How To Drive: The Ultimate Guide, from the Man Who Was the Stig
The Ultimate Guide, from the Man Who Was the Stig
Will be published approx. on 4. June 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-4472-7284-7 (ISBN)
Description
Driving is the most dangerous thing each of us does on a daily basis - and yet the average learner receives just eighteen hours' training - less than a Starbucks barista.
In this inspirational, fully illustrated, highly entertaining book, former Top Gear star Ben Collins uses his super-charged experience of racing, stunt-work and cutting-edge scientific knowledge to tell you all of the things you didn't learn on your test - and in the process will make your driving safer, more economical and a lot more enjoyable.
The skills described in How to Drive, from skid control to gear changes that are as smooth as a cashmere codpiece, have been honed on racing tracks by the greatest drivers in the world. This is the stuff your instructor missed, your dad forgot and your mates pretend to know . . . but don't. Packed with illustrations, gobsmacking driving anecdotes, humour and wisdom, this is the ultimate book for anyone who wants to be better at something they do every day of their life.
The world population of motor vehicles exceeded a billion a couple of years ago. Let's make sure their owners understand how to use them.
In this inspirational, fully illustrated, highly entertaining book, former Top Gear star Ben Collins uses his super-charged experience of racing, stunt-work and cutting-edge scientific knowledge to tell you all of the things you didn't learn on your test - and in the process will make your driving safer, more economical and a lot more enjoyable.
The skills described in How to Drive, from skid control to gear changes that are as smooth as a cashmere codpiece, have been honed on racing tracks by the greatest drivers in the world. This is the stuff your instructor missed, your dad forgot and your mates pretend to know . . . but don't. Packed with illustrations, gobsmacking driving anecdotes, humour and wisdom, this is the ultimate book for anyone who wants to be better at something they do every day of their life.
The world population of motor vehicles exceeded a billion a couple of years ago. Let's make sure their owners understand how to use them.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pan Macmillan
Target group
Interest Age: From 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 213 mm
Width: 141 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
566 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4472-7284-7 (9781447272847)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
10/2014
Macmillan
€25.49
Available for download
Person
Ben Collins, better known as The Stig from BBC's internationally acclaimed Top Gear, presented by Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond. On Top Gear, Ben was the benchmark of speed against which hundreds of celebrities set themselves, and the man that everyone - including Formula One stars Nigel Mansell and Jenson Button - tried and failed to beat. He is also the go-to guy for Hollywood car chases (driving as Bond in Skyfall, and for Batman in The Dark Knight Rises), and has raced successfully in almost every class imaginable, from Touring Cars and Le Mans 24 Hour to the American Stock Car circuit.