The Great Electric Drag Race Debacle: A Tale of Triumph and Tribulation

As we stood at the starting line, clad in our winter warmest, our eyes fixed on the horizon, and our fingers numb from the cold, it was hard not to feel a sense of trepidation. We had decided to pit our trusty old Land Rover Defender against a sleek electric car, with the quarter mile as our playing field. The driver of the electric car, none other than Richard, gave us a reassuring smile and we set off.

The car that would start us off was Richard's, a Tesla motor mated to an old Defender body, a sight to behold indeed. I couldn't help but wonder if it had been a madman who thought bringing a convertible to a drag race in January was a good idea. The temperature outside was biting, and the thought of getting into the car was less than appealing. But, as the saying goes, "when life gives you lemons, make lemonade," or in our case, when life gives you -20 degrees Celsius, get in the car and let's do this.

I peered at Richard, who looked like he had just stepped out of a winter wonderland scene. His eyes were worried, his nose was running, and his bum seemed to have gone numb from the cold. I felt a pang of sympathy for my fellow competitor, but also a sense of determination. We would not let a little thing like hypothermia get in our way.

As we climbed into our respective vehicles, a flurry of activity ensued. Richard asked me to pull back on the gear stick and put it in D. "Just imagine you're grabbing a ball," he said with a chuckle, as I struggled to do so. The car seemed to be resisting my every move, but eventually, I managed to get it into gear. With a loud roar, we set off.

The speedometer ticked upwards, and the electric car quickly pulled ahead of us. Richard's eyes lit up with excitement as he shouted "go" from behind his wheel. The sound of the engine was music to my ears, but I couldn't help but feel a twinge of disappointment. We were lagging far behind, and it seemed like we might not even make it to the quarter mile.

But then, Richard did something that made me laugh. He started making funny faces at the camera, his eyes worried, his nose running, and his bum seemingly frozen in place. I couldn't help but chuckle at his antics, despite my own struggles with the cold. "Dramatic competition" he called it, as he executed a spectacular drift on the electric car.

As we approached the quarter mile mark, Richard pulled off an incredible maneuver, locking up the brakes and screeching to a halt just inches from disaster. The drama was palpable, and I could almost see him waving his arms in panic. Meanwhile, I was struggling to keep my seat warm, my teeth chattering with cold.

But, as we crossed the finish line, it became clear that Richard had won the day. His electric car had left us in its dust, and he was beaming with pride. We couldn't help but congratulate him on his victory, despite our own crushing defeat.

As we climbed out of our cars, shaking off the cold, I couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration for Richard's driving skills. The electric motor seemed to have turbo-charged his brakes, giving him an edge that we just couldn't match. And, as we stood there, chatting about the race, it became clear that this was not just a competition, but a test of our mettle.

In the end, it was Richard who had won both the competition and the dramatic award. But, for me, the real prize was the chance to experience the thrill of electric drag racing, even if I didn't quite live up to my own expectations. As we packed up our gear and bid each other farewell, I couldn't help but wonder what the future held for us, both on and off the track.

So, if you're thinking about buying an electric vehicle, make sure to check out the car wow electric cars hub page. They offer all sorts of information, deals, and offers that will help you make an informed decision. And, who knows, maybe one day we'll be back at the starting line, ready to take on the competition once again.

