Birds and the Elise

[c4rlh]

Hi,

Tuesday
I noticed a lot of twigs/bracken in my passenger side intake when I returned to my car after a day at work. When I ducked down to look there was quite a lot in it and on the plastic intake covers and it looked remarkably like a birds nest. However, I dismissed the idea and just thought that I must have collected it on my pheasant country drive in to work or that someone was larking around. I got out what I could reach and thought nothing of it. By the time I got home it had all gone.

Wednesday
I returned to my car and noticed a bird acting very suspiciously near my car (passenger side). When I got near to the car the bird hopped into the bushes mocking me. My eyes were on storks when I saw that the same intake again had what appeared to be a birds nest in it with a lot of bracken/twigs!

The car was also parked in a different place from the day before so I suspect fowl play.

I'm not bittern and twisted and want no harm to come to the little coot but I have a few questions;

[1] Will I need to take the grilles covering the side air intakes out and remove any bits of foliage that may be trapped in there somewhere or does it have somewhere to escape out when I drive the car?

[2] How do you remove the side intake grilles?

[3] If the bird is an endangered species can it claim squatters rights to my car?

Many thanks in advance.
Carl

>> Edited by c4rlh on Thursday 13th April 03:14

[S works]

Funniest thread I've read in months

Borrow someone's cat for a week

[TonyHetherington]

I thought this was gonna be a thread about how you always tell girls you're taking out on dates to wear short skirts. (or is that just me?! )

[S works]

No, it's not just you

[TonyHetherington]

On a serious note; Carl, if it's a genuine question (apologies if it is) then it's very difficult to take the side grills out (rivetted and difficult to get back on, as I understand it). HOWEVER, it's quite easy to look down them and get access to them from under the engine cover. Open it up, stick your head down there, and you should be able to see completely through the grill - it's just open air inlet. You can then remove any blockage, no problems at all.

Now let's get back to what really should be a Friday topic ....birds and elises hehe.

[S works]

TonyHetherington said:

Now let's get back to what really should be a Friday topic ....birds and elises hehe.

Furrymuff...





No one cry, I know the car's prettier than the girls...

[StuartB]

Have you de-catted the car? I bet you have, that will not have helped

/gets hat and coat and moves towards door

[c4rlh]

Hi again,

Thanks for the tips and the pics .

I opened up the engine cover as per Tonys advice and I do indeed get a clear view of the intakes and any obstructions. It should not take me long to get the remaining bits of twigs/bracken out of the intake and the engine bay. More importantly, I will not need to remove the intake grilles.

Hopefully, the stupid tit will have found a more conventional nesting place by the time I return to work.

Many thanks,
Carl

>> Edited by c4rlh on Thursday 13th April 12:42

[bob_defly]

StuartB said:

Have you de-catted the car? I bet you have, that will not have helped /gets hat and coat and moves towards door

[TonyHetherington]

Excellent, glad to hear it's all ok Carl!

[GTRene]

better one bird in the tree, than one(then 10?) nesting in your car

thats why a lotus comes standard with a cat

you have decat it didn't you

Also, an early bird catches a Elise(worm)
GTRene

>> Edited by GTRene on Thursday 13th April 15:11