Hey guys! I haven't been hanging out on the boards much lately. I thought my problems would just go away if I ignored them!! LOL! I'm going to try and explain what is going on. My car sometimes will crank fine. Others it won't. It can be cold or hot. I can drive a mile down the road get back in and it won't start. When I'm trying to start it, it turns over fine, the fuel pump is running, but it ACTS like it's not getting fuel. You can push the pedal to the floor and it does nothing. Then it will lope so to speak (very rough) and die. You have to stay with it for a while but it will eventually crank. But when it does Wow, it just billows smoke! And smells awful! Then it's fine. Any ideas? Don't know if it's related but it seems to be idling high (sometimes when cold) and you can't "get a go gear", it's like you shifted in to neutral, but the idle will come down and the gears will catch and you can go. I haven't had my mechanic look at it yet, but I like to have some idea before I do-he's not a SC'er! Could possibbly be transmission has 219K on it! Had it checked out about 10K ago and everything was fine but....Oh and if anybody remembers the vibration- still there after new rear rotors and u-joints! I'm almost at wits end! Just can't stand the thought of selling her! Any help would be appreciated or if anybody know of a good SC mechanic in the vicinity of Shreveport, LA let me know!