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18th August 2022, 23:45 | #1 |
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Rats in Rovers
Across the world rats getting into or living in cars can be a problem where they chew parts, chew wires or leave a risk of infection. Anyone had a problem with the Rover 75? I thought there was a strange smell the other day, like that of dead rat. But the smell didn't last
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MUZ...OnWheels%23Wow https://brooklynbased.com/2021/03/10...g-in-your-car/ Or should we just engage with inevitable change and recognise rats in Rover 75/ZT may aspire to a kind of social mobility https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xwcs...l=MadeForGeeks |
19th August 2022, 00:47 | #2 |
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We do not have rats in cars but on cars.
The XF is KY51 RAT and the Twintop KYSS RAT. I would love an XF Sportbrake in Stratus Grey with WU51 RAT on it.
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19th August 2022, 06:13 | #3 |
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Cats
Working on a friends car I found wedged between the undertray and the gear box a dead cat, How long it had been there I dont know but it was well de-composed. It must have done many many miles under there
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19th August 2022, 10:11 | #4 |
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When I had my rear shockers replaced a while ago, the mechanic told me he'd found a mouse's nest. Not sure where, as I used my boot a fair bit and had never spotted anything... wonder how they get in?
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19th August 2022, 11:38 | #5 |
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I had a mouse or a rat chew through the main harness under the ecu in the plenum, it took a lot of soldering to repair it!!
Peppermint oil os supposed to keep them at bay. Sent from my SM-G780G using Tapatalk
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19th August 2022, 16:04 | #6 |
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I'm cringing at the thought of that. We had a boiler control cable chewed through under the floorboards when living in Aberdeen and it took months to catch it. We were concerned it could chew through the alkathene water pipe. It was a big critter. Never thought about them getting into a car though.
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19th August 2022, 20:17 | #7 |
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19th August 2022, 20:43 | #8 |
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Good one!
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19th August 2022, 23:11 | #9 |
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20th August 2022, 15:16 | #10 |
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Nah, This was on a Diesel,, So not worth as much..
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