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My Mercedes is not for sale from Amsterdam to Ouagadougou - an auto misadventure across the Sahara

"My Mercedes Is Not for Sale" is a rollicking, witty and insightful tale of an innocent abroad which captures the high-spirited adventure of a young journalist and paints a vivid portrait of West Africa through a surprise-filled journey into its thriving car cult. "My Mercedes is Not for Sale" has all the wit and charm of John Mole's bestselling "Its All Greek to Me!" and Peter Allison's "Don't Run, Whatever You Do" and the philosophical underpinnings of Robert Pirsig's "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance". Dutch journalist Jeroen van Bergeijk came up with what seemed like a great scheme.

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  • "My Mercedes is not for sale"@en
  • "My Mercedes is not for sale"
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  • "My Mercedes is for sale"
  • "Mijn Mercedes is te koop"

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  • "Verslag van een tocht met een oude Mercedes naar West-Afrika."
  • ""My Mercedes Is Not for Sale" is a rollicking, witty and insightful tale of an innocent abroad which captures the high-spirited adventure of a young journalist and paints a vivid portrait of West Africa through a surprise-filled journey into its thriving car cult. "My Mercedes is Not for Sale" has all the wit and charm of John Mole's bestselling "Its All Greek to Me!" and Peter Allison's "Don't Run, Whatever You Do" and the philosophical underpinnings of Robert Pirsig's "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance". Dutch journalist Jeroen van Bergeijk came up with what seemed like a great scheme."@en
  • ""Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz'" 'Janis Joplin A journalist's intrepid endeavor to sell his used car abroad results in a high-spirited and revealing look at West Africa. "Look, there's my car," I say, pointing at my Mercedes in the parking lot. "Where'" a fellow desert traveler asks. "There, that Mercedes," I say. He looks at me, questioning. "You want to drive that through the Sahara'" Jeroen van Bergeijk came up with what seemed like a great scheme for making a quick profit: buy a clunker of a car in his native Amsterdam and resell it in the Third World, where a market even for jalopies still thrives. His chariot of choice is a rusted-out 1988 Mercedes 190D with 220,000 kilometers on its odometer; his route will take him from Holland through Morocco, across the Sahara, and into some of the least trodden parts of Africa. My Mercedes Is Not for Sale is a rollicking tale of an innocent abroad. The author finds himself facing a driving challenge akin to the Dakar Rally but encounters obstacles never dreamed of by race-car drivers: active minefields, occasional banditry'mostly by the border guards'and a teenage, chain-smoking desert guide with a fondness for Tupac lyrics. Food and water are scarce, sandstorms are frequent, and all he has to patch up his many car breakdowns thousands of miles from civilization is a bar of soap, some duct tape, and a pair of women's nylons. Then there's the coup he survived. My Mercedes Is Not for Sale captures more than the adventure'it vividly portrays the impact of globalization on Africa through a surprise-filled journey into its thriving car culture, while asking the question: is the white man's burden really a used car'"

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  • "My Mercedes is (NOT) for sale"
  • "My Mercedes is not [crossed out] for sale : from Amsterdam to Ouagadougou : an auto-misadventure across the Sahara"
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  • "My Mercedes is not [crossed-out] for sale : from Amsterdam to Ouagadougou : an auto-misadventure across the Sahara"
  • "My Mercedes is not for sale : from Amsterdam to Ougadougou...an auto-misadventure across the Sahara"
  • "Mijn mercedes is niet te koop"
  • "My Mercedes is not for sale : from Amsterdam to Ouagadougou ... : an auto-misadventure across the Sahara"
  • "My Mercedes is not for sale : from Amsterdam to Ouagadougou - an auto misadventure across the Sahara"
  • "Mein Mercedes ist nicht zu verkaufen eine abenteuerliche Reise durch Afrika"
  • "Mijn Mercedes is niet te koop"
  • "My Mercedes is not for sale from Amsterdam to Ouagadougou : an auto-misadventure across the Sahara"

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