Now Tim, Don't you feel saddened that you put that poor mouse out on the
side of the road never to see his family again? My guess is it got a
bit uncomfortable under the bonnet when the Spit engine got up to
operating temperature!
Joe
Tim Gaines wrote:
>
> Another mouse tale:
>
> Last year I was driving my Spit in to work, top down as it was a
> beautiful, warm morning. While stopped at a 4-way stop intersection
> on the rural road about two miles from home I caught sight of something
> moving from behind me toward the front of the car on my right. When I
> quickly turned to get a better look I saw a mouse tightrope-walking
> along the top of the passenger side door. He made it to the windscreen,
> hopped onto the hood, and began scurrying back and forth across the
> base of the glass. I was nonplussed and missed my turn to go. One
> guy in a pickup was looking over at me (I guess to see if I was asleep)
> and I could see his eyes get big as he spotted my little friend running
> back and forth. I backed up onto the grass, and the mouse walked back
> onto the passenger door and jumped to the ground. I saw him emerge from
> under my side and scramble across the road to the ditch on the other
> side. Pretty funny I thought.
>
> On my way home that evening, after a brief thunderstorm, I hit a little
> puddle and the car died. When I managed to get off the road and open
> the hood, I found a bright pink nest (fiberglass insulation from a roll
> in the garage) and a bunch of acorns behind the clutch master cylinder.
> The little bugger had taken up residence over a three day period since
> my last drive. Not only that, but he had nibbled through the insulation
> from the electronic ignition and THAT was the reason I was stranded by
> the road! Now I routinely leave the hood up in the garage.
>
> Tim Gaines
> 1974 TR6
> 1980 Spitfire
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