Category Archive: BangShift Question Of The Day??
Is This The Saddest Rental Car Burnout Ever? Please Don’t Hold Back, We Can Take It!
The only reason that Brian Lohnes and I can still hold our heads up high is because while the performance rating for this rental car burnout might actually be a negative 10, the execution was done...
Question Of The Day: What Is The Hardest Automotive Part To Find?
You wouldn’t want to be around BangShift Mid-West right now. Since Project Raven, my 1983 Imperial, is down for engine and transmission work, I figured that now would be the time to get some...
Would You Rather, The Military Pickup Truck Edition! Will It Be CUCV or M880?
When the restrictions were lifted late last year on the sale of ex-military HMMWVs, we were excited for a moment, only to have our excitement dashed at learning that there was absolutely no possible...
Question Of The Day: The 2015 Detroit Auto Show Is Here! What Would You Like To See Come Out Of It?
This year’s Detroit Auto Show (oh, wait…I’m sorry…North American International Auto Show) kicks off today and you better believe that we will be bringing you the better pieces...
BangShift Challenge: What’s The Best Power-To-Dollar Vehicle You Can Get Off Of A New Car Lot?
Would you like to purchase a new car? Not a used one, but the one that has single-digit mileage, no title, and still has that new-car smell? Of course, for one reason or another, a new car seems...
Caption This: No Hitchhikers Allowed Past This Point
My intolerance of anything that flies with a stinger attached to it’s back end is well-documented here. I’m fine with bees and wasps when they are at a distance doing their own thing. I...
Would You Rather: It’s All About The Altitude For This One, Lowrider Vs. Donk
Stance is everything in practically every section of the automotive hobby. But two particular sections take how your car sits and makes it the focal point unlike any other: low riders and hi-risers,...
Was The Late-Model GTO The Car That Killed Pontiac? These Guys Seem To Think So, We Disagree
The 2004-06 Pontiac GTO was, depending on your view, either a great modern musclecar that suffered from a bad exchange rate with the Australian Dollar or was a bland attempt at reviving a storied...
Caption This: Bargain-Basement Lowering Kit Gone Wrong
“Zip ties fix everything,” so sayeth the Freiburger. And over the years he has indeed proven the value of the cheap plastic strips, using them in a multitude of ways that include...
Question Of The Day: What Was The First Car You Wrecked?
All I remember was an impact, broken glass hitting my face, the car sliding to a stop, the wind knocked out of me. As I gathered my breath, I took a quick survey of my situation: I was sitting in the...
Question Of The Day: What Car Should Get The Rally Treatment?
The response to Brakim Racing’s Lamborghini rally car was a bit mixed overall. It shouldn’t be, considering that using a vehicle in a manner other than directed has always been a favorite...
Question Of The Day: Do You Honestly Care If A New Hypercar Is Unveiled?
When the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 burst onto the scene in 2005, the car cemented it’s place in history as a technological masterpiece capable of things that even ten years prior were deemed...
Does Adding A 440 To A PT Cruiser Make It Better, Or Just Sad?
BangShifter Josh Fullenwider sent us a couple of interesting Craigslist finds the other day, and one of them was this 2001 PT Cruiser that has apparently had a 44o transplant done on it. There are no...
