Motoring Columns

How to Buy a Used Porsche 911: MSN Buyers’ Guides

November 17, 2011

I’ve started working for the team at MSN Cars in the UK: using my 25-year motor trade experience to put some used car buyers’ guides together. Surprise, surprise, the first one online was a buyers’ guide for the Porsche 911. The guides follow the full run of a range of cars, in this case almost [...]

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Total 911 Column: Porsche Power is Nothing without Control

April 21, 2011

Here’s a column from Total 911 – think it was issue 70. Followed on from bringing Lola home from Paris. Just click the Peking-Paris tag in the topic cloud (right) to see the story of that event on the ClassicPorscheBlog.com. I recently drove to Paris, for the end of the 2010 Peking to Paris Motor [...]

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Total 911 Column: The Second Gold Rush

October 25, 2010

This was my first column for Total 911, since the magazine was sold to a new owner a couple of years ago. I think it ran in May 2010? Must try to find out. The Second Gold Rush I just got back from California: my third trip in two years. Before my last visit, I [...]

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Our Cars 2: 911 & Porsche World

June 6, 2009

The frost-covered windscreen couldn’t wipe the smile off my face at 4am that Saturday morning. I was heading to France for three days, for a track day at the Le Mans Bugatti circuit. Tuthills had changed the oil in the Carrera 3.0, and having the car on the lift had given Big Dave and I [...]

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Faith in the Future (Aug ’08 – my final Total 911 column)

July 31, 2008

“The days of the petrolhead are numbered,” says the media. “Rubbish” says John Glynn, who has complete confidence in the next generation of car fanatics. The daily papers are awash with tales of woe: soaring energy prices, crashing economies and knife-wielding thugs at the gates of every school. With so much bad news everywhere, peace [...]

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Comfort in Sound (July ’08)

July 1, 2008

When it comes to the extra-sensory experience that is owning and driving an older 911, some senses are more equal than others, says John Glynn.                         Sound is a key component of the 911 experience. The instantly recognisable Porsche Symphony Orchestra is a critical part of the process wherein we hand over large amounts of cash [...]

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