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Category Archive: BangShift Question Of The Day??

Caption This: This Lamborghini Gallardo Owner Might Need A Bigger Boat…

(Picture: WFLA) Driving in a flash flood is a bad idea. It’s bad for the car, and if you misjudge and wind up swimming, it becomes bad for you as the driver. You just don’t do it, but no...

Question Of The Day: Have You Ever Wondered About The Story Behind An Abandoned Car That You Found?

Besides my usual pang of sadness at finding yet another car left to rot, I find myself intrigued when I come across an abandoned car in a strange place. Growing up in Washington, they were...

Would You Rather?, The Burnout Edition: Make Your Choice Between The Late-Model Commodore With Stacks And The Thundering Holden Wagon!

There’s nothing like a good burnout to blow off some steam, is there? Whether it’s a quick chirp when taking off at a green light to repaving a side road somewhere, it’s a safe bet...

Question Of The Day: These HO Phase Auto-Modified Falcons Are Stunning, But Could The Kits Work On Similar-Era U.S. Fords?

(Photos: HO Phase Autos/Facebook) Just look at them. Two Aussie Falcons (I’m 90% sure they are XEs but I’m also sure that if I’m wrong, I’ll hear about it). One a brilliant...

Would You Rather, The Big Boy Special: Take Your Pick Between The Nitrous Mud GMC And The Twin-Turbo Dune-Running Chevy!

1973-1987 Chevrolet trucks are just plain awesome. They straddled the gap between a working man’s pickup and a comfortable family truck nicely, they were simple enough to work on, they could...

Question Of The Day: Is There A Place For A Performance Hybrid, And If So, Where?

If you are on this site, reading these words, then I don’t need to tell you why gas motors work for racing. Fuel plus air plus spark equals good time and has done so since the dawn of the...

Caption This: The SMART Off-Roader, The Official Vehicle Of The Tread Lightly! Program…

I’ve ridden in a SMART before. I fit…barely…with the driver, and it did move forwards, backwards, fast enough to not get run over in town traffic, and didn’t get blown into...

Would You Rather? This Time, Pick Your Poison, C4 Style: 1995 ZR-1 Vs. 1991 RPO B2K Twin-Turbo

Chevrolet’s 4th generation Corvette might have been a nice departure from the languishing and honestly outdated C3 platform, and sure, Chevrolet pretty much took a gap year in 1983 to make sure...

Question Of The Day: Is This 1977 Mustang Project Worth Completing Or Not? You Tell Us!

No matter how anyone, even Ford themselves, spins it, the Mustang II is still the bastard child nobody speaks about. It was a sales success, had a great front suspension design, and once Ford...

UPCG’s Caption This: What’s Greasy Enough To Turn Cardboard Clear? No, Not The Fast-Food Chicken…

There’s a statement about fast-food that I learned about in my younger days: if the bag is clear enough to see through, it is greasy and therefore tasty. So, naturally, I assumed that the best...

Question Of The Day: How Would You Feel About Ford Using The GT’s EcoBoost Motor In The New Shelby GT500?

When it comes to Ford’s Shelby Mustangs, they’ve usually come in two flavors: GT350, which has been more road course/track focused, and GT500, which was destined to be the end-all, be all...

Caption This: When You Want Everything And Don’t Want To Choose…Meet The Cobrette!

“You can have your cake and eat it too”, the saying goes. You’re damn right I’ll eat my cake if I have it, but that’s not the point. Some people just refuse to pick one...

Question Of The Day: ECTO-1 Got An Update, Do You Care?

If you are a fan of the Ghostbusters franchise, then either you’re waiting with anticipation or dread for the 2016 version to hit theaters. Honestly, if you ask me personally, I was never into...

Caption This: The Maserati Quattroporte “Jackson Pollock” Edition

Accidents can happen at anywhere and anytime…that is why securing cargo inside of a vehicle is so important. While most people think of cargo in a truck bed (something our own Charles Wickam...