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I HAVE THIS SAME EXACT PROBLEM. I NOTICE THAT I HAVE TO GREATLY HOLD THE WHEEL TO THE RIGHT IF THERE IS A LITTLE CROWN IN THE ROAD, AND OTHER TIMES THE CAR PULLS TO THE RIGHT SO I HAVE TO HOLD THE WHEEL TO THE LEFT... I HAVE HAD MY CAR ALIGNED FOR FREE BY THE DEALER. THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS AND IT REALLY IS ANNOYING. I REALLY AM CONTEMPLATING BUYING ANOTHER ONE OF THESE CARS AGAIN

Ok, So i went to a car wash, it was one that you drive through. I then come home, and I dont know if they were there already, but I have alot of swirl marks and long, but not deep scratches. I have been trying to read about how to detail your car, but nothing about what to do in my situation. I checked the dealers website, they have a 120 dollar detailing and hand car wash special. My question is do surface scratches, and swirls ever come out? If so would any one recommend the dealer or an autodetailing shop instead? I bought some Mcguires Clay kit, and applied it, but that didnt help at all, I also tried the wax from Mcguire and that didnt help. Im not professional detailer, and am more or less just interested in ES350 owners experience with swirl marks and how to get rid of them. Thanks Brandon

RJT, The car is built beautiful on the inside. First thing I noticed was the interior sound quality, it is far beyond BMW, I didnt even know I started the car, I thought it was off when I drove it off the lot. I did feel that the BMW did seem to be more sturdy with the interior build, but it was also more dull. After having the ES for almost a month and a half now, I can say that I definitely prefer the interior to the Lexus hands down. Lexus knows where to add accents and how to make it comfortable. Every person that rode in the 5 series that sits into my ES always says how much more comfortable the seats are. Reliability I will definitely get back to you about, it seems that even looking at my friends 07 ES that it holds up well. And for some reason every person including myself, seems to love the leather accent added to the interior of the door where you pull on to close the door LOL. But I will definitely keep you up to date, with more and more impressions of the car.

Yeah the Audio is a disappointment, but once again I didnt buy the car because of that. I have noticed that with ASL off it seems to sound more bassy LOL I know that makes no sense because that has to do with the noise inside the car, but give it a shot. I went to an audio shop and basically they are just talking about adding a subwoofer in addition to the one that is there... I really dont want my trunk rattling like an old school Civic.

Thanks guys for all the replies... SW i wasnt trying to argue not at all, or complain, I guess it was mere disappointment on my side with not looking into this prior. And dont get me wrong at all NOONE should make audio the reason NOT to buy a car. Infact even knowing this I would have still made the purchase, but with the ML package LOL. As far as the maintenance I see the info, and I didnt know it was manually entered, that was the answer to my question. Do you guys suggest any settings I should do?.. I think the 60 second delay might be one along with lighter setting for auto lights. RJT, As far as a comparison, its really hard to compare the two. I did drive the GS a day after I received the ES because of a crack in the windshield. I would say that the GS and the 5 series are definitely more competitors. The reason is because the ES is more of a laid back ride, you dont hear a thing, you dont feel a thing. The 5 series was a beautiful car, and driving was great you felt like the road was yours, and you wanted to drive fast. It was also expensive though, I think if I had to spend that money again I would definitely go with the GS only because fact that I now see the difference in features and service. Lexus is truly working hard to make sure that they exceed BMW and Benz, and I have to say I am very impressed. LOL I finally have a 6 disc cd changer, and my BMW was an 07' 530xi, but CD changer = extra option along with ALOT of standard features on Lexus. Ill definitely let you know 2 Years from now when the lease is up how I feel and hopefully it will be the same. Thanks Brandon

Im buying a car worth 40k, with navigation and "Lexus Premium" sound, I shouldn't have to concern myself with that as a priority. It wasn't like I bought the base ES I have everything but that was offered at the dealer with my car without the Pano Sunroof (Great option, but not on my list needs). When i went to shop for the car i wanted to make sure it was a good ride, had adequate space and was reliable. Upon doing research I determined that this was a great car, the audio system is not something that I was thinking about at all, in fact with most base luxury cars you still get better sounding radios than what the ES has. I am just shocked at the sound quality of the bass produced by a 2009 luxury car, and if there were replacements after market or factory, NOT that I made a mistake about purchasing a car without the additional options. I appreciate everyones input, and thanks for the replies, and SW03ES, judging by some of my research on both this forum and other forums its not just myself that feels this way... just out of curiosity though at the 1k customer service appointment will they set the options in the NAVI menu to tell me when brakes, oil, filters etc will need maintenance?

Hey guys, I searched through about 20 pages and the most I could find was about the ML edition of the sound for the ES. I really am disappointed with my ES as far as sound is considered, its an 09 non UL with the Lexus Premium audio, I have Navi with parking sensors, I guess every option in the Non UL model. I went from a 530xi to the ES because I felt i was a good deal, especially considering options compared to BMW. Basically I have two questions; 1) I noticed that the dealer told me to take it in for the 1000 mile service, but the car did not notify me, is this setting automatic, because in the service menu in the navi it doesnt say anything. I'm well over the 1000 miles so are they going to cover me on this personalization still and Should this have been programmed in prior to me picking up the car? right now its just empty dates. 2) Is there any options for the sound, or aftermarket subwoofer, because the bass is absolutely horrendous. It sounds worse than a base altima that my cousin has. Thanks alot guys Brandon