The constable of a 300-person town near where I grew up was constantly in the poor graces of taxpayers for buying a new Camaro every few years for police duty. He apparently also owned the town's heavy equipment and "leased" it to the town. If anyone complained about his Camaro, they'd better hope they didn't need any…

@DrewDraws303.25bhp: If you believe the model of the political spectrum that uses a circle rather than a horizontal line, then we're all destined to meet in some communo-facist state where the trains all run on time but nobody wants to fund them.

DC Beltway, Outer Loop, close to Annandale, near dusk. I'm in the 2nd lane from the left, merging over to the right to get off in a couple miles, going between 85-90 in the still-new-enough-to-not-suck Saturn LS2 From Hell. A box truck blows by on the left doing well over 90 and we notice the rear doors are flopping…

@X3SoB: So now that there are viable competitors in the form of Peugeot, Acura and Aston-Martin (and the rumors of a proper P1 Porsche that just won't die), you think Audi should go away? That's curious.

My brain has never been able to scrub itself clean of The One To Watch, which is especially funny since, y'know, it wasn't.

@acarr260: This post feels like a reprieve of sorts...like I've left some Real Housewives-style party full of lifted, stretched and botoxed faces and retreated to the first country dive bar in sight. Sure, the women are rougher and some would rather kick your ass than look you in the eye, but pick the right one and…

And here I thought that nobody would ever come up with another reptile-themed German car.

Laguna Seca's been so hacked up for motorcycles that it's nearly impossible to run a proper auto race there. And, corkscrew notwithstanding, it's a crime that it rates above Road America and Mosport for North American tracks.

Even though they only had enough gas for 10 laps, the Opel makes it to lap 80 before the engine seizes due to lack of oil.

@six: My sources tell me that GM agreed to supply the Camaro if IMS agreed to buy Saab and Hummer.

@Foozy Ploosh Room: One's full of scary painted faces who make me cry and the other one's a circus?

Clearly:

On paper and with no frame of reference, it would be easy to give it to the '88 Buick Regal Custom (Exploding) or the '91 Dodge Dynasty. Lots of inherent suckage in both choices, but they both served me relatively well all things considered (and after a tranny replacement, the Dynasty was still running around town as…

@Mazda Eric wants to make sexy time: But does it suck as hard?

@xxF1xx: Many of us who are motorsports fans have seen the various series we like either die off or fade into pale shadows of their former selves. LeMons represents the closest thing to "pure" racing I've seen in some time. Throw in the psychotic sideshow of penalties, themes, BS judging, etc and it's a home-run.

@Evan Bangs: My father used to be a higher-up at an electrical contracting company. He was about as anti-union as it gets, but always had high praise for the IBEW rep they dealt with for this state. This guy did fight for the best interests of workers, but was smart enough to realize that taking a pay/benefit cut…

@Tiberiuswise - now with 20% more sarcasm.:

@pauljones-Jo Schmo's saintly and opposite twin.: "Or am I just crazy?"

That'll børk right out?

Well played, sir.