I gotcha. Yeah I hope so! I swear I could still smell the stickers for a day or so after they removed them, but it could've been in my head at that point too...
I had this same thing happen on my brand new manual '21 GT (and same as you, first ever new car so I had no idea what to expect). This smell stayed around for about 2 weeks and I was worried it was my clutch or a weird issue with the brakes so I took it to the dealership. They took the exhaust...