Recently bought a 2000 Chevy Prizm, with the three-speed automatic transmission. 21,000 miles on it. Nice little car, for my college student daughter.
Strange behavior: after it sits long enough to get cold... it starts just fine... but when it's put in gear, and the accelerator pedal is pushed, it just does nothing, for a few seconds.... then it wakes up, and goes. After a couple of minutes, it's just fine.
Any ideas about this? Suggestions for something I can look at, in lieu of taking it back to the dealer (CarMax, who will undoubtedly say that it is operating within factory specifications)?
Thanks - d.g.f.