Finally, a big thank you to Iconic AMT Auto London for hosting this epic drag race event. Richard from Electric Classic cars also deserves a shout-out for his incredible driving skills. And, of course, special thanks to all our viewers who tuned in to watch this thrilling competition. We'll be back with more videos soon, so stay tuned!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enHi how are you Matt Watson here from Carlow so I'm sat in a Land Rover Defender the old one so it's a very special Old Land Rover Defender more on that in the moment because next to me is an old Land Rover Defender but a very special one too more about that in a moment and then on the far side is the new Land Rover Defender V8 and of course we are gonna have a drag race let me start off by telling you about this particular Land Rover Defender because it's by iconic and they've done quite a lot of work to it probably seen by the interior look this lovely trimmed interior it feels slightly sexual in this color but very very well done it's like it's new and it's better than you when we're talking about now there is something a little bit kind of strange that's concerning me and um yeah it adds to the sexual theme because let me show you this with this camera the gear selector there it sort of looks like it's been trimmed from a bull's foreskin can you see that yeah yeah I can't unsee it now anyway that's not the important thing about this car what it is is what's under the Bonnet so they're swapped out the normal engine and it's now got a Chevy 6.2 liter LS3 V8 which puts out 436 horsepower and 475 newton meters of torque and obviously it drives all four wheels for a six-speed automatic gearbox this thing weighs in a 1860 kilos so really it's not that heavy for a Defender is it with a V8 price wise well because the amount of work done to this car it is rather expensive and rather exclusive they start from 225 000 pounds now moving on to that other rather cold looking Defender because it hasn't got a roof let's speak to its owner and creator Mr Richard Morgan so Mr Richard Morgan tell me about your vehicle it's cold very cold that's what my vehicle is look at the union palatial luxury they are very very much heated although I can't seem to figure out how to turn the heating on for the ventilation system so I've still got water vapor coming out of my mouth it's still chilly in here all right I'm going to quickly go over the stats of my car so we can get this race going because I'm freezing basically what I've done on this is I've put a last performance Tesla Drive Unit mid Mount it's about 675 newton meters of torque 500 odd horsepower I have no idea on the performance stats I guess we're about to find out how heavy is that thing it's about 1900 kilos so it's a touch heavier than a standard 90 but not by much yeah it's pretty much the same way as this which sort of brings me on to the new Defender because like this one it's got a V8 however it weighs in at 2471 kilos so it's a bit of a lard ass still it has got good performance under the Bonnet it has a 5 liter Supercharged V8 with 525 horsepower and 625 newton meters of torque it's got an 8-speed automatic gearbox no launch control but it probably won't need it's got loads of traction from its four-wheel drive system and if you want to buy one of those there are 100 thousand pounds now that one's actually been lent to me by AMT Auto London so if you're thinking about getting the high performance car check them out put a link in the description if you're interested in doing electric conversions of classic cars and you'd like Richard to do it check out electric classic cars there's a link to his YouTube channel you can see all the different things that he does when converting old cars to make them super fast with Tesla power units and if you're interested in a beautiful high performance luxurious feeling full force kid Land Rover V8 old school style check out arconic the link to them is in the description as well right through to this let's go with it buying a new car then head to car wow and my team will help you find your next car at a fair price car wow your One-Stop car buying comparison site now Richard before we start obviously we've got to do the customary car wave sound check so I'm just going to rev this thing up oh my God the way this just flexes when you read it oh oh it sounds so good uh over in the new Defender let's have a listen to that rev up foreign you're you're basically in between two beautiful musical instruments um let's have a listen to the the sound that your vehicle makes you do realize for the next conversions you do you're gonna have to somehow build in some sound using it that plays that noise otherwise it's like trades descriptions act or something like that I've already made a note to myself the next car I built I'm gonna have Heating in it look at that would you like to get on with this rather quickly before you perish yeah I can't feel my fingers anymore all right before we race though if you're thinking about selling your car and you want to make sure you get a good price for it you can use car wow you can click on the pop-up band up there for the link in the description below I'll write some photos of your car brief description and add dealers will bid on your car and then they'll just come to your house take your car away and put the money in your bank account it's such an easy way to sell your car now if you want to do that a later date simply Google wow me Carlo and we will wow you and I'm about to weigh you now with the performance of this iconic Land Rover Defender come on don't want to touch the ball's I'm gonna have to Wood's stiff ah press the button oh no no no no oh that's close come on oh here comes the new watch Richard I've got to say that is one of the most exciting races I've ever had and it's in Land Rover Defenders where are you where are you you're right I lost I'm not all right look on there I just like I must have been asleep on the line I need another go at that yeah we can do another go but I think I might have just been picked by the new Land Rover you're ahead of me that I came back against you I don't think