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2000-2001 ES300 potential purchase, just a few questions

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Old 07-05-05, 07:38 PM
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Originally Posted by mmarshall
On a slightly different subject......test-drive the car throughly before you buy and make the sure the transmission's shiftng characteristics are acceptable to you....this was the subject of a significant number of owner complaints on ES models of that era....2000-2002. There is a lot posted about this on the Edmunds.com ES300/330 chat forums.
Tranny shifting problems began with the 02 model year with the 5speed auto. The 01 and under have 4 speeds. Completly different shiftng characteristics.
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Originally Posted by ntran18
HID was an option starting with 00. I have hid on my wife's 00 car.
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you guys have good info here.
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Since we dug up an old thread I figured I'd throw in the fact that my 00 has factory H.I.D.'s
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