I pulled my Capri 5.0 into the garage in September for a winter nap and left the hood open so I could watch for any "critter" activity. I do like to start it up occasionally in the winter just to check if the battery is still OK and make sure no bird seed or other things fly out of the heater or defroster. After many days of below zero temps, it started fine today. When I pulled the car back into the garage, I noticed some cracked corn on the ground in back of the exhaust pipe. Upon further examination I discovered a mouse had chewed through a plastic bucket that I keep in the garage and had loaded the exhaust pipe with cracked corn.
Sometimes, when I hear of someone storing a car in a barn I wonder what they do to keep the mice from destroying the interior, wiring, etc.
Hey, don't get me wrong, I love Mickey, but not his friends. :-) Dick 84 Capri RS 5.0