Rats are making homes under car hoods in increasing numbers

[Jcotton1]

I will pass this along. I'm glad I have my current home inspected several times a year. Squirrels and other vermin do even more damage on the inside of a house.

 

[Ayo]

I lived in one of the most expensive cities per sq ft in Southern California (beach city).

It was winter (aka in the low 50s lol) I hadn’t moved my car for a week because of work travel. Came back to and hit the button to start the car. No sound, instead my dashboard lights up lights I didn’t even know existed.

Rats chewed out $10,000 worth of parts and labor wiring from my brand new (thank god leased) GS-F.

When it gets cold outside they’ll find a nice warm place to chill out and nest. No city is immune.

 

[The God Poster]

Masterpiece

 

[rabbid]

lots of people park their cars next to their outside trash can. So i mean its kind of a no brainer. You got the buffet and the hookah lounge right next to each other. Lot of these rats just catching a vibe

 

[HaitianPatty]

I lived in one of the most expensive cities per sq ft in Southern California (beach city).

It was winter (aka in the low 50s lol) I hadn’t moved my car for a week because of work travel. Came back to and hit the button to start the car. No sound, instead my dashboard lights up lights I didn’t even know existed.

Rats chewed out $10,000 worth of parts and labor wiring from my brand new (thank god leased) GS-F.

When it gets cold outside they’ll find a nice warm place to chill out and nest. No city is immune.

Yea this is the case with my charger and probably your gs-f two sport cars where the engines get really hot

 

[bnew]

Guarantee a lot of the NYC issues come from a lack of predator animals.

Get some Western Diamondbacks, Water Moccasins, Coyotes etc., and those rat populations would dip.

There will always be small rodents but they're in an environment without enough natural predators to keep their numbers down. Lots of food and trash cans too? Easy.

nah, that sounds worse than rats. rats can be taken care of with poison, traps, repellents, etc.

 

[levitate]

That's interesting. My wife had the same problem with her x5. I ended up wiring an electronic rat deterrent device into her engine bay. It was about $30 off amazon

Damn, my breh Stir with the X5???

 

[feelosofer]

If I.drive into the city. I spray cheap cologne in on the engine just in case. NYC has a bad rat problem and global warming plus covid has made the numbers skyrocket.

 

[50CentStan]

All new cars are using soy in the wires. Thats why.

 

[beaniemac]

My brother has a Ford Fusion and his wires got chewed up twice by rats. Once here in Chicago and once in DC. Also his car has wires that are soy based, so that means

Also it doesn't help his car is kept outside in a heavily rat infested area whereas my car is garage kept in a super clean alley.

His car is 11 Ford fusion. Mine is 15 Acura TLX

 

[beaniemac]

Oak Cliff Texas is the best of both worlds, it's half city and half country.

I worked in oak cliff. That shyt is hood!

 

[beaniemac]

Chicago is the most rat infested city in the country.

Absolutely not. That's NYC only downtown and three Northside of Chicago are full of rats cuz of

 

[Rell84shots]

I worked in oak cliff. That shyt is hood!

It's country hood, not everyone here is Trapboy Freddy.

 

[Buckeye Fever]

No rats here in Decatur, Illinois

That's a Chicago/NYC thang.

But 2 social media comedians from Chicago were here last night and went live dissing my city

 

[Jisoo Stan]

NY doesn't have cats?