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Blood, Sweat and Tyres - The Little Book of the Automobile (Hardcover)
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Blood, Sweat and Tyres - The Little Book of the Automobile (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R257
Discovery Miles 2 570
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With a quarter of million cars a day crowding onto the M25, and
millions more standing nose-to-tail on our A-roads, Britain is now
officially Europe's largest car park. In Germany it's illegal to
drive on a motorway at less than 37mph, but over here it can be a
struggle even to reach such a speed during daylight hours.
Over-stressed, over-taxed, with petrol at well over a pound a litre
and the morning and evening rush hours merging into one, UK
motorists have become the slaves of the machine rather than its
master. People, even so, are still keen to go places - according to
the Times the A-Z to of London is the most shoplifted book in
Britain - and so far at least there's not better way of doing it
than by car. Written with the suffering millions in mind, Blood,
Sweat and Tyres is the antidote. Casting a wry eye over the world
of modern motoring, and highlighting some of its strangest and more
bizarre aspects, it seeks to put the sheer awfulness of commuting
into some kind of perspective. Or at least to give the victims -
motorists, their passengers, friends and families - something funny
to read and to reflect on whilst they join the queue. Find out: why
the most successful Le Mans driver of all time wishes he could race
a 90 year old lady; why the Fab Three bullied Ringo into selling
his favourite French supercar and how big a forest your average
football team would need to plant to offset the massive carbon
footprint of all the gas-guzzlers in the players' car park.
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