Check your filters please...

Thursday, February 16. 2012

Living in the country offers it's share of benefits, and it's comparable share of disadvantages. Aside from having to wash off more bugs than the average city dweller, simply parking can offer it's own set of hazards. Though not limited to country dwellers, we do seem to be more at risk to suffering from - rodents.

When you live in the country the darn things seem to show up everywhere, and aside from living with a colony of cats it is difficult to keep them from crawling into the damnedest places. Especially at risk are cars.

Having been "moused" before in several vehicles, including a Honda CRX that required disassembling the entire air conditioner to find it's corpse at the bottom of the condenser, I knew instantly when I got into our 2009 C6 Corvette that there was a problem.

Turning on the air conditioner only made the problem worse. Calling my local shop offered no real suggestions. Googleing "dead mouse C6 Corvette" led me to a forum post/photo of a cabin filter that had been used as a rodent nest in the posters car. Popping open the cabin filter on our C6 (behind the battery) revealed - the same! (we like our photo better) Turns out the design of the Corvette cabin filter/filter slot offers a perfect spot for mice to nest, even providing them warm bedding to tear up. This makes us wonder how many other car owners have had a similar experience with their Corvette, or other car. If you have had this happen to you, let us know!

We are hoping that that has resolved the current issue, it may take a little time for the car to air out properly.