yellowgiz,
This might sound strange, but the smell that you are getting on the drivers side could be coming from the muffler. I have been getting a "brake" smell at the rear drivers side wheel well since I first got my VX. It's been bothering me, but I could never pin it down until the other day. It was raining/snowing here and when I pulled into my garage I noticed that there was smoke coming out from under the VX (small panic). When I crawled under the VX I noticed that it was just moisture steaming off of the muffler and that "smoke" had the same smell that had always been bothering me.
Don't know why, but I'm pretty sure that smell comes from the stock muffler.
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