As you read this, I'm punishing miscreants at the Goin' For Broken 24 Hours Of LeMons. You can be sure, however, that I'm still gloating over this $10 junkyard prize.

Yesterday, we saddled up in the General's new Oz-import RWD V8 hotness, the 2008 Pontiac G8 GT, and went for a nice long spin skirting the Mexican border and up through the wildfire-scarred hills east of San Diego. Here's what you need to know: This is one dang fine automobile but it's not without its issues. But at…