sluggish start up

[tweety]

So yesterday I get my 03 Targa back from a week of being offline. I had her sent away to a spa to have the curb rash on the rear wheels fixed, 4 new tires mounted, and the front nose taken off and repainted due to excessive stone chips and pitting.

I get the car back and the rims look nice, the nose looks perfect showing me that the balance of the car needs a whooping at a detailer, and the interior got a bit dirty from the techs.

This place is a mom/pop store that handles the overflow from the dealers and there are always brand new toys here being fixed that got damaged during shipping. The work was fine enough that I can see but I haven't had the time to go over it really slow.

Last night and this morning I noticed that the car was acting a bit hard to start. The battery is less than 2 months old so I wonder if there is another issue somewhere.

Would the air temp sensor in the front be tied to the computer and motor or is that specifically to tell the user what the outside temp is? I am wondering if this is the problem that perhaps they forgot to plug it together again!

[RFM]

The sensor in the front is for the display and also a parameter for the air conditioning. Give your battery a night on the loader, she is a little weak i guess.

[tweety]

...also, until this past week, the weather hasn't been really warm. Normally I would start the car and it would idle up for almost 2 minutes and then drop down to under a grand. It was almost like I wasn't to go anywhere until it was ready.

Now since this has been going on, the car won't idle up but starts and stays under a grand.

I have only had the car for 5 months now. Is it possible that they are a bit weather specific on start up? There is nothing else wrong in the motor by way of skipping or stuttering. It's just the sluggish start up.

[PeterK]

Prolly just weak battery due to a week of no running and open/close doors, etc.

The idle speed is temp dependent. Colder = longer.

[tweety]

Prolly just weak battery due to a week of no running and open/close doors, etc.

The idle speed is temp dependent. Colder = longer.

So it sounds like simple solution. Drive, wait and see.

[c70Pete]

Prolly just weak battery due to a week of no running and open/close doors, etc.

The idle speed is temp dependent. Colder = longer.

So it sounds like simple solution. Drive, wait and see.

what is the voltage on the battery gauge 10 seconds after you get it started?