0:00:02 > 0:00:03Hi, I'm George Lewis, and welcome to Extra Gear.
0:00:03 > 0:00:06We've got a brilliant show for you tonight.
0:00:06 > 0:00:08Rory and Chris tell us all about their Cuban adventure.
0:00:08 > 0:00:09Harris is gone!
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Bye-bye, Rory Reid.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13Chris gets his hands on the GTR.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15No, not the Mercedes - the Nissan,
0:00:15 > 0:00:16and it's a Nismo.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18Whoa-ho-ho!
0:00:18 > 0:00:20And Ross Noble stops by, to help us understand
0:00:20 > 0:00:22his love of large machinery.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25I'm thinking of keeping this as my family car!
0:00:26 > 0:00:28That's right, this is Extra Gear.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:00:50 > 0:00:53CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:00:53 > 0:00:57Tonight, Chris and Rory embarked on an amazing Cuban adventure.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59Let's get them out here to tell us all about it.
0:00:59 > 0:01:00Chris and Rory!
0:01:00 > 0:01:03CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:01:03 > 0:01:05Hello! Hey, George.
0:01:05 > 0:01:06- Hey.- George.
0:01:06 > 0:01:07Hey, buddy.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13So tell me, how was Cuba?
0:01:13 > 0:01:15Where do we start?
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Amazing. Wanted to go there for a long time.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21Didn't think I ever would, and I didn't think I'd go there...
0:01:21 > 0:01:24in quite the capacity that I ended up going there in, really.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27- What a remarkable place! - Yeah, really is stunning.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30I mean, we kind of get off the plane and you're in this time warp.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32You see these incredible old cars,
0:01:32 > 0:01:36everything looks different, there's this Communist vibe,
0:01:36 > 0:01:38but it's in the middle of the Caribbean.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40And the cars, that's what really strikes us.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43They were... It was like '50s America, wasn't it?
0:01:43 > 0:01:46They've kept these cars for years and years and years, right?
0:01:46 > 0:01:48- Not everyone can afford these old classics.- Yeah.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51So people that own the cars and drive them,
0:01:51 > 0:01:53they tend to use them as taxis,
0:01:53 > 0:01:55and the whole family owns these cars
0:01:55 > 0:01:58so you have six, seven, ten people who club together to buy a car
0:01:58 > 0:02:01because they can cost 50, 60, 70 grand, each car.
0:02:01 > 0:02:02Maybe more, sometimes.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06And, you know, each person takes a turn using the car as a taxi
0:02:06 > 0:02:07to drive tourists around,
0:02:07 > 0:02:10but, yeah, they're stunning to look at but...
0:02:10 > 0:02:13kind of dig below the surface, they're not quite what they seem.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15A lot of these cars have been...modified.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17- They're a bit Frankenstein.- Yeah.
0:02:17 > 0:02:18You know, a V8 from the '50s,
0:02:18 > 0:02:19there's only so much you can do with it.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23Once it runs out of being able to be re-bored and all the other stuff,
0:02:23 > 0:02:25I mean, they had done everything they could, they gave up,
0:02:25 > 0:02:27and they started fitting diesel engines.
0:02:27 > 0:02:28But they're family heirlooms,
0:02:28 > 0:02:31they get passed down from generation to generation in the way that,
0:02:31 > 0:02:33you know, someone might pass down jewellery.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35But they keep them going, somehow.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38- Yeah.- I mean, the ingenuity to keep them going is...
0:02:38 > 0:02:39amazing to behold.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Yeah, well, we've actually got a bonus clip
0:02:41 > 0:02:44of a car that you found, Chris, which I think you fell in love with.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47- This was at the drag race. - Oh, I remember this.
0:02:48 > 0:02:49THEY CHUCKLE
0:02:49 > 0:02:52I have no idea how this is going to turn out,
0:02:52 > 0:02:54but this is a Buick from the '50s...
0:02:55 > 0:02:57..that's kind of been Frankenstein-ed,
0:02:57 > 0:02:59and I have to say...
0:03:00 > 0:03:03..it might be the coolest car I've ever sat in!
0:03:03 > 0:03:04Look at it! It's amazing!
0:03:05 > 0:03:08ENGINE RUMBLES TO LIFE
0:03:10 > 0:03:13That, in there,
0:03:13 > 0:03:15is a Russian truck engine.
0:03:16 > 0:03:17It's a Buick,
0:03:17 > 0:03:22and the bodywork's entirely the work of the man that runs it.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25And he drives it daily.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27Oh, yes.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29HE GIGGLES
0:03:31 > 0:03:33Look at the smoke!
