Differences between 99 and 2000?

by **aleki2424** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 8:10 pm

none of these had a leather on the gearstick (auto)?

by **ozone** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 11:19 am

Geez, I thought my wife's was an SLE but I guess after reading this it must be an SE, because it has a manual, but it also has leather, CD, cruise, V6, moonroof, trunk spoiler, 16's, pretty much everything listed for the SLE except the coin holder. Below the ashtray is just a power plug, but will soon house the inputs to a car computer.

Just to mention, I really like the IS300 look, especially from the front and it has a really nice dashboard, but my wife isn't interested because she likes 2 doors. The G35, however, is definitely worth ditching a Solara for, but alas, we aren't interested in spending that kind of money and we are happy with the Solara.

Are you sure the SLE's didn't come with manuals?

by **Jon11582** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 12:23 pm

ozone wrote:Geez, I thought my wife's was an SLE but I guess after reading this it must be an SE, because it has a manual, but it also has leather, CD, cruise, V6, moonroof, trunk spoiler, 16's, pretty much everything listed for the SLE except the coin holder. Below the ashtray is just a power plug, but will soon house the inputs to a car computer.

Just to mention, I really like the IS300 look, especially from the front and it has a really nice dashboard, but my wife isn't interested because she likes 2 doors. The G35, however, is definitely worth ditching a Solara for, but alas, we aren't interested in spending that kind of money and we are happy with the Solara.

Are you sure the SLE's didn't come with manuals?

Positively absolutely not. That is an SE V6. The easiest way to tell is if it has a manual HVAC unit (SE) or an auto climate control (SLE).

The coin/pen tray dealy is part of the climate control unit. Its just a space filler because the unit is smaller than the manual HVAC unit.

by **Dawgz** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 12:30 pm

i dono whats up, but i think ive said this before on the boards, i know that the SLE didnt come with manual, but when i was looking for a solara, the second solara i saw @ a dealership in Newark...was a GOLD SLE V6, tan interrior, with Auto Climate Control, and.........Drum roll **** MANUAL Transmission****

by **ozone** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 2:35 pm

I have a theory on that. Maybe the car was damaged and they replaced the badges with new ones for the SLE instead of the SE when they painted it. It is of course, possible that someone dropped a manual into an SLE, but I think it is less likely.

Oh, I just realized that you said auto HVAC, too. So my explanation doesn't work.

Ours is an SE I guess because we don't have the automatic HVAC nor the very valuable coin tray. Man, I'm really jealous of that coin tray.

by **Yanks0114** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 3:54 pm

Dawgz wrote:i dono whats up, but i think ive said this before on the boards, i know that the SLE didnt come with manual, but when i was looking for a solara, the second solara i saw @ a dealership in Newark...was a GOLD SLE V6, tan interrior, with Auto Climate Control, and.........Drum roll **** MANUAL Transmission****

...anything is possible in Newark aka chopshop central. That car could have been put togehter from 6 other stolen cars

The SLE did not ever come in manual

by **MCOjerry** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 5:19 pm

ozone wrote:Ours is an SE I guess because we don't have the automatic HVAC nor the very valuable coin tray. Man, I'm really jealous of that coin tray.

The coin tray is only valuable with coins in it...LOL

by **Dawgz** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 7:49 pm

Yanks0114 wrote:
Dawgz wrote:i dono whats up, but i think ive said this before on the boards, i know that the SLE didnt come with manual, but when i was looking for a solara, the second solara i saw @ a dealership in Newark...was a GOLD SLE V6, tan interrior, with Auto Climate Control, and.........Drum roll **** MANUAL Transmission****

...anything is possible in Newark aka chopshop central. That car could have been put togehter from 6 other stolen cars

The SLE did not ever come in manual

lol, good thing i didnt buy it, the place was sketchy as hell.

by **Jakecallun20** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 12:29 pm

Midias wrote:
Dawgz wrote:oh and SE had the option of manual or auto transmission, sle is all auto.....rite?

Yup that is why it sucks to have a SLE no manual trans

*sigh* Yes I know that it is suckish with the automatic, but its still nice and you could always do a tranny swap. Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the SE have black trim inside, where as the SLE has wood trim?

by **00seV6man** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 1:27 pm

^^ My SE has wood trim (factory)

by **SpeedySolara** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 4:21 pm

I have an SLE. I thought that was for a pen and a few papers. Seems more of a classy option versus coin trays which seems kind of poor lol. I dont know...figured I'd givwe my input on the subject.

by **SpeedySolara** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 1:11 am

Jon pretty much said everything. I would like to add that the SLE came with side air bags, heated mirrors, a garage door control (located in the sun glasses slot), an auto dimming rearview mirror, full size SLE spare rim (SE came with the alloy black rim...even if you purchased the SLE rims), a trunk rug, and a rug stopper clip for the drivers rug. I have a 99 SLE and 99 SE so if you have any questions I could step outside and take another look. The SE seems to be fully loaded with SLE rims and all but upon closer inspection the SE lacks quite a few things compared to the SLE.

by **00seV6man** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 6:52 am

SpeedySolara wrote:Jon pretty much said everything. I would like to add that the SLE came with side air bags, heated mirrors, a garage door control (located in the sun glasses slot), an auto dimming rearview mirror, full size SLE spare rim (SE came with the alloy black rim...even if you purchased the SLE rims), a trunk rug, and a rug stopper clip for the drivers rug. I have a 99 SLE and 99 SE so if you have any questions I could step outside and take another look. The SE seems to be fully loaded with SLE rims and all but upon closer inspection the SE lacks quite a few things compared to the SLE.

My SE has the homelink garage door opener, trunk rug and rug stopper clip for driver side mat FYI

by **blondecam** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 8:33 am

Jai_Jai_Binks wrote:
Jon11582 wrote:There is no additional wood trim on the SLE. Any additional wood trim is aftermarket.

For 99, I believe the climate control is the only feature on the SLE that isn't available on the SE.

^^ yep that can the coin tray above the ashtray below the climate control.......

i like the coin tray, it also has storage for a pen

by **Midias** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 8:37 am

Jakecallun20 wrote:
Midias wrote:
Dawgz wrote:oh and SE had the option of manual or auto transmission, sle is all auto.....rite?

Yup that is why it sucks to have a SLE no manual trans

*sigh* Yes I know that it is suckish with the automatic, but its still nice and you could always do a tranny swap. Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the SE have black trim inside, where as the SLE has wood trim?

^^^^ SE V6 %speed wood trim

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