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I went to Knowsley Safari Park and when I drove into the monkey section - the monkeys literally attacked my car - They bit off and swallowed the little bits that spray water onto my windscreen (i saw little wires coming out of the pieces) I am now left without the ability to spray my windscreen HELP!
Wher can I get these fitted or bought for cheap? I have a ford galaxy Gia 2.3
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sorry cant help you with the car, but your story just made me laugh and reminded me of when i was a kid and we went to windsor safari park (showing my age now) and the monkeys wrecked my dads car, wiper blades off and the works, my dad has never driven so fast to get out of the place
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I went to Knowsley Safari Park and when I drove into the monkey section - the monkeys literally attacked my car - They bit off and swallowed the little bits that spray water onto my windscreen (i saw little wires coming out of the pieces) I am now left without the ability to spray my windscreen HELP!
Wher can I get these fitted or bought for cheap? I have a ford galaxy Gia 2.3
Any ford dealer with a parts deptartment will be able to get you some replacement ones ...............and they should be easy to pop in yourself
I went to Knowsley Safari Park and when I drove into the monkey section - the monkeys literally attacked my car - They bit off and swallowed the little bits that spray water onto my windscreen (i saw little wires coming out of the pieces) I am now left without the ability to spray my windscreen HELP!
Wher can I get these fitted or bought for cheap? I have a ford galaxy Gia 2.3
Can't help at all, but just wanted to say those little blighters, at the same zoo, stripped most of the rubber seals from our car too Scary isn't it?
Just thought I would sympathise with you on that, we went last year and the bloody babboons did the same to me.
A word of warning to anyone, even if the kids nag you, dont go through the babboon enclosure.
I think I noticed at least a dozen other cars, some of them nearly new completely wrecked.
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I see some serious Money Saving messages here:
1. Don't go to the Safari Park
or
2. Buy a cheap car especially for the monkey area.
or
3. Shake the blighters off by going forward and stopping abruptly! Gets 'em every time.
Not quite the same, but I once went to an "Open Zoo" where some species were wandering about in the open. The little monkeys would wait in low branches then reach down and pull your hair, put their hands in your pockets and help themselves, grab any food or drinks you had and if you were really unlucky piddle on you from above. Little gits.
I went to Knowsley Safari Park and when I drove into the monkey section - the monkeys literally attacked my car - They bit off and swallowed the little bits that spray water onto my windscreen (i saw little wires coming out of the pieces) I am now left without the ability to spray my windscreen HELP!
Wher can I get these fitted or bought for cheap? I have a ford galaxy Gia 2.3
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Hee, sorry but I can't help laughing. You should never take a nice car to a safari park. It spoils teh fun if you're worrying.
We went to a safari park in Scotland in an old Sierra.
The monkeys ate the aerial, pulled off the wipers, the giraffes finished off teh wipers and the lions pulled out the rubber seals round the lights.
We were lucky enough to be able to park up in teh lion enclosure, and one came over and started rubbing his cheek around teh corner of the car.
'Ooh,' I said,' he's just like a little !!!!! cat.'
Then we saw teh black rubber between his teeth.
We all roared with laughter, and a good time was had by all.
The emus pecked us, which was a bit scary when I realised hubs had left the window open, just before he swapped seats with me (grrr). And when we left, there wasn't a panel without a dent.
But we had a great tiem, and still laugh about it .
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I went to Knowsley Safari Park and when I drove into the monkey section - the monkeys literally attacked my car - They bit off and swallowed the little bits that spray water onto my windscreen (i saw little wires coming out of the pieces) I am now left without the ability to spray my windscreen HELP!
Wher can I get these fitted or bought for cheap? I have a ford galaxy Gia 2.3
Sorry to laugh but this really made me chuckle! We went to Knowsley a couple of years ago, they didn't like our car much, but managed to snap the back number plate off the car in front in half! We picked the broken bit up (quickly shut the car door) and gave it back to the owner at the end!
Went once to Longleat and, to be fair, they have half a dozen signs on the way to the Monkey Enclosure saying "Monkeys cause serious damage, are you SURE you want to go in there? sort of thing?.
Made the mistake of stopping briefly and what seemed like the worlds smallest monkey (maybe 6 inches tall) climbed onto the rear of my roof. I could see him in the door mirror but it was the ripping sound that got my attention. He managed to loosen and tear up the trim along the driver side doors all on his own in two seconds even though it was ratcheted in the other direction. When I went to the VW garage I was told it would be a three man job just to stretch it back down again!
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hee hee hee hee, it seems we've all had interaction with the wildlife. I can't help but laugh, we think we're so clever, but a monkey can trash our cars quicker than any scrap merchant.
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Monkeys swallowed my windscreen sprayers
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