2000 Lexus ES 300 consumer reviews

The reliability, style, cost, comfort and longevity has been beyond expectations! I purchased this car used when it was 3 years old and it currently has 186,000 miles on it. I have kept the maintenance done and repaired problems immediately. It survived 8 years of northern winters and 7 years of Florida heat!! Another important factor is the leather interior...remains beautiful with no worn spots, cracked or tears - top grain! I love my Lexus and will always have a Lexus!!

I am 26 years old and have already owned 15 cars and 9 motorcycles. About half the cars I've owned were domestics, but bought my first & only toyota, or japanese car for that matter, about 5 years ago (like 2013?). It was a 1996 Toyota Celica and was a great car that I bought in a pinch because I wrapped my Mercury Grand Marquis around a telephone pole during a bad ice storm, had barely any money to my name, and needed something that was cheap to purchase, maintain, insure, and operate. It was a phenomenal car for the measly $1000 I paid for it, really fun to drive with the 5MT (had no power but was great in the corners. Kinda like a FWD Miata), and that was it. I bought a 2005 BMW 330XI and sold it. I did look back however and really missed the driving experience that the Toyota gave me, and yes, even over the bimmer. I actually had someone make me an offer on the BMW of about twice what I paid for it one day while pumping gas, and given the fact that I was managing a car dealership at the time, I was under that mentality of "everything is for sale" and of course, sold it that same day. After selling the BMW, I got into volvos and have been in a Volvo for most of the last 4 years. This last october of 2017, I sold my prized possession and to this date, my favorite car I've owned - My ULTRA rare 1998 Volvo S70 T5M (only 363 manual T5 S70's were brought into the states in 1998) in order to buy a truck as I took a job working construction. I've never liked trucks and a couple months ago, received a service truck through my current job and was informed I no longer needed a truck for work. I couldn't wait to get out of the truck and traded it almost immediately for my current car, a 2000 Lexus ES300. I drove many Lexus cars while working the dealership and the one thing that always blew my mind was how it simply didnt matter how many miles these cars had on them, they always look, felt, drove, and even smelled new. 100, 200, 300, even 400k miles couldnt bring these things down. You take what are arguably the most reliable cars on earth (Toyota) and then put EXTRA attention to detail, sparing no expense to build quality. My ES300 has quickly become my 2nd favorite car I've owned (behind the Volvo S70) and I just cannot believe at almost 150k miles, how pristine and perfect the car still is inside and out. Again, EVEN THE SMELL is still there. Sure, it wont win any races and in fact, it's actually rather sluggish, handles alright, stops decent, but boy is it quiet and holy crap does it ride well. The stock stereo sounds great with all sorts of music, everything is easy to figure out and control, I guess the punchline of the car to me is that everything just makes sense. I changed out every single light on the outside of the car, high beams, fogs, HID's and all the rear lights, in about 45min combined with no tutorial or anything. Its a solid, great, reliable daily driver that has aged extremely well. Still looks modern and sleek and sexy even at 18 years old.

Great car to drive, spacious, comfortable great sound from the original speakers. The AC is super cold. Very good for long rides or short trips.

I have owned a Lexus for the last six years. It is my sedan of choice. Great handling in the snow with room enough for my family of four. This one is the Platnium version and is just gorgeous.

Im very impressed with this car. The looks, interior design, the performance, and of course the reliability. I've owned two of these cars and both were the 2000 model years. The first one I sold with little over 380k miles and it's still running strong, and I currently drive my other one. Definitely worth the money.

This car a great and reliable smooth ride premium sound FM and CD player leather heated seats powerful 6 cylinder

I just love the look and how it rides i had one bef o re and they good on gas and the car is just so smooth

I paid 2800 for it and add 300 more to fix minor problems, runs great for the year. Not the fastest car, but good for the price.

I LOVE my Lexus ES300 Platinum! We purchased this car used with over 200k miles on it. Now 5 years later it's about to turn 300k and still runs great. Our 3 grown children all bought a Lexus because of this little beauty. None of the newer cars compare to our 17 year old! I would like a newer car only because the newer ones have Bluetooth!

Incredibly luxurious and extremely reliable, the Lexus ES300 is the perfect combination of style and comfort.