Greg James
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The Goldilocks Era
Humans are fickle creatures. We quickly go from loving something to hating it, and vice versa. When Porsche released the 964-series 911 in 1989, initial reactions were not universally positive. Many of the 911-faithful said it was too big, too bulbous and not in keeping with the Porsche ethos of small and light. Those were…
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Grab Your Popcorn
I love movies about cars, racing, real events, real people and lots of drama. I’m also old enough to remember Dad taking me and my brothers to see “On Any Sunday” at the theater when we were children living in Southern California. That movie, directed and produced by Bruce Brown, was an instant classic, with…
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Gotcha! Online auction commentary proves the devil is in the details
Although the first rule of the internet is “never read the comments,” it is precisely these comments that make Bring a Trailer so much more compelling than most online auction sites. If a car is noteworthy, the comments regularly number in the hundreds. Of course, we all try to guess the eventual price of auctions…