Category Archive: BangShift Question Of The Day??
Question Of The Day: Jeep Rods – Love Them Or Hate Them?
The word “Jeep” is ingrained in Americana. Just the word brings up images of scenes of World War II, Korea, even Vietnam, with soldiers using Jeeps to maneuver around. Or it might bring...
Question Of The Day: If You Were Left Alone For 30 Minutes With One Vehicle And Could Suffer No Consequences For Your Actions, What Would You Do?
Walking around Beech Bend, looking at and photographing as many cars as I could, I kept playing a game in my head. I’ve done this for years, will probably do it until I die, and it’s...
Question Of The Day: What Do You Think Of Toyota’s Ultimate Utility Vehicle Concept?
Toyota sure has a funky way of celebrating the unveiling of the architectural renderings of their new North American headquarters. Most manufacturers would hold a small party for the executives....
Question Of The Day: What Car From The Past Could Be Sold Now And Make It As A New Car?
For the most part, you can look at any car in any parking lot anywhere and be able to guess what time period it came from. Big chrome railroad ties and ill-fitting panel gaps? 1970s. Monochromatic,...
Question Of The Day: The Problems With Mixed Messages…
There is a difference between a smartassed bumper sticker that is obviously trying to be cute and clever, and making a literal statement with your vehicle. I don’t mind a bumper sticker, but...
BangShift Challenge: Can You Find A Version Of A Car We Dislike That Would Change Our Minds?
After the week I’ve had, which has involved all the joys of a spider bite without all of the cool crap that Peter Parker got, a three-day festival of diesel that may or may not have a huge...
Question Of The Day: What Car From Your Childhood Did Everyone Seem To Own?
When talking cars with people, I always have heard one line at one time or another: “When I was a kid, it seemed like everybody in the neighborhood owned a (Vehicle X). You saw them...
Question Of The Day: What Vehicle Safety Features Do You Put Faith Into?
Earlier this week we reported on Takata’s admission to the NHTSA that their airbag inflators were faulty, which in turn has set the stage for what very well may be the biggest recall of a...
Question Of The Day: What Is The Most Horrifying Car Combination You’ve Ever Seen?
It’s like an automotive freakshow: you know it is wrong from the second your poor eyes saw it, yet somehow you can’t look away. And the more you stare at it, the worse it becomes. There...
Question Of The Day: What Was The First Car You Drove With A Manual Transmission?
For the older readers of BangShift, understand that this question generally is meant for the younger crowd, and for a reason: the manual transmission has been on the endangered list since the late...
Would You Rather, The Fallen From Grace Edition: Do You Take The Chop-Back Olds 442 Or The Shrunken Mercury Cougar?
The Mercury Cougar and the Oldsmobile 442 both have strong lineages. Both cars were meant to be the upscale variation of their platform, the one with the luxuries and amenities that would appeal to...
Question Of The Day: In Honor Of The Sixth-Gen Camaro, What Camaro Touched Your Life The Most?
After a half-year of teasing, Chevrolet is finally ready to unveil the next-generation of the Camaro to a crowd of Camaro owners at a special event at Belle Island. It is difficult to see the...
It’s A Turbocharged Six Cylinder, It’s Got Plenty Of Power, But Can You Guess What The Mystery Car Is?
The footage isn’t that great, but it works…or, in other words, you will see the car that has the pressurized six cylinder blast by the camera clearly enough to know what you’re...
