WhistlinDiesel's team uses massive catapult to launch pumpkins at expensive supercars and immediately admits it's a 'terrible idea'

WhistlinDiesel’s team had a stunt that even they admitted was a ‘terrible idea’ – launching pumpkins at expensive supercars.

The YouTuber has a knack for producing content in which cars often end up battered and banged up.

So for his team to concede they’ve not made a good decision, you know it must be pretty out there.

But with a giant catapult and several pumpkins to spare, there was no stopping them.

WhistlinDiesel has quite the reputation when it comes to cars

If there’s one name on YouTube synonymous with chaos, it’s WhistlinDiesel, whose real name is Cody Detwiler.

Don’t believe us? Let’s take a quick look at his track record.

This is the guy who sent a Lamborghini Huracán through a hurricane in Florida.

Lest we forget, he also launched a Tesla Cybertruck into the side of a Ford F-150 at 110mph.

And then there was the infamous Ferrari F8 Tributo incident.

That’s quite the laundry list of wild stunts.

So for WhistlinDiesel’s team to hold their hands up and concede that something is a bad idea, you know it has to be pretty wild.

What do you get when you combine WhistlinDiesel’s team, pumpkins, and a catapult?

Brady, a co-host on the channel, had secured himself 350 pumpkins, aimed at a line-up of cars.

This line-up included a $250,000 Lamborghini Huracan, $10,000 VW Beetle, $120,000 C8 Z06, $100,000 NEOS Grenadier and $5,000 Ford Raptor.

There was no prize up for grabs here, it was all just in the name of self-gratification.

With a whole lot of pumpkins to get through, would any of these cars come out the other side of the challenge dent-free?

How did these supercars fare after having pumpkins launched at them?

Brady and his friends had trouble launching the pumpkins a considerable distance.

This led to them ‘bowling’ the pumpkins down the hill, where one made contact with the Lamborghini.

Ultimately, they decided to bring all the cars closer to make things a bit easier.

When the catapult was still not playing ball, the guys started throwing the pumpkins by hand, alongside a fire extinguisher.

From there, the video descended into anarchy, as the Grenadier was used to destroy the catapult.

So ultimately, the catapult was a bit of a dud.

But it looked like the guys still had fun, so we guess that’s what really counts here.

Viewers of the video certainly seemed to enjoy themselves.

“Next time, catapult the car onto the pumpkins,” one wrote.

“The wild animals are going to go nuts eating all that pumpkin on that hill and you might accidentally grow your own pumpkin patch,” another said.

However, Brady himself was disappointed with how the video turned out.

“I was really banking on the fact that the trebuchet [catapult] would launch the pumpkins more than 3ft but oh well…,” he commented.

“Next year I’m going to build one out of thick steel I-beams and use a Peterbilt as a counterweight.”

That sounds like an ambitious endeavor.

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