Cold Storage - Car cover or not?

[SSJunkie68-69]

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One thing my grandfather taught me about rodents is that they won't go where they don't have anything to eat. Don't keep any type of food, be it dog food, birdseed, etc. in the garage. Also don't let pizza boxes, McDonalds bags, empty beer cans, etc. in the trash, and especially don't keep your week's worth of filled trash bags in the garage, as this is one of the main reasons the rodents come in. They smell that stuff from 3 blocks away I think! If there's nothing in the garage but your car and tools, they'll usually find a better place to take up shop where the dining is better.

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An older friend of mine has a 74 Vette that he bought brand new and has never been touched and is a survivor. He has been planning on one day getting NCRS Survivor certification. He was showing it to me and I noticed the a mouse nest in the engine compartment and asked if that was original too. We took the nest out and the next couple of days he put some pellets around the garage. This was mid July and it was a little warm to say the least. About a week or two later he goes to take the car for a ride and climbs in and just about pukes from the smell of 4 dead mice that climbed back into his car aftering eating the pellets and died. They pulled off the ultimate F.U to him. He had to remove all the carpets and padding, send them out to be cleaned and de-odorized and then re-installed. Those mice cost him a pretty penny when it was all said and done.

The moral of the story is to use the old fashion spring activated traps that break their backs.

[Mr. Chevy]

QUOTE: The moral of the story is to use the old fashion spring activated traps that break their backs.

You got it brother!! Thats what I use in addition to the glue traps!! Stops them DEAD IN THEIR TRACKS!!
Those darn things can get in anywhere also. Did you ever watch one crawl underneath a garage door or other small space. They can collapse their bodies almost totally flat to crawl under something!!

Rich

[ktownkid]

Joe and Johnny.......
I aways use Stabil, even in the lawn mower. I learned the hard way, my 79 CBX with six carbs would not start after winter storage, had to have carbs cleaned.

Seems like gas isn't what it used to be.....because it isn't!!!!

ktownkid

[jannes_z-28]

Make a google search on: "winter storage car" and you will find a lot of information on what should be done.


Jan

[x Baldwin Motion]

one word. or is it two? MOTHBALLS!! I crush a few around the doors of the garage and put them in the ashtrays and glove box. no rodents come near the car and I always get to cruise by myself in the spring !!

[Allen]

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one word. or is it two? MOTHBALLS!! I crush a few around the doors of the garage and put them in the ashtrays and glove box. no rodents come near the car.....

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Probably because they're scare of what you'd do to them after seeing what was left of the moths.

[Keith Tedford]

Mothballs seem to work pretty well but not entirely. Ask my wife what she felt under a seat when pulling out the old mothballs last spring. At least the furry little critter was dead. Dale wasn't impressed. Mouse traps are for sure.