It smells whenever I first get inside the car either before work, or after work. At first it smelled just damp and musty, which is impossible since I don't keep any liquids inside the car. So I though it was my neighbor's septic stinking the area overnight. But then since yesterday it got stronger and it just smells like death.

It could be a field mouse that got injured and tried to seek refuge near the wheel well or engine bay and then died. Which could make sense since I try to support as many natural pest hunters as I can, outside the house (Possums, yard snakes, owls, bats).

One of my old cars had a baby possum all wrapped up in the fan belt once. That smell got nasty fast!

Incredible 1958 Golden Sahara II future car had light-up tyres and a remote control


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I really hope I didn't kill a possum. We love your yard possums and try to take care of them as much as we can. Great tick population control.

I hit a skunk like two years ago and pieces of it splattered up on my exhaust, it was pretty bad :barf:

Way too heavy on the bling, but for some reason I like the idea of light up tires. Needs to synch color to the tunes though.

When I worked at the motorcycle shop one of the lot kids came in stone faced saying he killed a cat. He went to start the forklift and it was wrapped up in the fan belt. I went out there and it was still alive. So I backed off the tensioner and he jumped out and bolted minus a bit of hair. Still saw him around for years afterwards.

The also eat copperhead and other rattlesnakes, therefore they are your friend.

If you had killed it though, too bad you didn't get it in time for dinner, probably too far gone now. Just in case you need it though, I recommend this recipe.

Just don't buy the canned possum on Amazon. It's not real, a very sad, sad, excuse for a gag gift. At least make it edible, like canned Unicorn meat (which is SPAM with Sprinkles in it)

I've eaten some interesting things, but I don't think possum would be something I'd be into.....



Im leaning towards something seeking refuge inside the engine bay area or near the back of the car and dying. This thread is witness that I rather veer off the road destroying my wheel rather than kill even a squirrel.

Oh the possum was dead alright. Was with my 58 Ford and they had an unshrouded fan. There possum pieces dripping off everything.

I am back. I was busy with the work and some other activities. Hope I didn't miss much. :)

I'll give you the same advice my motorcycle instructor gave me years ago (and I've heard repeated since)

"If its small enough to eat in one sitting run it over, it it's large enough to cut up and put in the freezer, better to go around it."

Not really. Same old same old

I ran over an already flattened skunk once toward the beginning of a 350 mile drive to the lake. Really sucked. As soon as we got there I drove to town and spent an hour at the self wash trying to get it off.

Once at work, a co-worker drove from Oakland to Los Altos Hills with a cat under the hood. It was in really bad shape. We called animal control and they put it down. Wasn't pretty