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Jim Tiberio - 09 May 2005 19:31 GMT

Hi everyone, my wife and I will be taking ownership of a 2001 ES300 later
this week. It currently has only 7,500 miles on it so it looks and drives
like new. I've tried sifting through a number of the posts here but haven't
found anything to be concerned about. I figured I'd just go ahead and ask,
is there anything I should look for or be concerned with in this vehicle?
Any problems that arise after say 20,000 miles that I may be able to take
care of now? Any former or current owners of this model have anything good
or bad to say? TIA!

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njbok - 09 May 2005 21:21 GMT

On 5/9/05 2:31 PM, in article 3e9of8F1unr2U1@individual.net, "Jim Tiberio"
<jimtiberio@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone, my wife and I will be taking ownership of a 2001 ES300 later
> this week. It currently has only 7,500 miles on it so it looks and drives
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> care of now? Any former or current owners of this model have anything good
> or bad to say? TIA!

I have a '98 ES and my wife has an'02 ES.

My 98 is virtually the same as the '01 you're getting. I've had the 98 now
for almost 8 years. It is an excellent car. You will love it. There are no
major concerns that I'm aware of. (Some may mention the oil-gelling, but
that was a lack-of-maintenance issue - not the model, itself). I hate the
'02 (trans shifting thing) but love the 98.

I might mention here that my 98 was broken into two weeks ago. It is
EXTREMELY easy to break into the car, and disable the alarm. (I won't
publish that here.) It was clear that the perps were looking for my valet
key. They wanted to drive it away. They didn't even touch $$, radar
detector, etc.

I know many people who leave valet keys in their glove box or console. DO
NOT leave your valet key in a 97-01 ES !!

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Henry Kolesnik - 09 May 2005 23:25 GMT

njbok
How many miles on your ES?

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Hank WD5JFR

> On 5/9/05 2:31 PM, in article 3e9of8F1unr2U1@individual.net, "Jim Tiberio"
> <jimtiberio@hotmail.com> wrote:
[quoted text clipped - 28 lines]
> I know many people who leave valet keys in their glove box or console. DO
> NOT leave your valet key in a 97-01 ES !!

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njbok - 10 May 2005 00:37 GMT

On 5/9/05 6:25 PM, in article 6rRfe.305$ce6.54@newssvr30.news.prodigy.com,

> njbok
> How many miles on your ES?

105 K Henry.........

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Jim Tiberio - 27 May 2005 16:15 GMT

> On 5/9/05 6:25 PM, in article 6rRfe.305$ce6.54@newssvr30.news.prodigy.com,
>
> > njbok
> > How many miles on your ES?
>
> 105 K Henry.........

Well, I finally got my 2001 ES300. It took long enough but we picked it up
on Wednesday. What a smooth ride but it will take some getting used to
after over ten years in Ford Explorers. Other than size it's only
shortcomings are power and braking. I expected it to be slower than my V8
Explorer (maybe not this much) so no big deal but the brakes on this thing
are so vague and require much more effort. We love it so far and with only
7,500 miles on the clock we'll have a long time to get used to it. my
question is this, has anyone else felt the brakes on these cars are a
weakness? Am I expecting too much from them or could the fact that the car
simply hasn't been driven much in the past four years contributing to the
vagueness? Thanks in advance for any opinions.

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Jim Tiberio - 10 May 2005 05:38 GMT

> On 5/9/05 2:31 PM, in article 3e9of8F1unr2U1@individual.net, "Jim Tiberio"
> <jimtiberio@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> I know many people who leave valet keys in their glove box or console. DO
> NOT leave your valet key in a 97-01 ES !!

Not to knock the '02 and later models but looks-wise I think I prefer the
'97-'01 anyhow. Thanks for the info on your experience and thanks for the
info on the theft. I guess an auto starter won't be too wise since they
usually put the valet key near the ignition.

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