user 783003

I got the old girl out of the barn yesterday. It was literally a barn in the middle of 80 acres of corn fields, so I prepped by placing dryer sheets all over the car. On the tires, in the trunk, engine bay, on all the floorboards, etc. the barn owner also places poison all around as well, since he's using the barn for winter storage for profit.

This is what I found in the drivers side back floorboard....





The blue material is from my car cover. Looks like they ate holes in the underside of the cover's mirror pockets and got into the car via the gap between the door and the fender.

My question is what is the other material? Where does all of that brown fuzz come from? I pulled all of the mats, even pulled the passenger seat (changing head unit and amp), and I don't see any indication of that much fuzz missing from anywhere.

Thoughts?


P.S. Anyone that tells you that dryer sheets prevent rodents from invading your car, show them that pic. It's as if they used it as their foundation.

DobermanDad

The brown fuzz stuff is in your console.

Goughary

The only thing that keeps rodents from getting in your car is keeping your car away from rodents.

Next year, park it on a plastic sheet, throw a sheet over the top, and duct-tape the seam.

Buy a couple cans of silica gel and have them in the car to regulate humidity.

Dehumidify.com

user 783003

I had a hard time stopping myself from ripping carpet out last night. It's already 25 years old, and now it's got mouse crap all over it.

May still add that to the list of to do's.

DobermanDad

Could also sprinkle a line of Diatomaceous earth to kill insects trying to get to the car.

Tmistry

Why not replace the carpet? New isn't that much cost and the impact is enormous. It's a messy job, but worth it. Refreshes the car in a big way.

breljohn

Or this :

Masher

^^ that is exactly the sort of thing my car lives in, except it has a frame. Called an Airchamber. To date, touch wood, it has kept rodents out for 7 years. Would highly recommend it. Whilst electric for the fans is good, I expect it will work fine without but I would tape up the fans!

tbennett017

You'll want to look inside your primary cooling fan in the engine bay. They may not have gone there, but there have been cases of rodents living on top of the cylinders behind the fan. When the car runs, all their chaff in there blocks cooling and you'll have an issue pretty quick.

Navaros911

The best thing to keeping rodents and other living things out of the car is to drive her... more fun than taping up seams too

David A

You can also adopt a cat

DobermanDad

Mine is protected by 7 trained Doberman guard dogs, razor wire, heat seeking missiles, land minds, and is suspended over a tank a angry sea bass with lasers strapped to their heads.

user 783003

Not sure if you are familiar with lake effect snow, but 3.5 inches of ground clearance wouldn't get out of my garage most days in the winter.

Off topic, almost done with the head unit and amp replacement. Sounds much louder than prior Alpine and original Blaupunkt amp.

peter_jansen

Only thing that keeps rodents out is death before they get in. I line my garage with those wooden cheap traps in the fall and use peanut butter (they'll steal cheese). They're cheap and nothing is more effective. The mice don't get as far as the cars. I also put poison boxes near the cars. Warfarin makes them thirsty and they exit to find a source of water (assuming there is no water in garage). Good luck.