Author Archive: Dave Nutting
Video: “Car Fighting” Video Is Unreal
Have you ever watched a video where something you love is destroyed? You know that you shouldn’t watch, but you can’t peel your eyes away from the screen until it’s over? Maybe you...
NutJob: A Brave New World Of Performance – Why The Kia GT4 Stinger Is A Game Changer
We’re going to play a quick game where I give you clues about a new car and you have to guess what it is: First clue: Rear-wheel-drive, two doors, and powered by a four cylinder pumping...
Bangshift Question Of The Day: The 2015 Z06, Love It Or Hate It?
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last month or so (If that is the case, Welcome back!), it’s been pretty difficult to avoid all of the fanfare and hoopla around the new...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Worst Used Parts Buying Experience?
As a gearhead, shopping for parts can be tough. Sure, in theory most projects should be relatively easy to shop for as, whether or not we’ve all realized it, this really is a Golden Age in regards...
Action Videos: 10 Crazy Engine Swap Videos For Your Friday Viewing Pleasure
January 10th, 2014: Let this be forever known as “The day that Brian let me go hog wild with a montage of videos of cars with crazy engine swaps”. Some of these are oldies but goodies, while...
Action Video: Watch A BMW M235i Drift Without A Driver!
A week or so back Brian wrote about cruising down to Virginia in a 2014 Cadillac XTS-V Sport with adaptive cruise control. (Read about it HERE) In the blog item he marveled at the fact that the car...
Engine Video: Watch A Hot Rod Beetle With A Turbo-Charged Subaru Motor Hit The Streets
As he often tends to do, Brian sent me a message the other night that consisted solely of a YouTube link and the words “Look at the link that I just sent”. Even though I know Brian and have been...
Vintage Video: An 80’s Bigfoot Music Video Tribute So Bad It’s Good
Today, Brian will be trying his hardest to convince you that the cars from the year he was born (1980) were better (Well, less awful, really) than the new cars from when I was born (1984). Rather...
BangShift Top 11: Top 11 Vehicles From The Year Nutting Was Born (1984)
This week, Brian, Chad and I are going to be listing eleven of the best production vehicles from the year that we were born. which in my case is 1984. Setting some ground rules here, I’m going to...
Nut Driver: I Put A Set Of Snow Tires On the Monte Carlo and Do Donuts (w/Video)
[“Nut Driver” features updates on Dave Nutting’s attempts to daily drive his 1987 Chevrolet Monte Carlo in Massachusetts 365 days a year] A few weeks ago I detailed my complete lack of time...
Funny Video: Watch A Pair Of Canadian Rednecks Flip a Mini Into A Ditch!
Canada. America’s Hat. Land of moose, Pamela Anderson, a maybe not-so-surprising variety of beers, and people that remain polite and courteous to a fault, even when they are busy wrecking a 2002...
Craigslist Find: Nutting Finds You The “Class Killer” For The New SCCA Pro Touring Class
If you’re anything like me (And if so, God help you), you’re pretty excited about the new Regional class that the SCCA is looking to establish for old iron: CAM, or “Classic American Muscle”....
Question Of The Day: What Are Your Gear Head Resolutions For 2014?
Ah, New Year’s Day. Year after year, the majority of the population lies to themselves about things that they are going to start doing and/or stop doing, and gym membership numbers temporarily...
Action Video: Le Mans Cars Driven On The Streets Of Japan!
“Car porn”. This phrase is used to describe an automotive-themed photo or video that depicts something so amazing and/or beautiful it leaves you as slack-jawed as the first time you caught a...