0:03:35 > 0:03:37This is what cars are all about.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43It's not all about Ferraris and Lamborghinis,
0:03:43 > 0:03:44they're about...
0:03:44 > 0:03:46stories.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48This thing saw a revolution,
0:03:48 > 0:03:49and it's still going now!
0:03:51 > 0:03:53APPLAUSE
0:03:53 > 0:03:54THEY CHUCKLE
0:03:54 > 0:03:55It's a special thing!
0:03:55 > 0:03:56And, er...
0:03:59 > 0:04:01That meets EU Six emissions regulations...
0:04:01 > 0:04:02LAUGHTER
0:04:04 > 0:04:06The guy that owned it was so passionate about it, wasn't he?
0:04:06 > 0:04:10- Yeah.- He'd inherited it, it was a '53 model year car,
0:04:10 > 0:04:12he'd done the back end himself.
0:04:12 > 0:04:13He was so proud of it!
0:04:13 > 0:04:16It was like the bloke pulling the covers off, you know,
0:04:16 > 0:04:19- like someone pulling off the covers to their new Countach.- Yeah.
0:04:19 > 0:04:23And this engine that he'd put in it came from a Russian truck.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25The clutch was...
0:04:25 > 0:04:28- You saw there, was almost two legs for me to get it down.- Yeah!
0:04:28 > 0:04:31And the gearbox itself was almost...
0:04:31 > 0:04:34immovable, it was the most remarkably difficult vehicle
0:04:34 > 0:04:37to drive but I just loved it!
0:04:37 > 0:04:41If you had to get Cuba in a car, that was it.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44And Rory, can we talk about your car when you were over there?
0:04:44 > 0:04:47- Yes, please.- So you had the Camaro. The 'Maro?- The 'Maro.- Yes.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49- He loves that nickname. - The 'Maro...
0:04:49 > 0:04:50LAUGHTER
0:04:50 > 0:04:51It's got a lot of attention over there.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53It did. I mean, like we were saying earlier,
0:04:53 > 0:04:56a lot of their cars don't use their original V8 engines
0:04:56 > 0:04:59so these guys are seeing this bright red American sports car
0:04:59 > 0:05:02that's pretty modern compared to what they experience
0:05:02 > 0:05:05and it's still got the V8 inside so I'm driving around in this thing,
0:05:05 > 0:05:07- and I'm on the right foot all the time.- We heard!
0:05:07 > 0:05:09- Giving it the big... - Were you really?!
0:05:09 > 0:05:11- Didn't notice. - LAUGHTER
0:05:11 > 0:05:12And they can hear the sound of this engine,
0:05:12 > 0:05:15- and they're like, "Oh, my God, a car that still has a V8 in it?"- Yeah.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18So not only was it quite beautiful to look at for those guys
0:05:18 > 0:05:21but they were real passionate about hearing the sound of the engine.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24And you didn't see this in the film, but I had a really...
0:05:24 > 0:05:26weird American horn that...
0:05:26 > 0:05:28MIMICS HORN PLAYING FIRST 12 NOTES OF DIXIELAND
0:05:28 > 0:05:30..and I was letting that off every single place that I could.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32It's a brilliant piece of editing
0:05:32 > 0:05:34that managed to remove that from the film, for your enjoyment!
0:05:34 > 0:05:36Actually, let's bring one thing up quickly.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39We did a drag race which you saw in the main show.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42Your car's meant to do 0 to 60 in what, six seconds, seven seconds?
0:05:42 > 0:05:44- About six, yeah.- Mine does it in nine seconds,
0:05:44 > 0:05:47and I was still about half a second behind you all the time.
0:05:47 > 0:05:51That shows, over the years, the 'Maro has matured.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53- Beautiful car.- Yeah...
0:05:53 > 0:05:54OK, so, two things. 'Maro - no.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57We're done with the main show, we can't hear that again.
0:05:57 > 0:05:58LAUGHTER
0:05:58 > 0:06:02Secondly, that's the worst "I didn't lose by as much as I thought" blag
0:06:02 > 0:06:04- I've ever heard. - LAUGHTER
0:06:04 > 0:06:07I will concede certain things about that Camaro.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10- 'Maro.- First of all... - LAUGHTER
0:06:11 > 0:06:14Very, very clean design, it still looks good now.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17It's one of the best-looking Camaros ever. It does look fantastic.
