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Hi All

I recently bought a 2001 M35 Stagea and have been loving every minute of it.

It's done just over 90,000km.

Everything on it is stock except for the 18 inch rims and new brakes. (see bad iphone photo).

I have also wired up a reverse camera to the VTR input on the stock tv tuner, works great.

I wont be modifying the car too much as I use it for my daily and I dont want to chew through even more petrol.

Its averaging about 500-600km per tank which from the other posts seems good.

There are some minor things wrong with it, such as the rear glass hatch doesnt open, but nothing major.

I'm living in Adelaide so if anyone could recommend a good mechanic to get it serviced I'd be greatly appreciated.

I'm tossing up between Sinergy and Japanese Motorsports at Norwood.

Its coming up for its 100,000km service soon so i want to do the lot, fluids, belts, plugs, everything.

Thanks

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