Patsy's 2000FL, 81K miles has developed a hot starting issue.
I've not had a borrow as yet to check for myself but Patsy describes the symptoms as follows...
"If you get the engine to running temp, no need to rag it, just a 10-15 mile run... Get it over 50mph. Stop. Try to restart immediately; it won't start.
Try more than twice to do that , it's like the battery is dead (it's not). Let the car get cold again, it starts like there was never a problem."
She also reckons she can smell something hot.
Over to the mr2roc hive mind for likely culprits, please.
Starter motor dying? Smelling hot brushes?