Author Julian Edgar spent over a decade writing new car tests and, very unusually for a motoring journalist, also modifying his own cars and writing about those modifications. Here are his thoughts on topics as diverse as whether a dyno is a good place to develop car modifications, the joys of left-foot braking, whether people who choose to buy thirsty cars should then complain about the price of fuel, and what it's like when the throttle jams fully open.Over 50 topics are covered - from a scathing criticism of those who choose to waste away their lives, to how it's impossible to have a favourite car maker, from science not being a social panacea, to optimising turbo boost control for power and economy. Every page is provocative, thought-provoking, challenging and interesting!
Author Biography:
Julian Edgar started his working life freelancing for photography magazines. He then worked as a secondary school teacher for eight years, teaching humanities, before leaving teaching and becoming a full-time automotive writer. He edited a national Australian automotive print magazine before becoming editor of AutoSpeed, an online car magazine. Along the way he wrote extensively for Silicon Chip, an electronics hobbyist magazine, while contributing articles to publications in Australia, the UK and the US on cars, model railways, cycling and renewable energy. Julian lives in a hamlet 80 kilometres north of Canberra, Australia. He spends much of the week playing in his home workshop - for the rest of the time, he trains government Public Servants in high level writing skills. Books by the author: -High Performance Electronics for Cars, Silicon Chip Publications, 2004 (co-authored with John Clarke) -Amateur Car Aerodynamics Sourcebook, CreateSpace, 2013 -Inventors and Amateur Engineers Sourcebook, CreateSpace, 2013 -Home Workshop Sourcebook, CreateSpace, 2013 -DIY Car Electronic Modification Sourcebook, CreateSpace, 2013 -DIY Testing of Car Modifications, CreateSpace, 2013 -Tuning Programmable Engine Management, CreateSpace, 2014 -Hybrid and Electric Cars Amateur Sourcebook, CreateSpace, 2014 -Thoughts about Driving, Car Modifications and Life, CreateSpace, 2014 -DIY Suspension Development, CreateSpace, 2015
