Category Archives: Cars

ABC Tyrepower and Mechanical Rosebery

Posted on 4 August, 2025 by Justin Fox

Legends.

OK, so day made!

I had 2 punctures over the past 2 days on a bicycle (wasn’t even riding it, was just fitting new tyres but there was something sharp in the lining of one of them), and this morning I felt the need to go for a ride (rain, hail or shine!), so I get to my car to pack the bike and well damn, my Honda Jazz had a flat tyre.

I dropped my Jazz off to my local tyre shop (ABC Tyrepower in Rosebery) without a booking (did the same with Gina’s Audi TT last time and these guys were awesome), and like last time, these guys in the office have just got the best vibe going on. It’s obvious (to me) that these guys love their jobs. We’re not just talking smiles here, we’re talking laughs, and on a Monday!

A few hours later I got an SMS to let me know my car was ready to be picked up. I walk in to pick up my Jazz and the boss asks me to come behind the desk to see his screen, turns out he had the ZEN Garage web site up and he asks “is this you?!”.

He loved it all, and asked if his son (who’s into JDM) could come along to our meets!

I ended up yapping with him and some of the staff about ZEN, the concept of ZEN (they totally got it!), and cars.

He ended up not charging me for the flat tyre! I insisted that I wanted to pay, but he wasn’t having it. Absolute legends! Faith in humanity restored. The least I can do is share the story and give them a plug.

Visit: https://abctyrepower.com.au

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Tanuki Racing at WTAC 2025 – Drivers Announced!

Posted on 22 July, 2025 by Justin Fox

We now officially have 2 horses in the race!!!

Look out for HUGE ZEN ROUNDEL logos on the roof of both the Tanuki Racing cars at World Time Attack Challenge this year.

The Tanuki two-car lineup includes 2024 Bathurst 1000 winner Todd Hazelwood and rising global motorsport talent, Hana Burton!

BRING IT ON! Can’t wait to party with everyone. We’re beyond pumped!

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Jimny

Posted on 21 July, 2025 by Justin Fox

Spent the afternoon with Charlie and Nick shooting this awesome little Suzuki Jimny today. Such a rad little car! Full feature will be up on ZEN Blog soon.

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SESSION

Posted on 13 July, 2025 by Justin Fox

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SESSION

Posted on 12 July, 2025 by Justin Fox

BATTER UP!

Good to catch up with some old faces at SESSION today. Some truly awesome machines there so look out for our photo feature soon.

Special thanks to all who came and aid “Hi!” and massive thanks to Carbon St. for this awesome carbon fibre baseball bat! I love it!

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Midnight ZEN

Posted on 26 June, 2025 by Justin Fox

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ZEN EOMM JUNE 2025 – Shot by Gina

Posted on 22 June, 2025 by Justin Fox

June’s End Of Marrickville Meet was awesome. Bit bitter sweet for me as it was such a great day, but also so sad that we have to give up the space (government have bought the block and making apartments).

Whilst I usually bring a camera to EOMM’s, and in the late 90’s my sole job at EOMM was to take a photo of every single car that rocks up to post on JDMST forums, I get so deep into conversations at meets that I often come away without taking a single shot, so this time I thought I’d task Gina with covering the meet for me.

Gina’s been finding her ZEN in a LOT of things lately; piano, cycling, yoga, and now photography! Whilst she usually shoots with a 35mm lens I threw a spanner in the works by forcing her to shoot with my Sony FE 85mm F1.8 lens.

Here are the results. I think she smashed it!

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ZEN EOMM MAY 2025

Posted on 2 June, 2025 by Justin Fox

What a meet! Admittedly I’ve been pretty slack with putting the energy in to specifically invite special people and special cars to previous ZEN EOMM’s. Why? Well because I’ve never had to, and IMHO never needed to. The very concept of EOMM was to get like minded enthusiasts offline to meet in real life and put the avatars to the names. It was never meant to be a car show and I loved it that a kid with a beater could freely park up right next to a 1000HP GT-R.

Last month’s meet was massive. At some stage I had a few people urge me to go outside to see JDM cars blocking up the streets for 3 blocks! This instantly reminded me of the days when cops would turn up to shut our meets down. Good times! I met so many new faces on the night, so many people who let me know that they were 12, or 15 when they first heard of JDMST, ZEN or EOMM’s. What’s even more heart warming was people telling me that they were a little nervous to come along, but they had been meeting and chatting to strangers all night.

Elation.

I was soaking up the vibe all night. I was on such a huge high I feel like I’ve been coming down the past few days.

Much thanks to all who came to hang out. Thanks for thanking us for getting the community together, but it’s you guys and gals who are the community. Thanks to Reggie for feeding us and to Philter for the beers. Be sure to look out for our next ZEN EOMM, it’s going to be the biggest one yet as it’s our last meet at our Marrickville space (more news on that, soon!).

Full Feature on ZEN Blog: https://www.zengarage.com.au

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