Category Archives: Cars

Nanami takes delivery of her new VW Polo

Posted on 4 February, 2018 by Justin Fox

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Nanami buys her 1st car

Posted on 1 February, 2018 by Justin Fox

Denlo in Parramatta.

Peter Zhang was our sales guy and he was AWESOME!

Sealing the deal.

Happy Nana. These guys were great!

SOLD!

Nana’s first car!

Spent the day helping Nanami buy a VW Polo today. They’re GREAT little cars! Super zippy, planted, fun cars to drive. She opted for the better package with more power (the little turbo rips!) and it’s black interior is a nice place to be in, especially with the alcantara seats.

The first dealer we called (closest to us) sold the car we were after 15 minutes earlier. He let us in on the fact that he didn’t budge on the price though. We mentioned we found one at another dealer for cheaper, the guy then pretty much told us to go grab it as he couldn’t match the price.

We then drove out to Denlo Volkswagen in Parramatta, our sales guy was Peter Zhang, and man, the guy just made the whole experience a great one. I often call dealers stealers, but this guy’s a great guy, and he made buying the car personable and ultimately a super fun and exciting experience for Nanami, which I’m really happy for!

We go back next week to pick her new car up! I’ll try to get more snaps then!

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JDMST – Why we meet

Posted on 12 January, 2018 by Justin Fox

This is an old interview. The guy opposite, interviewing me was Marty from Mighty Car Mods, and man he made me feel at ease during this interview. I fucking HATE being in front of the camera, and I was shitting my pants when he asked me for a few words, but the way he set it all up, I just remembered how chill he was, which made me chill, and I’ve never been as comfy in front of a camera since (much to learn!).

When the guys did this video we ripped it and uploaded it to our channel so we could stream it into the in-store TV. That was a big no no, and created unnecessary bad vibes. Fast forward all these years and I’ve just reached out to Marty to ask if it’s OK for me to cut out this bit of the episode, and re-up it to my new channel. The lovely man said YES!

Thanks to young Phil Boquida, my right hand video man this year I’ve uploaded the clip to the channel. Check Phil’s work out here, it’s awesome.

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China Trip – Day #6 – Hong Kong

Posted on 2 January, 2018 by Justin Fox

When in HK one must Ho Hung Kee.

Hanging out with my young cuz Anthony, the super car buster!

FOLLOW HIM! – https://www.instagram.com/supercar_buster_hk/

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Goodbye my lover. Goodbye my friend.

Posted on 19 December, 2017 by Justin Fox

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Never underestimate the power of a phone call

Posted on 23 November, 2017 by Justin Fox

So what’s with all this attitude at 42? Understandable if I was young, but telling the boss of an international brand that you think you love the brand more than he does sounds pretty damn arrogant, and that’s exactly what I said to Jose Angeles, the big man at Toyo Tyres Australia a couple of years ago during our first meeting.

Over the years I’ve developed an interesting relationship with most of my clients. It takes a lot for a client to take risks on me and allow me to work the way I want to work, because if you try to make me work the way everybody else does… well then there’s friction, and well, then basically nothing gets done.

I got a message from Nicholas Green yesterday. Nick has been a middle man of sorts in my relationship with Toyo. He simply asked for a Toyo update and I lost my shit.

It’s funny how much pressure we put on ourselves. It’s funny how much pressure money puts on me and how much pressure I put on money. In a time where I’m hyper aware of how little energy I have for anything but working on personal issues and gaming, I still wake up with ZEN and Toyo on the brain and if I scroll through my feeds, though there are less posts I still see ZEN and Toyo posts in the mix.

It’s this natural connect that is important to me and I love that Toyo and many other of my clients leave me alone to do what I like when I like, but for some reason, a simple question from Nick yesterday made me feel an immense pressure, like what I was doing wasn’t enough, like maybe we should just drop the relationship, like what the hell was I thinking?

It’s taken a few deep breaths, an apology, and a phone call to both Nick and Jose to calm me down. Thanks Nick, and Jose for being pillars and mirrors for me. I didn’t like what I saw in the reflection, but I’m glad I’ve seen it, and I’m massively grateful for the support.

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The Golf is SOLD!

Posted on 19 November, 2017 by Justin Fox

SHE’S SOLD!

Going to a good guy who’s a mate of a great guy. This car has been the longest daily driver I’ve owned. It’s the car that killed the modifying bug in me (as I was buying and modding a car a year before this car). Where I often wished I was in my GT-R when a nice ride would pull up next to me at the lights when I was in my daily drivers, I never felt that way in the Golf. It holds it’s own and nothing I’ve owned has ever sounded so good from the front and the back.

#hooraynomoretyrekickers #lessismore

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WTAC 2017

Posted on 25 October, 2017 by Justin Fox

My WTAC photos are up! FEATURE: http://www.zengarage.com.au/2017/10/wtac-2017/

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JDMyard, WTAC winners… AGAIN!

Posted on 15 October, 2017 by Justin Fox

So surreal, so unreal, so… lost for words. My mates at JDMyard have won WTAC again!

I was done at 5PM on Sat at WTAC, as usual, no idea how the guys managed to muster the energy to hold a meet after the win, but damn! What a way to celebrate!

Sam Law was there (when is he not?!) to capture the vibe. Full feature on ZEN BLOG: http://www.zengarage.com.au/2017/10/the-chronicles-x-jdmyard-megameet/

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