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Test the internet.
Every season is built around an automotive argument that's been raging in forums for years. The myth becomes the spine — the question every test, every road, and every mile is designed to answer.
About the show
About Tour Detour.
Three longtime friends testing the arguments car culture can't stop having — across America's most unforgettable roads.
Why we made it
The questions car buyers actually ask rarely get real answers.
Every day, car shoppers walk into dealerships carrying the same fears. Will this transmission become a nightmare at 100,000 miles? Does a German car turn into a money pit the second the warranty expires? Can a high-mileage vehicle actually survive a real road trip?
Most of those questions get answered the same way: forum arguments, recycled opinions, and people repeating things they've heard from someone else.
So Tim, Chris, and Jason — three career automotive dealers with decades in the industry — decided to test the arguments themselves.
They use their own money to buy the cars in question, then take them across the kind of routes that reveal what ownership actually feels like once the pavement ends, the miles stack up, and the conditions stop being ideal. If something fails, the failure becomes part of the story. If it survives, that matters too.
This will go very well… or become very interesting. Either way, we're filming it.
How the show works
Three things that keep the show moving.
An automotive myth worth testing. Roads worth driving. And three longtime friends who are competitive enough to keep going when the cars stop cooperating.
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Roads worth driving.
The cars are the point. The roads are the proof. Tour Detour avoids studios, soundstages, and staged scenery. Every season is a real road trip across a distinct American landscape — the kind of route an enthusiast would actually plan, then immediately regret.
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Three dealers. Real friendship.
Tim, Chris, and Jason are career automotive dealers, three very different personalities, and one decades-long friendship that an audience can feel through a screen. They aren't pretending. They actually sell the cars they're testing. Their reputations are on the line — and they cannot stop pushing each other's buttons.
"What starts as a durability test becomes a study in pride, competition, and the
confidence only car dealers could carry into the wilderness."
The hosts
Three dealers. One argument. No reverse gear.
Genuine friendship. Executive-level titles. Fraternity-level judgment.
