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Canberra of course didn't go without its dramatic moments. Show 'n' Shine Veterans Queen Street had a few of their cars join the party. They were able to make the journey to the show 'n' shine without hitch, however while parking into a suitable spot, things got a little but more interesting.

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One thing I learned on my trip to Canberra is that car enthusiasts in Canberra are definitely not afraid of a little water. Introduce a little bit of wetness to a meet in Sydney and you can expect disaster, however not in Canberra.

As Fonzy and I arrived, we were warmly greeted by a group from the Toymods forums and Canberra Celica Group. Now these are some keen car guys. Here I am struggling with my umbrella making sure that I'm not drowning in the weather, and some of these guys strut around without any waterproof covering.

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After poking around a couple of forums in search of a companion to travel to Canberra with, I was fortunate to meet up with Fonzy. Some of you may remember our feature on Fonzy's oldschool bosozoku  TA22 Celica from the June issue of the Magazine. If you haven't seen it, you really must order it through our Magstore website. Fonzy agreed to convoy together on our trip south. Great! This meant that I didn't have to do it alone after all!

Fonzy is a true reflection of a car guy. The 3am wake up and 4am take off in the cold, wet night proved it for me. There aren't too many people in Sydney that are hard core enough rock up in these conditions. We like to be a bit spoon fed in Sydney I think. Here we are meeting up at McDonalds in Villawood before taking off.

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Now one thing that we've noticed at Fast Fours & Rotaries is the lack of in-depth, reliable and experienced feedback on the going-ons of Jamboree 2010. Our friend's at Zoom magazine have taken their jobs very, very seriously and have provided us all with in depth information a with a meticulous eye for details. You won't get a richer source than this.

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Camera... Check

Drivers License... Check

Cash... Check

Change of clothes... Check

Toothbrush... Check

Next on on the agenda... Water, oil and tyre pressures

Well, things are a definite go ahead for the road trip down to Phillip, ACT for Ultimate Tunes's JDM Fest 2010, but hold on. What's this we see?

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Ultimate Tunes is hosting the 2010 JDM Fest This Saturday 4th of September. Fast Fours & Rotaries is happy to announce that we'll be making the trip from our HQ in Sydney to the ACT to catch all the thrills, spills and kills.

So who's going? Let us know! We want to know about your trip to the 2010 JDM Fest. We want to show off your photos and your videos of your trip to Philip ACT. We want to meet you up there!

Singles, couples, families, clubs, groups of friends, car clubs, we want to feature your trip and we want to meet you at JDM Fest 2010.

Shoot me an email at phil@fastfours.com.au and let me know where you're coming from. I want to know about your road trip, and I want to know about your ride.

If you haven't already notice the Competitions tab just underneath the main banner of the website, then go on ahead and check it out. We'll be keeping this tab updated everytime we've got stuff to give away. The latest competition we've got on also runs in the September issue of Fast Fours and Rotaries Magazine. Make sure you go out an buy this issue because it's chock a block full of some of the neatest rides, events, tech and write-ups.

In the latest giveaway, we've got Meguiar's car care kits to give out. These are valued at over a hundred bucks each and can be yours simply by writing in an email response. Check it out!

Remember to pick up a copy of the latest Fast Fours & Rotaries Magazine this weekend. In Septembers issues, we dish out another exquisite serving of four and rotary enthusiasm at its best.

We go behind the scenes at Targa, check out off the street drag racing, show you what to look out for when buying a pre-loved turbo, power up a brand new STi and cover HEAPS of cars.

Karl's 13BT RX-2... Born from King Midas' golden touch
Emin's Tomei powered S15 churning 411rwkW!
Daniel's clean JDM influenced FD RX-7
The cleanest Ford Mark 1 two door escort ever!
FAT bodied WRX that calls out to your dark side
552hp 2.2L 180sx from WA

We also drop by Driving Sports for a trip back to school, learn about slick tyres, have a deep squizz into the operations of Xtreme Rotaries during their open day and reflect on the best racing franchise in history... THE NEED FOR SPEED

ALSO... I'm running a competition on my column (page 20) so make sure you enter and be in the running for a Meguiar's car care kit!

Grab a copy this weekend!

Remember to pick up the latest issue of Fast Fours & Rotaries Magazine. It's a Special DVD edition so grabbing yourself a copy will score a special DVD filled with the craziest Fast Fours and High Performance Imports action produced by Jet Multimedia.

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Grab yourself a copy of Fast Fours & Rotaries August issue tomorrow to catch another monthly injection of rotary revolutions and four banger fury.

We take you through the ins and outs of picking out a used car.

You can join us on our tour of Raceline's Super Sunday , Burnouts, show cars, dyno shootouts and drifting all in one location in Queensland.

Catch our view of round 1 of the Mitsubishi GSR and Evo Club's time attack series at Mallala circuit. There's a whole host of various Fast Fours and Rotaries having a play in unpredictable weather.

We pay a visit to Chaser's Motorworks in Victoria. We chat with Glenn about their world reknown tuning and check out some of the sweet rides chilling in and around their shop.

Have you ever wondered whether or not it's worth buying a cheap turbo? We give you the spill in this issue. Bargain turbo myths are put to the test.

For all our Forester fans, we squeeze a brand new Forester of the factory floor to see how many ponies we can dish out of it. Real tests and real results.

The Mazda MPS is a newer face to the scene so we get our hands dirty in installing an aftermarket intercooler on one with thanks to HDI.

Check out the Jake Jones' Drift Squid 2.0, rebuilt and looking better than ever.

A CA18DET powered Datsun with fat rims, fat arse and fat attitude, this is one FAT SUN.

Simon Bonney's RX-2 is well known in the rotary underworld. It's packing just shy of 500 horsies and is cleaner than nanna's tea towels.

We come across a breathtaking Tommi Makinen Lancer Evo spitting out 400 horsies across it's four wheels.

Featured also is a very talented EVO VII. It's been built to do all things track and street, and is easy enough for mum to drive to pick up the bread and milk.

We snoop around at a Club Charles street meet and say g'day to a few of our readers.

GT Starlets have find a soft place in our hearts and we have a marvellous example of one. It runs off giggle gas and will clear a quarter in 11 seconds.

Also the latest news and updates from the scene, off the street drags, new goodies on the market plus so much more.