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Help! A marder eat my S2K!!

Old May 8, 2001 | 08:25 AM
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Hello

we in europe (switzerland, germany) have every spring the same problems, the "steinmarder" eat plastic and rubberparts of the car.

and here is my antenna!



here is the steinmarder, 160 000 damage cars per year!



ist there the same problem in the usa?
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Old May 8, 2001 | 08:47 AM
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No, there isn't, but we have cats that claw and scratch the top and the paint

How come your throttle body's opening is SO small?! What's up with that?
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Old May 8, 2001 | 09:03 AM
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i saw a nice metallic antenna cover in HyperRev. Check with Giampiero.
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Old May 8, 2001 | 10:18 AM
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Looks like a future coat to me.
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Old May 8, 2001 | 10:22 AM
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I read about that in Road and Track. They're called Martens in English. They are reported to cause 18 Million dollars in damage, and are especially common near Stuttgart. They are also reported to eat brake lines!!
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Old May 8, 2001 | 10:24 AM
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I think that if we put a few of these together we could have a group buy for new one piece carpets or seat backs. Fly the tail from your antenna?
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Old May 8, 2001 | 11:20 AM
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hmm, I live near stuttgart...:-(

my trottle body?? 5 houres work for a friend...:-) the 65.7mm are the absolute maximum! (it's 12% more "hole")
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Old May 8, 2001 | 11:55 AM
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by swiss2k
[B]hmm, I live near stuttgart...:-(

my trottle body?? 5 houres work for a friend...:-) the 65.7mm are the absolute maximum! (it's 12% more "hole")
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Old May 8, 2001 | 12:07 PM
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hmm, 70.1 mm...

my meashure is on the smallest part of the body, this is stock 62 mm.

I don't know from where spoon the 70.1mm have...
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Old May 8, 2001 | 03:17 PM
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We have a very handy item on this side of the pond called a pellet gun. You just pump it up a few times and shoot the little buggers in the ass. It certainly gets their attention.
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