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mice mice mice...keep getting in car!
OK...So I rarely drive the old girl, but I do on occasion. I cleaned her all up from deep storage and mice had had some fun. Big next in glove box and trunk.
Later this summer I find a new nest in glove box ()*&@#$@#$ Poop and pee trails here and there. CLEAN IT ALL AGAIN..... Then I found poop today on the carpet.... Is there a common way for these little beasts to get into an SVX? cabin filter or something??? Just surprised they keep coming back even when I use the car.
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Re: mice mice mice...keep getting in car!
This may sound stupid, but I have heard that dryer sheets repel field mice. Seems that they don't like the smell. I don't know if it works or not. I never tried it. So go to your local supermarket and try it. It is cheap enough.
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Re: mice mice mice...keep getting in car!
Check out Victor Scent-Away
I have used the pouch bags, and the little plastic ones. I hang one from the vent above the glovebox, one off the turn signal switch and place one down by the heater ducts behind the console, and I hang one on the ABS stuff under the hood. They actually smell kinda good too in a refreshing way...
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Re: mice mice mice...keep getting in car!
I have 4 cats. Mice have a very short life expectancy around her!
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Re: mice mice mice...keep getting in car!
I'll try both. opened the hood to change headlights this evening, a mouse was on the engine. O#U$@@#
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'92 Liquid Silver SVX - Drilled&Slotted Rotors/Canadian OEM Seat Warmers/JDM Folding Mirrors/JDM Clear Corners/Euro Glass Headlights/Euro Headlight Level Adjustment/Euro Shifter Assembly/ECUTune Chip V.1/GARAGE QUEEN! |
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Re: mice mice mice...keep getting in car!
https://www.carbag.com/
Worth every penny. I had $250 worth of damages (two hood insulators) in two years from mice, not to mention poop. I store the car for the winter season in the car jacket.....no mice, no smell, not even dust.
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Re: mice mice mice...keep getting in car!
Also moth balls around the garage work pretty well, but they smell.
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Re: mice mice mice...keep getting in car!
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I have had my polo stored in a garage for over a year undriven without problems... and I live deep in the woods. I have Victor Ultrasonic resellers in every unused outlet in the garage. One that is at the end of a retractable cord from the ceiling and hangs down to the engine manifold from the hood latch. Another is in the interior with a disconnect plug through the firewall. TIP: Mice like darkness and quiet. In my garage my hood is up 24/7. My glove compartment is open and my rear seats are always down. They also hate peppermint. Use pure peppermint oil on a cotton ball (available in drug stores) NOT the peppermint extract used in baking. .
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Re: mice mice mice...keep getting in car!
Yup, this would be a very affordable alternative.
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Re: mice mice mice...keep getting in car!
My brother swears by dryer sheets.
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Re: mice mice mice...keep getting in car!
Where do people put dryer sheets? Inside the vehicle? Under the hood? On the floor under the car? How many do you use?
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Re: mice mice mice...keep getting in car!
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. Subaru Ambassador 1996 Polo Green LSi #216..138,100 miles...SOLD JFICX8659TH100216.....Date of Manufacture: November 16, 1995..... Fuji Heavy Industries..Ōta North Plant....Ōta City,. Gunma Prefecture, Japan In-Service Date: January 2, 1997 "The Pristine Green Polo Machine” First Polo Green on the Network First Clear front turn signals, JDM Alcyone hood emblem, rear panel, and BOXER engine cover on the Network (US) (2000) First 5000K HID factory fog lights (2007) First SVX JDM BBS wheels on a USDM SVX (2013) HID lighting (5000K) for headlight and H3 fog lights, PIAA SuperExtreme 120W high beams, rebuilt EG33 longblock, Cometic head gaskets, Phase II flexplate, AMR aluminum radiator with custom silicone hoses, 160A high-output alternator in aluminum-ceramic coated case, new design alternator wiring upgrade v.4, rare factory headlight protectors, refinished JDM BBS mesh aluminum wheels and custom, polished billet aluminum new hex center caps, LED grille mod, R1 Concepts high-carbon cryo slotted rotors, Akebono ceramic pads, Goodridge S/S braided brake lines, Smallcar Stage 1 shift kit, ThermalTech aluminum/ceramic-coated valve covers, Energy Suspension urethane front & rear swaybar bushings, Bontrager22 rear swaybar with QS Components Chromoly Teflon/Kevlar endlinks, "$15.00/5 minute" suspension mod. Hella Supertone horns, Custom stainless steel exhaust system with 2" headpipes, Magnaflow cats, AeroTurbine AR25 resonator /AWD "Bullet" muffler. R.I.P. 2010 Subaru Outback Limited 2.5 CVT...338,000 miles. Totaled by a 1,300 lb. COW March 4, 2016 2014 Hyundai Avante Limited ...178,000 miles. Actually quieter and smoother than the Outback 2007 Mazda Miata MX-5 PRHT...102,000 miles. Plenty of parts, service and windshields. 4th Registered Network member —2/21/2001 My NEW locker..I...My Email..I..Wikipedia/SVX . . |
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Re: mice mice mice...keep getting in car!
mini zip ties to hold them everywhere. Under hood in trunk under dash under seats.
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Peter ART Cryogenic/Slotted Rotors, Stainless Steel Brake Lines, PWR Radiator, Tranny cooler, Stebro, Earthworm's Poly Differential/front & rear swaybar bushings, Koni Inserts and Mychailo SVX Sport Springs all 4 corners, Indigo Blue paint. Liquid Silver Wheels. |
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