Get real 20 readers! Jumping Jim Chalmers' beautiful big budget bonanza is not going to help the price of your classic car lurching ever downward.

No, the Toyota Kluger-driving Notorious B.I.G., Tupac, Paul Keating, Wayne Swan and Snoop Dogg-loving Treasurer ignored the plight of old Ferrari, Lambo, Roller, Porker and Jaguar owners across this once great country.

What would his hero, Tupac Amaru Shakur (aka Makaveli, aka 2Pac, aka MC), say about this betrayal of the status anxious class? Tupac was a serious petrol head with a serious non-electric car collection, including the 1996 BMW 750 he was shot in.

Now while JC 2 might not be fighting classic car deflation, his hero's Beemer certainly is. You can buy any old 750 in Las Vegas today for a little under $4k, but Celebrity Cars has Tupac's up for $2.2m with the bullet holes removed.

Talking of Beemers, Jamiroquai's Jay Kay's 1973 BMW 3.5 CSL, which he nicknamed the "Batmobile", goes up on the blocks today at Iconic Auctioneers Supercar Fest auction at Sywell Aerodrome, soap dodger land. This has a serious racing history and it's eligible for some of the best historic motorsports in the world, including the legendary Le Mans Classic. This would be great buying at around $250k.

Anyway, the good citizens of struggle street, 10 Ave Princesse Grace, Monaco, sniffed their nez at deflation, throwing $65m at RM Sotheby for some pretty neat metal. Top seller was Jody Scheckter's 1979 Ferrari 312 T4. Only ever driven by Jody, including his wins at the Belgian, Monaco and Italian grands prix, this was a pre-budget steal at $12.5m.

Over at Bonhams the same drugs kicked in with a 2012 Smart Fortwo City Car selling for $52k because it was owned by a Saint, Roger Moore.

Bottom line is a lot of high-priced metal didn't sell. Cars at $2m and above struggled while cars around $1m and below like Porkers and Astons, and very low-priced classics did well.

Tomorrow the red lights on and the 20th Rich Male Drivers of Imola are away on a racetrack that originally housed environmentally sound chariot races. Twenty readers and one friend do I need to remind you that today marks the 130th anniversary of the Great Horse Manure Crisis of 1894. The good citizens of every large city in the world, including Sydney, were in threat of drowning in poo.

I won't be at Imola since my youngest daughter is getting married. Good luck Rosie and Adam.

jc@jcp.com.au