If you're hanging around Canberra with nothing to do this morning, come down and join us at the Questacon carpark for the start of the Shitbox Rally at 9.30am.
The sight of 200 cars worth less than a total of $200,000 heading out to the Birdsville Expressway for a 3700km jaunt to Townsville will be a sensational, exciting and moving experience, so moving it will probably put you off driving forever.
Co-driver Paul Marshall and I will be handing out free copies of The Weekend Australian from a few weeks ago, signed photos of our editors and executives, and some old lollies for the kiddies.
Anyway, talking of shitboxes, US carmakers recalled a record 60 million cars last year. But don't worry, Mark Rosekind, boss of the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, says this year could see that record broken.