Category Archive: 1320 Online Find, BangShift 1320, BangShift Question Of The Day??

Caption This: Is This Rusty ‘Cuda The Next Drag Week Ride For Buck McCoy?

Buck McCoy is the Drag Week veteran known for bringing out a barn-fresh find to the track and proceeding to drop jaws with each and every launch. Whether it’s the four-door Buick or the bubble...

Question Of The Day: What Are You Doing To Get Ready For Spring?

The ground at BangShift Mid-West is saturated. Two back-to-back snow storms coupled with enough rain to satisfy southern California for a while has turned all the ground here to mush. It’s like...

Caption This: The King Of The Trailer Park’s Chariot, A Stretch Limo Third Generation Camaro

You want a rare-edition third-generation Camaro? Anybody can buy the Italian-American Stiletto, and IROC-Zs are a dime a dozen. No, you don’t need those…you need some class in your life....

Caption This: So Many Spoilers! Honda’s New IndyCar “Aero Kit” Looks Like It Was Put Through A Shredder!

When trying to make your race car appear different that all the others, there is a good way and a bad way to do it. Ferrari, in a move meant to absolutely piss off Formula One and the FIA, went...

Question Of The Day: What Do You Look For In A Potential Family Car?

I know that discussing the family beater isn’t the usual par for the course for BangShift, but bear with me for a moment. The sedan. The station wagon. The minivan. The sport-utility vehicle....

Would You Rather? The Geneva Edition: Off-Roading Aston Martin Or Pimped And Autonomous Italdesign?

The Geneva Motor Show has been rolling along, and the mass majority of what’s going on over there is either too expensive for 95% of Americans or isn’t coming here at all. But that...

Question Of The Day: What Car Would Surprise You Most At An Autocross?

Autocrossing is an excellent way to spend a weekend. It’s low-buck, high-involvement and even if you screw up you’re having fun. If there’s enough asphalt and enough people to set...

Question Of The Day: How Do You Cope With Being The Car “Expert” Among Your Friends?

In both my helicopter technician background and my work studying business management, a common theme was shared: when you are at an impasse and need advice, consult a subject matter expert....

Question Of The Day: What Car Should Get The Ute Treatment?

While digging through the visual nightmare that the “Automotive Hackery” thread in the forums has become, one beacon of light shone out to heal our scarred eyes: this late C4 Corvette...

Question of the Day: As More Computers End Up In Cars, Are You Concerned About Auto Hacking?

It apparently all started with a test from the CyberAuto Challenge: what would it take hack into a late model vehicle? Delphi Automotive had gathered a group of high-school and college-aged students...

Question Of The Day: Would You Leave This 1927 Model T Alone Or Would You Modify It?

Locating an untouched Ford Model T that’s in any kind of shape is a surprising find. Either they are perfectly restored and pampered to death or they are yard art that would require an absolute...

Question of the Day: The Postal Service Needs A New Fleet Vehicle. So, What Would You Have Them Drive?

While many of us still have fond memories of the local Post Office employee tooling around in a Jeep DJ mail truck, that hasn’t really been the case since the Grumman LLV (Long Life Vehicle)...

Caption This: The Glow-In-The-Dark Nissan Leaf We Highly Doubt You Asked For

The Nissan Leaf is not so much of a car as it is an annoyance. It’s the vehicle that exists for people who want to feel morally superior to Toyota Prius owners, looks like a last-generation...

Question Of The Day: Video Games And Cars, What Appeals To You?

I know some of you older guys are rolling your eyes, and that’s fine, I’m good with that. I’m a child of the 1980s, for better or for worse, and yes, I’ve had a video game...