Roscoe,
Get that car back together and go borrow the trailer from Bill S. and bring that thing up to the Glen next week. You have to show the car who is boss, you have been babying that thing for too long. You must put it on the track and beat the piss out of it. Your car is rebelling against you for treating it like a baby. I used to have a car like that but I slapped it around a few times and it came around.
Some cars like to hang around shows and look all pretty and others just like to be beaten up and thrashed. I can tell this is the type you have. You car probably overheard you hemming and hawwing about Watkins Glen and decided to get your attention.
You must make immediate plans to go racing and pretty soon your car will start treating you better.
BTW that car of mine that was acting up. I gave it a heart transplant and she has be treating me pretty good. I will have to do some slapping around next week just to keep her in line.
I hope the info helps you out.
Dr. Crankenheimer