With reference to the email "Chewed Lore", I have stored my car in Florida over the past ten summers and to keep the rodents out of it I hang a supermarket plastic bag of mothballs in the engine compartment. Rodents are a particular problem in the summer with the high temperatures, but I have had no problems, although two neighbours have had their electrics destroyed.

A friend who has a large car business in New Hampton, Long Island assures me that this method deters the rodents in the cold winter. I hope that this may be some help to your correspondent.