Ok people, this is just an idea, so don't go thinking me and Scott have been cooking up plans without you. Anyhow, every year in Australia right at the beginning of the year there's always a massive 4 day car festival in Australia called the Summernats. It's the BIGGEST car show in Australia every year and is predominantly V8s and and beer... and girls pulling their tops off
Flight costs to Australia can be as little as US$1000 (sometimes a shade less) if booked in advance, so I'm sure that if a decent group got together we could make it a reasonably priced trip.
The event website is
www.summernats.com.au
http://www.summernats.com.au/photos.htm