So I decided to top up the washer bottle only to find this ! What a mess. Luckily they didn't chew any of the wiring.

Lovely! A friend of mine bought an old Rover and one day found a whole nest of field mice in one of the seats. Didn't affect the handling though  Ex AA Series III LWB Safari - Gone
300TDi Disco (bought new - terrible car) sent back after 18 months
Freelander 1 Estate - leased, given back at end of lease
200TDi Disco (bought from a mate with 100,000 on the clock) - Gone
Disco 2 TD5 - sold and exported to France
FR2 TD4 GS - Gone
FR2 SD4 HSE - Now changed for a DS
New model ex-demo Evoque S 180 in white
Unable to order a new DS, so gave up. Now have a Volvo S90 Recharge.

It would have affected the handling if a mouse had found another "mouse hole"!!!

J

What's has it used to built the nest. Is that the sound insulation from the bonet? Now at the point when I learn something new something old is lost out the other side !
Now retired so it doesn't matter anymore.
Freelander now gone.

So do you send it into the garage or the vets to be sorted ?  FL2 MY10 TD4 GS traded in at 2 years
FL2 MY13 TD4 GS Current

Mice are at plague level on the Isle of Skye just now - maybe the same everywhere...??? They can do serious damage to a car, and have been known to chew at flexible brake pipes...

I don't bother with traps, but use mouse bait. Farming suppliers (such as Harbro) sell pretty potent stuff in fairly large packs - likely to be better value than the anaemic stuff sold by your local garden centre. Currently enjoying:
2011 Freelander 2 TD4 XS (SOLD)
2013 BMW X3 20D M-Sport Auto
2007 Jaguar XK 4.2 Coupe

QUOTE "Mice are at plague level on the Isle of Skye just now - maybe the same everywhere...??? "


when I was in Scotland this summer, the Skye people were claiming the plague was ...........

......... tourists

SkyeGuy wrote:

Mice are at plague level on the Isle of Skye just now...

Largered wrote:

QUOTE "Mice are at plague level on the Isle of Skye just now - maybe the same everywhere...??? "


when I was in Scotland this summer, the Skye people were claiming the plague was ...........

......... tourists

hmmm... mice vs tourists - wonder which do the most damage to our island...  Currently enjoying:
2011 Freelander 2 TD4 XS (SOLD)
2013 BMW X3 20D M-Sport Auto
2007 Jaguar XK 4.2 Coupe

Out of interest how many generations do you go back ?

If I had a genetic test I think I may come up as being from the Isle of Arsy Gits.  FL2 MY10 TD4 GS traded in at 2 years
FL2 MY13 TD4 GS Current

 Currently enjoying:
2011 Freelander 2 TD4 XS (SOLD)
2013 BMW X3 20D M-Sport Auto
2007 Jaguar XK 4.2 Coupe

Grandfather claimed we came from the McPherson clan . He had the McPherson tartan on the wall in his front room. Reckoned he spent years researching our family tree and it went back to Germany and eventually back to Scotland. He said the McPherson clan were responsible for helping Bonnie Prince Charlie escape to Skye and had to flee Scotland. silly old .

Half the population of Scotland claim to have saved Bonnie Prince Charlie.

Me - I'm English. I came here to start a holiday cottage rental business, and now provide accommodation for hundreds of (mostly) overseas visitors every summer.

Tip - Don't come to Skye in July/Aug. ...  Currently enjoying:
2011 Freelander 2 TD4 XS (SOLD)
2013 BMW X3 20D M-Sport Auto
2007 Jaguar XK 4.2 Coupe

Or to put it another way, Scottish Midge 10 England Visitor 0.  FL2 MY10 TD4 GS traded in at 2 years
FL2 MY13 TD4 GS Current

BUT - also beware camper vans and rental cars, especially when driven by orientals... Currently enjoying:
2011 Freelander 2 TD4 XS (SOLD)
2013 BMW X3 20D M-Sport Auto
2007 Jaguar XK 4.2 Coupe