Friday PSA: Check under the Hood
by chuckofish
When I left work today, I walked up to a nice obsidian blue pearl CRV and started to load my stuff into it only to discover that someone had parked an unlocked imposter exactly where I had left my car. Oops! This is actually the third time I have mistakenly gotten into the wrong vehicle. Does my key fob unlock other cars? Hmm…. While I was busy NOT stealing a car, my second son was dealing with some kind of mink or marten that he saw climb into his car’s engine as he walked across the parking lot at work. Why such an animal chose his car from all the others in the lot remains a mystery, but it could have been worse. Apparently, it’s fairly common for animals to build nests under car hoods. I would not like to meet an angry opossum when I lifted the hood!
Or a large rock python:
Wildlife is great as long as it stays where it belongs. After much banging of doors and repeated hood slamming, my son got the weasel to leave, but what’s to stop it from coming back?
Next time you hear funky noises from your engine check to make sure no critter has taken residence there. In the meantime, have a more exciting weekend than I will!
dual personalities 
Yikes! and gross.
Wow! I’m glad it wasn’t a python, at least, though that certainly would be a good story for parties. I was reading up on this and apparently it’s becoming more of a problem with new cars as manufacturers seek to use “greener” materials. Sometimes they use soy-based materials as a plastic alternative, and animals come and nibble on them. Doesn’t sound very environmentally friendly to me!
Your experience has got me worrying about the creaking we hear when we drive our car. What could be lurking under the floor boards?
Crumbs! They didn’t that in driver’s ed. I only learned to check under cars, not in them.
And honestly, that’s on the owner of the other CRV for leaving their car unlocked! Either that, or you’ve discovered a serious glitch in their system.
Yikes on all counts!