[NCC] Time for a New Car

[ray.fallen]

Hal...

If you have comprehensive coverage on your auto insurance policy ...this
type of damage is covered.
Trust me, I know these things.

Jeff's right...mothballs work (but then your car smells like your Grammie's
sweater).

The other trick I use is to put the vehicle up on jackstands...keeps the
meeces away
and prevents flat spots on yer tires.  I spray the jackstands with silicon
spray which
discourages critters from trying to climb up.

I also keep a couple of sticky traps underneath the car...one or two
corpses seems to discourage the others.

Ray


On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 8:54 PM, Jeffrey Ach <w2fu at frontiernet.net> wrote:

> Hal,
>
> Mothballs do the trick.  Cover the car, use coffee cans with mothballs in
> them, under the cover in a couple of locations.
>
> Jeff
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NCC [mailto:ncc-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Hal Offutt
> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 9:14 AM
> To: Mad River Radio Club; North Coast Contesters
> Subject: [NCC] Time for a New Car
>
> 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
>
>
>
>
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