Try getting a cat.
I occasionally drive my roadster to work (when I know it won't
thunderstorm in the afternoon) and drape a blanket over the seats to
keep the blazing Florida sun from melting the vinyl. The office cats
love to sleep in the roadster most of the day. I have never had a
problem with rodents, but the cat fur is something else!
I have a garage cat at home to watch over the roadster the rest of the
time. She allows possums to come into the garage, but they never bother
the Datsun.
"Dad, dad! There's a giant rat in the garage. All I can see is the
tail but it's as big around as my thumb!"
Rick Chianese
SRL311-14035
Orlando, FL - 87F scattered clouds - chance of afternoon thunderstorms.
Lightening Capital of North America
(check it out at
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/96/lightning/3e.html)
NATHAN J RUFFCORN @SMTP@Exchange wrote:
>
> > I've also heard that putting mothballs in the car will keep rodents away.
> > Anyone try it?.
> >
> > Joseph Berkenbile
>
> Yeah- I had heard the same thing. When I first purchased my roadster I
> stored it in a hay barn. I bought 3-4 bags of moth balls and placed them
> everywhere possible-inside dash, around the motor, EVERYWHERE! There were
> so many laying all over that it looked like the car had just been hit by a
> hail storm.
>
> When I checked on it several months later some papers and books I had in
> the
> trunk was tore to shreads and they had helped in the restoration process by
> loosening and removing much of the already tattered carpet! Fortunately,
> as
> best I can tell, the wiring and all other vitals were untouched. I still
> like to use them but if storing them in an area they is undoubtably
> infested, there is probably little you can do.
>
> Nathan
> PS don't they make a car cover that you can drive onto then zip up,
> vitually
> like putting the car in a bag?
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