TIL car manufacturers sell spicy tape. It’s a wiring tape that’s coated with capsaicin to deter rodents from chewing on wires
TIL car manufacturers sell spicy tape. It’s a wiring tape that’s coated with capsaicin to deter rodents from chewing on wires
by Summons
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Summons
Soo…where can I buy this tape? I need it for…rodents, yeah, that’s it.
Winston_42069
Rodents start getting addicted to it, and craving it just like humans.
CatFoodBeerAndGlue
I can’t believe they bought the tape and didn’t lick it. Bloody cowards.
bicho01
Best chewing gum ever.
Defiant-Scarcity-243
This happened to me in baltimore. Tried to start my car one day to go to work, car shook violently. I had it towed to the shop and they looked at it and told me: rats chewed up your electrical, we have to re-wore a large part of the engine control electrical system. I thought the guy was fucking with me cuz ppl joke about Baltimore rats a lot here.
Nope he was serious…told me a lot of new cars are being manufactured with a soy-based coating on the wires and the rats (and squirrels) love to eat it. So every year when they have the first few freezes they see tons of these in the shops. It gets cold and u park ur warm car on a street (big city living) and the undercarriage is warm so animals crawl up in there to stay warm and they smell the soy electrical wires and have a tasty dinner
Edit: so yea I asked the guy what I can do to prevent this as it cost me like $1300 to repair, and he informs me of the spicy tape I can buy and wrap my wires in. Apparently u can also buy capcasin stay and spray the under side of ur car with it when you park? I dunno, I haven’t tied yet…but I know multiple ppl in the dmv this has happened to, it’s only new cars with this coating and I believe there is a class action lawsuit
FrugalityPays
Been wrapping my giant burritos for years using this stuff! A bit chewy and doesn’t come easily but hot damn is it worth it
8 Comments
Soo…where can I buy this tape? I need it for…rodents, yeah, that’s it.
Rodents start getting addicted to it, and craving it just like humans.
I can’t believe they bought the tape and didn’t lick it. Bloody cowards.
Best chewing gum ever.
This happened to me in baltimore. Tried to start my car one day to go to work, car shook violently. I had it towed to the shop and they looked at it and told me: rats chewed up your electrical, we have to re-wore a large part of the engine control electrical system. I thought the guy was fucking with me cuz ppl joke about Baltimore rats a lot here.
Nope he was serious…told me a lot of new cars are being manufactured with a soy-based coating on the wires and the rats (and squirrels) love to eat it. So every year when they have the first few freezes they see tons of these in the shops. It gets cold and u park ur warm car on a street (big city living) and the undercarriage is warm so animals crawl up in there to stay warm and they smell the soy electrical wires and have a tasty dinner
Edit: so yea I asked the guy what I can do to prevent this as it cost me like $1300 to repair, and he informs me of the spicy tape I can buy and wrap my wires in. Apparently u can also buy capcasin stay and spray the under side of ur car with it when you park? I dunno, I haven’t tied yet…but I know multiple ppl in the dmv this has happened to, it’s only new cars with this coating and I believe there is a class action lawsuit
Been wrapping my giant burritos for years using this stuff! A bit chewy and doesn’t come easily but hot damn is it worth it
Spicy tape…Fancy sauce…tomayto, tomahhtoe
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