I have recently had a rodent experience that was freaky. The little bugger chewed the harness from the radio to the antenna and traveled up the pillar into the head liner and gnawed on the antenna cable as well. It took two tries for the dealer to find it because the fault was a partial dysfunction in the radio but nothing else. It's a good thing I got a loaner because the weather messed us up and delayed repairs when the roof collapsed on the warehouse in NJ and we needed a coax cable from Germany. I will be a lot more vigilant in the future including using some of the methods mentioned here

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV9wo...eature=related

This trap doesn't require much attention after it is deployed. Damage to a MINI is one thing but to a V35 Bonanza, it was close to $3K. Getting a MINI off the ground and keeping it there isn't as high a priority.