Category Archive: BangShift Question Of The Day??
Question of the Day: What’s the Best Car Song Ever?
May 22, 2012Brian Lohnes32
One of the sad ways to tell that cars have largely fallen off of the cultural map these days is the fact that there are no car songs on popular radio anymore. That may be a good thing, because it...
Name This Motor – Could This Be The Coolest Flathead of Them All?
May 21, 2012Brian Lohnes8
We’ve been rolling down Bitchin’ Flathead Ave for the last week or so in the BangShift blog-mobile. From the blown Ardun to the wicked blown Caddy flattie on John Beck’s dyno, the...
Question of the Day: What is the Most Annoying Thing That People Do At Car Shows?
May 18, 2012Brian Lohnes50
Hanging out a car shows is a fun part of the hobby. 99% of people at the show are there for the same reason you are, which is to hang out, oogle cool cars, bench race wacky ideas, and enjoy the...
Question of the Day: What Brand or Model of Car Has the Most Rabidly Devoted (WEIRD) Owners?
May 11, 2012Brian Lohnes34
This question came to me when I was driving and a Corvette pulled up along side of me. Inside the car was a man wearing a Corvette hat, Corvette jacket, and he had adorned the car with both a...
Question of the Day: What is the Worst Automotive Innovation Ever?
May 10, 2012Brian Lohnes31
We live in an age where cars are packed with some incredible technology. From anti-lock brakes to active cruise control that will automatically slow your car with traffic, to cars that can literally...
Question of the Day: What is the Most Pointless Automotive Competition?
May 04, 2012Brian Lohnes29
After that flaming burnout contest video, I got to thinking about all the different automotive type competitions out there. Outside of the normal racing type stuff, there are lots of pointless...
Question of the Day: What Model of Car Would You Erase From History Given the Chance?
Apr 25, 2012Brian Lohnes29
Today’s question is a little on the vindictive side. Given the chance to squash any specific model in the history of the automobile, which would you choose? We’re guessing that the...
Question: Is Drag Racing’s Mass Media Exposure Due to Explosions and Wrecks Good or Bad?
Apr 24, 2012Brian Lohnes9
In the past two weeks, the sport of drag racing has received more mass media attention because of a high profile explosion and a high profile wreck than it has in probably the last five years (or...
Question of the Day: What is Your Favorite Class in Drag Racing?
Apr 23, 2012Brian Lohnes21
One of the great appeals to the people out there who love drag racing is the diversity in equipment. On any given day at a strip you’ll see dragsters, altereds, door slammers, motorcycles, and...
Question of the Day: What’s the Coolest Wheel Ever?
Apr 18, 2012Brian Lohnes35
Wheels are such a huge part of the look and performance package of any car. There are thousands of different designs out there, from the classic steel “rally” wheels that adorned so many...
Question of the Day: What is the Coolest Cop Car Ever?
Mar 28, 2012Brian Lohnes19
So we have been on a cop car kick around here recently. Part of is has been intentional with our coverage of Project Buford T Justice, while the other stuff has either fallen out of the sky into our...
Question of the Day: What is the Most Dumbass Automotive Argument?
Mar 27, 2012Brian Lohnes15
Ford vs Chevy. Carbs vs EFI. Pure gasoline vs E85. The list of automotive arguments that one could enter into is nearly endless. Hell, there are genres of this hobby that we don’t even venture...
Question of the Day: What is the Worst Factory Paint Color Ever?
Mar 21, 2012Brian Lohnes13
There have been some truly heinous paint shades offered by car companies over the years, but which one is the outright worst? Since we seem to live in an age where everyone buying a new car checks...
Question of the Day: What is the Most Under Appreciated Platform to Build a Hot Rod Off Of?
Mar 20, 2012Brian Lohnes19
Don Garlits had a great line back in the 1960s. He said that when he told people he was a professional drag racer, they looked at him in the same way they look at a kid who asked for a pony and...