 > 0:33:14Yes!
0:33:14 > 0:33:16Almost there.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18This is it. This is it.
0:33:21 > 0:33:23And nobody died.
0:33:23 > 0:33:25This is awesome.
0:33:27 > 0:33:31We've crossed the Continental Divide in minivans!
0:33:39 > 0:33:40We are pioneers.
0:33:40 > 0:33:43We've taken minivans where they've never gone before
0:33:43 > 0:33:47and the Town & Country is clearly the best.
0:33:47 > 0:33:49What? I'm sorry. What was up here first?
0:33:49 > 0:33:52- What had to be pushed up here? - I had to push both of you.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54No, I had to push him and you had to push him.
0:33:54 > 0:33:58- I pushed you.- Because I was pushing him.- Doesn't matter.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00The Astro, strongest minivan.
0:34:05 > 0:34:09Somehow, we had managed to cross the Rockies,
0:34:09 > 0:34:12but we still had a major obstacle left,
0:34:12 > 0:34:16something the early pioneers feared even more than crossing mountains...
0:34:17 > 0:34:19..crossing water.
0:34:19 > 0:34:20Hold on.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23We have to make these vans...
0:34:23 > 0:34:25float across that water?
0:34:27 > 0:34:30Mine's already pretty lightweight, I'm just saying.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33Back in the day, they would caulk the wagon and ford the river.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36- They would do what?! - They would caulk the wagon...
0:34:36 > 0:34:40- It's a family show.- They would put caulk in all the holes in the wagon,
0:34:40 > 0:34:43so it would be watertight. Then they would ford a river.
0:34:43 > 0:34:46But this is a lake and these are heavy.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49- Can you ford a lake? - I don't think you can.
0:34:49 > 0:34:51Wait. If we can make modifications...
0:34:51 > 0:34:54I mean, the wind is kind of blowing that way. It's not that far.
0:34:54 > 0:34:55It doesn't look that raging.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58- I've got some ideas. - I think I'm good.
0:34:58 > 0:35:00Good luck finding your caulk.
0:35:02 > 0:35:05We had overnight to prepare for the ultimate covered wagon test
0:35:05 > 0:35:08and there could only be one winner.
0:35:12 > 0:35:15The next day, with modifications complete,
0:35:15 > 0:35:17we were ready to enter the icy waters.
0:35:17 > 0:35:20- What do you think? - Are you kidding me?!
0:35:20 > 0:35:22Mississippi paddle boat.
0:35:22 > 0:35:24- I found a bicycle. - ADAM LAUGHS
0:35:24 > 0:35:25Check this out!
0:35:25 > 0:35:28Are you going to paddle your way across? Oh, yeah.
0:35:28 > 0:35:31- Cos you've been training so much? - Right.
0:35:31 > 0:35:32Don't take this the wrong way,
0:35:32 > 0:35:35but I think your machine is severely underpowered.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38Do you guys not get it? Look, it's like a riverboat. Let me show you.
0:35:38 > 0:35:40Get on up there.
0:35:40 > 0:35:42Look at it! He's revving it up.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44He's revving it up!
0:35:44 > 0:35:46I feel like we're watching from a bad perspective.
0:35:46 > 0:35:48Yeah, this is a strange angle to be looking at.
0:35:48 > 0:35:52Tell me I don't look good in this wetsuit.
0:35:52 > 0:35:54Adam... Did you chop...
0:35:54 > 0:35:56Yes, I did.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58Wow. You made this van so much cooler.
0:35:58 > 0:36:02I found a seven horsepower motor so I had to save some weight
0:36:02 > 0:36:03so I cut the top off.
0:36:03 > 0:36:05And I don't want to be trapped in here
0:36:05 > 0:36:07if it does go down. So I can make a quick escape.
0:36:07 > 0:36:09Then you put old race tyres on the side?
0:36:09 > 0:36:10Yeah, that's going to help me float.
