Larry Webster

Never Stop Driving (eBook, ePUB)

A Better Life Behind the Wheel

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

With glorious photography and sharp writing, Never Stop Driving presents the case for the mental and social benefits of driving and engaging with automobiles. It also shows you-from dreaming about a car to living with it-how to jump in and get the most from your machine. There's never been a better time to go for a drive. As a nation, we are chronically overstressed, overworked, and not sleeping enough. Worse yet, our digital devices are taking ever increasing chunks of what remaining free time we do have. Activities that force us to engage with ourselves and the environment around us are needed more than ever. Might I suggest a spin in a four-wheeled escape pod? The car-the act of driving, repairing, maintaining-drives out distraction and demands we be "present." Making the car a pursuit invites not just the freedom of the road, but the potential to connect with thousands of like-minded individuals as well as the pleasure of simply caring for the machine. Further, there's the thrill of commanding an object that represents a high point of human ingenuity and design. Cars invite passion. The first step is embracing the itch and acting on it. Learn how to choose your perfect weekend car, hunt for it, and make the deal. Then, find peace in the wrenches with tips on taking the plunge into maintaining your ride, including how your car can be an opportunity to tear your kids away from their screens and strengthen your bond with them. Next, explore the joy of driving, from scenic byways to taking your car to its performance limit. You'll also tour the various highlights of the driving life, like how to become an automotive archaeologist, the possibilities for those short on cash but high for adventure, the car as a social gathering point, and what the future with autonomous cars means for those who love to drive. Never Stop Driving shines some light on why we find these machines so captivating, offering some inspiration and validation, and finally inviting those who are curious but haven't made the leap to get in the car. Let's roll.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Motorbooks
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780760363423
• Artikelnr.: 60860528

Autorenporträt

Larry Webster is Hagerty Vice President of Content, where he oversees all print and web strategy. Webster is a longtime auto writer who ditched an engineering career for Car and Driver in 1994. Since then, he's test driven a Formula 1 car, raced in the Baja 500, served as Automotive Editor at Popular Mechanics, and Editor-in-Chief of Road & Track. Webster resides with his family in Ann Arbor, MI.

Inhaltsangabe

The Commitment BY ZACH BOWMAN
1 THE DEBATE 16
2 THE HUNT 28
EVEN THE PROS MAKE MISTAKES BY COLIN COMER 37
3 YOU HAVE THE CAR—NOW WHAT? 40
 
Peace in the Wrenches BY LARRY WEBSTER
4 LEFT, RIGHT, AND NO BRAIN 52
THE JOY OF PROBLEM SOLVING BY ROB SIEGEL 60
5 THE PEOPLE YOU MEET 62
A RESTORATIVE PROCESS BY AARON ROBINSON  75
6 FAMILY HOUR 80
 
The Joy of Driving BY JACK BARUTH
7 DESIGNED FOR MASTERY, DRIVEN BY SENTIMENT, WIRED FOR SPEED 94
8 THE ROAD GOES ON FOREVER 108
9 IT’S NOT ABOUT THE CAR 122
DRIFTING BY SAM POSEY 138
 
The Life BY BRETT BERK
10 ARCHAEOLOGY 142
1 1 HUMOR 156
12 THE SOCIAL NETWORK 164
13 MY LAST DRIVE BY BILL WARNER, BOB LUTZ, CJ WILSON, DAN NEIL,
DARIO FRANCHITTI, DAVID HOBBS, ED WELBURN, JAY LENO, JAY WARD,
LAURA SCHWAB, MARIO ANDRETTI, PATRICK DEMPSEY, PETER EGAN,
RALPH GILLES, RICHARD RAWLINGS 176
 
EPILOGUE BY MCKEEL HAGERTY 186