Category Archive: Unhinged
Unhinged: “Pro Commuter”…Does The Daily Beater/MPG Ride Have To Suck?
Aug 24, 2015Bryan McTaggart19
Don’t ask me how or why I coined the term Pro Commuter when I wrote about an Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera GT. I was honestly flailing words around so that I could finish a post and move on with my...
Unhinged: Has Roadkill Finally Jumped The Shark? No, They Haven’t, And Before You Cry Foul You Need To See For Yourself
Aug 18, 2015Bryan McTaggart23
So, I spent most of yesterday playing hooky in a sense. The Roadkill Takes America tour came through Bowling Green…how was I to pass that up? Having been a fan of Roadkill since the first...
Unhinged: How R&R Can Get You Back Into Gear In Ways You’d Never Expect
Aug 02, 2015Bryan McTaggart1
Have you ever gotten to a point with your project that it seems that you’re running around in circles? You want to work on something, so you walk out to the car. Let’s see…I could...
Unhinged: Flipping A Car – To Flip Or Not To Flip, That Is The Question…
Jun 28, 2015Bryan McTaggart8
Flipping cars, where you buy low, invest little and sell high, has normally been out of my range. Out of the fifty or sixty cars that my name has been on the paperwork for, I’ve only made a...
Unhinged: McTaggart’s Top 16 From The 2015 Holley Hot Rod Reunion
Jun 21, 2015Bryan McTaggart2
The Holley Hot Rod Reunion is effectively my anniversary mark for BangShift.com, and is also one of the largest events that I have attended several times over. I love the mix of cars that come out to...
Unhinged: Sergio Marchionne Is Trying To Consolidate Automotive Industry Together, And It’s Going To Bite Someone Hard
Jun 04, 2015Bryan McTaggart12
It’s hard to speak of the time that Sergio Marchionne has spent working with the shattered remains of what was Chrysler in anything other than a positive light. After the divorce from...
Unhinged: The Best Part Of Large Events – The People Who Make Going Worthwhile
Jun 01, 2015Bryan McTaggart5
What are automotive events all about? Is it the racing that does it for you? Does the sound of engines going to the moon while cranking out power does it for you. Maybe it involves seeing the...
Unhinged: This 1977 Lincoln Mark V Lowrider Has Me Fighting Off The Urge For Something Lower And Slower
May 22, 2015Bryan McTaggart2
Surely I can’t be the only one who has driving styles that are shaped by moods, can I? On average, I feel I’m a pretty safe driver with a slightly aggressive streak. I try to not turn...
Unhinged: Here’s How Much I Care About The Negative Responses To 1980s Cars
May 13, 2015Bryan McTaggart29
The teeming masses always have their say when it comes to what we write on BangShift. We don’t delude ourselves here, we know not everything we put up is for everybody and not every comment...
Unhinged: A Parting Shot Regarding Car Show Behavior, Or “Hit Me With The Bumper And See What Happens”
Apr 27, 2015Bryan McTaggart33
I’m the kind of person who has a temper best described as “long fuse, high-yield”. I can tolerate incredible amounts of stupidity, ignorance and general BS before I finally switch...
Unhinged: The Advertisements For The Jeep Renegade Are Out, And They Suck As Much As We Hoped They Wouldn’t
Apr 19, 2015Bryan McTaggart6
I have been actively forcing myself to find something, anything, about the Jeep Renegade to like. No, seriously, I have…it’s a challenge for me. Very few cars are on my list of vehicles...
Unhinged: Thoughts After Watching “Furious 7”
Apr 06, 2015Bryan McTaggart11
I didn’t become a fan of the Fast and Furious movie franchise until part 4 came out. The only thing I liked about the first one was the song that was playing when Johnny’s house was...
The Aussie Bridge Drifters And The Panic That Follows: A Look Into The Anti-Hoon Culture
Apr 03, 2015Bryan McTaggart11
First things first: at no time are we going to defend the actions of the people that are in the Toyota Sprinter and the Nissan Silvia captured in this dash-cam footage. Four-lane drifting, at speed,...
Unhinged: The “Brown Manual Diesel Station Wagon” Thing Needs To Die
Mar 27, 2015Bryan McTaggart18
Certain automotive sites and forums go into full-on “fanboy” mode when it comes to the idea of having a station wagon, with a diesel power plant and a manual transmission, in brown. And...