Marten

Our car has been acting weird for the last couple of months. Some days, it would be normal and then other days, it would have no power. We drove our car full of campers up to camp and realized that there was definitely something wrong with it. We would be going up hill on the autobahn and we would lose power and slow way down. So as we were getting passed by all of the moving vans and grandpas, we decided to take it in when we got home. So Josh made an appointment at the car dealership, because we still have a warranty on the car there. We learned that they do things a little differently at car shops in Vienna. In the USA, you take the car in and tell them what is wrong with it, then they check it out and then come back and tell you what they found, and ask if you want them to fix it or not. Here, they don't ask, they just fix it and hand you over the bill. So this is what happened when they came back after fixing the car.... (translated, of course, so that you can understand the conversation a little better)

"Mr. Hensal, your car is finished."


"Oh.. ok. Thanks. What was wrong with it?"


"We had to replace a hose. There was a Marder in it."


"OK.... will that be covered under the warranty?" (having absolutely no idea what a Marder is)


"hahaha... ah, no. It will not be covered under warranty. A Marder is an animal."


So Josh had them write down the name of the animal that was found in our engine and we googled it and found out that this animal (Marten in English) was causing all of the problems.....

Apparently, this wasn't the first time the car dealership had seen this.