Category Archive: BangShift News, Monday Shopper
Tuesday Shopper: 1973 Chevrolet C20 Camper Special
Eff it, I’m calling this Tuesday Shopper now, because I can never get the research done to do it on Monday. There’s kind of a lull in big auctions this time of year, so we looked all the...
Kit Car Veyron? It Could Be Yours…If You’ve Got The $125K
The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 is the car pictured in Webster’s Dictionary under “hypercar”, and for damn good reason. In it’s most conservative trim, the car is a 1,000hp...
Nut Driver: The Wheels Haven’t Fallen Off Yet, So I Took It Out For More Autocross Action
[“Nut Driver” features updates on Dave Nutting’s attempts to daily drive his 1987 Chevrolet Monte Carlo in Massachusetts 365 days a year] Before continuing on, if you want to catch up on the...
Screw Your Prius and Buy This Impala! This Is How You Sell Your Car on Craigslist!
In order to sell your car on Craigslist successfully, you need to do a few things: you need to have great pictures of the car in order to capture the attention of those of us with A.D.D., you need to...
These Slow-Motion Crash Tests Will Have You Cringing In Real Time
Crash-testing a vehicle is the perfect real-world method of seeing how a car will stand up to a variety of impacts. Whether it be head-on, an offset crash, a side-impact crash or a rear impact,...
Rough Start: Big Green Chrysler From the Big Green North
I decided to cross the border into Canada this time. Welcome to Nanaimo, British Columbia. I know two things about this place: 1) there is an absolutely bad-ass dirt bike track near here, and 2) this...
The Moment That A Driver Fears: Watch The Footage of Guerlain Chicherit’s Attempt At the World Record for Longest Jump
Guerlain Chicherit is a 36 year old French rally driver and accomplished freestyle skier who has had his eye on the world record for longest vehicle jump, a record that’s been held by Tanner...
Ouch! Hot Rod Blocks Traffic After An Accident In New Zealand
(Photo: New Zealand Daily Herald/George Novak) It’s always cringeworthy when you hear of someone’s pride and joy getting wrecked. It’s seriously cringeworthy when you make the paper...
Johnny Depp’s “Black Mass” Has To Choose The Right Cars To Be Authentic. Did They?
Next year, Johnny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch and a cast of dozens will be starring in a film called Black Mass, a dramatization of the book of the same name by Boston Globe writers Dick Lehr and...
Watch A Kid Scare The Hell Out Of His Dad In A Sleeper LS-Turbo Fairmont!
This is like a great version of a gearhead silent movie. While we don’t get to hear the conversation between the driver (son) and the passenger (dad) we do get to hear the turbocharged LS...
Unknown Parts Counter Guy: Puppies and Purge Valves Always Get Me Down
It’s another afternoon behind the counter. The birds are chirping, the brake lathe is humming, and I’m trying to mitigate a headache. Part of this is because of allergies (yeah, that’s...
Rough Start: Save this Monte Carlo from Mediocrity
For today’s Rough Start, I decided to venture out of known comfort zones and went to the automotive black hole that is Lohnes’ backyard, Boston. I don’t know jack squat about Boston except they...
New Jeep Renegade Commercial – Hipsters Replaced Off-Roading
The last time I posted something about the upcoming Jeep Renegade cute-ute, I made it clear that it was the furthest thing possible from what a Jeep stood for. It’s tiny, underpowered, low,...