you can do any better mate I can definitely do better than that didn't you see how long I was stuck on the start line for it just wheel spend and you were about 10 meters ahead before I even set off okay come on let's do it again nice cases this time Richard Wright yeah my reaction's a little bit more warmed up now again to be totally honest with you I was struggling with this holding it on the break and it didn't kind of creep forward a bit so let's see if we can both do a perfect launch Keep it fair bikes yeah I'm not gonna catch him it feels like I've got the door open the panels are just going like that it's like it feels like the door is open is it I don't know maybe it was I think this one is as well he won that one Richard yeah came off but you've got to do best two out of three right now can I really mean come on come on come on come on come on come on come on come on come on come on oh I don't know I don't know Richard I think I might have just had you on the line I tell you what that is a photo finish right there mate I don't know who won that I think actually the new Defender won it you know what we've got to do you know what we're going to do are we doing another one no it's it's the lion so then what exactly happened well the new Defender v81 completing the stunning quarter mile in 13.4 seconds the iconic and electric Defender actually both finished bang on the same 13.6 seconds with nothing between them okay now we're gonna have a rolling Racing for 30 miles an hour I'm going to call it in three two one go kick down so you can get to the half off first Richard is off of course now we're going come on come on passive this is the quarter mile coming past now we've got this massive gaps here oh this is scary this got very noise in here hey do you know do you know what Sam at those high speeds you can tell the fit and finish of this generation of Land Rover Defenders nowhere near as good as one you've got because the door's starting to like flap around it's like it's like it's open but it's not there in that car bless you this was very civilized though so I'm quite comfortable how are you feeling there Richard I can't believe Matt is complaining about little flappy doors I've not even got doors Matt I saw you wiping the tears from your eye was that because you're so disappointed that you got absolutely destroyed is it just because of the windows in your face my eyes are leaking because they're so cold okay then so we did that to the half mile and you lost would you like to choose this next race what we do from what speed and how far we do it over I reckon from say 30 miles an hour to the quarter mile okay okay all right and you can call it NRI if you want that's if my fingers work on the radio they're so cold do you know I actually want a little go in that um maybe I should drive and see what it's like what and you mean I can get into the heat well as if I'm going to say no to that right let's do that let's do that we'll swap over then okay um I I'll leave the heated seat on for you to warm me up a bit whose idea was it to bring a convertible to a drag race in January I know probably the same kind of mad person he puts a Tesla motor into an old Defender I wish I had a jacket on I'm freezing already I'm glad we're only racing to the quarter mile gone then Richard you start us off I gotta learn how to drive a car again here there's a there's a big gear stick in the middle what do we do here pull it back put it in D how's this work that's it just imagine you're grabbing a Ball's and um just pull it back you've probably done that before it doesn't want to go back press the knob on the top and then do it yeah I'm good right let's do this because I'm freezing delayed things to make you even colder just a bloody hurry up okay we'll go up to 30 miles an hour I'll count you in so that's 20. 30 miles an hour right come on one go whoa cold this thing makes a noise his eyes were worried my nose is running my bum's on fire Matt I forgot about the heated seats I feel like a wet myself how are you feeling over there mate my teeth are actually chattering already can we talk back please get your fingers even move and touch the radio or what I was laughing my head off look at you then oh for that okay bright test from 70 miles an hour guys both you and I Richard we have no ABS could be embarrassing and dangerous but hey when we reach the line full emergency stop I lost almost died as well and lost I nearly smashed the radio to it just went flying forward into the dash right I did the same with my phone I'm about to turn it over and look at the screen it's going to find God for that so new Land Rover one yeah but it's got bigger breaks it was really close with the electric car and they were just at the end it pulled up a little bit a little bit Yeah I locked up at the end so uh I think the ABS and computers and stuff whatever on that definitely helps and those massive huge calipers I can see from here I'm quite surprised how much better you did than me though Richard how come regener breaking baby Regen to break in it's the electric motors help the standard brakes on this so it's like turbo charging your brakes with an electric motor yeah I guess I mean this has got six piston calipers but I was just a little bit too kind of enthusiastic and just locked up as you probably saw do you see me snaking yeah I think you win the dramatic competition there you definitely got a dramatic break on you should have seen it from inside here there would have been a lot of panic on my face a much kind of like waving about at the steering wheel trying to make it go straight but anyway there we go now if you're thinking about buying an electric vehicle you need to check out the car wow electric car Hub page where you can check out all the latest offers and Deals and information on electric cars so do that just click on the pop out button up there follow the link in the description below once again thanks to iconic AMT Auto London and of course Richard from Electric classic cars check out their links in the description I hope you'll enjoyed the video if you did give it a like if you click on those windows there you can watch