Category Archive: Car Features, FUNNY STUFF
Anarchy In The Forum: The Ugliest Car Contest Is In Full Swing, And Unfortunately There Are Pictures
We love our Forum members…they are the ones that made BangShift into what it is. They support us, act as our eyes and ears where we aren’t able to be, but sometimes they pull stunts like...
YouTube Classic: This Regal Burnout Video Shows Why You Edit Your Own Footage Instead Of Letting Your Friends Do It
I love W-body Regals with the blown 3.8L V6 in them…they are underrated and make an excellent platform for a good sleeper. And since they’re now dirt-cheap used cars, they make for a...
This Subaru BRZ Is Packing A JUN-Built 2.4 Liter V8 Made From Two Kawasaki Ninja Four-Cylinders – 11,000 RPM Screaming Yellow Jacket!
The Subaru BRZ is a cool little piece that, along with it’s Scion FR-S/Toyota 86 twin, is meant to be a return to the small, lightweight and tossable rear-wheel-drive coupe that Toyota used to...
Watch This Video Of The New Corvette LT4 Getting Built At Chevrolet’s Tonawanda Engine Plant
We dig plant tours around here. I don’t know why, but ever since I was a little kid I’ve loved touring everything from candy factories to tractor plants, and everything in between....
A Superbike On Studded Tires, A Snowmobile, And A Rally Porsche Drifting In Snow And Ice – Welcome To Finland!
Being as near to the Arctic Circle as Finland is, it’s no surprise that the locals can handle snow and ice. Whereas Brian has been dealing with a pattern of snow/shovel/repeat, the Finns simply...
Historical Footage: Torture-Testing A Plymouth The Old-Fashioned Way, By Using Stunt Drivers!
Nowadays, vehicles are subjected to torture tests in laboratories that can duplicate some of the most violent conditions that an automobile can possibly expect to endure. They are frozen, cooked,...
This Oldsmobile-Powered “Go-Kart” Just Might Be The Most Frightening Piece Of Backyard Engineering Ever
Performance comes via two methods: make more power, or lose more weight. Most of us go for the first option and proceed to build engines that crank power well beyond what the manufacturer expected....
Classic YouTube: Omni Vs. Z06. You Should Know That Something Was Up…
If you see a Dodge Omni anymore, it’s in one of three conditions. The first one is the survivor that is hanging on, usually by a thread, and has vultures circling around it. The second are Omni...
Roadkill! Wait…Boatkill? Our Favorite Dynamic Duo Hit The Water With A Jet Boat That Packs A Very Familiar Engine
If you’ve watched more than a couple episodes of Roadkill you know that Finnegan has a thing for boats that haul ass. He’s got several killer water rides, but one, a Rogers jet boat, has...
Caption This: …And He Sticks The Landing! How Did This Chevy Aveo End Up Nose-First In The Snow?
(Photo courtesy New Hampshire State Patrol) Driving on snow and ice is difficult even for those who are used to driving on snow and ice. The operator’s full concentration is demanded so that...
Take A Look At American Late-Model Muscle In Japan With Barcroft Cars! [VIDEO]
Japanese car culture tends to remain mysterious to a lot of Americans. Sure, there’s drifting, the Midnight Club, the kei car tuners and we still cringe whenever we see the bosozoku cars, but...
Historical Training Footage: This 1967 FBI Training Film Was A Lesson On Investigating Stolen Cars
As long as there has been a car, there’s been a thief who is more than ready to acquisition an automobile for themselves. The first car theft is attributed to Baron de Zuylen’s Peugeot in...
Fluffy Ride! Jay Leno Takes Gabriel Iglesias’ 1966 VW Samba Out For A Cruise And A Snack!
It takes all types to keep this hobby going, and that goes for both the vehicles and the owners. You may not be into the same kinds of vehicles as someone else, but there is still a shared...
This Video Of Snowmobiles Jumping Into A River And Planing Across Proves That Even Lunatics Understand Physics
I’m writing this blog item and still smiling about the video you are about to watch. It is all so wrong but so right at the exact same time. From what I have been able to learn, the video was...