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    Matthew StrangeMatthew Strange
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      As the title, what’s the strangest thing you’ve come across in a customer’s vehicle that you’ve worked on? I’ve had plenty of full sets of ladies underwear kicking around in cars i.e. basques with the stockings attached LOL, but the best one had to be a live albino python in the boot! (trunk for you USA techies)

      Seen quite a few sex toys etc too :sick: 😆

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      BruceBruce
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        Nothing exciting here. What appeared to be a dirty diaper in the drivers side floorboard of a van. A Taurus came in once, the back seat was full of trash all the way up to the windows. Have found a few guns while looking for wheel lock tools. Couple weeks ago a Nissan truck came in with obama toilet paper sitting on the dash.

        #479904
        Dermott cartyDermott carty
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          I found a small kitten in the engine bay of a car we had serviced the week before,after the customer complained of a whining noise from the front of the car.

          #480117
          dreamer2355dreamer2355
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            [quote=”pad747″ post=39156]I found a small kitten in the engine bay of a car we had serviced the week before,after the customer complained of a whining noise from the front of the car.[/quote]

            One of the cats me and the wife rescued was found in an engine bay.

            The worst i have seen is a ‘hoarders’ van i have worked on several times before. The smell…..ugh..

            There is so much ‘junk’ in that vehicle that its impossible to rack on a lift, thats how low its sitting.

            #480197
            Chris111179Chris111179
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              Found a loaded .45 in the trunk beneath the owners manual. My buddies like hey come check this out!!

              #480238
              BruceBruce
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                How did you know it was loaded?lol

                #480241
                Chris111179Chris111179
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                  Racked the slide and a loaded round flew out, the mag was full too. We didn’t mention it to the customer. But I saw that he had a CWP.

                  #480266
                  THERMALTHERMAL
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                    Rats, roaches, maggots racoon and a dildo on the valve cover.

                    #480506
                    toyodagregtoyodagreg
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                      I recently had found a condom stashed on top of a cabin filter. I guess good place to hide, noone really looks in there. Filter was dirty so I recommended it, wonder if the customer thought of it when he saw the recommendations… So far thats all I can think of as of now.

                      #487874
                      BillBill
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                        One time an old man wearing a Vietnam POW baseball cap had his Tahoe in our shop. It was impressive how clean and empty the interior was. Not a scrap of paper, a kleenex, change, sunglasses or any of the normal stuff was there. There were only 3 items in the vehicle, a police scanner, a half gallon of Aristocrat vodka, and a .38 revolver. As I was getting into the truck so I could drive it into the shop he looked at me and said “Go ahead and get you a few pulls off that bottle if you want but dont touch my gun.”

                        #487892
                        Brent SpechtBrent Specht
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                          I don’t know if you would call it strange but, the best thing I’ve found! Lil old lady with a Honda Civic came in for her regular oil change. She always brings her own oil filter & air filter. So I rack the car, pop the hood, start to change the air filter and found my re-chargeable stream light I had lost a little more than 3 months earlier snugged in tight to the engine bay! I was first happy…then ticked off that I gave up on looking for it and bought a new one.

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                          JOEJOE
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                            i found bones under the hood

                            #489007
                            Roy FrenchRoy French
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                              Several years ago I had to strip for parts and clean out a taxi that had been wrecked a few nights before. The intoxicated driver had left the scene and was incarcerated. When I got into the trunk I found Hustler magazines, some sort of lube called slick and smooth, half a roll of paper towels, 22 cal, small plastic bags, and a large freezer bag of pot. We laughed our butts off because that particular driver always had this umbilical cord thing with his cab. He wanted to wait with it for oil changes and even brake jobs. All I could think was how many peoples bags this guy had handled. (both luggage and dope} He called the owner when he got out wanting his job back. When he was told no, he asked him for his “personal property”

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                              EduardoEduardo
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                                i think i got one to top all lol found a kid in the trunk of a car we were going to service, it was a few years back and we later got the full story it was close to xmas and the parents were going to go xmas shopping and i guess the son we found in the trunk was always told that santa clause was the one that took the presents and after awhile he started to suspect so he hid in the truck to see if it was true or if the parents bought the gifts haha man when the tech opened that trunk he about shit him self haha

                                #491046
                                SamSam
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                                  I guess this qualifies as trash….There is a crazy lady who comes in once or twice every six months. She’s just gross. I had fix tail light wires in her trunk once, oh lord the stench, she had not one, not 2, but three trash bags PACKED with empty cat food cans. Like rotten ass cat food in the bottom of the bags, nasty juices all over.

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                                  fordrangerfordranger
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                                    ill never forget porting those kind of cars that would make you want to vomit. stuff everywhere. the worst thing i ever saw was a sucide note. the dealership was a block away from where my buddy killed himself so it hit pretty hard. but besdes that i havent seen rats animals but ive seen evidence of them.

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