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Article: Car Talk: ; Snake in engine likely won't last the drive home
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- October 12, 2009
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Dear Tom and Ray: I really need an answer soon! There is a
possibility that I have a 5- to 6-foot, 2-inch-diameter snake living
in my engine compartment. It was slithering under my car, which was
parked on the street in Muenster, Texas.
Some men from the local electric company tried to shoo it away.
But it never came out from underneath the car. I had two screaming
grandchildren with me, plus a less-than-happy spouse, so after a
thorough search of the cabin, I drove 40 miles home.
I called the Honda dealer (it's a 2008 Honda Fit), and they said
it was possible for the snake to enter the passenger compartment
through the air-conditioning ducts. My car is parked outside in the
Texas heat ...