Sometimes I get lost in all the automotive news that crosses my desk each day. Working as the producer of FLD means I not only have to find interesting stories before 9:00am, but also tamp down the latest Derek D. temper tantrum and pound my fist on computer workstations. Believe me, I have the chronic case of club hand to show for it. It’s all to make sure viewers like you get the episodes as fast as possible, even at the risk of my own health.
Finding fresh stories each morning is harder than it seems. And sometimes it’s emotionally draining. You try and watch the same Honda NSX prototype lap the Nurburgring day after day while news comes from Japan the project is dead and not want to pull your ear hair through your skull. I’ll bet you can’t do it. Go ahead, try.
That’s when I need to take a break. Where does a guy who lives, sleeps, and breathes the auto industry go when he needs to get away from the madness? Bringatrailer.com, the ultimate car geek getaway and my Cheetos Boredom Buster. Each day I log on there’s another closet classic going for sale, either beat to hell, found in an old barn covered in dust, or that some poor guy spent years restoring at the expense his his knuckles, his kid’s college fund and his marriage.
Some you will literally need a trailer to get home, either because they’re weighed down by all the rust and rodent dung or because they’ve been restored to the point of insanity and worth more than AIG’s travel budget. Browsing the site brings joy to my life. Its not about flash, or horsepower numbers or guys who treat their cigars better than their mistresses. These are classic antiques which have been lost and forgotten about, and yet now, they are back on the market to start a new chapter in their life.