Recent content by BobDoz

Bob here, and I don't drive a Subaru, never have. That was Jon GrosJean.

I have never used an automated car wash. I just use their do-it-yourself pressure washer to focus on wheel wells and other frequent rustable areas where road salt and dirt might accumulate. Have you ever jacked the car up and looked underneath? It's mostly a well-sealed battery box, front shield...

I have a 2017 Bolt EV and also live in MN. Not much salt used yet this season near Winona, but I'm sure more will come soon. Looks like under-body wash is fine, but there are instructions about what to avoid spraying under the hood. Most of the body panels are Aluminum, but underneath I noticed...

Yeah, the cholecalciferol-based baits work very effectively too. And they are safe for non-rodents if something else grabs the dead/dying mice.

It never hurts to thin the rodent population a bit, since it can quickly get out of control. A few years ago, before we rodent-proofed our greenhouse, we used 6 traps and caught about 5 mice per day, until the last day when we caught a shrew. We were wondering why some of the trapped mice looked...

I currently have an ultrasonic repller under the hood and use peppermint oil on the cabin filter, which is covered on top with a stainless steel 12-mesh screen. But I'm still going to remove the wiper cowling and try to block any entry points there since I've seen mouse poops on that filter...

In the past week, at varying temps down to -4F, I have been seeing our 2017 EV shut down the Level 1 charging process, showing a red light on the original charger instead of the green light when it does so. It works fine for maybe a half-hour, then just shuts down the charge. When I leave the...