First Time Lexus Owner Here!

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Hi everyone, I just wanted to say that im a proud owner of a '94 ES300 with 112,500 miles on it. A couple of days ago my wife totalled our Honda Accord LX, thank God no one was hurt, so i started the painful search of finding a reliable but safe car and the joy of haggling with the dealer! Anyway, i had read and heard a lot of rave reviews about the legendary Lexus reliability and luxury and always wanted to test drive one to see what the big deal was about.

I saw this nice ES300 that had all the options except heated seats which would've been nice here in CO but oh well. The car looked pretty clean and well kept from inside as well. After I test drove it, I must admit I was really impressed with the quietness of the engine and the absolute smoothness of the drive. To be honest i like the overall feel, smoothness, quality of components and design even more than my previous 1995 BMW 530i. I hope to learn a lot from you all here and maybe share some good experiences with this car. One thing i would like to know about this car is that is the engine considered an "Interference Engine"?, since our Honda had to have the timing belt changed at 100K miles or risk total engine damage! Thank you.

[Shayan 0]

it wont hurt the engine unless you got the vvti.

i mean if it broke it could clock stuff and mess thigns upbut thats life

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it wont hurt the engine unless you got the vvti.

i mean if it broke it could clock stuff and mess thigns upbut thats life

Thanks for the reply. I might as well do the 90K service from the Lexus dealership while i'm ahead.

[Lexucan 1]

Shayan is correct.

Yours is a 2nd generation ES300 ('92-'96) therefore it has a NON-interference engine.

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