Cat survives four-hour, 200-mile journey sitting on car's engine -

dailymail.co.uk ^ | 22 Dec 2011 | Rachel Quigley

[smokingfrog]

They should have called him Mr. Toasty.

[NoGrayZone]

I can’t believe you mentioned that. My nephew just had a $485 car bill because a rodent chewed through his wires! I had NO idea they did that...and why!

[Caipirabob]

Was Mitt Romney seen in proximity to the vehicle?

[ottbmare]

I bought a rat poison trap today because I couldn’t find a real spring trap big enough for a rat. I may be too late. The car was doing weird electrical stuff today: when I step on the brake, the left turn signal light won’t work; when I take my foot off the brake, it works properly. It’s connected somehow to the flashers—the flasher lights are also freezing if the brake is touched. Damn animals! If they want to sleep in the engine, fine, but please don’t cost me another several hundred dollars. I am broke, out of work, and I’ll be on foot far from public transportation if the car won’t go.

[Clay Moore]

I think there is a ground problem in one or both of the brake/tail light bulbs.

[ottbmare]

Thanks. Do you think that could come from the rats chewing around in my car? I basically lost my alternator last winter because of the rats.

[Twinkie]

Mice hate mint; so rats may too. Put some mint oil here and there, prepare to smell like a peppermint stick. Also spread some mint leaves around under your car here and there.

[Celtic Conservative]

Try marvel mystery oil. It's synthetic peppermint oil. (theres something under the hood that needs oiling, right?)

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