0:06:17 > 0:06:18And I think, with the T-bar roof,
0:06:18 > 0:06:22there were times where I was inside the Maserati sweating.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24The aircon obviously wasn't working.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26And before you leave, if you want to,
0:06:26 > 0:06:29by all means open the door and experience the...
0:06:29 > 0:06:34unique aroma of 20-year-old velour and whatever's in there, suede,
0:06:34 > 0:06:37cos that thing smells like a dead rabbit's arse.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39- It's absolutely horrendous! - LAUGHTER
0:06:39 > 0:06:41Nothing to do with the fact that you spent a week in it?
0:06:42 > 0:06:45- It didn't help, did it?- Actually, it did smell better when I... No!
0:06:45 > 0:06:48The Camaro looked like a great way to cruise the island to me.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51Yeah, and a great way to pick up hitchhikers as well.
0:06:51 > 0:06:52- We saw you both do that.- God.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54You seemed all right with them,
0:06:54 > 0:06:56- as long as they were human.- Yeah...
0:06:56 > 0:06:58- I've got a clip of you with the other guys.- OK.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02HE PANICS LOUDLY
0:07:02 > 0:07:03MANIC LAUGHTER
0:07:03 > 0:07:05No, no, no, no!
0:07:05 > 0:07:06No, dude, dude, dude, please! Please...
0:07:06 > 0:07:08He's got a chicken!
0:07:08 > 0:07:10Pollo loco! Pollo loco! Argh!
0:07:10 > 0:07:13- Pollo loco! - HE SCREAMS
0:07:13 > 0:07:16I think... Whoa! Whoa! No, no, no.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18I'm done. Have the car. I'm out.
0:07:18 > 0:07:19I am out.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23Chris? This was a bad idea.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26APPLAUSE
0:07:27 > 0:07:29What were you saying to him?
0:07:29 > 0:07:32- Er... No, no, no, no, no, no, no repeatedly.- "No, no!"
0:07:32 > 0:07:36- So, as we explained, if you run a government car in Cuba...- Yeah.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39..then you have to pick up hitchhikers by law. So if someone...
0:07:39 > 0:07:41Someone puts their hand out, you have to stop.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43I'm trying to persuade this guy to let us, you know,
0:07:43 > 0:07:44join in the Cuban spirit,
0:07:44 > 0:07:47and I pull up alongside what was a pregnant woman and her mum,
0:07:47 > 0:07:50I thought, and thought, you know, I'll do the right thing
0:07:50 > 0:07:51and pick them up, take them somewhere,
0:07:51 > 0:07:54then these guys run out of the bush from behind her and ambush me,
0:07:54 > 0:07:57basically, with their two cocks...
0:07:57 > 0:07:59- Cocks just out?- Cocks out!
0:07:59 > 0:08:00On show!
0:08:00 > 0:08:02- Coming at me!- That's terrifying. - Wasn't a good look.
0:08:02 > 0:08:03LAUGHTER
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Couple of things to add to that.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07LAUGHTER
0:08:07 > 0:08:09First of all,
0:08:09 > 0:08:10the fighting cocks...
0:08:10 > 0:08:14I'm going to say something on national television I'm going to regret forever, but...
0:08:14 > 0:08:17Rory didn't like them, but they were actually quite calm
0:08:17 > 0:08:19when they got away from him, and the guy that had them...
0:08:19 > 0:08:21These things, they're really, really proud of them, aren't they?
0:08:21 > 0:08:23A bit like their cars,
0:08:23 > 0:08:25the fighting cock is something they're very proud of.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27And they pluck their arses.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30I can tell you now that one of the most pleasurable things
0:08:30 > 0:08:33I've ever felt on my arm is a plucked chicken's arse.
0:08:33 > 0:08:34When you sit it on your bum...
0:08:34 > 0:08:36- Sorry, when you sit it on your hand...- When you what?!
0:08:36 > 0:08:38LAUGHTER
0:08:39 > 0:08:40You feel... It's very warm,
0:08:40 > 0:08:43and it's a very pleasing thing to sit on your hand.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45And they are beautiful creatures, they really look after them,
0:08:45 > 0:08:46they're beautiful.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49You wouldn't say that if they were trying to peck the hell out of you.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51While you were over there we saw a lot of different mods
0:08:51 > 0:08:52on all the cars,
0:08:52 > 0:08:55but there was one in particular which was kind of unusual.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57I think they were trying to put you off in the drag race, Chris.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59Let's take a look.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02Dear Lord, that Ford in front was making some noise there.
