potman

It's been an unusual winter here in Kansas. Spring bulbs are coming up. No snow at all and hardly any rain. So I've been able to take her out on weekends.

I have a question though. Last year I wasn't able to take her out for almost three months. I don't take her out if there is any wet on the roads or if it looks like rain. I have mice in my garage this year. And they are clever little peckers. They lick the peanut butter clean off the traps without setting them off.

I've heard of mice getting into the car/engine compartment and doing damage. How can I get them to just stay away from the car?

(other than setting up a mouse bar and brothel in another part of the garage)

MustangFTW

the mouse bar is the best shot.



on serious note ive heard that certain types of hand soap (the bars) keep the mice at bay, i would also cover the exhaust tips.

jojobanks

just get the sticky traps and put stuff on them. It won't kill the mice but they'll be stuck and can't go anywhere. Then you can deal with them as you please. never had one of those traps fail on me.

LynnBob Mustang

I've heard of people using cloths dryer fabric softener sheets in and around the car. I'm trying this method this year to see what it does with my '99 GT.
Lynn

andrewmp6

I had a rat in my garage that always throw the traps no matter what type or how i baited it,So i sat in the garage one night on top of my work bench a 12 gauge with bird shot worked.

jp1967stang

Or if you work in your garage enough get a barn cat we have 4 or 5 no mice get into anything even if i leave my interior out of the car sitting on the floor. I see that cats with one hanging out of their mouth every so often.

potman

Thanks for all the suggestion, I appreciate them a lot. We have a lot of roaming cats in the hood... I supposed I could leave the garage door open and let them at it. Hate the thought of one of them nasty things (cats) jumping up on my baby though.....

waynem67

I restored my 67 200cid coupe in 2003 and drove as a DD for three years while in school. That included the snowy winters here in CT. Now a days she sits in a cozy garage next to my 04 gt and only comes out on the nicest days of the year. I wouldn't have changed the past for anything salt and sand always wash off and all the headaches and trouble it gave me have just made me love that car more. Its probably why I now own two stangs. It pains me sometimes when I realize how long its been since our last ride together but at the same time knowing that the stangs tucked away in safety away from the elements means I get to hold on to it that much longer.

Derf00

Mothballs...mice, rats, insects, hate mothballs...

The_Dude

The last time I drove my '69 convertible to work it was badly door dinged. Now I have the '91 to beat around in.