I'm storing my S this winter in my brothers barn/garage thing on a farm. Historically I remember mice getting into our boat and jeep.

I figure a car cover wont keep them out and I dont want to come back in the spring to sit on some mouse poo! Anyone?

 

I don't know if it really works, but I have several of these electric devices that emit ultrasonic sounds that are supposed to keep mice and insects away. It's done wonders with a "moth" problem I had so I'm hoping it will keep mice away from my baby.

 

Clean out the interior really well, leave nothing behind, check all small compartments, you don't want a pack of gum left in a storage compartment or a used piece wadded up in the ash tray - trust me on this!

If you have a big exhaust tip (4" on CRX-Si) stuff a rag into the end so it is closed, without a catalytic converter and a 2.5" free flow exhaust I'm scarred to think how far up into the engine a small rodent could go. Even if you know you don't have a mouse problem plan ahead, trust me on this!

Spray lightly a bit of Febreeze (fabric deodorizer) on both floor mats, it off sets the bad smell of the next one.

Place several mothballs around the interior and in cubbyholes, placing them on small paper plates so they are not in contact with the car. AND based upon my experience, make a list of how many you placed in the car and where, I've had years where I smelt that crap until mid summer when I finally opened a compartment and realized there was a moth ball still in the car- UGH!

Open the windows an inch or so. You do not want to seal the cabin closed because of condensation. Put the car cover on and that will help hold in some of the moth ball odor.

Place several mouse traps around the car, bait them with peanut butter. Place a couple boxes of D-Con around the area where the car is stored. Check the traps at least once a week. Toss out the dead and rebate the trap.

Good luck!

 

My latest notes on the topic:

S2000 WINTER STORAGE

Date Stored ___________
Date Insurance Changed ___________
Date Last Driven ___________
Date Last Started ___________
Date Last Moved ___________
Next Schedule Move ___________

Unfortunately we are approaching the time of year when we put our cars in storage for the winter. We all know the effect of storage on a car. The longer the storage the more problems we have with getting it back on the road. Throughout the years I have ( and I

 

I should cancel my insurance this winter on it?

 

Last year I've found walnuts in the S' engine compartment above both wheel wells. Our walnut tree in the garden is 25 meters distance from the garage. So the mice like to play in the S too .
This winter I'll put a rag into the (stock) air intake and put some mothballs into the engine compartment as well.

 

You should at least maintain fire/theft and if you have a loan on it, they won't let you cancel all of the insurance.

 

I'm getting ticked off right now. I figure I can get my insurance for the S, make it a weekend vehicle, and keep my beater as my commute. Bastard Insurance agents didn't reduce my insurance, but raised it. Right now I still have full coverage on them both, errr....

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by thunderchicken
[B]I'm getting ticked off right now.

 

Don't worry.

Laboratory tests prove that mice are notoriously inept at shifting 6-speed manual transmissions