0:36:10 > 0:36:13You guys, I don't know what you were thinking but...
0:36:13 > 0:36:18I've gone how the pioneers actually crossed and that's in canoes.
0:36:18 > 0:36:19Buoyancy is what it's about.
0:36:19 > 0:36:23- But you're going to sink.- Those have a weight of 500 or 600lbs.
0:36:23 > 0:36:24Excuse me, Sacajawea.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27How are you going to power this beast?
0:36:27 > 0:36:31I am going to use the winch. What we already have.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33I'm going to take a rope over, tie it to some trees...
0:36:33 > 0:36:36How much cable do you think you have?
0:36:36 > 0:36:38So you're using an electric winch overwater
0:36:38 > 0:36:41with a minivan strapped between two canoes?
0:36:41 > 0:36:46- Yes.- I'm using paddle power. Smooth sailing right across there.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48Like I'm crossing the mighty Mississip'.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50Really? You're sick already, aren't you?
0:36:50 > 0:36:54I love water. People know one of my greatest hobbies is to be
0:36:54 > 0:36:56in and around water.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59- Yeah.- You know what? I'll go first. I'm going to breeze through this.
0:36:59 > 0:37:02- I'm ready to knock it out. - Go ahead.- You do it.
0:37:03 > 0:37:07- Rut?- Yeah?- Once your tyres touch the water, we start the clock.
0:37:07 > 0:37:09- Let's do it!- Ready, set, go.
0:37:09 > 0:37:14- Yeah, get it going.- Yeah. - That's it.- That's it.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16Tyres in. Go!
0:37:16 > 0:37:17I'm going to hold my breath.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22Son of a bitch.
0:37:23 > 0:37:25Don't break the wheel.
0:37:27 > 0:37:29- That ship's floating now. - He's going!
0:37:29 > 0:37:32You're not going to believe how nice it looks over here.
0:37:32 > 0:37:35I tell you, you look like a real pioneer up there.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37It's really well-balanced.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40Do you notice he doesn't have a rudder?
0:37:40 > 0:37:43See you guys later.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45One, two.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48One, two.
0:37:48 > 0:37:52- The fact that it's still floating is impressive.- You get points for that.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54Come on. Come on.
0:37:55 > 0:37:59I should have thought of a way to turn this thing.
0:37:59 > 0:38:01I'm going the wrong way.
0:38:01 > 0:38:03Wait a second.
0:38:03 > 0:38:05Is he going in?!
0:38:05 > 0:38:07He's made a complete circle.
0:38:07 > 0:38:11I'm going to swim it in.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13Oh, my God. Oh, my God. That's so cold.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16Holy...
0:38:16 > 0:38:18Holy...
0:38:18 > 0:38:21Someone tell me when I hit shore.
0:38:21 > 0:38:25'Unfortunately for Rut, he ended up where he started
0:38:25 > 0:38:27'and two minutes in the water was all he could take.'
0:38:27 > 0:38:29I give up.
0:38:29 > 0:38:32I surrender.
0:38:33 > 0:38:34It's so cold.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36THEY LAUGH
0:38:36 > 0:38:40All right. This hurts. I'll see you guys later.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43- Ice right on his feet. - Oh, my God. That hurts.
0:38:43 > 0:38:48With the Astro out, it was down to Town & Country versus Aerostar
0:38:48 > 0:38:51for the title of America's toughest minivan.
0:38:51 > 0:38:53- Want to race?- Go.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00- Come on.- How's that motor going?
0:39:02 > 0:39:05I will see you at the finish.
0:39:05 > 0:39:07Yeah!
0:39:07 > 0:39:08Don't sink.
0:39:08 > 0:39:10Don't sink. Don't sink.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14Seven horsepower motor! What a cheater.
0:39:14 > 0:39:16- I'm not cheating!- Unbelievable.
