Donald McAllister of London, England, bought a pet guinea pig for his son, Reginald. But by the time he got home, the little animal had somehow escaped from its box, so McAllister took his 24,000 pound (US$36,000) Mercedes to his usual mechanic with orders to find the little escapee.
The mechanics mechanically tore out the Mercede's interior and then started on the bodywork without finding it.
"After six days and 29 mechanics working on it, it was turning into a farce," said a spokesman for the garage, which charged 500 pounds for the service.
That's when the service manager's mum suggested that they try luring it out with a female guinea pig.
"Within seconds, Peter popped his head up from the skeleton of the stripped Mercedes and was caught as he scurried towards his sexy mate," a newspaper reported.
"I guess the exotic scent of a female guinea pig can trap the most elusive of the males, just like us" the spokesman said.
At least, this is the story McAllister is telling his wife once she received the 500-pound bill for "stripping services" and the "services of a sexy young female" joke the garage had included.
