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Carbolics

A Personal Motoring Disinfectant

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Carbolics

By: James May
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Top Gear and Grand Tour legend James May's quirky, entertaining take on cars, trucks and even the bicycle.

Why does a man with a Ferrari and a Porsche drive a Fiat Panda? Is going fast really necessary? Is it your fault if you get run over? Why will electric cars really save the planet (possibly)?

In Carbolics the UK's favourite petrol head (after Clarkson and Hammond) James May answers these questions and more.

Across 80 essays, James gives his quirky, entertaining take on cars, motorbikes, trucks—and explains why the bicycle might just be the best invention of all.

Written with James's characteristic wit and humour, Carbolics is perfect for petrolheads.

©2022 James May (P)2022 Hodder & Stoughton Limited Engineering Motor Sports Sports Comedy
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Good easy listen. Rather segmented but good comical and entertaining content. very well performed and high quality audio as you would expect

Good easy listening

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Well worth the listen as James reads a selection of his DriveTribe articles. Some may sound a little dated, but many remain contemporary, and I’m rather partial to his narrative style and voice.

If (like me) you missed the DriveTribe years.

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