RXGS

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interesting

JonnysES

Haha why so interesting?

RXGS

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Wasn't what i was expecting is all

JonnysES

Me either but everyone actually likes the van and I do too I'm a trade it on a higher trim model with more stuff like leather. But my essay is gonna get some seriously fun ****.

JonnysES

Me either but everyone actually likes the van and I do too I'm a trade it on a higher trim model with more stuff like leather. But my es300 is gonna get some seriously fun stuff

JonnysES

So here's some pics of my babe as well as My Grandparents new(to them) es300. Can you tell we like these cars? It's a 95 220k runs great. Also we paid 2,700 for this one. Clean car though. Has all options except coach. Chrome wheels and heated seats even the gold package. Which mine had but I took them off lol.

JonnysES

So I've officially moved back home and really looked at the continuing condition of my car while they drove it and it's gotten bad they stopped trying to protect the paint to keep it from worsening the motor is till going for how long no one knows and the stock transmission is somewhat iffy at this point. Slams really hard into reverse. Still shifts the same going forward every once in a while it'll change a little hard going into third nothing major for a a trans with 230k. In other news my uncle just bought this..http://www.carfax.com/vehicles/WBAGN...760li--hickory

Hasn't had it for a week my god is it fast. Been looking at ls430s. Not sure if I can put more money into my car after what they've done to it. Some how a bunch of random interior stuff got broken and my grandpa has been using it as a work car and the tires I put on are more than half way wore fronts even worse cause they didn't keep them rotated. I still have my van looking to finance a new car. What do you guys think of the ls430??

285exp

Just keep the minivan. Chicks love minivans.

You might try lowering it though, and maybe a cold air intake.

RXGS

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Based on the car you are driving now and how much you are worried on spending, I really wouldn't buy an LS430, not because it's a bad car, but because I think you might be overestimating how much car you can really afford. Costs are easily 4 times what they are on this ES, hell to change the catalytic converter on those at most places is worth more than your entire ES300. Just rock the van and just sell, scrape, trade in the ES. It's well last it's prime and it's just becoming a money pit (at least you make it seem that way). I don't want to come off as to harsh, but while the LS430s may have dropped in price, parts and service costs haven't.

JonnysES

Sorry for the wait you guys. In my true fashion you guys know I couldn't just leave this thing sitting as it was. So I went ahead and added some LED fog lights, painted the bumpers, the lower body, tinted the taillights, threw a trailer hitch on, made a real cold air intake, and put in a full banging stereo system.

acarapella

This is awesome thanks for sharing

What are you gonna do for the lether? That's the one thing that has always stopped me from restoring an old es300 or es250... I wouldn't be able to do the leather my self and I'm afraid to ask how much it would be to have someone else do it.

Also, looks like you were able to leave the tranny in when you took the motor out? I always thought themed have to come out together in a front wheel drive set up. Any obstacles doing that?

JonnysES

Leather is very expensive but if you have an otherwise clean car and you're willing to do it yourself I could see you being able to do sub 800 dollars that's something you'd have to decide on. 1,200 at least if you had someone do it with legit leather and such. It sucks how it kills the value you of these old cars. No I just pulled it all at once however you could get away with leaving it in I'm sure. You can almost always figure a way to take one or the other out separately or together. It pulled straight out for me man motor and trans right through the top. Left the sub frame in the car . Sorry I'm so late college is a *****.

JonnysES

So heres the status update on everything. I still have the van and it remained pretty much unchanged from that photo. But I have a shocking surprise for you guys. I hate that I let this thread fall apart like I have but I'm gonna be back in here on the regular gassing this thing back up I miss the community over here. I'll be up here in the next day or two posting some stuff up and some info. Sorry for my absence I'm trying to be an engineer and it's been a long past several months in school and it's killing me. So holy thread revival batman.

JonnysES

I have a new, well new to me Mazda6. It's a 2010 with 74k on the clock as of right now ive got 76400 on it. Over 2k in 3 weeks. I'm in love with this car. It's a 4 banger so I got 4 hamsters pulling me around but it's just as fast as my old lexus and handels way better I mean night and day. It's a base model so it's got a 6 speed manual in it! Yes a 6 SPEED! 0-60 in about 8.5 seconds and it gets 36+ miles to the gallon. It's nearly as smooth as the old es and is just as quiet but alot more fun. I miss Carla but she was old and tired and this Mazda is a great send off my mom's driving carla to her grave which won't be long. But I'm happy and hang around guys I'll be posting about mods and such here and on Mazda fourms I will share the link so you guys can always peak in on old Jonny and see what I'm up to. Thanks guys with love from North Carolina. literally