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Category Archive: FUNNY STUFF, Videos

Never Too Old: These Grandmothers Go For A Fun Ride In A Lamborghini!

As long as there is a breath left in your body, you should strive to enjoy everything that life has to offer. That’s just a fundamental truth, but you hear it all the time about how someone is...

Cars Are What You Make Them: This Video About A Woman And The Toyota Previa Van She Loves Is Awesome

Niki Byrne is an up and coming screenwriter and director and someone who loves cars. In particular, she loves a 1991 Toyota Previa van that has been in her family since it was brand new. Now with...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Ever Introduce A Non-Car Person To Some Real Live Action?

I’ve been lucky in life to have had a wide range of awesome experiences. I’ve flown five feet off of the ground at over 140 miles per hour in a helicopter before going just about straight...

The Farm Truck Car Wash: Always Start A Project By Scrubbing Your Junk!

The first proper step for any vehicle project…hell, for any project, period, vehicle-related or not…should be a cleaning and organization period. You don’t start anything that is...

Yet Another Fix: Finnegan Gets Another Giant Truck…This Time A Six-Door Ford!

A couple of days ago I took a trip down to Nashville to a meet-up that Finnegan was hosting in the parking lot of a Wal-Mart. Yeah, it happened…a newly janky knee and all, I had no real...

The 1983 Subaru Turbo Traction Wagon Was Kind Of A Dinosaur, Slow, WRX…Or Not

Vaping jokes aside, we think that Subaru makes some pretty decent cars there days. The WRX and their other turbocharged sport offerings have enough guts to be fun, they have a large enthusiast...

NHRA Nitro Hot Tub Time Machine: Check Out This First In A New Video Series Looking Back At Iconic Moments In Drag Racing

Last week I told you about Deep Stage, the new YouTube project Lewis Bloom and I are working on with NHRA, well there’s more stuff rolling out of the production department in California as well...

There’s Your Problem: Some Of The Greatest “What The…?!” Moments For A Mechanic!

When you’re considered the automotive know-it-all of either the neighborhood or within your group of friends, people bring you their troubles. “Hey, bro, can you just go for a quick ride?...

$10K Drag Shootout Episode 7: Rising From The Ashes, These Burned Out Racecars Come Back To Life

Participating in the 2nd $10K Drag Shootout, after being a part of the winning team in the first, has been an emotional roller coaster. We were thrilled to come back with our entire Team Bigun crew...

Alright, Who Did It? Who Asked The Madman To Build A Tank?

When you look upon the creations that have been made at the hands of Colin Furze, it’s a miracle that he isn’t imprisoned in an asylum somewhere in the Midlands, given everything...

Classic YouTube: Merton Grundy And His Sweet Ford Van

The 1970s were bad, if you were into honest-to-God performance, muscular car designs, or hated the opera, where it seemed that everybody was going to wind up at if they had class and high social...

Turbo (Not So) Twins: These Late 1980s Odd-Ball GM Imports, The Chevy Sprint Turbo and Spectrum Turbo Are Weirdly Fun

Who knew that in 1987 Chevrolet was selling not one but two different turbocharged cars?! Long forgotten by most (us included) is the fact that Chevrolet was importing an Isuzu sedan with a...

Hot Rod Gumdrop: Twin Turbos On A Smart Car Because…Why Not?

Unless you are a traffic cop in a city that has a few million people, or you live in a tiny European town where parking is at a sincere premium, the Smart ForTwo comes off as either a fashion...

Hey Kids, Watch This! A Twin-Turbo Wheelstanding Short Bus For The Hell Of It!

Ah, the short bus. The one vehicle that would make just about any kid ever decide, “You know what? Looks lovely outside today. I think I’ll walk home, instead.” Nobody wanted to...