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My wifes 99 es300 makes a thumping sound also. It only seems to do it when its cold and goes away after a few miles. It doesn't happen on big stuff only on chop or rough pavement. My 01 doesn't do this at all but it only has 40K on it whereas my wifes is at 110K. I've taken it several places to see whats up, but noone knows. I also met a few others who have a 99 also and they say the same thing. I hope its normal. :cries: I know its not an answer, but your not alone.

I bought my wifes white '99 ES300 in 2003 for $17,500 with 69,000 or so on it. At the time I thought it was too much, but later figured it was a pretty good deal. As a matter of fact, I liked the car so much that in July '06, when I was shopping for a new GTO, I ran into a friend whose mother had died and wanted to sell her '01 ES300 for $14,000. Out of curiousity I went to look at it and it only had 37K miles, records of all maintenance, and brand new tires. Even though it hasn't been washed in a few months it was pretty much spotless. I ran down to the bank and bought it. Since then I bought 17 in. ADR rims, tinted the windows, and installed a wing on back. The brand new 16 in. tires off it when on to my wifes new "Bling!" rims (I'm not a chrome fanatic).