Category Archives: Cars

Mini Countryman.

Sergio dropped into Zen with this Mini Cooper S Countryman and I couldn’t resist taking it for a spin. It’s pretty big and you sit pretty high up in it. I’m still not a fan of the mini’s interior. It’s crazy over the top, kitch almost and the massive speedo in the middle of the dash is just plain silly, tradition, or not. This Countryman was an auto which really did take the fun out of it’s zippy little engine. Whilst I’ve been loathing driving a manual on bad traffic days I’m not sure I could ever handle a full auto again… clutchless manuals (like the DSG gearbox in my old GTI) are a great compromise me thinks.

The Mighty Car Mods guys were at the JDMST meet the other night. Marty asked if it was alright if he intereviewed me and without hesitation I said “yes”. I then instantly started to regret agreeing as I hate being in front of the camera. I got nervous and felt like I mumbled a lot but after watching the video I think I did OK! Glad I didn’t say anything stupid!

Look out for Mark Pakula, Sergio and John in the video too! :)

Earlier at Zen getting ready to pack up the shop.

We packed everything into the mini van. She did great!

Setting up our Zen Garage stall.

Our trade stand at the meet. We brought along all the new Illest gear (as well as some run-out specials).

Wing it!

Sergio’s S15.

RE kit on this FD was awesome, gold wheels definitely different!

Real deal Z-Tune.

Epic. The biggest JDMST Meet so far, no doubt.

Last night’s JDMST EOMM @ WSID Eastern Creek was massive. Cars were pouring in from 6PM and the queue went all the way out to the main road for hours. At it’s peak, around about 8PM the carpark was almost at full capacity (that’s a 2,000 space car park!). Due to the way cars were parked (spaced out in parts) I’d say we had about 1,200 cars on the night which makes it the largest JDMST Meet to date.

We had a Zen Garage stall on the night and we brought all the new Illest gear which we just took delivery of in the past few days (perfect timing!). We sold a lot of hoodies and crewnecks, no surprise as Sydney is getting cold about now!

Massive thanks to the guys at Top Secret Imports for making the venue happen for us. Massive thanks also to the Zen Garage team + Sergio, Claudio and Anton for helping us throughout the day and night.

All the above shots were taken by the talented photographers on JDMST. View many more images here: http://forum.jdmstyletuning.com/showthread.php?43719-NSW-JDMST-X-TSI-EOMM-APRIL-2012-WSID

Our end of month car meets get bigger every year and lately the cops have been shutting us down. Thanks to Top Secret Imports (TSI) and Fernando Wiehrl (Project D Drift School) we’ve secured the WSID car park @ Eastern Creek for this month’s JDMST EOMM. It’s massive news for the community, especially for those who live hours out of Sydney (only to turn up to a meet that is being shut down by police, not cool).

Love Sydney, hate it’s drivers.