It appears that GM's marketers recruited the actors from this ad from Synanon, if we go by the vacuous, zombified smiles and apparent belief that the '80 Regal was a sporty car.

Sure sure, some folks get excited about the LeMons car that gets the most laps, but the Index Of Effluency winner gets the real bragging rights. Today, General Motors takes another big win thanks to the Track Pillagerz! Buick LeSabre.

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Many Americans bought gas-sipping Colts and Chevettes when Malaise fuel prices hit… but some stayed with big Buicks!

Nice Price or Crack Pipe thinks that extremely low-mileage old cars are like the Coelacanths of the Used Car market — you never expect to come across one, and when you do, you don't know what to do with it.

Those of you who read my posts about easy Honda speedometer replacement and hellish Ford window regulator replacement know my oft-repeated rants about German over-complexity, Detroit quality corner-cutting, and Japanese cheap-but-well-thought-out engineering. Where do I get my facts? The junkyard!

Welcome to the JNBQC, Door Panel Edition. Detroit has some catching up to do, and we're all rooting for The General's contestant here!

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Alameda boasts a fine tradition of evil-looking Buicks.

As if living in South Bend, Indiana hasn't been depressing enough lately, a couple tried to retrieve their 1991 Buick LeSabre from the parking lot of a grocery store only to find that it had been illegally towed away (they had permission to keep the car on the premises). After scouring the area, the owner found out it…