I got my car for christmas, and everything checked out when I test drove it and went to my mech. However now I am seeing little problems and since I am a newb at this I am not sure what they are. Early am start-ups my car (2000) makes a grinding noice and when the a/c is on my stick rattles in 1st and Reverse. The other problem is I never hit V-tech. (I am pretty careful with my car because it is my baby, so maybe I am just not reving it enough?) If I do have a trany problem please let me know of any good places to get it fix, I am on the north east end of pinellas co.