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A beautiful sunny day. The mist has just lifted. The mood is on top. Vegard is smiling.
Yes, from ear to ear.
- From ear to ear. We're just outside Drammen... - Hokksund.
- Hokksund-ish. We're going to visit a guy named Leif Arne...
- Rolfstad. - Good. He's commonly called ''The liar''...
- The liar. - The liar.
It's not just because he is lying.
- He's a car breaker. - He's a car breaker and...
A very exciting guy, I think.
We've also heard that he likes practical jokes a lot.
- Let's meet the... - Liar.
Out.
Hi! We're going to visit a guy called ''The liar''.
- The liar... just keep on going... - Okay.
Then you'll see a car yard on the right side of the road.
- It has to be here. - Yes.
Come on, let's go!
Hi, are you Leif Arne?
- Howdy. Vegard. - Hi. Bård.
THE LIAR
- Okay, now we're here. - How nice.
- Is this your business? - It looks like it, doesn't it?
- So what is your business? - Old cars.
- It's called a car chopper, isn't it? - No, a car breaker.
Leif Arne has worked with cars since he was four years old.
- You don't have a chopping machine that cuts them? - No, there's no point in that.
He left school when he was 12 and cannot read or write.
That's just iron, it's better to get out the pieces.
Nonetheless, he is running the biggest car parts company in Buskerud.
- Is it good business? - Well, it's pretty good, but that depends...
On how you look at it?
On how many companies you've got that you have to ''vacuum clean'' (to fool the IRS).
- Are there many ''vacuum cleaners''? - We need some. If not, you have to pay taxes.
- Yes, but you do that, don't you? - No, I don't pay taxes.
- No, okay. - Is it a standpoint of yours?
If you pay taxes they'll harass you. The more taxes you pay, the more they'll harass you.
Here you've got an Audi, you know. It's...
It's a turbo. That's not... But in here there are some cars.
- Oh! - That one was nice.
- Are you an environmentalist? - Yes, I have to, I re-use the parts.
Yes, that's very true.
If you should make one of these by yourself it would cost half of the rainforest, right?
Yes, sure.
So you're a little environmentalist, then.
- You look a bit like Kurt Oddekalv too. - Oddekalv...
- Are you a rascal? - I'm a calm, very calm guy.
Where in the world...
He drops everything, and it falls there and there, and behind the car. Nothing wrong about that!
Heigh-ho... ***.
Bloody hell.
I'm putting on the seat belt, if you don't mind?
Why are they calling you The liar?
- It was... - Do you lie a lot?
No, but when I started doing this, people didn't think I knew anything about cars and stuff.
But you do.
But it was long ago. There was one guy, right, can you imagine, how well known I've become.
Then it just went further and further and further.
I was in ''TV2 hjelper deg'' (''TV2 helps you'', a consumer program) with a customer.
Please tell us about it.
There was this customer from Stavanger, right? He'd bought a motor.
- Damn angry then? - No, but he tried to fool me.
''TV2 hjelper deg'' was coming here with this huge operation to get me, as if I was afraid of them, right?
But you weren't?
No, I didn't give a *** about that. I held my ground.
Was it then you said that about the 90%, what did you say?
If 90 % are happy, I'm happy.
- Yes, ''The other 10% I don't give a *** about''? - Yes.
- You like practical jokes, don't you? - Yes, sure.
- Look, this is a very good trick. - Yes.
If you were at a parking lot, then you could put a chain around this and around another car.
And then you sit around waiting until he will drive...
Vrrrr... He'll get nowhere.
- Do you eat a lot? - I don't eat that much.
- But didn't you compete in some eating contests? - Yes, I did.
I ate 25 chocolate bars and coconut-covered marshmallow treats in a certain time.
- And then I've eaten... 36 hot dogs. - 36 hot dogs?
- Yes. - Oh!
Look, I had an operation. The intestine went to hell.
I ate 18 McDonald's burgers, but it was too bad...too bad...
- Quality? - Bad quality, I ate them in Germany.
You didn't think, when you were eating like the 15th burger, that it wasn't such a good idea?
- They don't cost anything... - That's the problem.
And they're not bigger than this.
You could put 10 of them together to make an ordinary burger.
Have you been a greaser, a real one?
Well, greaser, what do you mean?
You know, those guys who drive around in their cars and...
- No, that's... - But can you burn rubber?
Yes, I can, and I can drive a motorcycle on the back wheel.
- No..? - Write my name...
It has been a couple of years though...
- Are you able to do that here? - I'm not sure if I can...
You can burn rubber with any car.
Yes, you can use our Ford Transit.
No problem, I can burn rubber with your Transit.
It's a rental.
- So f*cking good. - That's nice.
No problem, let's do it.
Let's do it right now, I just feel like it.
- Let's burn some rubber. - Yes, let's do it.
- Where can we burn some rubber then? - Are we going to?
- Where should we burn some rubber then? - Over there.
Yes!
What are you doing?
- Is this good for the breaking effect? - Super good.
I'm terrified now.
Tell us, what will you do?
Just see if this Transit works.
- Can I get in? - It will get too heavy.
You're sitting there, but if I get in it will get too heavy?
Get in on the other side.
- Respect! - Oh, damn. Damn.
- What is it? - Those wheels.
Look at this. It comes smoke from the inside of the car too.
The car is burning, nothing to worry about.
Look, there is smoke in the car too.
The rubber there on the asphalt, should it ideally...
- It's now asphalt with rubber. Now it's... - Wheels without rubber.
Now it's protected, when it has sex with other asphalt.
There's still smoke coming from the roof of the car.
It's because there's no car roof box, you know.
Thanks a lot for having us. We had a great time.
I'll try to burn some rubber on the way to Oslo.
I don't know if we will be able to return it to the car rental now.
But if we can't, will you accept it then? How much will you give for it?
Well, then we'll have to make TVNorge pay for it, so the two of you should sit watch while I wreck it.
Thanks a lot for having us! We enjoyed ourselves.
- Take care. - See you later.
- We have been at Uncle Leif. - Uncle Leif-Arne.
He has taught us how to burn rubber.
It wasn't anything wrong with his mood.
Now we're enjoying ourselves!
It's funny... It's impossible to talk with him about other things, but if you talk about cars, he laughs...
...and enjoys himself and is having such a great time.
I think one turns out that way if you hang around car parts from the age of four.
- Shall we burn some rubber? - Are you going to burn some rubber?
Back to Oslo, come on!
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