Spdfrk1990

I just got a new car for my daily driver and bought a 200 dollar car cover for the camaro. Well i have to keep it outside and a stupid F**kin mouse ate a hole in my cover. Who sells those things that make a noise that keeps all the animals away or ne other suggestions. They got in the heater box also and the blower motor doesnt want to work right i alrdy cleaned it once. This really makes me mad and just makes me want to sell the car cause i dont even have newhere to keep it.On top of that 2 weeks ago my sister backed into my rear bumper and cracked the paint pretty bad

theSteve

I have an Anti-rodent rock. I'm not sure how it works.. but theres this rock in my garage, and theres no rodents around.

I'll sell it to you if you want.

Spdfrk1990

haha its not funny im pissed this really sux im sure other people have had this problem

87rediroc

Unfortunately I had this problem...and my car is under a cover in a garage. The little critters started eating at my underhood insulation. I hope they didn't get to any of the wires. Unfortunately, I'll have to find out the hard way. TTT for ya...I need some answers too!

grngryoutmyway

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Eh thats gotta suck man. My dad used to have hornets that made a nest in his 60 impala vert's glove box. We almost had an incident like in tommy boy one time. Luckily the top was down!

89blackGTA

like you said, one of those noise things should help. do you have your car by an outlet or are you going to have to run 50' of power cable? You might want to try getting that rat poison thats a powder and put a circle around your car.

Or you could just move

Brian

Spdfrk1990

Theres an outlet not too far away does ne1 know where to get them things at. Maybe home depot or somethin

1bad91Z

iTrader: (1)

Ammonia keeps most critters and aminals away. Just spray some all the way arround your car.

z28monster

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when my car was stored last all they did was put moth ***** all over inside the car and in the engine compartment and i didnt find any thing that looked like they were they so it must of worked.

Trickster

Would you prefer to have the fire-ants that made a nest in my 85 Z28 at one point?

BTW Steve, like your rock!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Trickster!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SHAGME

WTF are you 2 yyrs old wah. **** happens it happend to me but its squirles that do it. the guy was just trying to be funny. lighten up and stop whining

Spdfrk1990

umm did it look like i was whining i was askin for some suggestions grow up n keep ur comments to urself its a f-body board.

Trickster

Hey Shagme,

I see by your profile that you have one of those ultra rare 1899 Iroc's. Boy, I bet that you could get a lot of money for that one if you were to sell it (not).

The Trickster!!!!!!!!!!

05kcilS

stop eating cheetos while working on your car... if you have to do that. just make sure you vaccumm when done.

Spdfrk1990

i think it was chip munks cause there was acorns all over and its warmer under a car cover so u guess why they get under it

ShiftyCapone

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You want to use Bounce dryer sheets. No joke, rodents hate the smell of bounce and will leave your car alone. I read about it to use it in your garage and sheds and stuff. It is proven to work. It has to be Bounce though. The first winter I stored my car mice had made nests all over my engine bay. The next winter the car was in the same exact spot and I had not one sigle mouse dropping or nest. To this day I store all cars with them. Plus you get a nice smell every time you get in your car. They have never failed me.

Spdfrk1990

Sweet thanx see that was the kinda answer i was lookin for

87rediroc

Yahoo! Thanks for the suggestion. I'm off to buy a pack now since I'll be seeing the Iroc tomorrow. Time to put bounce to the test.

badandy247

I second the dryer sheets i use em in my car and it sits nine months a year in a shed full of animal feed there have to be tons or mice and whatnot in there but none in my car

IceBlue91z28

dont keep ur car in the ghetto

jeff

i used bounce dryer sheets but the rat just chewed them up and made them a part of his nest, so they did not work for me. I'm thinking about trying one of those noise devices.

Spdfrk1990

well i hope they worked cause i just cleaned out the blower motor again and put some in the engine compartment

ShiftyCapone

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Wow, that is the first time I have ever heard of them not working. At least they used the sheets for their nest and not your fabric. I geuss it is now time to look into alternative solutions.

91FirebirdFmla

I read about the dryer sheets on another post and got a pack of them after finding about 500 acorns under my hood insulation, around my plenum, and in my backseat(have no idea how they got there) I put them in the car, outside, under, etc. Hope it works. I have enough problems with storing it in such a damp climate. Next time i check on the car, i'll let you know.

HamSpiced

i have one of them little thigns that make high pitched noises so thigns stay away, send me an e-mail hamspiced@earthlink.net we'll talk

johnblacksox

I keep my daily driver in the garage all year, and mice still get into it in the winter. I end up putting traps and DCon in the garage to keep them out of my air filter.

The worst was when I was driving to work one morning, something caught my eye on the passenger side floor. A mouse popped out from under the dash, looked up at me, and ran back up under.

I spent the next 30 minutes trying to drive while keep checking the floor and trying not to imagine that something was brushing against my ankles. Not a pleasant ride.

87rediroc

This is what I am afraid of. By the way, how do you know they aren't nibbling on any of your wires?

Spdfrk1990

Im really starting to get mad they are getting in my new car now and the bounce didnt work. I had some hid good also it is all gone now and they crawled up in my hood and made it home Also i drive my new car everyday so they r doin this over 1 night its not cause it is sitting or nething

89blackGTA

Is the bounce sheets the only thing you have tried?

Spdfrk1990

Yeh so far i dunno what else to try i want one of those noise makers tho. I looked at meijer but didnt see one. Ide like to have a battery operated one or somethin so i could keep them in my cars.

badandy247

yeah i had a mouse pop out of the vent on the top of the dash run across the dashboard and jump out the window while crusing to work at 70 mph with the tops off and the windows down

that's when i started using the dryer sheets

Spdfrk1990

OK guys heres what i did im crossin my fingers that it works. I went to Lowes cause home depot didnt have the 1 i needed and bought a portable electronic pest repeller for 20 dollars. It says its for indoor and outdoor use 1500 sq ft indoor and 800 sq ft outdoor. It takes either a 9v battery or u can plug it in. So i stuck magnets to the back of it and stuck it on the side of the strut tower. Now like i said im crossin my fingers this works cause im getting really sick of cleaning the engine compartment all the time. On my new car they got up in the intake and clogged up the filter and got acorns all up in it thank *** none got past the filter. They also tore the hood insulation up on it not to mention that they **** all over the valve cover.

300hpse

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my friends a mechanic and one day he had some mid 90's family sedan in and the heater wasnt working right and it smelled funny. Turns out a rat crawled into the system somehow and died. He said cleaning it out was one of the worst tasks hed ever had to do.

bottlefed125

i know how to keep cats off your car....usually the only way cats get onto camaros is by jumping on the headlight openings and then onto the hood...just simply throw a mouse trap on there and when the cat jumps up and lands on it i promise it wont come back

86NiteRider

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At my detail shop once this guy pulls up in a Ford Explorer and has a cat stuck in his engine upside down, cut in half. It was the most sick thing you ever want to see. And the smell was horrible. We tried to dislodge it but couldn't and sent him down the street to the muffler shop. It was pretty bad. gut and stuff all over this poor guys engine. He wanted us to remove the cat and detail his engine but we took a pass on that job.