Richard Hammond's Car Confidential

Author: Richard Hammond

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  • : 40.00 NZD
  • : 9780297844457
  • : Orion Publishing Co
  • : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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  • : October 2006
  • : 222mm X 186mm X 16mm
  • : United Kingdom
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Description

Richard Hammond's inside guide to modern motoring is packed with witty advice and anecdotes - from the sublime to the ridiculous

Car Confidential is a must for anyone even remotely interested in cars.

It includes an enormous variety of hints and tips: car and traffic etiquette, how to buy a car, how to avoid giving murderers a lift, the seven ages of the motorist from learning how to drive when you are 18 to driving the wrong way down motorways when you are 80, a spotter's guide to motorists in the style of a WW2 manual, customizing - what is OK and what isn't, organising that last journey - cool hearses to be buried in, and the alternative guide to road rage.

There are lots of top tens of everything - well, this being Richard it will be top 8's and top 11's, but they will average out - such as the top 10 noble failures: did you know that Chrysler put out a car aimed at women called the 'Femme' which came in one colour, shocking pink, with matching shocking pink handbag and lipstick? Or the top 10 mad foreign road signs, and another on the wackiest highway codes. And that's not all.

It also includes a 'What Not to Drive 2007' update, covering all the new cars in a cut-out-and-keep guide - everything a petrol-head needs to know. The odd, the mad, the bad, the curious or ridiculous are all here in this wonderful, witty and incredibly useful compendium of everything to do with cars and their drivers - all we ever needed to know about the modern world of motoring.

Promotion info

Richard Hammond has star quality - reflected in his rapidly growing media presence. WHAT NOT TO DRIVE sold over 70,000 copies in hardback.

Reviews

'Confidential's stuffed with his unique wit on just about everything to do with motoring.' LADSMAG (October 2006) 'a combination of advice on the stages of your motoring life, humour and entertaining facts - perfect pub quiz fodder.' AUTOTRADER.CO.UK

Author description

Richard Hammond is internationally famous for co-presenting Top Gear with Jeremy Clarkson; he also currently presents Brainiac: Science Abuse on Sky 1, Should I Worry About...? on BBC 1 and Time Commanders on BBC 2. His Richard Hammond's 5 O'Clock Show was shown every weekday on ITV1 during January and February 2006, and he is a team captain on the BBC2 quiz show, Petrolheads. His weekly column can be read in the motoring section of The Daily Mirror. He drives two Land Rovers, a Suzuki GSXR1000, a Dodge Charger, a Porsche 911, a Morgan V6 Roadster and several kit cars.