Stupid shit happens to our heroine and her car

Our heroine left her car with a friend in Newark while she was travelling for conferences. She comes back to find that her car is running weird, going put-put-put.

It turns out that a rodent (or several) - probably squirrels - crawled up into the manifold and chewed through the fuel injector connectors. $500 in damages. Fucking squirrels. What is it about New Jersey?