I never thought I'd fall victim to alleged vermin nesting in my car engine, but the Rat King has made a residence in my beautiful Prius! When my engine lights went on, I never suspected that "the biggest nest we've ever seen" would be the cause.
So can we pull out Templeton, his family and their droppings from my eco-friendly whip and call it a day? Not without pulling out the entire dash board and rewiring the hybrid's whole system.
Kelly, my friendly yet devistatingly honest Toyota rep, continues to call me with new pricing and new reports on the tunnel dammage. Yes -- Tempie here not only erected a 5 bed 4 bath home, but landscaped his front yard and put in a great, long driveway -- right to my left, front tire.
Happy F-ing Birthday. Chalk one up for the tiny Kangaroos.
Anybody got an idea why Toyota's attract rodents. We have a Sequoia and Tundra. Both 2008 and same engine. The Sequoia was just in for the same thing and not believing the dealership I checked the Tundra when I got home and found evidence there also. We have had (and do have) a hand full of different cars parked in the same place with some of them months at a time between driving and never have had a problem with rats.
Seems Toyota's have something that attracts them since each of our current cars are driven daily and the location they seem to like to nest is right under the intake manifold. You know the top of the engine that get up to 165 or more degrees when driven. Seems there must be a strong attractant for them to keep coming back and be so insistent. Also they are braving our outdoor hunter cat to get there. Hmmm maybe pest control companies should just drive Toyota's and park them over night at the customers house :)
Posted by: Monty | August 08, 2009 at 09:23 PM
Unfortunately, I drive/drove the Prius every day. I've probably been taking Templeton to work with me for the last three months!
Posted by: Caitlin | February 02, 2009 at 01:20 PM
How often do you drive your car?
Look at the bright side....just think if you didn't drive it for a longer while.... maybe Templeton would have built a entire apartment complex with a pool, satellite TV, and game room :-)
Posted by: Jeffrey | February 02, 2009 at 01:17 PM