“The Car Engine – indicates our essential drives which we have to deal with; thing like libido, passion, hate, anger, jealousy, happiness, joy, emotional insecurity. All components of the ‘engine’ of the car we’re driving.” Taken from Cars in Dreams – What Do They Mean?
I had a dream that my car was parked in the driveway of the house I grew up in. The hood was up, and the engine was gone. When I woke up I was in Winchendon, MA., with Etta at her dad’s house. The three of us went out for pizza. I asked Glenn what the dream meant. He said that the engine-less car was like the too small shell of a growing crustacean.

You are a snail shell left in the forest for me to find.