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Category Archive: Unhinged

Unhinged: “Pro Commuter”…Does The Daily Beater/MPG Ride Have To Suck?

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...

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Unhinged: Has Roadkill Finally Jumped The Shark? No, They Haven’t, And Before You Cry Foul You Need To See For Yourself

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...

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Unhinged: How R&R Can Get You Back Into Gear In Ways You’d Never Expect

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…

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...

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Unhinged: McTaggart’s Top 16 From The 2015 Holley Hot Rod Reunion

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

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...

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Unhinged: The Best Part Of Large Events – The People Who Make Going Worthwhile

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

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...

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Unhinged: Here’s How Much I Care About The Negative Responses To 1980s Cars

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...

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Unhinged: A Parting Shot Regarding Car Show Behavior, Or “Hit Me With The Bumper And See What Happens”

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...

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Unhinged: The Advertisements For The Jeep Renegade Are Out, And They Suck As Much As We Hoped They Wouldn’t

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”

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...

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The Aussie Bridge Drifters And The Panic That Follows: A Look Into The Anti-Hoon Culture

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,...

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Unhinged: The “Brown Manual Diesel Station Wagon” Thing Needs To Die

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...

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