I was driving to work the other morning and heard an ominous rattling noise as I turned a corner. Oh, shit, I thought to myself. Rattles are never good. Then when I turned another corner I heard the rattle again. Every single time I turned there was that ominous noise. The more I heard it, the more confused I got. It didn’t sound like it was coming from underneath the car, but seemed to be travelling from one side of the engine to the other.
What the hell was going on?
When I got to work I took a look and found the source of my rattle – it was an acorn. It had fallen into the space between the hood and the windshield and rolled every time the car turned a corner.
(I told GhostDad this story, as soon as I said that it only rattled when I turned a corner he immediately suggested that the problem was the axle. I told him I was pretty sure it wasn’t.)
I have driven every type of hoopty car known to man, and have heard nearly every imaginable sound while driving them. One thing my trusted mechanic told me is that if you hear it inside the car, loudly and pronounced, it’s probably something in the dash or inside the car. Outside the passenger compartment sounds are generally a little more muffled and therefore much more ominous. 🙂
I started thinking something was wonky because it got louder as the acorn rolled towards me and then became more muffled as it rolled away.