-Today- Started the car and all was normal. When I put the car in reverse the RPM jumped for a millisecond as usual, except the RPM jumped higher this time than it has in the past. I drove to school and all was normal. When I put the car in park at the parking lot, the idle actually went down instead of up. Then, on my way home, I didn't even need to press the gas pedal going 35MPH on a flat surface, which I normally do at least a little. Then, going home, there's a steep hill that I always hit around 40MPH. I don't push the brakes down the hill and just let it roll down the hill. Normally when going down the hill, I'll reach around 43MPH or 44MPH. Today going down that same hill and hitting it at the same speed, I was pushing 46 or 47MPH. No extra wind to help push me down the hill as it is coming from the east, which would be blowing against me. Also, when I was coming to a stop, I could hear the engine and feel it down-shifting from 3rd to 2nd and 2nd to 1st. I don't normally notice it quite so much, although the engine is noisy. Again, the same thing when I got to the driveway. The idle was lower in park than it was in drive. Mother said that she thought it idled strange today also when she heard it from inside.
It doesn't make sense to me, but maybe it will to you. Have any ideas? Should I check my transmission/transmission fluid again? The car has
124,100 miles and it does have a very small transmission fluid leak (a few drips) that I'm considering getting it checked out and possibly fixed. (Go ahead and tell me that I need to have it fixed now rather than in a few months.) We haven't messed with the timing or anything, actually, we haven't done much to it since the oxygen sensor back in September or October. Thanks.