Is your Wedge parked outside??

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Hi Peeps...Just wondered if anyone has ever had this problem...As most of you know i park mine outside and its covered with two covers..One being soft and fleece to not make the already crap paint even worst, The other is a Howlfrauds special...Now sometimes i have a fox that sleeps on top of the car which is not normally a problem but lately it has deposited some nasty business..Twice now i have gone out there only to be greeted by a stinking runny fox pat..(Like a cow pat but smaller)...right in the middle of the roof!...Needless to say its really peeing me off..I have looked at a variant of products but they all cause the mangey bastid to scent even more..One option i did think of was to wait up and shoot the bastid but that carries a 5K fine and a 6 month prison sentence...Im going to try a small battery powered radio in the spoiler of a night left on Radio 4 to try to bore it to death...Or potentially scare it away...Any suggestions welcome...Thanks....Ziga

Sorry ...No pics....

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Thanks for the replies so far..I know that one problem is that the Wedge is so low at the front that the bugger doesn't have to struggle to get on it..I might try the Jeyes fluid..I have heard that human urine works but I'm not about to pee over my own car or ask anyone else to...

I did ask my friend who works for pest control and he offered to shoot it but it has to be killing livestock for that to happen.

@: Tony...You may have something there..You just reminded me of something that happened a few weeks ago involving a fox...TBC.....

I will ring the council to see if they can offer any info...

Cheers...Ziga

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JumboBeef said:

Buy a couple of mousetraps for a quid. Put them on the roof, but under the cover. When the fox jumps up, he/she will get a mighty fright when they go off, but shouldn't be hurt.

That should fix the problem.

Either that or they will get stuck on its paws and at least i will be able to hear the bugger..Shooting it wouldn't be out of the ordinary where i live...It is South London you know...But another will take its place...I have some horrendous aftershave that i got for christmas one year..Knowing my luck it will probably love the smell and bring all the other foxes round for a Foxfest...

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jmorgan said:

Would't shooting them mean getting a new roof?

I have a parrot in reserve.....

Not when its something like this...I will sting a bit and it will think twice about getting on my car again..
https://bbguns4less.co.uk/products/Blackviper-B381...

Cheaper than a new cover and much more fun...

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jmorgan said:

I was wondering about the next topic post......

"How do I repair blunderbuss holes in the roof"

...Id have to sell it as an aero top...

@: Keatsie...Trouble is mate its out the front on a street so there isn't really anywhere to put a sensor ..

Im thinking as its windy i could tie some cat bells to the cover...But i don't have any...

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Alan461 said:

Get some lion or tiger crap from your local zoo and leave it where you don't want the fox to go...

Btw Radio4 transfers to the World Service at night which is a jolly good listen and might encourage foxes.

Mmmm...I thought about lion poo but then i might end up with a bigger problem...Lions sitting on the roof of the Wedge...
That was also my thoughts as regards to Radio4....Next thing you know there will be a pipe and a pair of slippers on there..

Well i have filled up a spray bottle of my urine and will scent up later..Around the car of course and not on it..I would try that Adam but its very windy out there and you know what they say about whizzing in the wind....Or is that spitting...Anyway if that doesn't work then it will be the scatter gun approach...BB style......

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Hi Frank...Could well be a "Vixen"...In true TVR style its running a bit rich thats for sure...

I did think of covering the bonnet in whoopee cushions but then when the fox treads on the cover it will st itself and thats what I'm trying to avoid...

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Right i have been out there and scented up with some "ZigaZest"....If the bastid still does it then its BB time....

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Morning..Or not as it may be...So after spraying my cover with some citrus aftershave and spraying my urine all around the car and a small amount where the cats & Dogs have left their scent I'm faced with this again...
At least its not right in the middle of the roof this time...
(If you are just about to eat your porridge or coco pops then look away)


I even saw the mangey bastid rummaging through the neighbours bin last night but it gave my car a wide berth..Im going to have to buy another cover but have ordered some fox repellent spray to try on this one first as otherwise it will be a waste of money..
There used to be a healthy fox who used to kip on it and that was never a problem..The odd muddy print..There are two shimmying around of a night so I'm wondering if this was the once healthy one and is the one with mange now...

I would actually leave food out with mange treatment in if it didn't leave shyte on my car...FFS!!!....

What with this and all the grief i have been getting from my neighbours as regards to parking and recently having dodgy contractors in my flat ...




It has pushed my stress levels to a new high which makes me feel like selling my Wedge....Not good.....Ziga

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Well TBH mate it could of been done in plastic...The Polish worker let the apprentice do it..I have had project managers from the local authority and the contractors in saying its appalling and they want it all ripped out and done again..Then at 14.30 today the same plumber turns up and says he has come to fit the bath...Im actually waiting to hear when the electricians are supposed to be coming in to run power for the shower?....Which i must add is still in its plastic with no frame to support it..I was told they would be hiring a different plumber...Its a right shambles..Another fine example of local authorities wasting public money!...I despair....

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Thanks Frank..Thats just put me off my cumberland sausage sarnie....
Actually even without smelling it that looks to be a very healthy adult fox example of doo do..However the mingey one frequenting my Wedge is riddled with mange and has been bin raiding the local Caribbean putout..(Not takeaway as it's my neighbours bin) ..So i should imagine that the spices are playing havoc with its movements..One can only hope that it is a prankster with no sense of time or day, Let alone humour and is only "Choclit"...Although I'm not going to test that theory...It certainly doesn't smell like it...

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Not a bad idea mate..I did contemplate catching it in a box..Sealing it up and sending it to somewhere far far away...But knowing my luck id probably use a box with an old address label on it that i overlooked and it will be straight back here again...

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wooly350i said:

Looks like a packet of drugs ziggy!

Well i tried smoking it but its shyte.....

Wedg1e said:

adam quantrill said:

Christ - that soldering is bad! .

You're not wrong: I taught myself to solder copper pipe and I can do it neater than that... and I'm a bank clerk!

Exactly...I have done it only twice myself and was better than that!....Its been like this for two weeks now with no bathroom or kitchen..Even going to the top dogs has proved fruitless...If they don't pull their finger out of their backside then I'm going to my local MP....

Some good news though...After a strong mix of Dettol sprayed all over the cover and around the car no sign of Mr Sheetpants...A neighbour walking passed last night was horrified as they thought i was covering it in petrol...Yeah..I wish it did run on disinfectant too....

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JVaughan said:

Wow Zig, is your plumber blind ???

Could be mate..Might be the worlds first braille plumbing..It probably reads..."Dis is fulkin sheet"...(He was Polish)...