buying a car that sat outside sucks :) July 26, 2009, 04:58:04 PM when i picked up the bird i knew it had a squirrel or rat living in the engine compartment, all the sticks and leaves for the nest were still there. well turns out it was a squirrel- with newborns-3 of them. the dog sniffed them out. they were inside the wheelwell between the plastic liner and the body. also found the mother, or what was left of her. must have died after birth, the ants ate her up. ants suck, they got in the car. i cut the carpet to check out the pans- no rust, thats good.ants in the car- about 20 or so red/black ants that i could see( and prob eleventybillion that i couldn't )- that's bad. do bug bombs kill ants? this is gonna suck!! anyone else get pets with their car? Quote Selected
buying a car that sat outside sucks :) Reply #1 – July 26, 2009, 05:01:41 PM I got couple of dead mice and a wasp's nest with the Sport....full of wasps.They're gone now.They all died a horrible death.I feel no remorse. Quote Selected
buying a car that sat outside sucks :) Reply #2 – July 26, 2009, 06:31:27 PM Mine had a mouse nest under the upper intake when I bought it, and the air cleaner box was full of seeds of some sort. And it was stored inside.When I bought the house and laid the T-Bird up in my garage a squirrell made itself at home in the blower motor housing. It actually built a nest in the "squirrellcage". I wasn't about to pull the whole heater box out to fix it, so I just snipped the plastic grille off on three sides, moved it up out of the way, scooped out the nest, then put the grille back in place.Here's what was left of the nest: Quote Selected
buying a car that sat outside sucks :) Reply #3 – July 26, 2009, 06:35:07 PM Quote from: Thunder Chicken;283937Mine had a mouse nest under the upper intake when I bought it, and the air cleaner box was full of seeds of some sort. And it was stored inside.When I bought the house and laid the T-Bird up in my garage a squirrell made itself at home in the blower motor housing. It actually built a nest in the "squirrellcage". I wasn't about to pull the whole heater box out to fix it, so I just snipped the plastic grille off on three sides, moved it up out of the way, scooped out the nest, then put the grille back in place.Here's what was left of the nest:yeah, i have acorns in mine. whenever you turn the car to run the flap in the box opens and acorns fall out. how the hell do they (squirrles) get in there? Quote Selected
buying a car that sat outside sucks :) Reply #4 – July 26, 2009, 07:55:44 PM Surprisingly~I've only encountered spiders so far. Quote Selected
buying a car that sat outside sucks :) Reply #5 – July 26, 2009, 09:51:20 PM I've had to bug bomb an old pontiac I used to have. It worked fine for me, no problems. Quote Selected
buying a car that sat outside sucks :) Reply #6 – July 26, 2009, 10:01:37 PM i had a kitten in the engine bay of my f150 when i picked it up from the car lot . but i only went acroos the street to fill it up and the saleman took the kitten back with him good for me and the kitten .If i didnt get the free fill up it would have rode in the engine bay for bout 85 miles to the house. other than that mice and bugs the usal Quote Selected
buying a car that sat outside sucks :) Reply #7 – July 26, 2009, 11:27:17 PM I got some pets with the Fiero. Quote Selected
buying a car that sat outside sucks :) Reply #8 – July 26, 2009, 11:50:03 PM it gets even more fun when they sit outside with the glass shot out Quote Selected
buying a car that sat outside sucks :) Reply #9 – July 27, 2009, 03:06:24 AM Right now my car has no window in the drivers side... Quote Selected
buying a car that sat outside sucks :) Reply #10 – July 27, 2009, 09:24:44 AM Mine had a few hidden wasp nests, made for a few interesting visits to the shop. Quote Selected
buying a car that sat outside sucks :) Reply #11 – July 27, 2009, 09:43:15 AM The XR7 I am looking at has flying ants in the trunk. Quote Selected
buying a car that sat outside sucks :) Reply #12 – July 27, 2009, 10:22:38 AM Make sure you got all of momma out of there asap... The smell of decaying rat is the hardest thing to get rid of. Fixing all the wiring they chewed up is a piece of cake compared. Quote Selected
buying a car that sat outside sucks :) Reply #13 – July 27, 2009, 06:05:41 PM How do you guys have pests getting into your cars? My T-bird sits in a garage all winter and I've never had a rodent problem. Quote Selected
buying a car that sat outside sucks :) Reply #14 – July 27, 2009, 06:13:37 PM Your garage probably isn't built from an old barn Living in the boonies probably doesn't help me either... Quote Selected
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