Category Archive: BangShift Question Of The Day??
Question Of The Day: When Did You Want To Hang The Engineer Of Your Car?
If you were anywhere on the engineering team that packaged up the Chrysler LX platform, you are not my friend right now. In fact, I’d be seeing blood red if it weren’t for the fact that...
BangShift Question Of The Day: When Was The Last Time You Laughed At A For Sale Ad?
Anybody who has ever read my work knows that I have a soft spot for cars built between 1973 and 1990 or so…you know, the years most normal people avoid like the plague because a...
BangShift Question Of The Day: How Sentimental Do You Get When It’s Time To Let The Ride Go?
Without actually counting, I believe I’ve moved around 50 cars in and out of my life since I got my first car when I was twelve. To varying degrees, I miss just about all of them…minus...
If You Could Choose Any Car To Build Into The Ultimate Pro Touring Machine, What Would It Be?
I’ve been announcing at or hosting Optima’s Ultimate Street Car Invitational since its inception. And since the first event, I have said that nobody has actually built the Ultimate Street...
Are Big Rig Wheels, Or Any Big Wheel, Cool On A Dually?
Today’s BANGshift Question of the Day is all about wheels. Big wheels to be precise. Now we’ll be the first to say that we are not about the giant wheels on cars, or even giant wheels on...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Why Not A Single-Seater Car?
The 2002 Chevrolet Corvette Z51 that an Army friend owned: two seats. The 1986 Toyota MR2 that my aunt’s mongoloid husband owned when I was five: two seats. The Lotus Elise that pulled a groin...
Caption This: Give Us Your Best “For Sale” Ad For This Mustang II-Modified S-10!
I’ve sat at the computer for longer than I care to admit, looking at this thing that ostensibly started life as an early 1990s Chevrolet S-10, and the only word that keeps coming to mind is,...
BangShift Question of the Day: What’s The Best Looking Year For The Pontiac Firebird?
I don’t think it is controversial or weird to say that that for as long as the Pontiac Firebird was in production it was either the stylistic equal or superior of its sister, the Chevrolet...
If You Could Have ANY Tow Rig On Earth, What Would It Be?
Earlier today I posted an editorial where I’m griping about the current truck wars where the big three are constantly making mor e power and more towing capacity. I think there are a bunch of...
If You Were Going To Race In The BAJA 1000 What Class Would You Run?
On Wednesday evening I went to see Dust2Glory, the 2nd story of racing in BAJA, on the big screen. I had seen the original Dust to Glory on Amazon a few years ago, and was super excited about Dana...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is The Best Gearhead Christmas Gift You Have Ever Received?
The more enlightened and evolved among us receive more pleasure from giving stuff than from getting it. We dig the giving thing, but the getting part, especially when the stuff we’re getting is...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Things About Older Cars Do You Miss The Most?
The generational gaps between model years of cars kills me. If that sentence doesn’t make sense, let me explain it like this: Go sit in a 1957 anything. Then a 1967, 1977, 1987, and so on and...
You Can Choose One Vehicle That You’ve Never Driven Before, What Do You Choose?
On Facebook some idiot always posts questions asking whether you have ridden in certain iconic cars. The most recent was a VW Beetle. It got us thinking about a couple things. First, that if you...
