Category Archive: BangShift News, BangShift Question Of The Day??
BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s The Most Embarrassing Mechanical Mistake You’ve Made?
For all you yukksters out there, skip answers like, “Buying a Ford/Chevrolet/Dodge” that’s not the intention of this question. No, we want to know a screw up you have made while...
BangShift Question Of The Day: When Did You Realize That Your Car Was Possessed?
We all know that one scene in the movie “Christine”, where a dejected Arnie, alone with his prized Plymouth, is busy assessing the damage caused by hoodlums. He promises that he will...
Husband, Wife, Girlfriend, Boyfriend, Kids, Or The Dog, Who’s A Better Road Trip Co-Pilot?
Anyone who’s actually been on a road trip with friends, family, or the dog, knows that there are challenges with all of them. Where to eat, where to stop, where to stay, what to do at each...
Best of 2018: What’s The Strangest Animal Encounters You’ve Had At A Race Track?
I’ve been around racing in some form or another since 1999, when I started volunteering for the SCCA events at Bremerton Raceway in Washington as a cone-shagger. I’ve bracket-raced,...
Dragster Or Funny Car? Which Would You Rather Have Hanging In Your Dream Garage?
In our dream world, we would have a funny car or dragster hanging on the wall or from the ceiling in our dream garage. Of course that implies a big enough space and tall enough ceilings to pull it...
Caption This: What Was The First Thing Said To The Insurance Agent About This Crushed Jeep?
Have you seen those Farmer’s Insurance ads of late? The ones where the upright Professor Nathan Burke, the bald gentleman in glasses (played by J.K. Simmons, who has played Dr. Skoda on Law and...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What One Old Feature Do You Think Would Work On A New Car?
(Photos: Lincoln) It’s called the Lincoln Continental 80th Anniversary Coach Door Edition. It is a tribute to the 80th anniversary of the first Lincoln Continental (1939) and to the iconic...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s Your Favorite Factory Steering Wheel?
There are three absolutely vital control input devices that you have in the car. There’s the brake pedal, your ability to stop motion that’s unwanted. There’s the ignition switch,...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Does Newer Technology Really Matter In New Cars?
(Photos: FCA) We’re sure you need no introduction to the Dodge Grand Caravan. Built more or less the same since the current model was introduced in 2008, it’s been a steady seller for...
Winch Or Escape Door: Does A Trailer Escape Door Really Make Sense? Why Wouldn’t You Just Use A Winch?
On several occasions I’ve seen guys talking about adding an escape door to their enclosed trailers to make it easier to load a car. Besides being a lot of work on an existing trailer, I...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Should Your Delivery Driver Be Driving?
I genuinely feel bad for my local delivery drivers. We have a couple in our family that work at one of the major shippers and I promise you, that ever since Thanksgiving they have been in the middle...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Are You Going To Ask Santa To Bring You This Year?
You’ve got a couple of weeks left until the big day that involves boxes under the tree, you know. I’m shopping, you are shopping, everybody and their mother is shopping, it seems. Shop,...
Question of the Day: What is the First Thing You Can Remember Driving?
Recently we got to thinking about the first thing we can remember driving. For us it was the uber-cool Bigfoot Power Wheels. We patrolled the front and back yard in that thing to no end, wiping out...