0:09:02 > 0:09:03ENGINE REVS, RATTLING
0:09:03 > 0:09:05He also has a pair of testicles
0:09:05 > 0:09:07dangling down from the back of his car.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11I love the way they've gone to the detail of having veins as well.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14Yeah. LAUGHTER
0:09:14 > 0:09:17Those things, I've been subsequently told by a North American friend,
0:09:17 > 0:09:20- are called Truck Nutz.- Yeah. - That's N-U-T-Z.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22And apparently they are a bit of a fad.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26Although I gather they've now been banned in Florida.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28But you can still buy them...
0:09:28 > 0:09:30or get them in Cuba.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32I mean, so the very worst of American culture's
0:09:32 > 0:09:35still making it in. I think the Castro family need to sort that out.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37If I was them, I'd ban Truck Nutz quite quickly.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39Well, it's that time again, Chris.
0:09:39 > 0:09:40Why don't you tell us what you've chosen
0:09:40 > 0:09:42- to take round the track this week. - OK, George.
0:09:42 > 0:09:47Tonight we saw Matt thrash the Mercedes AMG GTR around Dunsfold.
0:09:47 > 0:09:48Well, now it's my turn to do the same,
0:09:48 > 0:09:51but this time in a Nissan GTR Nismo.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58Bit of a GTR theme this week,
0:09:58 > 0:10:03so we thought we'd give what I still think is the original GTR a chance
0:10:03 > 0:10:05to have some of the action on Extra Gear.
0:10:05 > 0:10:06This is the Nismo edition.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11I'm led to believe these things are quite sprightly.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14Feels very flat and physical to me.
0:10:14 > 0:10:15Oh, wow!
0:10:16 > 0:10:19Something about these cars, I just love them.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23So we've got nearly £150,000 worth of GTR,
0:10:23 > 0:10:25that's about twice as much as the standard car,
0:10:25 > 0:10:28so you can imagine the work that's gone into this thing.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30600 horsepower now,
0:10:30 > 0:10:32480 foot-pounds of torque
0:10:32 > 0:10:35but it's all in these fancy lightweight wheels,
0:10:35 > 0:10:36these tyres, this suspension.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39I reckon it might have the legs on both the Merc
0:10:39 > 0:10:41and the Porsche round here.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43TYRES SQUEAL
0:10:43 > 0:10:44There comes the oversteer.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46RUBBER SCREECHING
0:10:46 > 0:10:48Ho-ho-ho!
0:10:48 > 0:10:51You can still fling it around, though.
0:10:51 > 0:10:52I love these cars,
0:10:52 > 0:10:57I can't believe that this R35 model is coming on nine years old now.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59And it still feels fresh.
0:10:59 > 0:11:00Still feels exciting.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02I'm going to have a lift there.
0:11:02 > 0:11:03Oh, that's fast.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06The way you can trail brake it in,
0:11:06 > 0:11:09and feel the diffs juggling all the power and the brakes around.
0:11:09 > 0:11:10Love that feeling.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16And then over the line, with no sliding this time.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:11:22 > 0:11:26That was surely the fastest thing you've driven on Extra Gear, right?
0:11:26 > 0:11:30Oh, yeah, that's a weapon, that thing. You saw how flat it was.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32It looked edgy and grippy, didn't it?
0:11:32 > 0:11:34You're cynical about how much it costs,
0:11:34 > 0:11:37and then you drive it and you think, yeah, it's a £150,000 car.
0:11:37 > 0:11:38- Yeah!- It's THAT, that good.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41Well, I think we might need another view on the Nismo.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43What do you reckon? AUDIENCE MEMBERS: Yes.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45Let's bring out Ross Noble!
0:11:45 > 0:11:49CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:11:49 > 0:11:50- Hello!- Hello, mate.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Ross, how are you doing, mate?
0:11:52 > 0:11:54- Hi, Ross.- Hello.- Have a seat.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56- Have a pew.- Thanks.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01- Hello.- Welcome, Ross, welcome to Extra Gear.- It's nice to be here.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03What do you think about the Nismo?
0:12:03 > 0:12:04What?
0:12:04 > 0:12:05Is that what it's called?
0:12:05 > 0:12:08- That red thing? Yes.- Yeah.
0:12:08 > 0:12:09Yeah, good.
0:12:09 > 0:12:10It's white.
0:12:10 > 0:12:11What?
0:12:11 > 0:12:12LAUGHTER
0:12:12 > 0:12:15- Oh, that thing? Oh, sorry, the Nismo.- Yeah.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18- I thought you meant the Nissan. - That is a Nissan.- Er...
