I have taken my car back to the dealer 1x for an exhaust leak since my "incident" (see: pop goes the airbag) while since then I still hear a "tick tick" garden sprinkler sound -- sounds like an exhaust leak to me, but the guy at the dealer tells me this is the exhaust freeing up. I think he is blowing smoke up my a$$. The sound gets quieter as the car heats up too, and I only hear the noise when the engine is under load, shift to 2nd just after I take off and step on it a little...
What do you all think?