More Money For Pensioners!: How to Survive Retirement on a Lousy State Pension and Claim All Your OAP Benefits & Entitlements

Author: Martin Woodward
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1291869484
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 138

Book Description
Some of the items included are: Why the poorest in society pay most for everything (and what to do about it); How to use your computer to budget and save cash; How to increase your income and reduce your expenditure; How to increase your income by claiming the benefits that you are entitled to and probably didn't even know about - quick easy calculator included; How you can move to a more expensive property without risking a penny; How Andy Pandy and Looby Loo (now retired) increased their income by 22% just by taking a luxury cruise; How to save money on just about everything; Mobile phones and Internet; Solar panels and wind turbines - are they worth it for you?; The real cost of motoring and how to calculate it; Great things you can do for nothing or almost nothing; Dealing with debt and other finances; How to use banks and credit cards to your advantage and not theirs; Equity release; Plus much, much more. ALL IN ALL A GOLDMINE OF INFORMATION THAT COULD BENEFIT ALL UK PENSIONERS!

Bangernomics Bible

Author: James Ruppert
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780955952913
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 164

Book Description
The Bangernomics Bible is a crash course in buying and running a car for less. Bangernomics contrasts the absurd expense of buying new, with the supreme good sense of buying used. Bangernomics shows the mechanically bewildered how to buy and run a safe, durable car and save money. The Bangernomics Bible is universe friendly, so no matter where you live in the world the advice is always relevant. James Ruppert is the internationally recognised guru of Bangernomics and a full time automotive anarchist.

World Cup Cortinas

Author: James Ruppert
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780955952975
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description
In 1970 Ford loaned every Wolrd Cup squad member the greatest saloon car in the world. From Gordon Banks at the back to Geoff Hurst at the front they all got a Ford Cortina 1600E. This is a truly confusing book - it's slightly about football, but also about cars too: footballers and cars; footballers and their cars; why George Best could never get enough Jaguar E-Types; and just how big is David Beckham's garage?

The British Car Industry

Author: James Ruppert
Publisher: Action Automotive Limited
ISBN: 9780955952906
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 254

Book Description
Providing a history of the British car industry from 1945 to 2005, James Ruppert profiles one family who have bought British throughout this tumultuous period for the UK automotive sector.

My Mini Cooper, Its Part in My Breakdown

Author: James Ruppert
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780955952951
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 314

Book Description
Here for the first time is a short history of the small car from 1885 to 2000 and an examination of what came before, during, but not after the Mini, including the fairly complete story of the Mini and Mini Cooper from 1959 to 2000. James Ruppert is not used to spending very much money on cars, so when he decided to finish the restoration of his 1964 Cooper, started in 1979, the bills started to mount up and mentally he began to fall apart. Bought for 200 and a bottle of wine, it would eventually cost almost one hundred times that to finish. Serial Mini owner James Ruppert explains how not to buy, run or restore a classic car, and why owning one might be some form of unwellness. He's a man who can't be trusted with an old car, but can be relied upon to explain how the Mini came about and what it was up against throughout the decades. From the author of the critically acclaimed, The British Car Industry Our Part in its Downfall, and the Mercedes Montagu of Beaulieu winning The German Car Industry, My Part in its Victory, here is the full story of his seriously mistreated Mini and how the small car came to rule the world. James Ruppert has been a motoring journalist since the 1980s. He wrote for Car for almost twenty years, is a special correspondent for Autocar and has written for national newspapers including The Daily Telegraph, Sunday Times and The Independent. He coined the term Bangernomics, all about running vehicles on a budget and wrote the Bangernomics Bible. Ruppert is also the creator of the '70s superhero Spencer Haze comic strip.

