Yeehaw! Another one of those "WTF?" topics that should go into the problems thread, but it's really a weird one, k..
Twice now, I've fired up the 300 where.. oddly enough, it wasn't as quick as it usually is to start! Having to deal with our other car which regularly does that sorta thing (I need to fix the idle valve :P), I instinctually keep at it until it starts, which really is about as quick as you'd notice, err "WTF?! longer? *VROOM!*!"
And it idles as it should, nothing high or nothing, in fact it drops down to 600 or so immediately, unlike a normal startup where it'd come down from 900 or so....
OKAY. The 2nd time I almost scared myself into thinking I hydrolocked the car when I was washing it (maybe the air box isn't properly sealed and I got water into the engine bay while I was washing?) I doubt this, seriously, as the first time it happened I was at target about to leave, though I'm pretty sure I washed the car earlier that day, so long ago I can barely remember!
Any ideas? I think it did it once more before that, but I actually let off before the engine started and it clunked at me
But the next try it fired up okay! Always thought that was just me that once.
Other odd thing that might be slightly related? Every now and then the first start of the day I hear a noise that sounds an awful lot like a plastic garbage can falling over or something, it's hard to describe, not a scraping sound or anything - I've always ruled it out as the AC compressor kicking in, however it's loud and everyone notices it. It's not instant either, happens maybe 10-15 seconds after I start the car? Yeah I'm still pretty sure it's the condenser but you NEVER hear that afterwards, not while running or anything.
Okay so there's my questions, I guess the only obvious answer is to take it to the dealer and have them check it out (which requires overnight stay), just annoying because I don't really have the ability to do that right now
It'd be nice to know what the @#*%& happened.