Burt Reynolds Got Free Pontiac Trans Ams Starting In The '70s (Until GM Cut Him Off)
Smokey And The Bandit did so well at the box office, and the resulting sales bump for Pontiac was so big that Reynolds received multiple free Trans Ams.
Fundraising emails are a normal fact of political life. Asking your supporters to help buy the gas you helped make expensive is a special kind of tone-deaf.