The German Car Industry

Author: James Ruppert
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780955952937
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 302

Book Description
James Ruppert explains why German cars from the 1980s were quite simply, wunderbar. Because when it came to build quality, reliability and performance, every other car made anywhere else in the world was rubbish. The 1980s was a time when if you went shopping a VW Polo was the perfect companion. Beating an MG away from the lights was dead easy in a GTI and making a lasting impression meant arriving in an SL, SLC or any enormous Mercedes S-Class. It was a time when BMW M3s were racing certainties and a Quattro Turbo would always stay glued to the road. Getting poolside and on the sun lounger before the Germans only required one of their fine Audi 100 Avants. Proper showing off meant a Porsche 911 Turbo with its wonderful attention seeking tea tray rear spoiler. And the model that every young, upwardly mobile professional wanted parked outside his or her mews flat was a BMW 3 Series. Ruppert details how all these companies progressed to the 1980s and just what they did when they got there. Luckily he was there too, flogging BMWs at the prestigious West End Showroom in Park Lane, to yuppies, film stars and anyone else who could afford the non-refundable 10% deposit. From the author of the critically acclaimed, "The British Car Industry Our Part in its Downfall," here is his unique take on the German one, and why it won.

BMW Driver's Book

Author: James Ruppert
Publisher: Haynes Publications
ISBN: 9780854298464
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description

An English Car Designer Abroad

Author: Peter Birtwhistle
Publisher: Veloce Publishing
ISBN: 9781787114708
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
An English Car Designer Abroad is the humorous and personal account of a life spent working on the design of some of the world’s best known cars. Commencing his career as a designer at Vauxhall Motors, Luton in 1973, Peter Birtwhistle then left the UK in 1977 to take a position abroad, at Audi in Germany, where he lived for the rest of his working life. From Audi, his career took him to Porsche in Stuttgart, and eventually, in 1988, to the Japanese company Mazda, with whom he would help develop a Design Centre close to Frankfurt, eventually becoming Chief Designer for Mazda Motor Europe. During his career, Birtwhistle was involved in the design of some very significant cars and in his work and travels, crossed the paths of many significant personalities from the car industry. Car design has changed enormously since the time he commenced his career, and for Birtwhistle it was clear, his story needed to be documented before it was lost in time. Featuring original photographs and illustrations from the author’s own collection, this highly humorous and very personal story creates a fascinating collage of anecdotes and historical facts, not only from the secretive world of car design, but also his private life.

Effective Car Dealer

Author: Max Zanan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781641844017
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 156

Book Description
This is my fourth book on the auto industry, and I have written it because this business is complicated, sophisticated, and ever-changing. Automotive retail is changing slowly, and one of the main reasons for that are the franchise laws. I want to urge you to operate as though franchise laws don't exist to protect you. Carvana is not going anywhere and neither is Amazon. At some point they will join forces. Also, OEM's such as Tesla, Rivian, and many more are going to go directly to the consumer, bypassing the dealer network altogether. At the end of the day, awesome customer service, whether in sales, service, or parts, will keep your customers coming back for more. Poor service and a cumbersome sales experience will drive them elsewhere-Carvana, CarMax, Tesla, Jiffy Lube, Firestone, Good Year, Valvoline, NAPA Parts, Pep Boys, etc.COVID-19 is already having a profound effect on consumer behavior and the way in which we buy and service cars. I predict that there will be two types of dealers after this pandemic abates-the first will change their business operations, adopting frictionless digital and showroom retail; the second will hope that things go back to normal and that nothing needs to change. Unfortunately, the second type of dealer will be out of business. It is ultimately your choice whether to accept change. Consumers will continue to purchase cars. The only question is: Will they will be buying from you?

Detroit Style

Author: Benjamin W. Colman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780895580030
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
Detroit, nicknamed Motor City, has always been a leader in car design. As the city became the center of the American automobile industry in the early 20th century, its studios became incubators for new ideas and new styles. This volume highlights the artistry and influence of Detroit designers working in the industry between 1950 and the present day, giving readers a sumptuously illustrated opportunity to discover the ingenuity of influential-and surprisingly little-known-figures in postwar American car design. Detroit Style showcases 12 coupes and sedans, representing both experimental cars created solely for display and iconic production models for the mass market. Dozens of design drawings and images of studio interiors-along with paintings, and sculptures, and fine art photographs-highlight the creative process and dialogue between the American art world and car culture. Together these materials bring new insights and spark curiosity about the formative role Detroit designers have played in shaping the automotive world around us, and the ways their work has responded to changing tastes, culture, and technology.