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Post by Mr Tidy » Thu Apr 20, 2017 9:55 pm

Wow, that is a worry!

Glad my BMWs are older ones with non-biodegradable plastics - I knew they were introduced for a reason!

Just hope house wiring doesn't go down the same path and revert from PVC insulation to natural rubber and braided fabric to keep the tree-huggers happy!
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Post by TitanTim » Thu Apr 20, 2017 9:59 pm

Crazy Harry wrote: Thu Apr 20, 2017 9:42 pm
TitanTim wrote: Thu Apr 20, 2017 8:18 pm My garage is pretty anti rodent being brick etc but you never know as a mouse can get through impossible gaps. I remember there was a post on ZRoadster.net years ago where an owner of a Z3M has massive mouse nest ontop of the engine and they'd chomped through virtually all the engine ancillaries. Cost 1000s to put right.

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Brick garage - yep so was mine, no food stuff stored in there and the car driven every day - damage was limited to the sound insulation on the bulkhead - only found the nest when I found a hole eaten in a coat I'd left in the car overnight with a chocolate bar in the pocket. Rest of the car untouched what a lucky escape.
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I've made sure all garden bird seed has been moved as we had some bags of it stored in the lean too green house on the back of the garage and blighters had got in and swiped the seed. Hopefully the sonic repeller will help as it emits a high frequency sound every 4 secs or attract them :?

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Post by TitanTim » Thu Apr 20, 2017 10:02 pm

Mr Tidy wrote: Thu Apr 20, 2017 9:55 pm Wow, that is a worry!

Glad my BMWs are older ones with non-biodegradable plastics - I knew they were introduced for a reason!

Just hope house wiring doesn't go down the same path and revert from PVC insulation to natural rubber and braided fabric to keep the tree-huggers happy!
I don't think it matters to be honest, the guy I mentioned earlier with his Z3M the mice had literally chewed through everything in the engine bay, mainly all the wiring, I think the main thing is to make sure theres nothing that attracts them, food, seed, anything that would help make a nest.

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Post by Mr Tidy » Thu Apr 20, 2017 10:14 pm

TitanTim wrote: Thu Apr 20, 2017 10:02 pm don't think it matters to be honest, the guy I mentioned earlier with his Z3M the mice had literally chewed through everything in the engine bay, mainly all the wiring, I think the main thing is to make sure theres nothing that attracts them, food, seed, anything that would help make a nest.

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Oh no - both of mine are a bit newer than a Z3M. :(

Maybe having no garage isn't such a bad thing after all. :lol:

I was just wondering if rodent problems are getting more common these days? I'd never had any until December 2015 when I found a dead rat in my loft - what a stink, but at least it was dead!

I think I would be baiting traps in the garage if I were you.
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Post by TitanTim » Thu Apr 20, 2017 10:23 pm

Mr Tidy wrote: Thu Apr 20, 2017 10:14 pm
TitanTim wrote: Thu Apr 20, 2017 10:02 pm don't think it matters to be honest, the guy I mentioned earlier with his Z3M the mice had literally chewed through everything in the engine bay, mainly all the wiring, I think the main thing is to make sure theres nothing that attracts them, food, seed, anything that would help make a nest.

Tim.
Oh no - both of mine are a bit newer than a Z3M. :(

Maybe having no garage isn't such a bad thing after all. :lol:

I was just wondering if rodent problems are getting more common these days? I'd never had any until December 2015 when I found a dead rat in my loft - what a stink, but at least it was dead!

I think I would be baiting traps in the garage if I were you.
I never found any traces of mice in the garage but seeing the post on FB got me slightly worried as I tend to store a car in the garage over winter. Never really thought of it that much but thought getting a sonic repeller would be a precaution. I might get a few traps as well as a back up. I know it sounds daft and all that but if you store a car for months on end and don't check it regularly you wouldn't know until the damage was done :cry:

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