[Badabing Badablonde]

I have a friend who had to have the engine in his new car rewired because critters crawled up into the engine and made a meal out of the wire casings while we were on vacation, and also proceeded to build a nest and have babies in one of the engine cavities. The repair guy said that these new eco-friendly wire coverings and casings are made from soy products, which these critters love to nibble on, and he is making a mint off of the repairs.

Moronic green people will be the death of us yet.

[MrB]

Wire tie some rat poison in the engine compartment.

I had to do that on my car and it’s a 2000 model.

[GOP_Party_Animal]

Wait a minute - how do you know those critters weren’t endangered?! You may have destroyed a natural habitat!!

[nutmeg]

I have a friend who had to have the engine in his new car rewired because critters crawled up into the engine and made a meal out of the wire casings while we were on vacation, and also proceeded to build a nest and have babies in one of the engine cavities. The repair guy said that these new eco-friendly wire coverings and casings are made from soy products, which these critters love to nibble on, and he is making a mint off of the repairs.

Moronic green people will be the death of us yet.

Wow... as someone who lives in the woods and has lots of "critters" around, I find this disturbing. Thanks so much for that info... next time my car is in the shop, I'll ask my car repairmen about this.

[Moltke]

The repair guy said that these new eco-friendly wire coverings and casings are made from soy products, which these critters love to nibble on, and he is making a mint off of the repairs.

Your repair guy is an idiot. Martens and the like have been "nibbling" on car cables for many decades. Soy products? LOL.