burning smell

Hello all,

I drove about 50 minutes, including  some idling time. I stopped for about 30
minutes and when I got back into my car I smelled burning plastic. After I got
gas, my car would not start. I tried about three or four times and it would just
not start, the radio was working as well as all the lights. After a few minutes of
leaving it alone it finally started up. When I got home I tried to find the burning
smell. Oddly enough I could smell it more from my glove box and the center
console where my drink holders are were really warm almost hot... if I had a an
iced drink in it the ice would probably be melted. I did keep an eye on the
temperature gauge, it was one tick mark below the center tick mark. If that
makes sense. Any advice? Any ideas? Thank you thank you thank you!