Rabbits Munch Away at Denver Man’s Eco-Friendly Car
- Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:30pm by
Meredith Jessup
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Dexter Meyer says he recently returned to Denver International Airport after a trip and went to retrieve his car from the airport’s parking lot. After nine days, Meyer said he found that his car would barely start. A trip to the dealership revealed the problem: rodents had eaten through the car’s wiring.
According to Meyer, the dealership explained that small critters like rabbits and mice like to much on the car’s new wiring made up of a soy-based compound.
When Meyer later reported his problem to the airport, he says they told him they were “aware of the problem” and that “they were thinking about increasing patrols” of security guards to try and shoo bunnies away from the idle vehicles.
Closing thought: I wonder if the additional security officers on bunny patrol would technically be considered “green” jobs…
Here’s a better idea — go back to plastic.
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Comments (106)
traderdan
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 12:24amhow can poison damage your wiring? and for that matter make you sick? I mean do they think kids are going to be licking the wires inside the engine compartment lol
Report Post »quarter horseman
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 9:44amtraderdan
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 12:24am
how can poison damage your wiring? and for that matter make you sick? I mean do they think kids are going to be licking the wires inside the engine compartment lol
Only in the food deserts of our country.
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 12:11amKill tha wabbit ! ……Elmer Fudd
Report Post »booger71
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 12:09amDump about a thousand rattlesnakes out on the parking lot, I think that would solve it
Report Post »C. Schwehr
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 10:20amWhat makes you think there aren’t rattlers out there already??? The new Denver airport is built about 15 miles east of the city, out on the open prairie!
Hate to tell you this though…rattlers generally won’t attack a rabbit (unless it’s a damn big snake) because they’re TOO BIG TO EAT!
Silly damn city boy!
Report Post »booger71
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 10:50amI meant big snakes:), by the way, out here in the hills of KY, I have watched a few rattlers eat some rabbits
Report Post »red penny
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 12:01amA hare-o-win tale indeed! ROTFLMAO
Report Post »juliaflyte
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:54pmThis is what happens when you park your soybean car at the HAREport.
Report Post »M31Sailor
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 12:59amShoot em with a Hare-Piece
Report Post »anniebiz
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 2:27pmTHE funniest! (and there were some really good ones
Report Post »Happy tears, for a change, thanks!!!
C. Schwehr
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:45pmWorse yet, it’s very common to see rabbits chewing on electrical wiring in heavy construction equipment too. We (I work with heavy equipment) had a problem with a front end loader which would start, but wouldn’t go into gear to move. Looking into the problem, we found a rabbit IN THE MACHINE that had been eating the insulation (they eat plastic too). The problem was that we couldn’t get the rabbit to leave. Finally had to use a can of starting fluid (liquid ether under pressure) and squirt the fluid at the rabbit to force it to run…. So yes, you might say that we had a visit from the ETHER BUNNY!
Report Post »Diamond Girl
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:58pmHilarious…what more can I say, other than when is the Recall going to start on the eco-friendly cars?
Report Post »Mike777
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:30pmLOL karma ?
Report Post »spfx
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:30pmI just want to know if the car was a Volkswagen Rabbit. Also rats and goats eat plastic don’t they? I bet they could pretty much eat this whole car!
Report Post »angelcat
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:29pmActually, a friend of mine here in the Houston area had rats chew through her car’s electrical wiring while it was in her garage – and she didn’t have a green car. I expect the soy-based stuff is much more appetizing.
Report Post »C. Schwehr
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:47pmActually, they’ve been having problems with rabbits and other rodents eating the wiring for many years….ever since the new airport opened up.
Report Post »Jimmers46
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:26pmCareful with those rice burners from China and Japan
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:17pmI wonder if the additional security officers on bunny patrol would technically be considered “green” jobs…
Report Post »—————————————————————————
Any suggestions for uniforms of the all female bunny patrol ?
M31Sailor
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:52pmUsed to go to the Playboy Club in NYC. Those ladies had some great tails
Report Post »MrObvious
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:11pmrofl – soy wiring. What’s next: fruitcake bombers, rice paper paneling, potato skin steering wheal or maybe hemp tires?
Report Post »M31Sailor
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:41pmGives a whole new meaning to lighting up your tires
Report Post »LUDWIKA BRONISLAWA
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:10pmWait a minute! I have a Jetta!!! uhoh…….NAH, I drive too much, my car is never idle more than 10 hours. Besides, I think the 2 cats wandering around the neighborhood can take care of THAT problem.
Report Post »CommonSenseConservative
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:09pmI have an Australian Shepherd that will take care of their bunny problems. And if he is fast enough I don’t even have to feed him.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:09pmWhen a rabbit chews a VW Rabbit,
Report Post »is it considered cannibalism ?
N37BU6
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:05pmIt’s… beautiful.
Report Post »Masamune
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:00pmJust got my laughs for the day =)
Report Post »pavnvet
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 9:33amI guess the airport is called DIA for Does Include Animals?
