Can he get a restraining order?
Strobe light.
Pellet rifle.
Story sounds kinda squirrely to me.
“they consider the soy-based tubes and wires to be a food source.”
That sounds like a great plan: let’s make our cars out of food.
“...because they consider the soy-based tubes and wires to be a food source. ..”
Out-sourced to China by Jeep.
How about a garage?
D-Con was invented for times like these.
It’s not ‘nice’, but it is affective against small pests.
Just resist the temptation to blab all about it on Social Media.
I had a squirrel do $1200.00 damage to my Oldsmobile.
Never left it outside again.
Squirrels go squirrelly. At Farmers we know a thing or two because we’ve seen a thing or two.
Woodpecker cost me 7 grand plus with damage to my roof and water damage inside the house which had to be repaired. Taught me to use a good pellet rifle though ...
Squirrels ruined the wiring on a friend’s Honda twice. Since he lives in a townhouse without a garage, he sold the vehicle to avoid maintaining “an attractive nuisance”.
I recall a few years ago we had a run on rodent-chewed wiring harnesses in the Bay Area. Had a lot of rain in a short period of time, and the hairy rats were taking refuge in the underbellies of cars. And, rodents being rodents, they did what rodents naturally do, chew everything in sight.
Luckily for me, the car dealer where I brought my car to be repaired told me that this might come under my comprehensive auto insurance, which it did. So, a $1,500 bill (labor included) became a $250 deductible payment.
This time it’s personal.
Soy based tubes and wires?
What latte-sipping enviro-wacko came up with that idea?
Some newer model cars use materials like soy that are more biodegradable than plastics. It's all part of an effort to make car parts more environmentally-friendly. A Volvo service representative at a Volvo dealer in Michigan confirmed some instances of chewed wires, though they "mostly occurred in rural areas -- not cities." A Volvo spokesperson said that an "initial investigation [into the subject] did not return any substantive info."And there you have it --> instances of chewed wires, though they "mostly occurred in rural areas -- not cities." Take that, YOU DEPLORABLES!!But JoAnn's experience with her Volvo does not appear to be an isolated case. Honda, Toyota and other automakers seem to be experiencing chewed up wires, too.
Friends of mine experienced a setback with their recently purchased 2014 Mazda 5. One weekend, they parked at a campground in San Diego a few miles from the ocean. During the Sunday return drive, the car got stuck in second gear and would run no faster than 30 miles per hour. They had to get off the highway and take side streets home.
Service advisors at their dealership confirmed that chewed wires had caused the automatic transmission to lock into second gear. The entire wiring harness had to be replaced. Their newly-obtained Mazda had a 30-day warranty so the dealership agreed, "with great reluctance", to cover the $1,200 in repairs.
Some Toyota and Honda owners say they have shelled out thousands of dollars to replace wiring. In September, 2016, a class-action suit was filed against Toyota for vehicles produced between 2012 and 2016 that used soy-coated wiring. Honda was also slapped with a class-action suit earlier in 2016 for vehicles produced between 2012 and 2015. The common denominator appears to be soy.
We’ve seen a thing or two..because we’ve seen a thing or two. Farmers insurance...dum da dum dum...dum dum dum
Air rifle.
Lucky guy. Squirrels squeezed into a car we used to own and did over $4,000 worth of damage. Insurance covered it but then the rates took a big hike.
Get an indoor cat and scatter the litterbox remains under the engine compartment on the ground.
The smell of a predator will make the little buggers nervous and will keep them away.
Adopted an dropoff kitten who was too small to make it on it’s own outside so it became an indoor cat.
Every two months, We used to have squirrels chew the wiring on my mothers van but since the litterbox treatment the squirrels shy away from her van.