re: #336 A Mom Anon

A little OT FYI:

Mice can do extraordinary damage in the engine compartment of your car. I had made an appointment to get my oil changed at the dealership this morning and on the way there smoke started rolling out from under the hood. Fortunately I was only about a mile away from the dealership,but by the time I got there, there was no coolant left in the car. The early damage assessment is as follows:
Coolant line-chewed,coolant tank-chewed,firewall-chewed,fuel line-almost chewed through,top of one of the struts(plastic cap part)-chewed,battery insulation-chewed,wiring harness-partially chewed. And that’s just what can be seen without taking more of it apart. State Farm says I’m covered, but I won’t know for sure til an adjuster looks at it. What’s not covered is a freaking rental car, so I am sans wheels for at least a week.

The shop supervisor told me that placing moth balls inside the engine compartment will keep them away and to place some in a dish under the engine on the garage floor. I am scared to know how much this is going to end up costing, the mechanic working on my car said he had one come in last winter with nearly 10K of rodent damage and insurance wouldn’t cover it.

I hate today.

Might need to borrow b sharp’s armed weasels.