0:12:18 > 0:12:20- Yeah. The Nissan Nismo?!- Yeah.
0:12:20 > 0:12:21LAUGHTER
0:12:21 > 0:12:23Clearly you love it.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25- I went what?- He's a big fan!
0:12:25 > 0:12:28Do you care that little about fast cars?
0:12:28 > 0:12:30Be honest, be honest.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32It's... It's nice, isn't it? Look at it!
0:12:32 > 0:12:35It's got all, like, shiny bits on it and...
0:12:35 > 0:12:36LAUGHTER
0:12:36 > 0:12:39You know about this stuff, don't you?!
0:12:39 > 0:12:42The fact you said Nissan Nismo...
0:12:42 > 0:12:44When you said Nismo, I went,
0:12:44 > 0:12:46"He doesn't know how to say Nissan."
0:12:46 > 0:12:47LAUGHTER
0:12:47 > 0:12:51So what I've done is I've projected my own stupidity onto...
0:12:51 > 0:12:55I really like that, I think it's really nice, yeah.
0:12:55 > 0:12:56What do you like about it?
0:12:56 > 0:12:57I like the name!
0:12:57 > 0:12:59LAUGHTER
0:12:59 > 0:13:03I've actually, after this afternoon,
0:13:03 > 0:13:07I have actually got a little bit more of an appreciation
0:13:07 > 0:13:10of what a sports car would...
0:13:10 > 0:13:11would be used for, you know?
0:13:11 > 0:13:14Do you think you might go and buy one, now?
0:13:14 > 0:13:16No, I don't think so.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18You're more into your big machinery, right?
0:13:18 > 0:13:21- You know, I just... I like playing with things.- Yeah.
0:13:21 > 0:13:25And I think the thing with the sports cars is it feels like
0:13:25 > 0:13:27on the road you wouldn't be able to play with them.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29Is that fair to say?
0:13:29 > 0:13:30I don't know, I think...
0:13:30 > 0:13:32I think they still feel fun.
0:13:32 > 0:13:36The key to it is taking grip out of the car.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38- The GT86 that you drove...- Yeah.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41..shows that if you take some grip away, suddenly everything...
0:13:41 > 0:13:43loosens up and becomes fun, you can feel the thing moving around a bit.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45I mean, I did...
0:13:45 > 0:13:48I had a Golf GTi for a while and that was like that, that was...
0:13:48 > 0:13:50You'd literally get every single...
0:13:50 > 0:13:52You could just go vroom, and it...
0:13:52 > 0:13:53Zzz!
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Was it...broken?
0:13:55 > 0:13:57LAUGHTER That doesn't sound healthy.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59It would...
0:13:59 > 0:14:00Are cars not meant to do that?
0:14:00 > 0:14:02It would go like this, right? It would go...
0:14:02 > 0:14:04Brum-pup, bup-bup-bup,
0:14:04 > 0:14:05ha-ungh, ha-ungh...
0:14:05 > 0:14:07- Is that...? - LAUGHTER
0:14:07 > 0:14:11Oh, no, sorry, no, I didn't have a golf GTi, it was...
0:14:11 > 0:14:12Ivor the Engine.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15Jalopy, I had a jalopy. That's what I had!
0:14:15 > 0:14:17We saw you tonight with Matt.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20- That looked like quite a lot of fun. - Great fun.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22I guess you've never thrown a jet ski into a shed
0:14:22 > 0:14:23with Matt LeBlanc before?
0:14:23 > 0:14:26Well, certainly not this week. It's...
0:14:26 > 0:14:28Yeah, no, it was great, when I saw the jet...
0:14:28 > 0:14:30Cos they had a big pile of stuff, and when I saw the jet ski...
0:14:30 > 0:14:32I went, "Oh, just pick it up!"
0:14:32 > 0:14:35In fact, when the cameras weren't filming,
0:14:35 > 0:14:38I actually spent quite a lot of time picking up a canoe,
0:14:38 > 0:14:40and just putting it on top of a shed,
0:14:40 > 0:14:44and then I picked up a fridge and balanced that on the canoe.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47- Shed Jenga!- Yeah!
0:14:47 > 0:14:50And then... And then I was just piling them all up
0:14:50 > 0:14:52and I think, I mean, I think both of us could probably...
0:14:52 > 0:14:55We would still be out there now, I reckon.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58Did you get his number at the end? Because you looked like...
