Curious kitten Terri taken on 200km roadtrip after clambering under 4WD bonnet Barbara Larpent's kitten Terri traveled 198 km in the engine bay under her bonnet. Photo: Lawrence Pinder Source: News Limited CATS usually don't love cars but little Terri is no terrified traveller. The curious kitten clambered into Barbara Larpent's 4WD and hid under the bonnet for a 200km journey from Bendigo to Croydon South. A stunned Ms Larpent said the courageous cat not only survived the trip but then refused to come out once she arrived home. She first thought something was wrong when her friend's dogs started barking at her car before she left Bendigo on Sunday. "We heard a thump in the wheel hub but couldn't find anything," Ms Larpent said. After searching the car for an hour, she headed off on the 200km trip, assuming whatever was in the car would fall out during the trip. But an hour after arriving home, Ms Larpent heard meowing outside her house. "I went out, thinking it was in the front yard, (but I) realised it was under the bonnet," Ms Larpent said. She was shocked to find the kitten in her Ford Territory, but the elusive moggy refused to be rescued and kept darting back in the wheel well and through the engine. Neighbours and the RACV tried to help, offering treats and food, but the kitten didn't budge. Several hours later, Ms Larpent went back outside and was able to pluck the tired kitten out of the engine. "I wrapped it up, took it inside and starting patting it and it started purring straight away," she said. Vets gave the six-week-old puss a clean bill of health and Ms Larpent decided to keep it, naming him Terri after her car. "I am not parting with it now, it has got to stay with me," she said.