New Word: "marten"
Marten. That's a carnivorous animals about the size of a cat. In Europe, martens habitually get into the warm engine and gnaw up the tubes.
I got a call from the garage where I left Smørebrød, and they finally found the source of the coolant leakage. Martens gnawed into the coolant tubing, and killed two tubes. Each - guess - at the special discount price of almost fifty bucks; original Volvo™ price.
"I love the scent of burning napalm in the morning..."
Together with replacing the rear brakes, this adds up to 600€. Oh, not to forget the 120€ for the broken Domlager from last month...
(So, I'm open for suggestions. So far, I've collected garlic, toilet cleaner, dog hair, and grenades. Any other ideas?)
I got a call from the garage where I left Smørebrød, and they finally found the source of the coolant leakage. Martens gnawed into the coolant tubing, and killed two tubes. Each - guess - at the special discount price of almost fifty bucks; original Volvo™ price.
"I love the scent of burning napalm in the morning..."
Together with replacing the rear brakes, this adds up to 600€. Oh, not to forget the 120€ for the broken Domlager from last month...
(So, I'm open for suggestions. So far, I've collected garlic, toilet cleaner, dog hair, and grenades. Any other ideas?)
posted by PJS at
Tuesday, March 01, 2005
1 Comments:
Another option would be a high-voltage generator which keeps metallic car parts near the engine under... well... high voltage. Not enough to grill the marten, but still. Thanks to Marian for this recommendation.
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