Hit the road for some real car fun when you are fed up with zooming at home

When you can't get tyres ($780 each) for your McLaren ($480k, no more to pay) you know things are tough. Like most of us when you can't spend money on travel, like going to LA and renting a McLaren 720S Spider for $1750 a day or a Fezza Portofino in Portofino for $1638 a day, you spend it on your car.

Taking the Fezza, Porker, Beemer, Macca or Lambo out for a spin on the track is better than being at home zooming with colleagues you have come to hate with a vengeance. Only problem is it wears out tyres quickly.

You could come to our Weekend Australian Rally Team drinks at the Kensi in Adelaide on Monday, November 23. We have a few COVID-19 free spaces left. Not only will the nude royal portrait painter be there, but so will the Cooper who put the Cooper in Coopers (Tim Cooper: a doctor, so you know every drink is good for you); the creator of the world's best rally, Sh*tbox Rally founder James Freeman.

Another option is to spend more money on great cars. Don't worry about new ones. No stock. Don't worry about near new. Prices too high. Instead have a look at the cattle dog for next week's Shannons Spring Timed Auction.

OK this is an auction where every child gets a prize. There're 48 items of auto memorabilia. My picks: the Austin J40 pedal car in barn find, or as the spiel says, an "original, unrestored example." Austin produced more than 31,000 of them from 1949 to 1971 using scrap metal from their Longbridge, UK factory.

Then there are 17 number plates ranging from $15k (22.022) to $150k (754).

Moving to death traps, there are 36 motorbikes for your crippling pleasure. I'd put my hand up for the 2008 Limited Edition Ducati Desmosedici. Only 120 came to Australia (Tom Cruise bought the rest); $100k new, and if you can get it for just over $60k it's a bargain.

There are 75 cars including: a couple of early '80s Beemers for $16k plus; my second favourite Porker, a 1979 928 Coupe (around $35k) and a 1988 928 S4; some serious Holdens (around $75k); a 1971 Feezer 365 GTC/4 Coupe ($400k); but I have serious lust for the 1970 E-Type 4.2 series roadster.

Eighteen readers and one friend, take a look at the pic of this sex machine. For a start it's red on the outside, black leather on the inside. It's got chrome wire wheels, a period Sanyo radio-cassette and a rebuilt engine. A top buy at $140k-plus.