Chinese drivers fashion rat-proof car 'skirts'

eye30 · **August 17, 2016, 06:46:32**

Residents of a city in southern China have been attaching "skirts" to their cars to protect them from rats.

Locals in Nanning, in the Guangxi autonomous region, came up with the unusual solution after rodents were found to be clambering inside the vehicles and gnawing through the wiring. Parked cars have been spotted around the city sporting the makeshift, wraparound shields - dubbed "car maxi skirts" in the Chinese media - some fashioned from fabric and chicken wire, others using bamboo.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-37094826

Phil №❶ · **Reply #1: August 17, 2016, 09:01:01**

Why not eliminate the rats

Shambles · **Reply #2: August 17, 2016, 09:26:11**

Quote from: Phil №❶

Why not eliminate the rats

Half their restaurants would shut down

Phil №❶ · **Reply #3: August 17, 2016, 10:20:36**

cruiserfied · **Reply #4: August 17, 2016, 11:16:50**

Needs to be supplied as standard with any Toyota.

The Gonz · **Reply #5: August 17, 2016, 13:17:46**

Quote from: cruiserfied on August 17, 2016, 11:16:50

Needs to be supplied as standard with any Toyota.

Dazzler · **Reply #6: August 17, 2016, 18:14:14**

Quote from: cruiserfied on August 17, 2016, 11:16:50

Needs to be supplied as standard with any Toyota.

Now I get it ... Except the 86... maybe...

The Gonz · **Reply #7: August 18, 2016, 08:51:14**

Quote from: Dazzler on August 17, 2016, 18:14:14

Quote from: cruiserfied on August 17, 2016, 11:16:50
Needs to be supplied as standard with any Toyota.

Now I get it ... Except the 86... maybe...

Only coz it's a Subie!

Dazzler · **Reply #8: August 18, 2016, 11:02:33**

Quote from: The Gonz on August 18, 2016, 08:51:14

Quote from: Dazzler on August 17, 2016, 18:14:14
Quote from: cruiserfied on August 17, 2016, 11:16:50
Needs to be supplied as standard with any Toyota.

Now I get it ... Except the 86... maybe...
Only coz it's a Subie!

True...

cruiserfied · **Reply #9: August 19, 2016, 12:16:38**

The Gonz · **Reply #10: August 19, 2016, 15:32:13**

But the Genesis is twice the price of the 86!

cruiserfied · **Reply #11: August 19, 2016, 22:38:59**

Quote from: The Gonz on August 19, 2016, 15:32:13

But the Genesis is twice the price of the 86!

Top of the line Genesis Coupe $34500us
Top of the line BRZ $27500us

Considering everything you get in the Coupe id be happy with that.

The Gonz · **Reply #12: August 20, 2016, 01:29:37**

Will that comparison hold for the Aus market?

cruiserfied · **Reply #13: August 20, 2016, 13:21:30**

Well the BRZ is around $38000au, i imagine a Genesis would come in around $45000au as a wild stab in the dark.

The Gonz · **Reply #14: August 20, 2016, 14:52:08**

Quote from: cruiserfied on August 20, 2016, 13:21:30

Well the BRZ is around $38000au, i imagine a Genesis would come in around $45000au as a wild stab in the dark.

The 2nd hand ones are going for 60+, so I wasn't being so optimistic.

cruiserfied · **Reply #15: August 22, 2016, 15:37:15**

I just got my figures off the dealer websites. Dunno how they're selling BRZ's for 60+ thought.

The Gonz · **Reply #16: August 22, 2016, 17:02:28**

I was referring to the Genesis!

New & Used Hyundai Genesis cars for sale in Australia - carsales.com.au

cruiserfied · **Reply #17: August 22, 2016, 22:55:10**

You can't compare the Genesis sedan to a BRZ. We were talking Coupe which is around half the price of the Sedan, and not available in Australia which is why i used US figures to compare at first.

Phil №❶ · **Reply #18: August 22, 2016, 23:37:21**

USA --- The Gonz --- C5 --- = BRZ in AU

The Gonz · **Reply #19: August 23, 2016, 01:24:57**

2 different Genesis

Dazzler · **Reply #20: August 23, 2016, 03:48:25**

Quote from: The Gonz on August 23, 2016, 01:24:57

2 different Genesis

and that is only the start...

The Gonz · **Reply #21: August 23, 2016, 05:25:13**

Quote from: Dazzler on August 23, 2016, 03:48:25

Quote from: The Gonz on August 23, 2016, 01:24:57
2 different Genesis

and that is only the start...

Parallel universes!