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Congrats! I don't know much about the ES but it looks like you got a great deal!

Seize

Congrats on your new ES! Looks to be in great condition

bagwell

wait, did I miss the thread on the

ArmyofOne

The Family heirloom My mom, my brother and I went in 3rds to buy this for dads birthday this year. Little bro and I have free run of it, when we want it, and man is it a blast. I maintain it the finish, GM does all the services.

ArmyofOne

Annnnnd I have already bought new 6000k HID's for the lows, 3000K HID's for the fogs and some white LED plate lamp bulbs.

bagwell

awesome, keep that thing stock and it will hold its value nicely!

SW17LS

Congrats! Thats a good one, my aunt still has my 2003, has just over 190,000 miles on it,

ArmyofOne

I remember how much you loved your 2003, thats what steered me this way. I LOVE this car. So smooth.

Other than upgrading the lighting to LED/HID, its going to stay completely stock.

ArmyofOne

The Vette or the ES? LOL I was under the impression that there really isn't much in the way of aftermarket for the 02 ES300's except for wheels, which I may or may not do. I just don't want to lower the thing...in fact I don't even want to mess with the struts at all and lose that cushy Lexus ride.

ArmyofOne

Yessir. I thought I would have rather had an LS, but this fits our lifestyles better I think, and in the long run will be just as reliable.

It's not mint outside, but close. I need to get some Touch up paint and hit it in a few spots. and then go over it with my 7 step detail and paint correction process.

dseag2

Beautiful ES! And for $4,800, great value for the money.

ArmyofOne

So I got a chance today to take 'er out, and really run it through the gamut. I gotta say, I am impressed. Do these cars age? Either this car was impeccably cared for, I got lucky, or some combination of the two. Because out of 100 miles of driving today, the only thing I had that wasn't perfect was a slight "tap" or "tick" from the a-pillar area, not sure what thats about, but it is so minute, that I didn't hear it unless the radio was off and I was blissfully sailing down the freeway and I hit a dip just right.

I have no idea where the throttle issues or any of that herky-jerky nonsense are, but they aren't present in this car. If any of you have issues with yours, I have one suggestion. Go drive a 2014 Civic for a few hours. Then get back in your car and go home. You will thank me.

SW17LS

Its there. The issue is when you're say rolling in traffic at maybe 2 MPH, and you get off the throttle and then get back on the throttle you get a very disconcerting jerk in the acceleration response. You learn to compensate for it somewhat by giving it input to open the throttle up but hanging there a half second before applying throttle pressure to let the computer catch up. The issue isn't a myth though, its very real. I put 157k on one I know

ArmyofOne

oh that? I guess I am just used to that. I drive my wife's civic enough and they are TERRIBLE about that. The newer ones with the CVT's are better than the 06-10 models, but still.

Be that as it may, I must already be compensating for it because this car is hardly doing it.

mmarshall

Your car may have already had a factory ECU re-flash done sometime in its life, which was supposed to address the problem Steve is talking about. The re-flash was authorized for certain model years of the 4Gen ES, and certain VIN-blocks within those model years....I don't remember all the details. I DO remember, though, that some owners were satisfied with the results of the re-flash, and others weren't.