THUMP!!!...

[Gunslinger808]

Whang..whang..whang..yeaorrow!
That's the sound the neigbors cat makes under the hood of your truck when you start it.
Looks like I'll be breaking out the power washer today.
Talk about watching the fur fly!

 

[deadin]

Just be thankful it wasn't like my neighbor.
His was a skunk.

 

[35Rem]

Can I send you a cat? Might need a new starter, though, he's a 12 pounder...

 

[LVSteve]

There was a dumb feral that used to get into the engine bay of a car I had in England. He was lucky as the fan was viscous coupled. What cracked me up was the disgusted look he gave me as he walked away like it was my fault. After a second incident Dad made a little shelter for him and his sister to sleep in under the carport. Never had rodent problems at that property.

 

[feralmerril]

Back in 1992 I had just bought a new GMC truck. I and a GF were going to go to the gene autry museum. The same thing, THUNK! Out of reflex I hit the starter a secound time. The cat was still alive put pitful! It was screatching something awful and its face half off!
Martine put the cat on the lawn and was screatching louder than the cat to shoot it and relieve its misery. I knew better and was going to get a shovel to dispatch it, but between the two it clouded my judgement so I shot the cat. Twice. Martine still kept screaming! It was early in the morning and doors were popping open by women in house robes up and down the street!
Martine called the SO and they let me slide.

 

[Sprefix]

Back in 1992 I had just bought a new GMC truck. I and a GF were going to go to the gene autry museum. The same thing, THUNK! Out of reflex I hit the starter a secound time. The cat was still alive put pitful! It was screatching something awful and its face half off!
Martine put the cat on the lawn and was screatching louder than the cat to shoot it and relieve its misery. I knew better and was going to get a shovel to dispatch it, but between the two it clouded my judgement so I shot the cat. Twice. Martine still kept screaming! It was early in the morning and doors were popping open by women in house robes up and down the street!
Martine called the SO and they let me slide.

hahhhahhahhahaaa---Women can make you do the darndest things.................

 

[nostraDONus]

I remember one time when I was about 10 we were leaving early in the morning for a trip to Mackinaw. Dad started the station wagon and we heard the same thing. Clang, clang, clang, rooowwwwwrrrrr. Took its back legs off. He dispatched it with a brick. I'm no fan of cats, but that was a pretty lousy beginning of a trip. Something you never want to experience again.

 

[Gunslinger808]

I got in touch with the grandson of the cat owner, we buried it with full honors and then had a beer over it.
Turns out everyone in her family hated the thing as it liked to crawl(and pizz) on their cars and scratch paint so I don't feel so bad.
Luckily it didn't do any damage to my truck other than giving the engine compartment that angora look.
Of course my friends that heard about it have been giving me nothing but grief about it, from shaved cat jokes to CATastrophic engine failure.

 

[jeffsmith]

One Winter's Day I looked outside as my Dad drove into the driveway a half hour after he usually left for work
Dropped something out the drivers door and drove off again

He later explained

On the way to work he heard a cat Meowing from the other side of the firewall
When he opened the hood, our cat was cowering on a very small ledge in the engine bay
(Plymouth Valiant small slant 6)

He was able to get the cat inside the car without being scratched and dropped it back off at home

 

[BKDinTexas]

I know I shouldn't laugh...

 

[Mickey D]

As a cat owner, I hope you notified your neighbor what happened. I'm sure you would be hurt if your neighbor backed over your dog.
I personally don't find humor in losing a pet.

 

[DeadAye]

One morning I backed my full size pick-up over one of our kittens. Back tire on a gravel drive.
Took her to the vet immediately. The vet set her busted hip and leg and put her in a cast --- Cat recovered completely.
We called her Super Cat.

Another got hit by a car in front of our house. She lost a back leg as a result. Did NOT slow that cat down one bit. We called her Eileen.

