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Thread Author: Bellboy Replies: 7
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 Tue 29 Jun 10 17:41 
 you wont believe this - Bellboy
but
www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/7861259/Ukrainian-family-die-after-exhaust-pipe-rat-poisoning-attempt.html
i did the exact same thing about 2 years ago at work
i was overun by rats and the more i killed the more i got
they were even eating the bodies of dead mice caught in the rat traps so i put a car in the garage all afternoon increased the tickover and let it run for hours in an attempt to kill all the rats
it didnt work
i never thought i could have killed myself though :-(
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 Wed 30 Jun 10 12:21 
 you wont believe this - Chris S
I doubt if the Ukranian car had a cat, yours probably did.

A few years ago there was a story in the paper about somebody who tried to kill himself by running his car in a locked garage.

The noise drew attention and he was rescued, its catalytic converter saved his life.

If you want to kill yourself (or rats) get a pre-1990 model.
Last edited by: Chris S on Wed 30 Jun 10 at 12:23
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 Wed 30 Jun 10 12:33 
 you wont believe this - RattleandSmoke
Also didn't those ZAZ's have a two stroke engine?
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 Wed 30 Jun 10 14:27 
 you wont believe this - Bagpuss
>> Also didn't those ZAZ's have a two stroke engine?

Nope, 4 stroke aircooled V4.
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 Wed 30 Jun 10 12:34 
 you wont believe this - idle_chatterer
Maybe if he'd had a 'cat' then the rats wouldn't have been a problem ?
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 Wed 30 Jun 10 13:13 
 you wont believe this - Cliff Pope
I've used a lawnmower with a hosepipe to kill moles. Periodically I closed the choke to send puffs of black smoke seeping out of holes all over the garden.
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 Wed 30 Jun 10 17:17 
 you wont believe this - SteelSpark
>> Maybe if he'd had a 'cat' then the rats wouldn't have been a problem ?

A classic mistake...because how do you then kill the cat?
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 Wed 30 Jun 10 17:57 
 you wont believe this - Iffy
I went to an inquest where the guy had died while working on the car in a garage with the engine running.

He had his head in the footwell which were told did him no favours because the noxious gases are heavier than air.
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