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  1. I'm writing to thank all of you who have given me advice on the Lexus as I physically went to inspect the car today. First thing I noticed was that the interior was more worn than the picture. The phone antenna was snaped off as well. The rims were 16 inches (so all you lexus heads were right! ;p) and the front and rear tires were cheapo tires, as well as unmatched; fronts are smaller than the back. There were no spacers on the wheels tho. Under the hood, everything was pretty clean. There was an oil change as the color looked perfectly fine. Opened the cap and BAM, sludge, and quite a bit of it too! :( I reckon that it wasn't properly maintained for the sludge to wind up that high. The other fluids were also in need of change (they were all dark or at low levels). I thanked the seller for allowing me to look it over, told him about the problems and why I'm not buying the car. He accepted them and we went merrily on our ways. Thanks again for giving me a crash course on general maintence (pun, not intended) as there might have been a chance I would have bought this car and had headaches with future maintence. Back to the drawing board. ;)
  2. The base wheels were 16x6.5 but those particular SC300 wheels are 16x7. LOL! Seriously, I still find it amazing that all of you can tell the wheel size and what not just by looking at a picture.
  3. oh definitely no doubt... but i'm going to be sticking my finger inside of the engine to find out if there is any sludge <homer simpson voice> mmmm.... sludge.... </homer simpson voice> hopefully there isn't any... because if there is, i'm probably not going to buy it... especially reading adam's story above. i wonder if it's possible to flush it out... and how many flushes it would take if there is a little. guess we'll see... just got a -load of snow dumped here... so that killed my plans for going to the guy today.
  4. actually SC wheels are 16x6.5 (stock ones at least).
  5. yup, i understand that... and that's why i wonder why everybody is saying those are SC type wheels. i checked the stock ES and SC wheels and both do not look like the ones in the picture above. so i'm wondering how people can tell the wheels in the auction are SCs or not. after looking at all these wheels, now i understand why people want to steal other people's wheels (cause they are really expensive).
  6. checked on ebay and there doesn't seem to be many people selling their stock wheels. i checked the pictures again and those wheels don't seem to be stock lexus wheels (the L doesn't look like the lexus' L, looks aftermarket). looked through tirerack and saw a bunch of wheels. with varying offsets, anywheres between 35 to 42. is there a significant difference between offsets?
  7. Speaking of which, what is the normal wheel size on a 96 ES300? How much do wheels usually run (and I guess I multiple by 4)? Where's the best place to get wheels and what not? Thanks.
  8. i wonder how you guys can tell they are SC wheels or ES wheels or what not. so at the minimum, i'm going to have to buy new wheels before i drive this car home (since i live about maybe 20 miles away). from the description of the listing, it seems that those wheels might have been there for some time as well. how would i go about checking for damage? is the damage only on the rear struts (are there frontal ones)?
  9. Um, no lol. Try another Lexus dealer they're just being difficult. Try stopping in person... that's the nearest lexus dealer... not sure where else i can stop in. i guess it's time to call some other lexus dealers... what else can i say...
  10. gah! just called the lexus shop and they informed me that (1) they cannot give that information over the phone and (2) they need to see the registration as well. so it looks like i'm back to the drawing board as to finding out some history about the car before the actual purchase.
  11. i might have to agree with you on that as i got off the phone with the toyota shop and they sound like they are busy busy busy there. maybe it's because it's a monday, i'll give the lexus shop a ring.
  12. thanks for chiming in and giving me something to reference against. i wasn't aware that amaco is trustworthy in doing a rebuild of the tranny, first of all. can you inform me as to how much this entire process cost? (i'm aiming for worse case scenario). if what you say is true, i'm going to be in deep because nyc dips into sub 30 degree temperatures easily. speaking of which, did your engine have that oil sludge problem mentioned above as well?
  13. don't remind me... i'm not sure whether to laugh or cry reading what you just wrote. :-/ i'm going to call the local toyota dealship/shop and check the VIN number as advised above and hope he can tell me some stuff. i'm hoping toyota people are nicer to deal with than lexus people. and there's supposedly a 'limited 1month/1000mi warranty' as per eBay's listing. of course, i take that with a grain of salt.
  14. That's the thing, I'm not sure I can do that since I already hold the winning bid and the sale is AS-IS Final. In the beginning, I thought "ok cool, lexus = toyota luxury, should be very reliable." The more I read, the more this is becoming a pain in the butt honestly. :( And with that, maybe it's fitting to say "ignorance is bliss" at least until your timing belt comes off or tranny eats 3 quarts of oil in 300 miles or has molassis-like goo inside. :D
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