Category Archive: Unhinged
Unhinged: Cash Bar At The Mach-E’s Frunk, Plus Free Shrimp!
About two weeks ago, when I asked what the “next useless option” would be for the new car market, I meant that as a bit of a riff on the current state of affairs for new vehicles. Watch...
Unhinged: Proof Of The Stupidity Of Drunken Driving
There are a lot of things you can do with a car that falls into the “straight-up stupid” file that I’ll happily admit that I’ve done over the years. I’ve sped on...
Unhinged: The GMC Hummer EV – What Kind Of Mea Culpa Is This?
0-60 miles per hour in three seconds, 1,000 horsepower, and…and I’m quoting the press release here…11,500 foot/pounds of torque. Those are the figures currently released for the...
Unhinged: Who At Ford Was Championing This Particular 1980 Mustang Look?!
From the first photo I saw of it, I knew that the 1980 Mustang Ghia that we refer to as the Great Pumpkin Mustang was…how to say this nicely?…unique. I’ve seen just about every...
Unhinged: Beware Of The LS-Powered S%*tbox!
Where does the line end for the term “sleeper”? The sleeper is meant to be a hide-in-plain-sight kind of car, the sucker punch out of nowhere that catches the unwary dead, the one that...
Unhinged: Maybe The Train Needs Another Look After All
Every single time I make the trek into Southern Illinois, I’m reminded that Amtrak really does still exist. I never give train travel much thought. Either I just want to drive it myself, or I...
Unhinged: Supporting Selfless Service And Saving A Dodge Truck
If you’ve seen any of the Summernats 33 coverage, you probably have a pretty solid idea on just how hellish Australia is right now. If not, here’s a basic layout: on the eastern side of...
Unhinged: Take Some Time And Get Your Mind Right
Hey, readers. I hope you had a good holiday season, whatever you celebrate, and I hope the hangover from New Year’s has finally subsided. Mercifully, the holiday season treated me lovely this...
Unhinged: Waxing Poetic On The Subaru Baja
Here’s the weirdest thing I’ve ever wanted…a Subaru Baja. Why in God’s name would I want one? Mainly…it was the only ute left. The El Camino died before I finished...
Unhinged: Holiday Traffic And The Angry Human Being
Ok, is it just me or did everybody lose the ability to properly operate a motor vehicle shortly after Thanksgiving? That’s not one of my normal rhetorical questions, I really want to know,...
Unhinged: The Sunset Of Print Magazines
The starting point was a silver Hot Wheels C4 Corvette with the cream-colored interior tub and the red luggage case visible in the rear hatch. The ignition moment was when my uncle Benjamin and the...
Unhinged: World’s Fastest Christmas Tree…Because The Season Doesn’t Come Fast Enough?
There are few things in the world that will make me roll my eyes and sprout a headache faster than internet challenges. I hate this crap. It’s as bad as a chain letter…”Hey,...
Unhinged: Hyundai RM-19 – Embrace The Wild Past Already And Reap The Rewards
To date, one of my favorite pieces I’ve ever written for BangShift was the review of the Kia Stinger GT. The summary of the deal: Kia built a car that could legitimately take on a 5.7L powered...
