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The Conscious Driver can most likely be read in an hour and construed as an initial training. Immediate improvement is noticed if the mind is open and willing. Sustained skills advancement is guaranteed if the ideas and exercises contained within are incorporated and practiced. Driving While Distracted (DWD) can be virtually eliminated and one's driving will contribute in a most positive way to public safety and the reduction of accidents. By applying...
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A step by step guide for all road users, drivers, passengers and pedestrians. It is also important for all drivers and passengers to bear in mind that in other to complete a trip we often become pedestrians. To reduce road accidents and stay alive, we all have to avoid distracting the driver for distraction via palmtop computer is the main cause of vehicle road related accidents.
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Mark Christensen grew up with a simple dream-to build a 600 horsepower suicide machine able to accelerate from zero to sixty in less time than it takes to read this sentence. When a friend offers him $100,000 to realize that dream, Christensen enlists Nick Pugh, the best young auto designer in the country. An idealistic, charismatic, twenty-two year old star student from the celebrated Art Center for Design in Pasadena, Pugh shows Christensen his...
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The future of mobility is evolving at an accelerating pace. This is most evident in the automotive retail channel, as both car dealers and automakers are experiencing an enhanced level of change.
The Future of Automotive Retail provides a framework for how these changes are impacting both automaker and automotive dealer.
The book provides a handy framework to categorize these changes across vehicle production, evolving consumer expectations, vehicle...
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Drawing on a wealth of knowledge and experience and a background of more than 1,000 magazine articles on the subject, engine control expert Jeff Hartman explains everything from the basics of engine management to the building of complicated project cars. Hartman has substantially updated the material from his 1993 MBI book Fuel Injection to address the incredible developments in automotive fuel injection technology from the past decade, including...
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Maximize your driving ability with tips from the experts! Based on performance seminars conducted by the authors for race car drivers, this informative guide helps you consistently perform at your highest level. Chapters discuss: The Driver - The Ultimate Management System; Inner Race Driving; Skills and Techniques; and Strategies.
68) The Arrangement
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This is the story of two people, Melvin and Frances, who met while young, fell in love, and married. They raised three sons, enjoyed a loving, warm, and close family life. They traveled extensively in Europe, Canada, and the United States. They were blessed with good health and suffered only minor aches and pains during their middle and early senior years. However, Frances began to have memory problems almost concurrent with turning 80 years of age....
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The author states and believes he is the best driver he knows. This book simply tells and illustrates how he drives. With this book you can become a driver almost as good as the author, a driver who drives safely and enjoys driving. This book is a driving attitude changer.
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Thirty years have passed since Gareth Brown's homage to a two-wheeled, two-stroke way of life was published.
The first edition of his acclaimed book Scooter Boys, highlighting youth culture spanning half a century, was first published when Margaret Thatcher's reign as the Eighties Iron Lady was drawing to a close.
Now, three decades on, Brown's book is back to enlighten and entertain a new generation — and rekindle memories for those who were...
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The British have had an affair with Bugatti for decades and perhaps Prescott Hill-Climb in Gloucestershire is the place where that relationship has reached its highlights across the decades. This collection of photographic images captures the brilliance of Bugatti design amid Bugatti blue at Prescott's wonderful natural amphitheatre in the Cotswolds to which visitors, Bugatti owners, enthusiasts and addicts have travelled from all over the world to...
72) Speed Read Porsche 911: The History, Technology and Design Behind Germany's Legendary Sports Car
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Porsche 911, the latest in Motorbooks' Speed Read series, breaks this immortal rear-engined sports car down into fully illustrated, easy-to-digest portions that neophytes and experts alike will love. Strap yourself in, because Motorbooks' latest addition to the Speed Read series has arrived! Speed Read Porsche 911 explores the ins and outs of one of the world's premier sports cars; see what makes it tick, what makes it work, and how it managed to...
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As in all In Detail Series books, you get an introduction and historical overview, an explanation of the design and concepts involved in creating the car, a look at marketing and promotion, and an in-depth study of all hardware and available options, as well as an examination of where the car is on the market today.
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If you are a budding artist, closet cartoonist, or just want to learn how to draw your own hot rod or muscle machine, this book shows you how it's done. Trosley is one of the best in the business today, and this volume will be a great addition to your automotive or art library.
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The disruption of the automotive industry will be one of the biggest that has ever happened in any industry. The automotive and transportation industries touch almost everything in our everyday lives! Automated Driving Technologies will completely transform transportation. It will change tens of millions of people's lives, and bankrupt hundreds, if not thousands, of companies, and create thousands of millionaires and tens of thousands of jobs, while...
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Whether for the newcomer to the vehicle sales industry, the experienced salesperson or the dealership principal with a well-established business, Winning Ways in Vehicle Sales is a highly practical handbook that provides a wealth of hands-on information to catapult any auto sales business from good to great. The book covers the full selling process offering step-by-step guidelines, industry-proven methods and useful tips that will take the salesperson...
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With each passing day, the planet grows closer to peak oil, the point at which our ability to extract petroleum enters its terminal decline. Equally troubling is that our dependence on foreign oil has left us beholden to many of the most ruthless, most despotic nations on earth. Scientists have searched for alternative fuel sources, but even after decades of research, efforts to increase the efficiency and overall capacity of the deep-cycle battery...
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An experton the most popular trucks in the world, monster trucks,Tim Kane revisits the current stars of this family-friendly sport and explores how these racing machines have evolved in the past few years. The bodies of these beasts may have slimmed down, but the tires, springs, and shock absorbers have grown, allowing the trucks to soar over obstacles with more spectacular jumps and at much faster speeds. Monster Mega Trucks documents the acrobatic...
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From mild to wild, the projects presented in this book cover every component group of the 1964 1/2-1973 Mustang, including engine, transmission, rear differential, front suspension, rear suspension, steering, chassis, electrics, interior, tires and wheels and more.
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Has there ever been a stranger idea in the vehicle world than putting a house on wheels and taking it on holiday? However odd it may seem, it's an idea that has caught on. Today there are 15 million recreational vehicles, or 'RVs', on the roads of Europe, the USA and Australasia. So how did this fascinating family of vehicles come about? Who were the first recreational nomads, what made them want to take to the road just for pleasure and what did...
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