LexKid630

You mean FWD (Front wheel drive) don't you? Not 4WD! B) And if it's for your younger daughter, you should be able to be patient then since she's won't have her drivers licence for a while. ;) ← and i thought i'd get it early so i'd be in the best shape and less mileage. + i'm looking for this specific blue color. I think it'll take me a loonnnggg time to find it... and one year and 2 weeks from now she's 16....but of course this new law requiring kids to have this "permit" for a 1/2 year or something; Rhode Island sucks.... :P

Wait..i thought the four wheel drive models were better in the transmission dept than the AWD? And i guess the two wheel drive is out b/c it doesn't have the standard "neccesities" our young Americans need nowadays, like spoiler (oh wow ) and xenon lights, "you know Dad, the blue ones!" ...LOL

already beat you..LOL Inskip (my lexus dealer aka the only one in little rhode Island) and 12 other used car dealers in RI already have me on a list for the 03 indigo ink rx300 4WD! And believe it NOT EVEN ONE of them already have an rx300 in blue; nevermind the other features!!

I should also mention that to make this search of mine even more specific :o i'm looking for the 4WD NOT the AWD model. I've owned 2 rx's with the AWD and it doen't seem to be very good for me.... Oh well let me stop lying; this rx won't be for me LOL I'm getting this for my other daughter Ali b/c SHE loves it soo much.... She's 14 now, 15 May 3rd (still a freshman) so i want to get this thing, store it in my 5th garage, and take it back out in 2 years LOL What a father does for his kids...yikes.... I wan't this rx to be the right one; i don't want to be having to take it back everyday to fix something else so i'm working on a good one...... That's why i'm asking all these questions about how to buy it...

I guess if i still can't find an 03 blue one but this summer i'll go for a black i guess.....The blue is my preference though... My aunt has a 2001 blue rx; i love it so much....but she has over 50k miles already; i'm looking for one with MUCH less.....I might be looking for a needle in a haystack but i need to try; i love the rx300's so much i need another that works!! LOL

Not even in the same league. Who knows a Lexus better than the Lexus dealer? The Saturn dealer won't have a clue, nor will they be as 'attention to detail' as Lexus will be.:whistles: What color RX are you looking at? You mentioned black? It's a georgous color, but a royal pain to keep clean. ← Well actually you're right about Saturn not knowing a lot..LOL Yesterday i was at a Saturn Herb chambers (i think hats the name) (ajacent to Inskip Lexus) and a man said there was an 03 silver rx (even though i could easiely see there wasn't LOL). So he came out with a key in his hand and said it was to this silver one, and that he needed to find it...i looked at the key (and i'm not lying!!) and i could tell it wasn't an rx key!! The panic buton wasn't red; it was a white button like a 330 etc...then he said well i'm sorry it's an es300!! i left....that was so funny.... I couldn't believe how he thought it was an rx300...I laughed so hard......oh well there you go.... Oh and i'm looking for the indigo ink pearl on tan rx300.... The black was an 02 i looked at... ;)

Also can that saturn dealer for ex give me another warranty from them? Do they do their own inspections? If so, are thay as good?

Ahh just saw a pic of a 2wd 99 online.....cool B)

That's another thing i found' Lexus has ALL the service history of most of the used cars on their lot! I looked at one 2002 black one that was there yesterday and the lady i talked to showed me ALL the records. All cervices, a little about the past driver (drivers in this case). But that was a good thing......From a private party they don't have all of that.....

Like you Neil, my first Lexus was also a black '96 ES Coach Edition. Granted it was a hand-me-down, but perfect for me when I was in college 6-7 years ago. A lot of my college buddies called it the "pimp-mobile" and would always ask me for rides and favors. Ahhh, how I miss those college days! :D Before that, I had a '93 Nissan SE-V6 pick-up truck. That thing hauled !Removed!, and it was a nice pick-up to transport large and small items wherever I went. ← I baught Kate (my first daughter) a new es330 for her when she went to college last year; she loves it! I really do think it's a cool ride for a young driver! It's silver on black though (ughhh) i don't particurally like the silver but it seems everyone else does! I thought she'd like that black garnet pearl color; even i do LOL........ It's so beautiful.... Lexus's are really nice cars for EVERYONE

also, are these "certified pre-owned" cars REALLY garanteed to be any better??? What inspections do they really do that need to be done after 2 years..... Has anyone baught a "certified pre-owned" and still had problems? anyone buy from private party and nOT have probs? Thanks for your input...