0:39:16 > 0:39:20'The pioneers may not have had outboard motors,
0:39:20 > 0:39:22'but they didn't have electric winches either,
0:39:22 > 0:39:25'and my plan meant I didn't have to paddle across a lake
0:39:25 > 0:39:26'and tie up to a tree.'
0:39:26 > 0:39:27Come on.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29Almost there.
0:39:32 > 0:39:35There you go. Good girl. Good girl.
0:39:39 > 0:39:42'I was already halfway across
0:39:42 > 0:39:45'and Tanner hadn't even made it back to his Aerostar.'
0:39:45 > 0:39:48Working. It's working!
0:39:48 > 0:39:51'The SS Town & Country had this one in the bag.'
0:39:57 > 0:39:59Come on. Don't die. Don't die.
0:40:01 > 0:40:02What's up, you cheater?
0:40:03 > 0:40:07- Oh, is it not working? I'm sorry. - Yeah, yeah.- That's too bad.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10Just keep... Oh, damn it!
0:40:10 > 0:40:12Damn, I can't believe I forgot gas!
0:40:12 > 0:40:16And then it's just a push-button road to victory.
0:40:17 > 0:40:19There we go.
0:40:19 > 0:40:23Yeah, baby! That's what I'm talking about!
0:40:23 > 0:40:24Woo!
0:40:24 > 0:40:25Plan B.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28Stroke. Stroke.
0:40:28 > 0:40:29'My Chrysler had gotten me this far.
0:40:29 > 0:40:32'There was only 100 yards to go and there was no way
0:40:32 > 0:40:34'I was going to let winch boy win.'
0:40:34 > 0:40:36You shall not pass!
0:40:36 > 0:40:38Come on! Really?!
0:40:39 > 0:40:41Ha ha!
0:40:41 > 0:40:43Get off! No!
0:40:43 > 0:40:44No. Get off!
0:40:44 > 0:40:47You're not climbing over here.
0:40:47 > 0:40:50- Get back on your boat. - You shall not pass!
0:40:50 > 0:40:54Hey, I'm just going to go back to pushing my button, OK?
0:40:59 > 0:41:01That's it.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04Turn away.
0:41:04 > 0:41:06You can do it.
0:41:06 > 0:41:09'While the other two are playing pirates,
0:41:09 > 0:41:11'I'd made it to the other side on foot,
0:41:11 > 0:41:14'just in time to congratulate Tanner.'
0:41:14 > 0:41:18- That's not bad for second place right there.- Second place?! Where's your car?
0:41:18 > 0:41:20Right over there on the shore.
0:41:20 > 0:41:25It was so determined to get here, it made it all by itself.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27I can't believe you just left Adam out there.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29I think the breeze will pick up.
0:41:29 > 0:41:32That's it. Stroke.
0:41:32 > 0:41:33Stroke.
0:41:33 > 0:41:36CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:41:36 > 0:41:41- I don't they realise how cold that water was.- Yeah, it was really cold.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44- But what I think they do realise is how bad that Aerostar was.- Come on!
0:41:44 > 0:41:49And everybody realises that you two left me out there to die.
0:41:49 > 0:41:53OK. I got across the lake with my van first, which was the goal.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56- I win.- That's funny when you say it like that,
0:41:56 > 0:41:59because I was actually on the shore waiting for you with my van,
0:41:59 > 0:42:02- so that means I win.- It's true. - Your van drifted across on its own.
0:42:02 > 0:42:05It made it. Plus, mine was the best at moving livestock,
0:42:05 > 0:42:06just like the early settlers.
0:42:06 > 0:42:09- Friendly sheep.- What?! - You had a friendly sheep.
0:42:09 > 0:42:13OK. Listen. Listen. I won the drag race. I'm not fighting him on this.
0:42:13 > 0:42:15Do you really want to be the guy that chose the best minivan?
0:42:15 > 0:42:19- Um, no, not if you put it like that. - Then shut up.
0:42:19 > 0:42:23Rut, you win. You are the king of the soccer moms.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25Thank you very much.
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