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Ok, just some stats for ya's :)

First tank of Caltex Vortex 98 that I put in my M35, well not a whole tank 41.43L to be precise :)

It got me 312km's, which I don't think is too bad considering the first 150km's was taking it easy and being contained and the second half, well need I elaborate ;)

Let's just say I gave the manual shift (with high rev's of course) and the 4WD traction a good test run ;)

The on-board system gives me a read out (the english parts I can read, the japanese, not so well!!) 6KM/L, the green leaf is a bit off putting tho because everytime you tickle the peddle the green disappears out of the leaf lol. I spose it's best for the environment if you don't touch the peddle :D

Anyway, only good things to report so far, nothing has fallen off or blown up (touch wood).

I've been up to the Central Coast and then back into the city and then to Blacktown, surprised in all of those K's today that no-one spotted me and posted!! :P

I'm glad I got the M35, everyone thinks it's like a 4 cylinder or something innocent, they all think they can go quicker or get off the line faster.. This is not the case and they were left embarrassed and confused lol

Anyway, this has been the rambling of a new Stagea owner, I'll be hopping along now :)

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Gotta love that AWD, right? If I was stupid enough to street-race and risk my license and car, the results in the rain would almost always swing my way against Falcadores, etc. with RWD.

I wasn't racing as such, just getting egged on by people in NA Celica's and the likes :)

Then they heard my motor and realized they had underestimated the delivery wagon :P

Let's round up some Stagea's and do a run along the Putty Road to Singleton and then back on the F3, stop somewhere for lunch and a pow wow etc :D

take the blank piece out of the stock airbox and put a filter in there and youll have a nice sound that people also dont expect :P

my fuel economy is pretty shit as well, the dealer suggested i put some injector cleaner through it (car is at 100k) and this might fix it. but im haing gearbox problems - dont worry it doesnt seem common at all - and they think its either a misfire due to fuel (lack of or too much) or a torque converter problem.

anyway, im hoping its a fuel problem so my economy gets better!!

and feel free to go on about them, we already know they are an awesome car :D

take the blank piece out of the stock airbox and put a filter in there and youll have a nice sound that people also dont expect :)

my fuel economy is pretty shit as well, the dealer suggested i put some injector cleaner through it (car is at 100k) and this might fix it. but im haing gearbox problems - dont worry it doesnt seem common at all - and they think its either a misfire due to fuel (lack of or too much) or a torque converter problem.

anyway, im hoping its a fuel problem so my economy gets better!!

and feel free to go on about them, we already know they are an awesome car :)

Hahaha, I'll leave the airbox as it is for now. I'm happy with the power response and delivery and think it goes fast enough for atleast a few months :banana: There are only so many demerit points on a drivers licence ;)

Sorry to hear about your gearbox, hope it's not something major.

Hope you get it all sorted out and get it running 100% :)

6KM/L? Wow, I thought the M35's were heaps better with fuel consumption. That equates to about 16.5L/100KM. Maybe you need to replace o2 sensor?

Maybe I need to ease off on the pedal and drive it in auto instead of manual shifting... nah... it's more fun consuming the fuel :)

First time I had the car I was gunning it everywhere and achieved 5.5km/L. Now that i'm taking it easy it's doing 7.5km/L and getting about 550km on a full tank.

Also today I had to get a pink slip. Took it to a local workshop, the guy drove around the block, came back and almost shat himself when he got out. He said to me, "this thing goes pretty hard, does it have twin turbos or something?". I just smiled. He then got his other work mates and they swarmed around the car.

Congrats on the new car btw.

13.5-18.5L/100 for an M35 :)

gotten 9.6L/100km with 85% of that being fwy driving today, fair bit of lead foot, normally around town with a fair bit of heavy footedness it uses 11-12 with a few short fwy trips, or at worst 15-16!

all figures in this post is litres per 100km

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