Squirrel almost writes off car with his nut stash
A hungry squirrel almost destroyed a man's car after deciding it was a suitable place to store hundreds of nuts. John Gold was having a bit of a problem with his Vauxhall Astra, when he took it into a garage in Warwick to get fixed, expecting it to be a standard problem.
Instead, mechanics told the 59-year-old his trouble was being caused by hundreds of peanuts which had been crapped into vehicle’s air intake system.
Gold says his mother-in-law regularly puts seeds out for the birds near his car and thinks a hungry squirrel has been hoarding these in his air box. He didn't say she was nuts. Honestly.
"I couldn’t quite believe what the garage was telling me", said Gold, "There were literally hundreds of them stashed in there.
"My mother-in-law regularly puts seeds out for the birds next to where I park the car, so the squirrel must have taken them from there and hidden them in the airbox."
Jason Perry, the manager of Bosch Car Service garage, added: "In 42 years of working in this business, we have never seen anything quite like this!
"When we lifted up the bonnet to investigate the problem, we certainly weren’t expecting to find a hoard of nuts.
"We were very surprised the car was still running, as the nuts were completely blocking the filter."
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"My mother-in-law regularly puts seeds out for the birds next to where I park the car, so the squirrel must have taken them from there and hidden them in the airbox."
Jason Perry, the manager of Bosch Car Service garage, added: "In 42 years of working in this business, we have never seen anything quite like this!
"When we lifted up the bonnet to investigate the problem, we certainly weren’t expecting to find a hoard of nuts.
"We were very surprised the car was still running, as the nuts were completely blocking the filter."
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