Prius and Marmots

I do know that the underbelly of the prius are some plastic belly panels designed to make your car more aerodynamic. But they are no match for a coolant ravenous rodent. Are those panels intact?

 

If I were you, next time I'd try a known rodent repellent, like old-fashioned mothballs.

I personally use mothballs to ward off squirrels and mice. Just get a small box of old-fashioned mothballs and pour some into an old sock, stocking or cloth, and hang or place the sack of mothballs somewhere under the hood. Then when you return to the car, remove the sack (unless you're willing to live with the smell of mothballs wafting through the ventilation system into your car cabin).

 

Are you certain that won't make your car smell like mothballs anyways? I would definately remove the sock before driving off... If for some reason the sock breaks, you'll have a hood full of loose mothballs... Although it seems to me to be more funny than dangerous...

 

Is there an exclusion for animals in the warranty. LOL

 

My wife calls me a marmot, and I've not once chewed through an Prius parts.

 

I think my mothball mod may void the warranty.

 

I stood next to Boo in Detroit and don't remember smelling mothballs. Perhaps the airplane flight and a shower did the trick.

Tom

 

Mothball scent is just new car scent right?

 

Could be the smell of the old sock keeping the animals out too!

 

I don't know about other animals, the smell of an old sock certainly attracts the attention of cats...