I'm looking into buying ANOTHER 03 rx300 but am not totally sure where or how... should i buy it from my Lexus dealer or from a private party or another used car dealership? Fact or fiction? ex: In 2003 Joe Shmo baught an 03 rx300 and got a "5 year" warranty. <- Is this true for the "standard" waranty? If so, would this SAME 03 rx be carrying this warranty TODAY? Therefore would it NOW have 3 years remaining? Lets say Joe Shmo were to trade this SAME 03 rx in for a Saturn for ex. could that Saturn dealership try to sell this SAME 03 rx on their lot with the remaining 3 yrs left of original warranty? so lets say i were to go to this Saturn dealership and see this SAME 03 rx. It would have a 3 yr remaining warranty?, and be priced at ex: 29,000 dollars. lets just say that Joe Shmo traded this SAME 03 rx in for another Lexus. So Lexus would take this car, supposedly do an x point inspection on it, and try to sell it on their lot as "certified pre-owned" for ex: 31,000 dollars "b/c it's certified :o " Now even if this car didn't have this certified thing going on, it still would have 3 years of warranty remaining. So why do i want to buy it from them rather than the saturn dealer? It still has the same warranty..It's not like thet're adding on a warranty. So pretty much i'm spending 2k more to have Lexus say it's "certified pre-owned" ??? It's not like the rx doesn't even have a warranty remaining; it does! Am i confused or something?? Is this all correct?? Please help

What year is your RX330, RX's brake fluid is hygroscopic, which means it attracts up to 3% of water per year. Water boils in brake calipers when the brake get hot and you will have air in the system. Pushing brake pedal to the floor is not a good sign. Check your brake fluid level like Lexkid says and make sure there is no leak. Also if it is more than two years, you need to flush the old fluid. ← that's my best suggestion; air in the line is the best idea i can think of that would have prevented the brakes from not working only ONCE...As soon as the air was pushed out, it would work fine....

i hate to admit it; but if Lexus was still making the rx300's in 05 i would buy anouther!! LOL I just feel that the rx300's are strong cars...Even with the problems with my 03, i would still buy another....the AC is so quiet !! LOL I love the rx..... Actually, if i spotted another 03 rx300 with low mileage, 4WD w/o navi (im getting sick of navi now) i would get it!! I actually still like it that much.....To be perfectly honest i've been looking around for another 03......I hate mine, but i'll like another...Deffinetly not coach; i'd like an indigo ink pearl/ ivory, spoiler, stainless steel grille guard, walnut interior...yeahhhhhh B)

Last year i found out that brake fluid was really important LOL.......In my wife's 03 gs430 the brake fluid "somehow" leaked out...?!?..I was on the highway and tried to stop and nothing happened....the pedal went down as normal (i think) but it didn't stop.....The brakes were good, there just wasn't any pressure TO the brakes to make the car stop....check the brake fluid to make sure....I don't think your fluid is low b/c don't you seen a lamp in the cluster saying you have low fluids? Does it work fine now? There might have been air in the line too......I'm not very fimiliar with this topic; just trying to help a bit.... More help?? LOL

That's very strange. When I upgraded my DVD disc in 2004, they claimed that the new disc had over 5 million POI's compared to 2 million on the older disc. Here's a quote from Lexus on the '04 ES330, "The DVD map database now contains more than five million points of interest (POI), compared to two million before." Seems to me it's the same amount on my upgraded disc. ;) ← Who's gonna need that many anyway ?!?! LOL

Very simple, Lexus' reputation for quality, durability, re-sale value (helps when your trading in on another Lexus! ;) ) & you gotta love the styling.......not to mention low cost of maintenance, good power & excellent fuel economy! :D Why look at another auto maker? ;) B) ← their reputaion was a getter for me too

I remember that commercial!! That was a good one; i really liked the one with the smart key feature ;) B) cooooolllllll

It's weird that the Lexus doesn't have that in the cluster....I think the center console screen dims at night...

Oh yeah..that makes sense; it does seem that the 2WD versions don't have as many standard features...

do you mean " the brake "pedal" goes all the way down but the brake doesn't engage?" Or brake 'pad" The pad is the part on the rotar...

Just wondering what it was that made you think of getting a Lexus instead of the other millions of cars on the road today.......was it a hard decision? I know it wasn't for me ;)

On the Lexus website it states that in 03 the rx300 got the moonroof "standard." Does this mean that the moonroofs on the older rx's weren't standard? I'm just asking b/c i have never seen an RX w/o a moonroof and wanted to know if anyone else didn't....Thanks

Aren't you supposed to change and replace the oil when the engine is VERY HOT? As the engine heats up, the oil will expand and fill a larger volume....As it cools it will go down to a lower level...... so if the level was good when it was cool, when it's warm (5 minutes of driving) it will seem as the level is more..A LOT MORE....

Yeah i do have the dimmer switch turned all the way up; just wondering if it's as bright in all rx's or just mine.... And YES i do think it's too bright @ night...i usually turn the dimmer down then.... B)