Scott in Bellingham Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 a co worker told me about people having trouble with rats like in Seattle gettting into cars and eating the wrap on the wiring , the guy on TV said they paticulaly liked Subarus anyone heard this, any links to the story, I think its funny it makes me chuckle thinking about it , it would make a good poster or shirt, with something like : 9 out of 10 Rats prefer SUBARU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edrach Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 a co worker told me about people having trouble with rats like in Seattle gettting into cars and eating the wrap on the wiring , the guy on TV said they paticulaly liked Subarus anyone heard this, any links to the story, I think its funny it makes me chuckle thinking about it , it would make a good poster or shirt, with something like : 9 out of 10 Rats prefer SUBARU So do mice! I found a nest in the ducting for the blower in an old Brat at one time. It taught me to never leave crumbs or anything edible in the car; if there's food they will find a way to get it and set up house-keeping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leadfootracin Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 a friend had an outback, wouldnt start one morn, towed to dealer and loaner picked up, dealer called, rats had chewed injecter harness, ok repairs, next morn loaner wouldnt crank, open hood rat sitting on air box, harness chewed at fuse block. owner got to buy 2 harnesses that week. owner is a judge in seattle. to keep rats out of sitting cars I put mothballs in a vented container under hood, inside car and in trunk. seems to work.:-\ :-\ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack in Norfolk Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 We don't see to many rats around here because of the ferel cats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habib99 Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 This is the funniest thing ever -especially like the rat sitting on the air box -like he's saying "yeh wadda you want!" :cool: moth balls, how about a cat still if that happened to me I wouldnt be laughing so much! crazy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
06Impreza2500 Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 I can attest to the rodent appeal of Subaru wiring. My friend kept a severely oxidized '85 GL 4x4 around as a farm beater. One time, after it had been parked next to a field for a couple of months, we came back to it only to discover that mice had utterly devastated the car's electrical system. Other vehicles have been parked in the same location, but the field mice seemed interested only in the Subie. Must be some ingredient in the insulation, I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baccaruda Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 i'm TRYIN ta eat, here! ya mind?! (why is it that rats are always imagined to have NY/jersey accents?) This is the funniest thing ever -especially like the rat sitting on the air box -like he's saying "yeh wadda you want!" :cool: moth balls, how about a cat still if that happened to me I wouldnt be laughing so much! crazy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durania Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 Thats what happened to my legacy back in the fall. Damn rats chewed through the fuel pump wiring. Car would crank but not start. Three little wires is all it was Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wounded brat Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 I pulled a dead mouse out of my heater vent. My heater would make a funny noise and not work very well, but only some of the time then one night I left some left overs in the car, well in the morning I noticed a hole in the styrofoam. well the mouse ended up in the fan with only half a head and I had to tear apart the dash under the passenger side. PS, anyone got a spare shifter boot for a 86 brat they could throw my way mines torn and that is how the mouse got in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wounded brat Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 We don't see to many rats around here because of the ferel cats. Up here in wisconsin the dnr and the governor proposed adding ferrel cats to the small game hunting list As you can imagine cat lovers and PETA went ape************ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiffy Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 I don't know about wiring but mice got into my old '85 GL Wagon at my dad's place way out in the country in Oregon City... I had spare dog food packed in one of the rear compartments, and pez in the glove box... I went out one morning and there was insulation all over the floors... the mice had ripped out some seat padding from underneath and some insulation from under the dash... I opened the glove box and it was totally full of shredded napkins (you always need napkins)... my poor pez dispenser was mauled, but not totally empty or chewed through... they had also been in the heater fan because after that the heater always clicked when the fan was going... but I never found any wiring that was chewed through... --Spiffy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddy Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 heck i would feed good ol' chucky cheese some decon rat food with the poison that stuff has. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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