Report Post »GEW
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:50pmthose dang rabbits, they will eat anything. Shoo them away,,,,shoot them. They destory everything in their path and short lived lives. Yuk
Report Post »RoAdFiXeR
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:46pmIzz Hates Those Waskle Wabbits…..
Report Post »M31Sailor
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:39pmonly one way to fix this
Report Post »\
Eat more Wabbit
VPILF_2B_POUSILF
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 7:55amThis is so FUNNY! Rabbits eat cars! But have you heard about this? A gulf scientist thinks that the OIL EATING BACTERIA the environmentalist released into the Gulf of Mexico are done eating the oil in the water and are heading underground to eat up our Oil Reserve!
Report Post »snowleopard3200
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:41pmEco-friendly car chewed up as dinner by the bunny rabbits.
This is so poetic.
Nothing against good vehicles, yet they should have forseen that items such as soy based materials are FOOD for critters.
Now how about this for the Progressives – let the eco extremists howl about how the new eco-cars are endangering the rabbits food sorurces with their eco-friendly wiring possibly shocking their sweet little bunny bodies.
Imagine that sight of their fit in the White House protesting the eco-damaging eco-cars!
http://www.artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm (mixed art)
Report Post »LUDWIKA BRONISLAWA
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:07pmInteresting quandry, possibly even a conundrum. Certainly gives them (here’s the conundrum) ‘something to CHEW on’! Perhaps these problems will only ‘MULTIPLY’! lol
Report Post »RobertCA
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:41pmNew source for food , imagine leaving that car @ Yellowstone for few days :)
Report Post »snowleopard3200
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:51pmImagine it would be interesting – especially if the Bison started grazing on the cars. I could see the claim filed with the insurance company “Well this big bison just wandered over and snacked down on my car…”
http://www.artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm (mixed art)
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:41pmchi chi chi -chia cars lol
Report Post »LadyIzShy
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:41pmhahahahaha.. now I thank you for this story I needed a laugh..
Report Post »kindling
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 1:56amNaaaaaa……..Obama saying choosing Joe Biteme was the best decision he ever made is clearly the funniest story here.
Report Post »pattybbb1
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:39pmah, that’s precious.
Report Post »joseph Fawcett
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:38pmHow funny!! what are we going to hear next?
http://www.josephfawcettart.com western artist
snowleopard3200
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:43pmWonder if any VWs were in the parking lot as well. You know, they may need the birds to come in for some eco-friendly “beetle controls.”
Mind you, I love the VW, think they are neat.
Report Post »LUDWIKA BRONISLAWA
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 10:56pmAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! omg……….HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Sorry, that was just my honest first reaction! lol
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 11:15pmFunny? It’s beyond funny!
“Environmentalists” making cars to “save the planet” advising people to set traps to kill animals… but not to put poison on the wiring, as it will damage the car, of course.
It’s just so awesome.
Report Post »Robert W
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 12:59amhaaaaaaaaaa! Love it. Dem waskly wabbits.
Report Post »An Arizonan
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 7:01amwho was the first bunny to climb up in a car and say, “Gee this is delish!”
Report Post »Big Bob
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 7:22amReminds me of the time a friend and I were hitchhiking down the west coast and we started heading inland in northern California we came across a guy with his head hung low over his engine just shaking it back and forth. We asked if we could help? He looked up and said in that surfer kind of tongue “I don’t know dudes squirrels ate my car”. It had appeared he had been up camping for a week and left his parents sixty thousand dollar Mecedes convertible parked at the base of the moutain, and squirrels decided to make it home.
Report Post »robroy1974
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 8:01am“It’s not easy being greeeeeeen.”
Report Post »AmericanSince1619
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 9:08amAnother un-leaning moment for liberals. I think Henry Ford tried to make car bodies from corn, and goats ate them…oh well.
Report Post »JGP
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 10:43amThis is great! This is the very thing obama is talking about when creating green jobs for the new economy! The airport has to “increase patrols” thus hiring extra security personel. We are saved!
Report Post »PlaneRick
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 8:16pmSoy based polymers, or soy-based plastics, have been in commercial use since Henry Ford used them. They are not about being “green” as some ignorant people have assumed. They are used because they are economically more feasible for use. Since they are cheaper to produce and buy, they are also subject to more engineering and testing than more expensive synthetics such as those from petroleum or natural gas. They are nothing new and are not used to be “green”. One thing I have seen with in filed uses of soy-based plastics is that not all compounds using soy are attractive to animals. It is still hilarious, but Ms. Jessup , the author of this article, seems to have lost the reality of why it is funny.
Report Post »CYCLONE
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 3:36amthat is correct planerick…
…Henry Ford also found out that the hemp polymer was actually as strong as steel…
Report Post »Robert W
Posted on October 17, 2010 at 5:27pmIll stick with steel. Just bought a new Ruger Blackhawk and it just wouldnt be the same made out of hemp…no thanks.
Report Post »flamedone1968
Posted on October 18, 2010 at 12:53amCYCLONE
Report Post »I can just see that one now…. “A bunch of stoners jumped the fence and smoked my car.” LMAO