I know we rabbit on here about really expensive cars selling at auctions in very expensive and exotic locations (with free drinks), but there are alternatives. For instance you could buy a real Lancia Delta Integrale HF Turbo Martini for about $190,000 or have Adelaide's Jeff McDonald build you one for $1000.

You remember the mighty Italian Lancia. It dominated world rallying in the 1980s and early 90s. You may remember Jeff from last year's Shitbox Rally. He built and drove (for a while) a six-wheel Monsters, Inc yellow thing. This year he has created what he calls the Shitbox Martini.

"I started with a 1991 Nissan N13 Pulsar I bought from the local wreckers," Jeff said. Jeff used sheet metal from a rainwater tank to flare the guards, expanding foam, fibreglass and gyprock plaster.