0:14:58 > 0:15:00It was really nice to watch,
0:15:00 > 0:15:03it was like watching two people with a very rare medical condition
0:15:03 > 0:15:06finally meeting. "Oh, you've got it, too!"
0:15:07 > 0:15:10You know what's bizarre about it is the fact that, you know,
0:15:10 > 0:15:12you watch him,
0:15:12 > 0:15:17watch him in Friends or Lost In Space, or whatever you're a fan of,
0:15:17 > 0:15:21and at no point would you think that is a bloke who loves diggers,
0:15:21 > 0:15:22do you know what I mean?
0:15:22 > 0:15:24It's just such an unlikely...
0:15:24 > 0:15:26And it's real, we can assure you.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28There's no fakery going on there, he loves heavy plant.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31But I think there's a real...
0:15:31 > 0:15:34You know, you don't have to go out and buy all this stuff,
0:15:34 > 0:15:37- but, you know, you can hire it. - Yeah.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40At low, low prices, from a reputable dealer.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42LAUGHTER
0:15:42 > 0:15:46What's the local hire place for a big digger going to be saying
0:15:46 > 0:15:50- when you order the thing...- They don't ask questions!- Are you sure?
0:15:50 > 0:15:51They don't ask questions.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54"What are you going to do with it?" "Play with it!"
0:15:54 > 0:15:55LAUGHTER
0:15:55 > 0:15:57Is there a bit on the form that says,
0:15:57 > 0:15:59"Will you be placing a shed on top of a fridge?"
0:15:59 > 0:16:01I reckon if they said to you,
0:16:01 > 0:16:03"Are you going to do, you know,
0:16:03 > 0:16:07"important ground works at your house?" And you go, "Yes."
0:16:07 > 0:16:08They would say, "Well, are you qualified?
0:16:08 > 0:16:10If they say, "What're you going to do with it?"
0:16:10 > 0:16:12"Put a canoe on a shed." "Yeah, all right, then."
0:16:12 > 0:16:14No-one's going to get hurt, you know?
0:16:14 > 0:16:17- So I heartily recommend that to anyone...- Have you done that?
0:16:17 > 0:16:19Have you... Have you rented something to play with it,
0:16:19 > 0:16:22- or do you always buy it? Come on, be honest.- Well...
0:16:22 > 0:16:23I have.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25- But... - LAUGHTER
0:16:25 > 0:16:27For me, if I want to do something, you know,
0:16:27 > 0:16:30if I want to build some jumps, or to build something...
0:16:30 > 0:16:31So there is a purpose to it,
0:16:31 > 0:16:34but ultimately other than riding my motorbikes over,
0:16:34 > 0:16:38around or through the thing that I've built, there's no practical...
0:16:38 > 0:16:41There's no practical endgame to it.
0:16:41 > 0:16:42LAUGHTER
0:16:42 > 0:16:44Honestly, just go out,
0:16:44 > 0:16:47even if, you know, say you live in a block of flats,
0:16:47 > 0:16:49- just rent one... - Knock them down!
0:16:49 > 0:16:54Wait until it's dark, nip out there, move people's things around.
0:16:54 > 0:16:55LAUGHTER
0:16:55 > 0:16:57- Yeah...- Shall I tell you about my van?
0:16:57 > 0:17:00- Oh, got to hear about the van. - I've got a van!
0:17:00 > 0:17:03I've got a Peugeot van and it's...
0:17:03 > 0:17:07It's half sort of garage at the back so I can get the bikes in,
0:17:07 > 0:17:11it's got a little living area with a little bed in it
0:17:11 > 0:17:14and it's got a three-metre awning that comes out
0:17:14 > 0:17:17so, from the outside, people think, "Oh, look,
0:17:17 > 0:17:21"there's an elderly gentleman on his way to the Cotswolds,
0:17:21 > 0:17:22"doing a bit of caravanning."
0:17:22 > 0:17:24Boom! Open the back door...
0:17:24 > 0:17:25- It's you and Matt!- Exactly!
0:17:25 > 0:17:26LAUGHTER
0:17:26 > 0:17:29It's only a single bed, we might have to change that!
0:17:29 > 0:17:32LAUGHTER
0:17:32 > 0:17:35You have all these big toys, you got the Defender as well,
0:17:35 > 0:17:38but I know you, like me, travel all over the country for gigs.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41I guess you don't drive the Defender or a tractor, do you?
0:17:41 > 0:17:43I do sometimes, I sometimes take...
0:17:43 > 0:17:47- When you say Defender or a tractor, that's the same...- Oh, here we go.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49Yeah...
