Originally Posted by GSx83
The following things are worrying me.
1) I just found out that the car was a company lease car, which means every suite in that office probably took their time abusing my car-"who cares, its the company car"; and i doubt they fueled it with anything more than REGULAR.
2) The car would have a slight rattle when the clutch was up in neutral. When i would press it down, the rattle would stop. This has gone away on its own.
3) The exclamation mark/warning on the left side of the steering wheel is on. The dealership told me that its because of the tire pressure change due to the prep before being sold. They said it will go away after the car settles.
4) The car has slight hiccups. VERY slight - the average driver wouldn't notice. But basically, at a stop sign, every few second..you can feel a slight jerk of the engine. very slight. Is this normal? Like i said, nobody would notice this as it is very slight.
and last but not least,
5) I noticed road rash on my wheels. I didn't see them until the day after I took my car for a wash. Could that have been the cause? I have taken all my cars to this place, and have never had a problem. Is it because the wheels are larger than 17?
I'll answer what I can. Hopefully others will chime in as well.
1. I wouldn't worry about the company lease part too much. Many of the forum members' cars were lease or corporate vehicles (including mine - corporate exec). I would assume that people would put premium in it, but I can't say for sure. Just run premium in it from now on. We do have one forum member who runs 87 in his without issue.
2. I'm no help, mine is an auto.
3. Not sure. Did you check to see what the manual says?
4. I would say this is normal, but not sure.
5. I've never taken mine through an auto wash. Only hand washes for me. The rash could have always been there, but you just noticed it once it was clean, not sure.
Hopefully that was of some help to you. Congrats on your purchase and welcome to the forum.