Good god. Unless it's an NSX, your Honda doesn't need to be pampered.

 

Well, as I'd mentioned, I haven't found any evidence of rodents anywhere in my storage unit or the car. The only time I did find a (dead) mouse was one caught in a trap with bait (peanut butter). There are definitely rodents in the nearby field and plenty of baited, poisoned traps throughout the storage facility. I do a regular search of the car and unit for mice, nesting and droppings - none so far.

When I was searching for various traps after the mouse was caught the sales guy at the supply place recommended unscented traps so as to not attract rodents to your area. It's working for me very well so I'm not going to go against an expert's advice. As sealed off as I have my unit, that first mouse somehow must have smelled food and got in. I'm sure we've all seen pictures of cars stuffed with acorns, dog food, etc. they're looking for food and a home.

Others have had varying degrees of success with all kinds of traps and techniques, use what works best for you.

 

I've heard the smell of "Bounty" clothes dryer sheets repel mice, if spread around in passenger area, trunk, etc. Plus steel wool in the exhaust pipes as mentioned earlier.

 

I use glue traps at each corner of the garage, behind some fixtures, in the wheel barrels, in the trunk and next to the carbon filter. I buy the rat size traps as they are better at catching mice. I typically find mice in the corner placed traps.

 

The problem with these magic elixir repellents is who knows if they work or not? And the cost to find out if one used the wrong repellent is huge. I have come upon several cars in the shop with rodent damage and the bills are so high the owners have to fall back on their homeowner insurance. Regular car insurance doesn't cover this kind of problem and warranties do not cover it so then the owner has to pay for it out of his pocket. The bills can run into the the thousands of dollars.

You can put steel wool in the exhaust pipes if you want but the mice are not going to go into the pipes. The pipes are toxic to them.

They want in the cabin where the nice carpet is to scrape the pile away and use it for nesting probably on top of the engine or on top of the tray under the engine or some other part of the underbody of the car.

They'll use the rest of the car for moving about without exposing themselves and the nice plastic/rubber bits to gnaw on to help keep their teeth from growing too long.

 

So, still a new c2 owner and learning a lot from you guys. Regarding winter, I plan to keep driving mine but this time of year in New England brings out the mice. I learned from my Toyotas to cover the fresh air intake with 1/4" mesh screen from HD. Works great and saves the cabin filters but now the mice are going after the pcar. This weekend I fashioned a screen to cover the actual filter since it is in a wide open area. That and a few traps around the garage. We'll see how it goes. I would be absolutely livid if mice started eating my car after saving for it for the last 30 years.

 

Yup i had mice chew some wires on my Toyota truck, started it to go on a first date and it barely ran, opened the hood and found the chewed wires, thought it was a wives tail, I guess not.
Fuel stabilizer will keep your gas alive and car will run better in spring until stale gas is gone and its better to run car for a while to get it in your carburetor if you had one, I'm sure you know this stuff

 

Steel wool in exhaust pipes
Inflate tires to max, park on pieces of carpet
Battery tender
Full tank
Moth ***** in engine, trunk, interior.

 

http://www.porschenet.com/wp-content...6noreaster.pdf

Page 7 has a good write up...although I prefer the "drive her" winterizing method.

 

The remains of Typhoon Nuri are pushing up into Alaska and the Aleutian Islands, pushing a vast amount of cold air into the lower 48 and subsequently lowering temps 15-20 degrees. Get your winter tires on ladies and gents! (for those of you that are driving this winter) Winter is coming.