Out drivin' yesterday... just toolin' along at typical highway speeds (faster than I should say), when I spot one of those large 'Taco Bell' cups wobblin' in my lane up ahead. Well, I wasn't able to avoid hitting it 'cause the the lane next to me was occupied, so this thought flashes though my mind: "geesh - it's only 1/20th of an ounce of cheap plastic and I can see it wobblin' in the wind, so it must be empty..."
So, of course I hit it dead nuts... BAM! WTF!?!

Look in the rearview mirror... see that cup has now become a cloud of white shrapnel, but no undertray parts going bye-bye. So just as I think "Wow - that was pretty damn loud just for a cup; lucky I didn't damage anything!" BRRRNNNNN!! Floor & dash start shaking like it's the end of the world, and car feels like it's trying to tear itself apart. Shut everything down & pull off the road - 1/2 hr later, can't find anything wrong, so start up & pull away - Cool! Everything's back to normal!

Get back up to speed: doin' good, nothing's come off... Give it a few more minutes before powering everything back up. When I turn the fan back on: BRRRNNNNN!! OH ****!!! - piece of that cup musta got sucked into the fan motor!

Later, I pull the fan motor - and find this in the 'Squirrel Cage'...

 

he/she didn't see that one coming

 

Holy sh*t! That little dude got pwned, damn. Poor guy.

 

so wait, which part is that on your car? the fan inside the engine bay?

that's a new one/ birds are common, but a rat?

 

wait a second, i'm confused was this creature stuck inside the cup? if so dear god.. poor little guy

 

pwned

 

So, what you are saying is that you found some pics on the internet of a hamster in a fan motor and decided to post a bull**** story about those pictures on our forums.

Does that about cover it?

Keith

 

Poor rodent. Then again, I'm glad the car is ok now.

 

i still don't recognize that part in our car. our fan doesn't look like that...

 

Nah - that's the blower motor for the heating / AC system (located behind the glovebox, just above where the passenger's feet go...)

Spent half the day today pulling the undertray off and checking the ventilation system's air inlets & dash ducts. Found a few more 'bits & pieces' on the undertray's center scoop, but no damage to anything (Man, did I look!!) Only thing I can figure is that the field mouse was inside that cup, and the undertray's rear scoop musta sucked him in. (Ram-air ventilation system?)

The undertray really must generate a partial vacuum for downforce like says!

 

maybe it got sick of going in circles.

 

that's absolutely crazy

 

Good for another 5HP too!

 

omfg pwnz0r3d

 

Thats so sad