more videos and if you click on that box there you can the call and we'll help you sell your car I think this will bid on your car to make sure you get a great price for it thanks for watchingHi how are you Matt Watson here from Carlow so I'm sat in a Land Rover Defender the old one so it's a very special Old Land Rover Defender more on that in the moment because next to me is an old Land Rover Defender but a very special one too more about that in a moment and then on the far side is the new Land Rover Defender V8 and of course we are gonna have a drag race let me start off by telling you about this particular Land Rover Defender because it's by iconic and they've done quite a lot of work to it probably seen by the interior look this lovely trimmed interior it feels slightly sexual in this color but very very well done it's like it's new and it's better than you when we're talking about now there is something a little bit kind of strange that's concerning me and um yeah it adds to the sexual theme because let me show you this with this camera the gear selector there it sort of looks like it's been trimmed from a bull's foreskin can you see that yeah yeah I can't unsee it now anyway that's not the important thing about this car what it is is what's under the Bonnet so they're swapped out the normal engine and it's now got a Chevy 6.2 liter LS3 V8 which puts out 436 horsepower and 475 newton meters of torque and obviously it drives all four wheels for a six-speed automatic gearbox this thing weighs in a 1860 kilos so really it's not that heavy for a Defender is it with a V8 price wise well because the amount of work done to this car it is rather expensive and rather exclusive they start from 225 000 pounds now moving on to that other rather cold looking Defender because it hasn't got a roof let's speak to its owner and creator Mr Richard Morgan so Mr Richard Morgan tell me about your vehicle it's cold very cold that's what my vehicle is look at the union palatial luxury they are very very much heated although I can't seem to figure out how to turn the heating on for the ventilation system so I've still got water vapor coming out of my mouth it's still chilly in here all right I'm going to quickly go over the stats of my car so we can get this race going because I'm freezing basically what I've done on this is I've put a last performance Tesla Drive Unit mid Mount it's about 675 newton meters of torque 500 odd horsepower I have no idea on the performance stats I guess we're about to find out how heavy is that thing it's about 1900 kilos so it's a touch heavier than a standard 90 but not by much yeah it's pretty much the same way as this which sort of brings me on to the new Defender because like this one it's got a V8 however it weighs in at 2471 kilos so it's a bit of a lard ass still it has got good performance under the Bonnet it has a 5 liter Supercharged V8 with 525 horsepower and 625 newton meters of torque it's got an 8-speed automatic gearbox no launch control but it probably won't need it's got loads of traction from its four-wheel drive system and if you want to buy one of those there are 100 thousand pounds now that one's actually been lent to me by AMT Auto London so if you're thinking about getting the high performance car check them out put a link in the description if you're interested in doing electric conversions of classic cars and you'd like Richard to do it check out electric classic cars there's a link to his YouTube channel you can see all the different things that he does when converting old cars to make them super fast with Tesla power units and if you're interested in a beautiful high performance luxurious feeling full force kid Land Rover V8 old school style check out arconic the link to them is in the description as well right through to this let's go with it buying a new car then head to car wow and my team will help you find your next car at a fair price car wow your One-Stop car buying comparison site now Richard before we start obviously we've got to do the customary car wave sound check so I'm just going to rev this thing up oh my God the way this just flexes when you read it oh oh it sounds so good uh over in the new Defender let's have a listen to that rev up foreign you're you're basically in between two beautiful musical instruments um let's have a listen to the the sound that your vehicle makes you do realize for the next conversions you do you're gonna have to somehow build in some sound using it that plays that noise otherwise it's like trades descriptions act or something like that I've already made a note to myself the next car I built I'm gonna have Heating in it look at that would you like to get on with this rather quickly before you perish yeah I can't feel my fingers anymore all right before we race though if you're thinking about selling your car and you want to make sure you get a good price for it you can use car wow you can click on the pop-up band up there for the link in the description below I'll write some photos of your car brief description and add dealers will bid on your car and then they'll just come to your house take your car away and put the money in your bank account it's such an easy way to sell your car now if you want to do that a later date simply Google wow me Carlo and we will wow you and I'm about to weigh you now with the performance of this iconic Land Rover Defender come on don't want to touch the ball's I'm gonna have to Wood's stiff ah press the button oh no no no no oh that's close come on oh here comes the new watch Richard I've got to say that is one of the most exciting races I've ever had and it's in Land Rover Defenders where are you where are you you're right I lost I'm not all right look on there I just like I must have been asleep on the line I need another go at that yeah we can do another go but I think I might have just been picked by the new Land Rover you're ahead of me that I came back against you I don't think you can do any better mate I can definitely do better than that didn't you see how long I was stuck on the start line for it just wheel spend and you were about 10 meters ahead before I even set off