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What Not to Drive | 
| Author: Richard Hammond
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 21361
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 276
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.6 x 0.9
ISBN: 0297848003
Dewey Decimal Number: 629.222
EAN: 9780297848004
ASIN: 0297848003
Publication Date: October 13, 2005
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| Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...
 Not great March 2, 2007
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
I bought this book as a fan of Top Gear, hoping for some humour about "bad cars".
However, the author has been dismissive of some very good cars, and recommended as the best some cars that have a terrible reputation that I would never buy.
Therefore I do not rate this book!
 Tim McGrath January 21, 2007
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is a fabulous book. Guaranteed to bring a smile to the face of any driver. Quality pictures and good humour the way only Hammond can deliver it. Withour doubt a compulsive page turner. Find out just how cool are the cars you've previously owned and of course the ones you would like to own. Strongly recommended to drivers and non drivers alike..
One tiny omission September 25, 2006
126 out of 146 found this review helpful
A great read but it's probably best to wait for the updated edition which will include "300mph Jet Car With Wobbly Wheels".
Des Lynam in a Honda Civic August 1, 2006
10 out of 13 found this review helpful
This is a great book from Richie Hammond, the little guy from the Top Gear car programme. Most people will be familiar with his big mucker Jeremy Clarkston, the one who wants to kill foreigners, smoke where he wants and drop litter. Hammond is the more acceptable face of Top Gear and he's produced a nice book which takes a 'sideways look' at cars and the people who drive them. Apparently, BMW drivers are more likely to profane in front of their kids than Saab drivers. And Ford Mondeo drivers are 37% more constipated than the British average - though not as a result of the driving position! Hammond also has some fun with the types of cars that celebs drive. He himself has a Jaguar XK8, with customised raised seating; Ross Kemp has a Hummer, with a 'baby on board' sticker; and Stephen Fry drives a London taxi, though he won't stop if you try to flag him down. He also has a train for longer journeys. Clarkson (obviously!) has a great big tank.
A caravan of a book. June 1, 2006
13 out of 26 found this review helpful
If you're a fan of Top Gear and enjoy Jeremy Clarkson's outrageous humour or James May's sexy lyrical intellectual wit then you're going to be disapointed in this book. Unless you love Richard "The Hamster" Hammond with a passion that only a sweet innocent pre-teen crush can bring, I wouldn't bother with this book. The book creates fairly unimaginative steriotypes around the ownership of different models of cars and fails to bring anything new to the subject of motoring. Like Hammond, this book is small, shiney and it's simple to read.
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