The Shitbox Rally is a great cause and I congratulate you for taking some time to put an article in the paper about it, the more “mainstream” media publicise the event, the easier it is for entrants to find sponsors.

The internet shopper and forum savvy customer thinks that they know more than a properly trained specialist. In addition customer may try to attempt to “self-repair” the vehicle from information gathered up from internet searches across the Jetstream.

We’ve been getting a lot of emails here at the motoring section asking about holidays for metal lovers. MM from Adelaide writes ‘For 20 years I have taken my partner and our three children on the world’s most boring holidays.

Once again the Weekend Australian motoring section is embroiled in controversy. Not since Porsche went to water cooling or since Jeremy Clarkson accused an American in the audience of being a fake, because she wasn’t fat enough, have metal lovers tempers hit such Olympian h...

How’s this for a serious road test?Three years, 300 cars, over 10,000 kms on Australia’s worst roads. Now to be fair the cars in this particular test have to be worth $1,000 or less but supervising mechanic Alex Hallowell reckons it says a lot about makes of cars.

Since 2010 the Shitbox Rally has pitted teams driving cars that cost less than $1000 against each other over some of Australia’s roughest roads. The Rally raises money for Cancer Research. This year’s rally is from Adelaide to Fremantle via

Not all journalists end up tragic figures editing and writing the motoring pages for the Weekend Australian. Some go on to be famous politicians and bond traders. Others go on to head large corporations. At least one has become the world’s most highly paid used car salesman

Wondering about your next holiday? Scrapped cruising? Too much boat not enough love? The gang giving you too much of a hard time about getting frequent traveller status on the Woman’s Weekly World Discovery Tour?