Rattle and hum

Now that the warmer weather is here I don't have to worry about warming the car up. But the rattle and hum of the idling engine has begun to really bug me. When the car is in neutral it practically fucking rattles all its trim off. I mean, the strip of faux wood overlay on the glove box is nearly off on one side. And the looseness of that, and of metallic snap-ons on the side of the car, and the engine itself of course, just make it really *loud* to sit in the car. it's not until I am accelerating that everything smooths out. And that's when I start to feel that there might be fumes coming in the car, getting in my lungs and eyes.

Here's a list of the metals that conventional diesel fumes contains:

Table 1: Substances in Diesel Exhaust Listed by Cal EPA as Toxic Air Contaminants

acetaldehyde inorganic lead acrolem manganese compounds aniline mercury compounds antimony compounds methanol arsenic methyl ethyl ketone benzene naphthalene beryllium compounds nickel biphenyl 4-nitrobiphenyl bis{2-ethylhexyl]phthalate phenol 1,3-butakiene phosphorus cadmium polycyclic organic matter, including chlorine polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) chlorobenzene propionaldehyde chromium compounds selenium compounds cobalt compounds styrene creosol isomers toluene cyanide compounds xylene isomers and mixtures dibutylphthalate o-xylenes dioxins and dibenzofurans m-xylenes ethyl benzene p-xylenes formaldehyde

These metals can cause a variety of symptoms including cancers and peripheral neuropathy.