[Kitsa]

Agreed.

I completely understand how bad that smells. Waaaaaaaaaay back in the summer of 1995, my dear sweet brand-new Dodge Neon with the smiling face, strawberry pearl finish and confetti-upholstery seats slowly disappeared in a fog of hideous odor.

We couldn't figure out what it was or where it was coming from, but it got worse and worse and worse. It became so noxious that eating in the car or traveling with the windows up was impossible. We had the inside shampooed several times. It was beginning to be like that Seinfeld episode with the BO car.

Finally, we found the culprit...a dead, rotting field mouse half-submerged in water on the inside of the taillight casing. It was the side near the trunk that you couldn't see. The water was just as gross as the mouse.

From what the detailing guys told us, it's not really uncommon for mice to get up into parked cars. They said they find the insides of seats shredded for nests all the time.