Hopped in the car to head for our next section of road to walk (picking up cans while getting some exercise) and about a minute from the house, SWMBO let out a screech!

Da Fuq? She pointed and I saw about 6 inches of the ass-end of a garter snake sticking out between the passenger's side A-pillar and the windshield gasket. It managed to slither out of sight before I could get stopped and try to evict it.

Came back from our walk and the little bastige was sunning himself on the dash. And again, slithered back into the A-pillar before I could grab it.

My luck, the little shit will die in there and the car will reek for weeks.

Now you'll have to check the Corvette hat and the New Balance shoes for snakes every time you put them on.

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Originally posted by chellim1:
Now you'll have to check the Corvette hat and the New Balance shoes for snakes every time you put them on.

Well, this was in the RAV4, but point taken...

pop off the pilar cover, should be easy enough to do, or it might be the one time a few hundred in labor fees to a dealer might be worth it lol

Its the less radioactive fallout means of making certain.

Or, ways to keep the Mrs. outta my ride

Hopefully it's not having babies in there. I pulled a tarp off one of my wood piles last year and about 50 garter snakes of all sizes went slithering in every direction. Never seen that many at once. A little disturbing.

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Originally posted by HRK:
pop off the pilar cover, should be easy enough to do, or it might be the one time a few hundred in labor fees to a dealer might be worth it lol

100%! It would totally blow to have to deal with rotting snake smell.

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Originally posted by Sig2340:


Its the less radioactive fallout means of making certain.

Although a total loss claim from fire is a bit early in PHPaul's brief ownership. But I agree with the outcome. I hate snakes.

Many,many,many years ago when I was still an active volunteer firefighter we got a call for a car fire.

We arrive in scene to find a car with heavy smoke coming out from under the hood but no visible fire.
We stretch a line and opened the hood. We find the entire engine compartment full of grass and straw but no fire.

We hold off wetting it down and start pulling all the grass and straw out figuring it was just smoldering on the exhaust manifold and it was.

As we pull more of the material out all of a sudden we see the snout and two eyes of a live possum in the middle of all of the grass and straw.
It takes one look at us, jumps out from under the hood and runs off into the woods.

When talking to the owner of the car they told us they had just picked it up from the repair shop. They told us it had been dropped off two weeks ago right before they went on vacation and they had just gotten back.

He figured the car was repaired shortly after he dropped it off and sat so the possum must have decided that was a good place to build a nest.

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Originally posted by PHPaul:
My luck, the little shit will die in there and the car will reek for weeks.

Actually, dead snakes don't usually make much of a stink when they rot, just kind of dry up.

I actually like snakes, not enough to ask them to move in with me, but without them the fast-breeding rodents would be eating us out of house and home.

PH, I'm sorry to hear about your car fire. What a shame.


Oh, that's not until tomorrow?

They sell snake repellent stuff at some garden centers.

That said...not sure how easy it would be to remove the repellent's smell from the car interior afterward.

How many of u have been handed a envelope with a "Snow Snake rattle" inside.... When I 1st arrived in Alaska someone handed me one... It was during the middle of winter time w/snow and ice covering everyhing. I will admit that I bit hook line and sinker to include the tackle box.... Large square paper clip unfolded with a rubber band between straightened legs twisted with a standard paperclip twisted so that when envelope is opened the spinning paperclip makes the sound of a rattlesnake.... Almost had to go change my pants...... Cannot say how many times over the years that I pulled it on other newbies. ...... If you should try this just be ready for a not so friendly response. ............................................. drill sgt.

A few years back, my wife would take her Ford Flex to a rural dealership. They were friendly, had reasonable prices, and she just like the staff. They had the car for a day or so for service once. After we got it back, noticed that here were some insulation in the pull out cupholders in the back. Suspecting there were a few uninvited guests, I set up a mousetrap in the passenger footwell in the second row. As I was exiting, I decided to be safe and put another trap in the other footwell. Next morning, both traps had tripped and did their jobs. 2 dead mice. If I hadn't, I would have the issues longer...

This.....

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Originally posted by chellim1:
Now you'll have to check the Corvette hat and the New Balance shoes for snakes every time you put them on.

Should be easy since the New Balance shoes have velcro straps instead of laces.

I would suggest you release a Honey Badger in the car for a little while.

Honey Badger don't give a shit

I don't wanna hurt the little feller (fellerette?), I got nothing against snakes up here (more so when I lived in SC and FL) and they dine on pests.

Just not thrilled with it's choice of abode.

And speaking of numbers...My F-i-L had the bright idea to add an outside entrance to the basement. Think Bilco Door. Then at some point realized that was maybe not such a great idea and took it out. So far so good, except he blocked the resulting hole in the foundation with...plywood.

Fast forward many years, plywood has rotted, foundation leaks like it's not even there (which, in essence, it wasn't) and I decide to dig it all out and build a proper block wall there.

The plywood is coming out in chunks, there's insulation stuffed between the inner and outer layers and I'm reaching down in there to haul the old, soggy, mildewed insulation out. About the third trip I came out with a whole handful of night crawler-sized baby garter snakes.

I don't mind telling you I screamed like a little girl and damn near wet myself...