The Best of Drives 1

The Best of Drives 1 is a compilation of 77 first-hand short stories that capture the freedom, fun, adventure and exhilaration of driving more than 70 cracking cars on a ripper road or racing circuit - and a host of eclectic experiences such pursuit brings. Think not just megabuck supercars, but hot hatches, rorty roadsters, sports sedans, super saloons, charismatic classics and full-on race cars. Most new, others not-so; many pristine, a few well-used; but all truly memorable. Of course, the machinery is but part-percentage of the alchemy that brews a heady draught called a great drive. In some 60,000 words and a gallery of nearly 600 images, The Best of Drives 1 tells of the special spaces and places where driver and car are at one: epic alpine passes; dark, desert highways; the passage through stupendously-stunning scenery; lonely roads that are the better for it; and racing circuits fast and furious. Prime among the 176 pages is not only a comprehensive selection harvested by the author during a career as motoring writer, but many others garnered through hiring or being offered a drive of something special, somewhere special. An experience to savour need not be the preserve of the professionally-privileged, well-moneyed or just plain lucky. Anyone with the commitment can do it. And, within this book is the how-to, along with a quantum of encouragement and motivation as to why you should.