Critters love the Mazdaspeed3!

[jjjxlr8]

Hello all,

I am a new 2008.5 Mazdaspeed3 owner as of last Friday. Love the car so far and appears that some critters love the car, too.

Check out what I found packed into the passenger side corner under the wiper fluid reservoir.

Fortunately all the wiring and hoses seem to be intact.

 

[my3needsaname]

Haha, that makes me want to go check my car.

 

[SharkDiver]

nice..What animal do you think was building that nest?

 

[hectik1]

Where are you located!(boom06)

 

[phillyb]

hahaha, that's wild

 

[dandydaniel]

hahahahaha DAMN that is nuts...

 

[SharkDiver]

From the looks of the straw you would think it was birds living in there or a small horse...

 

[jjjxlr8]

Yeah, there was a pile of straw!

I have no idea what made the nest as there was no sign of droppings or feathers or anything. If it were a rat, I would think the nearby hoses and electrical wires would have been chewed up.

I bought the car in Columbus, OH at Mazda Direct. There was some new development nearby and I think the straw was originally intended to help fresh grass seed germinate.

I'm glad the nest wasn't close to the turbo....

 

[dan1101]

I found something like that in my battery compartment. Car had been sitting for 3 or 4 days when I was away on business.

 

[designflaw]

Haha crazy. I had that happen to one of my old cars. It turned out to be a squirrel... I didn't even notice until I had been driving for 45 minutes and the car began to smell like rotting animal. Turns out the little bastard died inside the car (belts + small animals...)

 

[my3needsaname]

Alright that was a little too disgusting. But if it were the gopher in my backyard...

 

[ragindark]

Don't take that out, that is the new Mazdaspeed cold air nest intake which is good for twenty horsepower.

 

[mpsam]

ever wondered why they call that HORSEpower, there are real small horses living under our hoods! they eat hay!

 

[StealthWyvern]

ever wondered why they call that HORSEpower, there are real small horses living under our hoods! they eat hay!

Bam had a 2 horse power humvee on his show. lol

 

[jjjxlr8]

Don't take that out, that is the new Mazdaspeed cold air nest intake which is good for twenty horsepower.

Maybe is genuine JDM straw...

 

[Rotus8]

Here's what the critters did to my car. Damn them! I was doing a bit of stand-around and popped the hood to show off my engine, and there was this big old nest made out of my hood insulation. Grrr.(sad1)

 

[MS3BOOST]

when i installed my sri the bottom of my intake box had a mice nest in it after sitting in my garage all winter

 

[jwiist]

haha mini horses live in your hood

mini horses ftw!

 

[hectik1]

haha mini horses live in your hood

mini horses ftw!

LMAO! They supply the extra boost!

 

[Rabstyle]

Nono, you're thinking of it all wrong... with your MS3, you get a free meal I'm pissed I didnt get one. BTW I just picked up my MS3 on Monday, welcome to both of us to the MS3 family.