# Mystery Motoring Malady - A serious Problem

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**Created:** [June 23, 2010, 2:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mystery-motoring-malady-a-serious-problem/50738 "2010-06-23T02:25:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![ajgordon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f04885/32.png) [@ajgordon](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ajgordon)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 2:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mystery-motoring-malady-a-serious-problem/50738/1 "2010-06-23T02:25:07Z")

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You should know that she is highly sensitive to many stimuli. For  
  
 example, she has hyperacusis (very sensitive hearing), is a super-smeller, and is affected by  
  
 changes in barometric pressure (“It will rain in the next few  
  
 minutes.”).  
  
 We also own an Audi All-Road wagon and have previously owned all  
  
 sorts of wagons and sedans, and this has never happened to her  
  
 before. This is the first hybrid we have owned, however. She  
  
 refuses to ride in the car anymore.  
  
  
  
 Being a typically sensitive, compassionate, and thoughtful husband, I  
  
 am considering selling the car and buying something else.  
  
 But, I am hoping that you may have come across similar situations and  
  
 have an explanation that might lead to a remedy. Is it possible, for  
  
 example, that due to the large battery and extensive electronic  
  
 mechanisms, there is an EMF that might affect her autonomic nervous  
  
 system? Could it be the high pitched whine from the engine that  
  
 might just have a different frequency pattern from any other car and  
  
 have a major effect?  
  
  
  
 I look forward to your diagnosis but please make it quick. I am  
  
 agonizing on whether to keep the car or the wife.  
  
  
  
 Sincerely,  
  
  
  
 Arnold