0:17:49 > 0:17:52Well, sometimes, you know, I'll see a farmer's field, just go off,
0:17:52 > 0:17:54help out with a bit of ploughing,
0:17:54 > 0:17:56and then back on the road and continue,
0:17:56 > 0:17:58like The Littlest Hobo of the agriculture world.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01So have you got a car that you gig in,
0:18:01 > 0:18:02or do you always hire?
0:18:02 > 0:18:07My car is a car that I think you've got some pretty extreme views on.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10- Oh, no!- Oh, yes.- Really?
0:18:10 > 0:18:12Ross, what's your least favourite car?
0:18:12 > 0:18:14- ROSS CACKLES - Have you got one?! Really?!
0:18:14 > 0:18:16I...
0:18:16 > 0:18:17Is that your car?
0:18:17 > 0:18:20- Ross, tell them what your least favourite car is.- I...
0:18:20 > 0:18:24You work on this show, and you drive a Renault Megane?!
0:18:24 > 0:18:25LAUGHTER
0:18:25 > 0:18:27The Renault Megane is the...
0:18:27 > 0:18:30Like, look at that! I mean...
0:18:30 > 0:18:32That's mine, that's the one.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34- Is that your actual car?- Yeah.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36- Holy...- You can see the gaffer tape there.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39- Have you gaffered...?! - A repair that I did myself.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41- Brilliant. You can hardly tell.- Thanks, man.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43- Wow.- What's wrong with Meganes?
0:18:43 > 0:18:45- I mean, apart from the obvious. - Yeah, come on!
0:18:45 > 0:18:47- No, I'm not on your side here.- Oh...
0:18:47 > 0:18:49- Oh, my God, I can't believe... - What is it? Is it the styling?
0:18:49 > 0:18:50Is it the way they drive?
0:18:50 > 0:18:54- Never been in one.- Or is it the fact they represent giving up?
0:18:54 > 0:18:55- At what?- Just on life.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57LAUGHTER
0:18:57 > 0:18:58I've never been in one.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01It's horrible. They look horrible.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03I mean, let's be honest. They are a hideous... That back...
0:19:03 > 0:19:06- Any car that markets itself... - Do you remember the ad campaign?
0:19:06 > 0:19:08- # Shaking that ass? # - Yeah, yeah!
0:19:08 > 0:19:10And it was basically just like the main word
0:19:10 > 0:19:12that they were trying to say was arse.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15That had to be made post-watershed cos it was too sexy.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17If being too sexy is a crime,
0:19:17 > 0:19:18then lock me up!
0:19:18 > 0:19:20LAUGHTER
0:19:20 > 0:19:21When you've got your Megane,
0:19:21 > 0:19:25if you're reversing in, do people go "Oh, hello, hello!"
0:19:25 > 0:19:26Yeah, they like it.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28Do people pop just a £10 note just on the back of the car,
0:19:28 > 0:19:31- under the windscreen wiper?- Yeah!
0:19:31 > 0:19:34Yeah! I'm liking the back of the car!
0:19:34 > 0:19:35It's a horrible...
0:19:35 > 0:19:38The back looks awful, but the main thing,
0:19:38 > 0:19:41I don't know if it's something to do with the...
0:19:42 > 0:19:45- ..the sort of field of vision on it...- The blindspot.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48That's the bit I'm looking for. The blindspot.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50I don't know whether it's got a bigger, like,
0:19:50 > 0:19:53- just above the buttock...- Oh, yeah, I can't see anything back there.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55- The seat pillar.- Yeah, because for some reason,
0:19:55 > 0:19:58Renault Meganes, if you're on a motorbike,
0:19:58 > 0:20:01I would say four or five times,
0:20:01 > 0:20:04Renault Megane drivers have nearly wiped me out by just...
0:20:04 > 0:20:07just not looking, you know? I don't know whether they're just...
0:20:07 > 0:20:10- Or maybe they know about your views. - Could be...
0:20:10 > 0:20:13Or they don't even want to look towards the back of the hideous car,
0:20:13 > 0:20:15they can't...
0:20:15 > 0:20:17- That would be it! - So I think there's...
0:20:17 > 0:20:19I don't know if there's...
0:20:19 > 0:20:22Were they notorious for being incredibly dangerous,
0:20:22 > 0:20:23blindspot-wise?
0:20:23 > 0:20:26- Was there a...? - They were Car Of The Year in 2003.
0:20:26 > 0:20:27Oh, shut your face!
