2:45 pm, January 2, 2014
WHEN Nick Houghton was asked to investigate a nasty niff in a customer’s car, he immediately smelt a rat.
And in actual fact, a rotting rodent did turn out to be the source of the stench.
The Mercedes C-Class car was taken into Mercedes-Benz of Blackpool by a customer who had noticed an awful smell whenever it was taken for a spin.
And it didn’t take long for Nick to work out what was going on, with the mechanic tweeting a picture of the unfortunate creature once he’d done a bit of detective work.
The picture was favourited six times and earned eight retweets.
Houghton tweeted: ‘Customer complains of nasty smell in car when engine is hot.
‘Dead rat. Stiff as a board. Nice surprise for first job of the day.’
“Customer complains of nasty smell in car when engine is hot.” pic.twitter.com/L9RzGUmphN
— Nick Houghton (@Nick7Houghton) December 31, 2013
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