okay come on let's do it again nice cases this time Richard Wright yeah my reaction's a little bit more warmed up now again to be totally honest with you I was struggling with this holding it on the break and it didn't kind of creep forward a bit so let's see if we can both do a perfect launch Keep it fair bikes yeah I'm not gonna catch him it feels like I've got the door open the panels are just going like that it's like it feels like the door is open is it I don't know maybe it was I think this one is as well he won that one Richard yeah came off but you've got to do best two out of three right now can I really mean come on come on come on come on come on come on come on come on come on come on oh I don't know I don't know Richard I think I might have just had you on the line I tell you what that is a photo finish right there mate I don't know who won that I think actually the new Defender won it you know what we've got to do you know what we're going to do are we doing another one no it's it's the lion so then what exactly happened well the new Defender v81 completing the stunning quarter mile in 13.4 seconds the iconic and electric Defender actually both finished bang on the same 13.6 seconds with nothing between them okay now we're gonna have a rolling Racing for 30 miles an hour I'm going to call it in three two one go kick down so you can get to the half off first Richard is off of course now we're going come on come on passive this is the quarter mile coming past now we've got this massive gaps here oh this is scary this got very noise in here hey do you know do you know what Sam at those high speeds you can tell the fit and finish of this generation of Land Rover Defenders nowhere near as good as one you've got because the door's starting to like flap around it's like it's like it's open but it's not there in that car bless you this was very civilized though so I'm quite comfortable how are you feeling there Richard I can't believe Matt is complaining about little flappy doors I've not even got doors Matt I saw you wiping the tears from your eye was that because you're so disappointed that you got absolutely destroyed is it just because of the windows in your face my eyes are leaking because they're so cold okay then so we did that to the half mile and you lost would you like to choose this next race what we do from what speed and how far we do it over I reckon from say 30 miles an hour to the quarter mile okay okay all right and you can call it NRI if you want that's if my fingers work on the radio they're so cold do you know I actually want a little go in that um maybe I should drive and see what it's like what and you mean I can get into the heat well as if I'm going to say no to that right let's do that let's do that we'll swap over then okay um I I'll leave the heated seat on for you to warm me up a bit whose idea was it to bring a convertible to a drag race in January I know probably the same kind of mad person he puts a Tesla motor into an old Defender I wish I had a jacket on I'm freezing already I'm glad we're only racing to the quarter mile gone then Richard you start us off I gotta learn how to drive a car again here there's a there's a big gear stick in the middle what do we do here pull it back put it in D how's this work that's it just imagine you're grabbing a Ball's and um just pull it back you've probably done that before it doesn't want to go back press the knob on the top and then do it yeah I'm good right let's do this because I'm freezing delayed things to make you even colder just a bloody hurry up okay we'll go up to 30 miles an hour I'll count you in so that's 20. 30 miles an hour right come on one go whoa cold this thing makes a noise his eyes were worried my nose is running my bum's on fire Matt I forgot about the heated seats I feel like a wet myself how are you feeling over there mate my teeth are actually chattering already can we talk back please get your fingers even move and touch the radio or what I was laughing my head off look at you then oh for that okay bright test from 70 miles an hour guys both you and I Richard we have no ABS could be embarrassing and dangerous but hey when we reach the line full emergency stop I lost almost died as well and lost I nearly smashed the radio to it just went flying forward into the dash right I did the same with my phone I'm about to turn it over and look at the screen it's going to find God for that so new Land Rover one yeah but it's got bigger breaks it was really close with the electric car and they were just at the end it pulled up a little bit a little bit Yeah I locked up at the end so uh I think the ABS and computers and stuff whatever on that definitely helps and those massive huge calipers I can see from here I'm quite surprised how much better you did than me though Richard how come regener breaking baby Regen to break in it's the electric motors help the standard brakes on this so it's like turbo charging your brakes with an electric motor yeah I guess I mean this has got six piston calipers but I was just a little bit too kind of enthusiastic and just locked up as you probably saw do you see me snaking yeah I think you win the dramatic competition there you definitely got a dramatic break on you should have seen it from inside here there would have been a lot of panic on my face a much kind of like waving about at the steering wheel trying to make it go straight but anyway there we go now if you're thinking about buying an electric vehicle you need to check out the car wow electric car Hub page where you can check out all the latest offers and Deals and information on electric cars so do that just click on the pop out button up there follow the link in the description below once again thanks to iconic AMT Auto London and of course Richard from Electric classic cars check out their links in the description I hope you'll enjoyed the video if you did give it a like if you click on those windows there you can watch more videos and if you click on that box there you can the call and we'll help you sell your car I think this will bid on your car to make sure you get a great price for it thanks for watching\n"