graham964 Posted February 11, 2022 Report Share Posted February 11, 2022 Some of you will have read my flat battery door lock issue which ended I thought painlessly until I went to drive the car a couple of weeks ago when I needed to move it and I noticed I had two error messages in front of me saying stop start deactivated and coolant system fault report to garage. I immediately thought this is the after effects of a flat battery and a session on the piwis at Porsche would resolve the problem and anything more sinister found would be covered by the warranty. An appointment was made and no issues on the drive up were observed although the brakes seemed a bit heavier than I remember from my last outing in October. I put this down to many miles in my other less sporting vehicles mixed with a bit of old age creeping up on me. Well my youth and strength have been restored by Porsche Bristol as they discovered a rodent has gnawed through the brake servo pipe and they were somewhat surprised that I could drive the car at all! The cost is going to be about £500 to repair which could have been a lot worse if the furry fiend had had a go at the wiring which mercifully appears not to be the case. I will embark on a rodent removal scheme from my garage in the coming days. Does anybody have any recommendations? Do you think my contents insurance will cover this ? Have a good weekend Graham 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowbos Posted February 11, 2022 Report Share Posted February 11, 2022 Sounds like you got away with this... Personally I'd not bother with insurance for £500 to avoid that history. Get some traps/poison out. You don't want a repeat of this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinewood Posted February 12, 2022 Report Share Posted February 12, 2022 The joys of living in a semi rural area means we get rodent issues from time to time. buy some bait boxes off Amazon and put out a mixture of poisons within them. I found loading them up helped the problem go away Check this out at Amazon The Big Cheese STV179 Rat and Mouse Bait Station (Durable, Lockable, Reusable Bait Box), Black https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00OHI13ZW/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_i_16WWJNK4NW3BJQR8XR3Z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martyn Posted February 12, 2022 Report Share Posted February 12, 2022 Graham, sorry to read of your misfortune, my car doesn’t move far from my garage during the colder months, I think I’m going to have to have a scout round for rodent droppings myself. Personally I agree with rowbos and wouldn’t try to claim on my home insurance, however you could almost certainly mitigate the damage cost by going to an Porsche independent garage for the repair work. If an OPC has quoted £500 to repair I’d bet an Indy could do it for circa £350 or less. You could spend some of the savings on some good rodent traps lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkstar Posted February 12, 2022 Report Share Posted February 12, 2022 I had a rodent issue in my garage, chewed through my golf bag to get at some chocolate I left in it and destroyed a bottle of chain saw oil. Then I had a cat issue which seemed to cure the rodent issue but it liked to sleep on my Boxster and made a right mess. I got a cat scarer and cat is now gone and rodents have not come back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBB Posted February 12, 2022 Report Share Posted February 12, 2022 We had rats in the garden during lockdown (the council said it was due to more people using the adjacent park and dropping more food) and I used three of very similar traps that @Pinewoodlinked to. They worked brilliantly once I changed the supplied bait to poisoned pasta. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menoporsche Posted February 12, 2022 Report Share Posted February 12, 2022 And why exactly do you have a supply of poisoned pasta?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBB Posted February 12, 2022 Report Share Posted February 12, 2022 10 minutes ago, Menoporsche said: And why exactly do you have a supply of poisoned pasta?? To keep the kid small so I don’t have to keep buying them more shoes. (rat bait comes in chocolate scented waxed cubes, which they didn’t eat, and pasta which they loved) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted February 12, 2022 Report Share Posted February 12, 2022 I’ve just bought a big supply of pasta - got the fekkers in my house, they come in through the garage. Last time they ate through the plastic heating pipes and wrecked the place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red rocket Posted February 12, 2022 Report Share Posted February 12, 2022 As a result of a post on another thread my car is surrounded by cotton wool soaked in peppermint oil on jamjar lids. Also plenty of bait stations and lids with other types of bait around the garage. Found a dead mouse and bait crumbs last year in a nest behind my spare wheels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobbie Posted February 12, 2022 Report Share Posted February 12, 2022 1 hour ago, Simon said: I’ve just bought a big supply of pasta - got the fekkers in my house, they come in through the garage. Last time they ate through the plastic heating pipes and wrecked the place. Happened to a mate of mine who’s CH packed up. He got in a pest controller who laid poisoned bait which the rats/squirrels dragged onto the lawn where their black Lab ate it😳, so it was then followed by a trip to the vet. Dog was OK, friends wallet less so. Just bought one of those traps for the allotment as mice are the bane of my life up there since I built some big covered compost heaps. Caught a few with snap traps last year, but they’re very fiddly to set up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iborguk Posted February 12, 2022 Report Share Posted February 12, 2022 https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08Y5C8TWJ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_i_A2EYMXE4F5A7J5P2TJVS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBB Posted February 12, 2022 Report Share Posted February 12, 2022 Imagine cleaning that rat zapper and forgetting to turn it off!! The “poison” in rat traps is actually a blood thinner so the little feckers go and die somewhere else and you don’t have to clean up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iborguk Posted February 12, 2022 Report Share Posted February 12, 2022 2 minutes ago, BBB said: Imagine cleaning that rat zapper and forgetting to turn it off!! The “poison” in rat traps is actually a blood thinner so the little feckers go and die somewhere else and you don’t have to clean up. You’d only do it once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBB Posted February 12, 2022 Report Share Posted February 12, 2022 12 minutes ago, iborguk said: You’d only do it once. At 7000V you may only be able to do it once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iborguk Posted February 12, 2022 Report Share Posted February 12, 2022 Just now, BBB said: At 7000V you may only be able to do it once. Kind of where I was going ⚡️ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simo_UK Posted February 12, 2022 Report Share Posted February 12, 2022 We have a rats in the garden at the minute, due to Mrs S insisting on bird feeders. Caught one, felt like a pro hunter, proper smug with myself. Simo 1 Rats 0 The other one though. Well he takes the p1ss and none of the bait. Likely more Simon 1 Rats 3. I swear he flipped me 'the bird' last time I saw him. Its a waiting game. I WILL win! Currently looking for flame throwers and claymore mines on eBay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scubaregs Posted February 12, 2022 Report Share Posted February 12, 2022 2 hours ago, Simo_UK said: We have a rats in the garden at the minute, due to Mrs S insisting on bird feeders. Caught one, felt like a pro hunter, proper smug with myself. Simo 1 Rats 0 The other one though. Well he takes the p1ss and none of the bait. Likely more Simon 1 Rats 3. I swear he flipped me 'the bird' last time I saw him. Its a waiting game. I WILL win! Currently looking for flame throwers and claymore mines on eBay. Have you seen Caddyshack................. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iborguk Posted February 12, 2022 Report Share Posted February 12, 2022 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Scubaregs said: Have you seen Caddyshack................. Edited February 12, 2022 by iborguk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul P Posted February 12, 2022 Report Share Posted February 12, 2022 Rat zapper for me. I used one to solve a mouse issue a few years back. Bait with dry dog food, set, wait for the light to flash and go tip the contents on the bin. 3 kills a day for about a week did the job. poison is fine as long as they die somewhere other than in your cavity walls or under your floor boards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkstar Posted February 12, 2022 Report Share Posted February 12, 2022 3 hours ago, Scubaregs said: Have you seen Caddyshack................. I was thinking more carrot.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart21UK Posted February 12, 2022 Report Share Posted February 12, 2022 23 hours ago, graham964 said: Do you think my contents insurance will cover this ? your contents will almost certainly exclude animal damage and not cover the car anyway (its contents insurance and a car will be excluded too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graham964 Posted February 15, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2022 Thanks everyone for the feedback. I will be following up on them Graham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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