We own three vehicles between the two of us. My wife drives a Subaru Outback. I have a Toyota Tacoma as my primary vehicle, and a Mazda MX-5 Miata that I just drive when the weather is nice. It is generally the car I take to the golf course.
I generally do a good cleaning of my vehicles twice a year. I do one cleaning in the spring after winter, and another sometime in the autumn before we go into the yucky months of winter. This year with my wife’s health problems combined with the abnormally frequent rains we have had this spring; my spring cleaning has been delayed. Here it is the end of June and I am now just doing it.
I do need to mention that I retired at the end of January. This means that I am not driving my Tacoma as a daily commuter. Typically when we go somewhere as couple we take the Outback. We occasionally will take the Miata if the weather is nice and there will not be any imbibing of alcohol. My wife refuses to learn how to drive a stick shift, and I have no desire to receive a DWI. When I take out the Miata I have to move the Tacoma. I keep the convertible in the garage and the truck in the driveway. I mention this to say that the Tacoma is not sitting idle even when I am driving the Miata frequently. All of which brings me to my surprise of the other day.
Part of my cleaning regime is to pop the hood and give the engine a good wash down, check the fluids, etc. When I did so, I discovered this amazing nest in the corner of the engine compartment next to the brake fluid reservoir.
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