Easiest way to keep mice, rats, and squirrels out of your car.
 

Last winter was a disaster for the electronics of my Altima SE-R...and my pocket book.

In late fall something started to nest in the hoses of my car. I have a black walnut tree next to the garage and along with the nest they pulled out about 20 walnuts. At the time I wasn't driving the Altima because of a leak in the roof so when the tech gave me a simple trick to keeping small furry things out of my car I ignored it. What an expensive mistake.

Two months later when I went to pull out the Altima I turned the fan on and heard it -again- hitting something. Below is what they pulled out...

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There were two or three walnuts that they couldn't get to without taking off the dash. They don't really roll around too much so I told them to leave them there. :icon14:

NOW...the trick: BOUNCE fabric sheets. Yup, the standard ones. Mice, squirrels, and rats -hate- the smell. So as soon as I got home I stuffed a dozen in the recesses of the engine compartment. Then I went to Office Max and got some magnetic clips (OfficeMax Magnetic Bulldog Clips). Stuck them around here and there!

I've been told by many people that have cabins and store their toys up north that this is a no **** fix. Nesting season starts in a two months so we'll see!

Good tip. Much easier than stuffing a cat under the hood.

There were two or three walnuts that they couldn't get to without taking off the dash. They don't really roll around too much so I told them to leave them there.

Why not crack the nuts and pull out the smaller pieces?

They couldn't reach them? I dunno. They said 'several hundred dollars' to pull the dash and I said 'hell no!'. :D

Thanks man! I'm going to do that for sure.

When the pics first loaded, I thought it was pot..
Thought you were gonna have them eat it or something o.o

i dont have a mouse problem (yet?) but i have this under my G and Z during storage:


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where do you people park your cars or live at that you get that much non-sense living in your cars?

I was gonna suggest a snake, but 6 of one, half a dozen of another...

i would worry it will get inside the cabin and up my pants while motoring... :eekdance:

Uhhh...suburbs? LOL.

Blame it on the government and urban sprawl lol

BTW, I get this a bunch at my shop. One customer put a rubber snake under the hood, scared the crap outta my co-worker one day when he opened the hood!

i live in the suburbs too with a decent bit of woods behind my house my whole life and never had any problem besides maybe a fly or bee in my cars lol

:) Hey just be glad you don't live 30 minutes north of here. I'll take finding mice in my car over bears any day.

I just drive mine twelve months out of the year.....with snow tires in the winter of course. Rodents are not a problem!