What are the chances? F.ck... :(
Car has been sitting in the garage a while, completely covered with the McLaren car cover. I have no fucking idea what happened. Went to have someone go start it today and get it ready to bring in for service.
Apparently the black fabric liner material near the firewall area has been dissolved or chewed through or something, most likely an animal. I have no idea how or when it happened. It's been sitting for months, covered up. It started up fine and idled fine, so hopefully no wire or other damage, and I hope that material was taken out of the car rather than left inside it somewhere.
I'm really worried that this is going to be a colossal amount of work to fix since it looks very inaccessible. I really will cringe if this is an engine out job. It had to go in for a bunch of warranty work and probably some paint work anyway, but this is really disappointing.
This is the only car I ever bothered to put a cover on when stored in the garage and I've never had anything happen. I can't believe this thing got inside that area while it was covered up.