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> The bane of a stored car, saw this on the MGB GT site
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post Oct 9 2018, 12:14 PM
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The bane of modern cars, too. And not just Porsches.

I shared a hangar with a couple of friends for a couple of years. One of them asked me to move his GT3 RS to my office so he could swap with his 993. I noticed some water on the pavement under his car after the hangar was all closed up. Looked like too much for A/C system drip, so I popped the engine lid. Rodents had chewed up a lot of the hoses as well as a fair bit of the wiring. Bill to put things right with factory harnesses, hoses, etc? $25,000~. There was also an older Lexus LX470 in there, too. They did about $16,000 in damage to that...totaling what was a very nice and useful vehicle to have around. Turns out the rodents really like the modern, more recyclable materials for hoses and wiring insulation. Soy-based stuff.

While my 914 was left unscathed (maybe the smelly carbs helped?), I was storing a modern car in the hangar that I was about to sell, and feared the worst. Turned out my local dealer knows all the stuff to look for with rodents...as they see the damage fairly often. While my other car was fine also, a friend soon chimed in, as his neighbors parked their Cayenne outside and left it outside for two weeks when they were on vacation. When they returned, they thought they had a dead battery. Instead, it was $28k in rodent damage. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)
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dr914@autoatlanta.com   The bane of a stored car   Oct 9 2018, 12:14 PM
GregAmy   "Wazzup, yo?" (I think you meant ...   Oct 9 2018, 12:24 PM
dr914@autoatlanta.com   I certainly did thank you very much. "Wazzu...   Oct 9 2018, 12:45 PM
Unobtanium-inc   My brother got into his 87 Carrera the other day, ...   Oct 9 2018, 01:29 PM
rgalla9146   My brother got into his 87 Carrera the other day,...   Oct 11 2018, 04:33 AM
bbrock   Ha! Neotoma floridana (guessing from your loc...   Oct 9 2018, 01:54 PM
Ecke Liebhaber   A friend of mine had had a V-8 engine with headers...   Oct 9 2018, 02:35 PM
siverson   I keep 5 mousetraps setup in my garage for this ve...   Oct 9 2018, 02:44 PM
bandjoey   Works every time   Oct 9 2018, 03:23 PM
Unobtanium-inc   Works every time Our old shop was on the East Ri...   Oct 9 2018, 10:32 PM
dr914@autoatlanta.com   maybe that is why I have never had mice in my Jag...   Oct 10 2018, 10:28 AM
Rand   I'm setting one of these up in my shop. The mi...   Oct 9 2018, 03:56 PM
worn   That is one great picture. Thanks. Reminds me to...   Oct 9 2018, 04:03 PM
bretth   Oh crap reminds me to re bait the trap in my garag...   Oct 9 2018, 07:11 PM
r_towle   I found that moth balls on cookie sheets under the...   Oct 9 2018, 07:18 PM
johnhora   I found that moth balls on cookie sheets under th...   Oct 10 2018, 07:22 AM
horizontally-opposed   The bane of modern cars, too. And not just Porsche...   Oct 9 2018, 11:28 PM
Front yard mechanic   Some mice build small nest and some build.....   Oct 10 2018, 07:43 AM
bbrock   Some mice build small nest and some build..... ...   Oct 10 2018, 09:19 AM
jmitro   that picture is classic, LOL   Oct 10 2018, 08:48 AM
Mark Henry   Plastic bucket of water, pop can with a dowel thru...   Oct 10 2018, 09:41 AM
jfort   steel wool in the exhaust, too   Oct 10 2018, 02:26 PM
Chip   Enjoyed every bit. Wish the last owner of my 1.8 h...   Oct 10 2018, 08:25 PM
mepstein   I was cleaning my car a week or so after I fought...   Oct 11 2018, 03:32 AM
RickS   On guard 24/7. When not snoozing. Her name is Mad...   Oct 11 2018, 04:01 AM
euro911   Urinal cakes work as well.   Oct 11 2018, 05:24 AM
UROpartsman   Victor Tin Cat live trap is inexpensive (~$15...   Oct 11 2018, 03:51 PM
AZBanks   Anyone know how far away they'd have to be re...   Oct 11 2018, 05:20 PM
SO.O.C914er   Damn I must say I’ve been down this road myself....   Oct 11 2018, 06:29 PM
ConeDodger   Check out the rolling log mouse trap on YouTube.   Oct 11 2018, 07:00 PM
Rand   Check out the rolling log mouse trap on YouTube. ...   Oct 13 2018, 11:31 AM
ConeDodger   Check out the rolling log mouse trap on YouTube....   Oct 13 2018, 12:40 PM
dr914@autoatlanta.com   we once had a pristine 45,00 mile Nepal orange 75 ...   Oct 13 2018, 12:59 PM


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