Mouse Chewed Hole In Front Seat

[VoicesInMyHead]

Originally Posted by wrenrj1

Saying this nicely, but why do people think that just because their cars are in their garages that they're safe from the world?

Because garages are magical places where unicorns roam, pixie fairies play and the prince rescues the princes... Can ya tell I have a 5 year old daughter? I need to watch more Ultimate Fighting!

[Kellcut]

Originally Posted by wrenrj1

Saying this nicely, but why do people think that just because their cars are in their garages that they're safe from the world? Roll windows up, lock doors, even in your garage...

That won't keep mice out.

My husband laughs at me because I always roll the windos up, and lock the doors.

[arteegee]

Originally Posted by Kellcut

That won't keep mice out.

No, but it will force them to use their little mouse burglary tools.

[wrenrj1]

Originally Posted by Kellcut

That won't keep mice out.

My husband laughs at me because I always roll the windos up, and lock the doors.

So how do they get in? Really? Where do you keep your keys?

I was thinking about adding to the RL thread about what needs to be added, and I thought that the rat trap the Frank Burns on MASH devised would be good on the floor in the back.

[Kellcut]

Originally Posted by wrenrj1

So how do they get in? Really? Where do you keep your keys?

I was thinking about adding to the RL thread about what needs to be added, and I thought that the rat trap the Frank Burns on MASH devised would be good on the floor in the back.

I think they get in through the trunk.

[MyronW]

Out here in SoCal we get ground squirrels that chew through rubber transmission fluid cooler lines and rats that sit on top of the intake manifold and eat snails. They crawl up from under the vehicle, even on an asphalt driveway.

[Jack]

Speaking of vermin and cars .... When I lived in Germany, a buddy of mine bought a new BMW i series sedan. Nice car at first. One day he was late for work and we were worried, he called in and said that a Martin (a furry little pest like a Ferret) had crawled into his new Beemer's engine compartment and chewed the wiring harness to shreads. He didn't know that until he tried to start the car and the wires were all bare and shorted and causing the car to catch fire! This was only 3 weeks after he bought it!

BMW said too bad so sad, but since they were forced to change the sealant coating on the harness from an oil based on to a natural based one because the tree huggers had complained, that this was a common occurance but the company had decided it was not a warranty issue!

Cost him 10k for the new harness, the installation, and the car repair (paint and plastic burned). He was livid! The new harness was the same as the old one so he asked what to do to keep it from happening again. BMW said they had developed a "spray" that the Martins hated to smell, and that they would spray his new engine compartment, and it would only cost 300$!

Bad thing was when the engine got warmed up, it smelled like an ashtray from Motel 6!

Lukily for him his wife was a German police woman (Kriminal Polizie) or Kripo for short, and she pulled some kind of strings to get it done for free as it might be used a police car or some such nonsense.

While a mouse hole would piss me off ...............