The drama continues. I took the car to the hobby shop and started tearing it apart. Things got interesting fast.
Where it looks like the fuel line comes straight up from the underneath side of the car, on the passenger side, there was a very well hidden treasure. After taking the wheel well out and some retarted looking cover there was the coveted charcoal canister. Now, unless your lucky, like I was, you would have never looked there b/c of the way the fuel line runs. Doesn?t even look like the fuel line makes it to the canister! Very weird. This was overlooked by all b/c we assumed, don?t ever do that, that there was nothing underneath the cover.
So, having found it... I went to a junk yard a pulled one and put it on my car. The verdict is still out on the fix, but I don?t think it helped. The wife and I took a cruise around town and there was still a noticable gas smell inside the car. The smell is still just with the A/C on.
I looked at the miss firing scenario and replaced the spark plugs in the process. Every one of them were charcoal black.
The fuel tank shows no signs of leaking, I can?t find a leak in the line and now the charcoal canister has been replaced. The A/C vent is opening and closing when you switch between recycled air and outside air. The smell is not in the seats or carpet. I?m still at a loss. As well as everyone I talk to. The car is running sound as can be, at least from the mechanical standpoint.
Oh, and just as I pulled into the parking space a light in the shape of a car with lines on the back, as if the brake lights were out, came on. What the poop is that one.
Well, I?ve got to go to work for now. Hopefully I?ll get to look at it again later today. Thanks for all the help so far.