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Annual auto sale-a-bration

Last reviewed: April 2010

An advanced degree

Soon, it will be Dr. Wash, Esq.

Dr. Wash ad
 

Gee, thanks

And after you've run over your free road hazard (nails? cut glass?) you can buy more tires.

Purchase Michelin tires and you get a free road hazard as well
 

A new hybrid

"As if they don't have enough problems already," a reader writes.

Used-car ad for a 2003 Oldsmobile Hyundai
 

Maaco makeover

"Not only can Maaco fix your wrecked Toyota pickup," a Florida reader writes,"they can turn it into a Nissan!"

Maaco ad with a wrecked front end of a Toyota (before) with the end result a perfect-looking Nissan (after)
 

Corolla, caroler, cholera …

If you sell it, learn to spell it.

Window design promoting Toyotas, but Corolla is spelled wrong
 

Cattle drive

What traveling cows use when they need more head room.

Used-car ad for a 2000 Toyota Sienna equipped with a Mooroof
 

For sale: Truck plus big woman from Holland

For real: heavy-duty winch.

Car of The Week ad for a 1990 Ford F600, including a heavy-duty wench
 

Federal fakeout

You'd better open this impressive "Documented Mail" for "Official Use Only" from the "Records Processing Division." Otherwise you'll miss a Nissan sale lasting FOUR DAYS ONLY!!!

Official-looking documented mail promoting a Nissan sale
 

Say it ain't so

Great. When you sin, it tells you how to go to hell.

Ad for a Mustang with Vice-activated Navigation System
 

'Nuff said

Unlimited vacuum use that provides up to 8 minutes for only $1.00