0:20:27 > 0:20:29LAUGHTER
0:20:29 > 0:20:31- You love it!- He does love it!
0:20:31 > 0:20:35- He's going to walk away from here a broken man.- I swear to God!
0:20:35 > 0:20:37He's given me both barrels.
0:20:37 > 0:20:38Yesterday he was going,
0:20:38 > 0:20:41"Oh, Ross is a big hero of mine, can't wait to meet him."
0:20:41 > 0:20:42You have just shattered his dreams.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44You could get your own back, though.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47I mean, Ross does drive what some people consider to be...
0:20:47 > 0:20:49an abomination. Yeah!
0:20:49 > 0:20:51Yeah, Chris, tell us what you think of this.
0:20:51 > 0:20:55It's quite weird hearing such strong opinions offered about a car
0:20:55 > 0:20:57- when you've arrived in that. - LAUGHTER
0:20:57 > 0:20:59I don't even know where to begin.
0:20:59 > 0:21:00Look at it.
0:21:00 > 0:21:04It's got... It's got extended rear wheel arches. What's that all about?
0:21:04 > 0:21:08- Yeah, and the body kit comes out, doesn't it? Look at that.- Yeah.
0:21:08 > 0:21:09That's handy, isn't it?
0:21:09 > 0:21:12- Rory, I mean, in all honesty, you quite like this...- I quite...
0:21:12 > 0:21:14- No, I do like the car. - Rory loves it.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16That is just an aggressive look for me,
0:21:16 > 0:21:17and also it transforms the Defender,
0:21:17 > 0:21:20The Defenders look quite basic and agricultural,
0:21:20 > 0:21:23but you put the kit on it, and suddenly it's this menacing thing.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25But I will pick up on one thing.
0:21:25 > 0:21:26- Oh... - GEORGE CHUCKLES
0:21:26 > 0:21:30You have gone for purple callipers, purple brake callipers...
0:21:30 > 0:21:33which you can't see! What is the point?
0:21:33 > 0:21:36It doesn't even have brake discs, I can't see them. It's...
0:21:36 > 0:21:39- Yeah, because it's... - They saw you coming.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41That'll be £500, please, sir.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45It's extra for the purple! Yeah, well, you know,
0:21:45 > 0:21:48when I was having it done, they went... There's a list of things.
0:21:48 > 0:21:49What do you want the seats to be like?
0:21:49 > 0:21:52What do you want this to be like? And they went... Brake callipers?
0:21:52 > 0:21:53"Yeah, purple."
0:21:53 > 0:21:56But the inside's cool, you've got the quilted leather seats,
0:21:56 > 0:21:59- bucket seats too, I noticed. - Yeah, bucket seats!
0:21:59 > 0:22:01You know I love the fully murdered-out look.
0:22:01 > 0:22:02Murdered-out, is that it?
0:22:02 > 0:22:04There's a whole load of things you learn about with Rory
0:22:04 > 0:22:07- when you work with him... - Black alloys, bodywork, windows...
0:22:07 > 0:22:09- Murdered-out. - Murdered-out?
0:22:09 > 0:22:12Yours isn't fully murdered out, it's partially murdered out.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15- What, cos it's got the purple on it? - Exactly, that ruins the look.
0:22:15 > 0:22:16I like to think it's manslaughtered.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18Manslaughtered-out.
0:22:18 > 0:22:19LAUGHTER
0:22:20 > 0:22:23- And to think what that thing cost!- Yeah, I spent...
0:22:23 > 0:22:25a stupid amount of money on it, and...
0:22:25 > 0:22:27I'm fully aware it was...
0:22:27 > 0:22:29LAUGHTER
0:22:29 > 0:22:33You know what, it is possibly the stupidest...
0:22:33 > 0:22:34It's the stupidest thing I've ever bought.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37- LAUGHTER - That's why I brought it today.
0:22:37 > 0:22:38We're going to have to wrap things up.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41Can we get a round of applause for our guest, Ross Noble?
0:22:41 > 0:22:44CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:22:46 > 0:22:49Cheers, Ross. Rory, what've we got coming up next week?
0:22:49 > 0:22:51All right, well, Extra Gear goes behind the scenes
0:22:51 > 0:22:54as Matt, Chris and I take to the high seas in Monaco,
0:22:54 > 0:22:58and Chris gets behind the wheel of the brand-new Audi TT RS.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01Can't wait! We'll see you next week for more Extra Gear.
0:23:01 > 0:23:02Goodnight.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04CHEERING AND APPLAUSE