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Old 08-04-2015, 07:40 AM   #1
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Google Cocoon Garage. Looks pretty cool - no personal experience though.

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Google Cocoon Garage. Looks pretty cool - no personal experience though.

OMG I want this thing so bad.......My wife would make me live in it if this was in front of the house though lol.
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Old 08-04-2015, 03:43 PM   #3
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How are you folks keeping the mice out of your cars? I am going to store one this winter and I live out in the country. Mice are an issue.

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How are you folks keeping the mice out of your cars? I am going to store one this winter and I live out in the country. Mice are an issue.

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Old 08-04-2015, 05:23 PM   #5
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Thanks EJ. Don't think I haven't thought of that.
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How are you folks keeping the mice out of your cars? I am going to store one this winter and I live out in the country. Mice are an issue.

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I live out in the country too and we had a huge rodent problem after a forest fire wiped out the predator population. Besides putting your car in an air tight shipping container, I don't think there's much you can do to keep them out if they're around. If you have a car cover, the cat idea is probably the best. Of course you'll have to feed and care for a cat. You can also put a few glue traps in your car. I tried glue traps at first but the rats would eat the mice that got stuck. I ended up putting poison pellets out and that eliminated the rodent population around my shop. There is a down side that you might have a decaying rodent in your car. However you decide to get rid of them is up to you, but if you have a rodent population or not. I think some precautions should be made. I have a neighbor who owns a repair shop. He had a boxster come in with weird electrical issues. He knew I was into them, so he brought it over to my shop for me to work on it. I found a mouse nest behind the fuse box. Luckily it didn't cause any damage but had forced some of the wires to loose contact. I also heard a story of someone who had mice chew the wire harness of a GT3. Needless to say, that was one expensive bill to fix.
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Thanks Itsnotanova. Good advice. I will get the poison out.

And both yourself and Rick3000 had the cat idea and I may look into a few barn cats that need a garage to hang out in for the winter.

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You can't do the poison idea and cat idea together. Glue traps on the inside of the car and a cat on the outside will work great together.
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