Note on question 3, the car is turned off after Ive parked and then begins to make the crackling noise

 

1. 240s are bumpy... its just the way they are (noisey too) probibly nothing to be concerned about if you dont mind it... aftermaket will usually make it worse, you sacrifice comfort for performance
2. the gas pedal thing ive never heard of... my clutch tends to get stuck depressed but still performs the same anyway, i usually just pull it back out with my toe and continue or drive with it stuck depressed till i get a chance to pull it back
3. thats normal tinking you hear, thats just the hot metal cooling down, probibly your heat sheild or somethin... not uncommon for that to happen :thumbsup

 

1. your struts are blown
2. your thottle cable is getting stuck, hurry and fix it before it scares the living shit out of you, especially since its automagic
3. ^^^

 

thnx guys, any other ideas would be helpful as well. I'm going to look into the struts and the throttle cable.

edit: also, any aftermarket struts that you guys reccomend? or is it all (aftermarket/oem) pretty much the same. (i hate driving newer cars that are so much smoother :\)

 

1. had that problem too, just get agx- good replacement

 

Yeah, KYB AGX.
Dont get the GR2s, they are stock replacements and they blow real easy.

 

I wazs having the same problem with the road being bumpy, I bought smoe potenza S-03's and that went away MOSTLY, im sure as the previous posts said a good set of Shocks and that should be fixed. As far as the Gas pedal sticking mine did the same thing for a while but just stopped one day and hasnt done it since.