 

[DeathGrip]

As a cat owner, I hope you notified your neighbor what happened. I'm sure you would be hurt if your neighbor backed over your dog.
I personally don't find humor in losing a pet.

I like all animals and don't see the satisfaction in ones pet suffering.

Go explain what's so funny to the little kid next door that lost her kitty.

On the other hand. Why is your cat under my hood?

Still not funny.

 

[Kavinsky]

well this is a new one, I never thought a cat would have thought of taking shelter under a cars hood.

poor creature but I guess if its a stray it does what it has to do to stay dry and warm.

 

[310Pilot]

In 1970 or 71, I was attending Arizona State University in Tempe. I lived in north Scottsdale, and drove my '69 Corvette to and from school. There was a blonde girl who drove a gold '70 Vette from not too far from my home to ASU on pretty much the same schedule as me. We had waved, but hadn't met - that all changed one cold winter morning. As I neared the campus that morning, I saw her car off the side of the road, and she was out of the car, standing away from it. I pulled over to see if I could help. She said she had just started hearing terrible noises and smelled some unpleasant odors (this was about 20 miles from her home), all of which seemed to be coming from the engine compartment. I opened the hood, and found a cat had apparently been sleeping on top of her engine before she started out, and must have been too scared to depart, until it was too late. Sadly, it had expired from extreme heat, and it was draped across the left rocker cover and the intake manifold. Not a pretty sight, a truly horrible ending for the cat. It was apparently a stray that had cimbed in there the night before when the engine was only warm. We had the car towed to a shop, where they were able to remove the remains and steam clean the engine compartment.

 

[GTbob]

But....... Did you get a date with her out of it???

In 1970 or 71, I was attending Arizona State University in Tempe. I lived in north Scottsdale, and drove my '69 Corvette to and from school. There was a blonde girl who drove a gold '70 Vette from not too far from my home to ASU on pretty much the same schedule as me. We had waved, but hadn't met - that all changed one cold winter morning. As I neared the campus that morning, I saw her car off the side of the road, and she was out of the car, standing away from it. I pulled over to see if I could help. She said she had just started hearing terrible noises and smelled some unpleasant odors (this was about 20 miles from her home), all of which seemed to be coming from the engine compartment. I opened the hood, and found a cat had apparently been sleeping on top of her engine before she started out, and must have been too scared to depart, until it was too late. Sadly, it had expired from extreme heat, and it was draped across the left rocker cover and the intake manifold. Not a pretty sight, a truly horrible ending for the cat. It was apparently a stray that had cimbed in there the night before when the engine was only warm. We had the car towed to a shop, where they were able to remove the remains and steam clean the engine compartment.

 

[Sebago Son]

Brother, It's The Circle Of Life...

As a cat owner, I hope you notified your neighbor what happened. I'm sure you would be hurt if your neighbor backed over your dog.
I personally don't find humor in losing a pet.

50 Baby Rabbits and 20 Partridge Nestlings will sure be pleased...

Free range cats kill more wild game than ten hunters combined.

 

[feralmerril]

Cats have been climbing on top of engines for warmth since cars were invented. When I was a boy there was a old maid that lived in our village. She drove about a 1928 chev coupe. Every time before she fired it up she would walk around it and check for cats under the bonnet. My ex had one that had its tail cut off by a fan blade. We have two cats that own us! That cat in my story that I had to shoot, was a stray that I didnt know who owned it, else I would have notified them.

 

[m1gunner]

Most counties in the US have leash laws. They apply to cats just as much as they do to dogs.

It is the pet's owner's responsibility to provide a safe environment for their animals. If you let ANY pet run loose, you are irresponsible and the primary cause of any injury or death to your free ranging animal.

 

[feralmerril]

It is next to impossible to have a cat cooped up. Thats why at least where I live and places I have lived they have dog licenses but not cat licenses. You are liabel to see our cats on top the roof of our house. They can easily jump on top our 6ft block wall. A cat will go anywhere they want to unless you pen them up in a cage. I doubt any cat owner really does that.