[NCC] Time for a New Car

[Hal Offutt]

I'm in the market for a new car.  My 96 Acura has been very reliable and gives good mileage but, among other things, the mice have eaten through the nearly inaccessable wiring harness and a bunch of chewed up wires are dangling loose behind the engine.  It's amazing that the thing has been running at all.

I'd like to buy a car that I could use for mobiling in the OHQP, the MIQP, maybe the NYQP, etc.  If anyone has any suggestions for cars that produce little noise, or, on the other hand, any information about cars that should be avoided because they produce a lot of noise, such info would be appreciated.    

And if anyone knows how to keep mice out of cars, I'm all ears.  I often park my car in the garage for 3-4 months at a time and the local mice just love it.  My neighbor said Ivory soap placed in the engine compartment keeps mice away from a classic car that he stores, but I tried it and the soap just disappeared.  

Thanks in advance!

73, Hal W1NN