Our roads used to be littered with possums. Over the last 3 years they have virtually disappeared. Maybe they all met their “Final Destination” which is a radial tire.
There’s a lot of skunks around here and over the years I estimate I’ve hit probably 15-20 of them. I’ve never had a car retain the smell and I’ve never really done anything at all to eliminate it other than maybe 50 cents at the car wash to hose off underneath.
I really think some of the odd smell might have been from the ozone machine.
Whatever it was the car is gone now.
Well so far I think 2013 is the record for bringing up the oldest posts. At any rate it does seem that some cars just seem to attract damage. Best to just start over with something else.
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But Rick revived his own discussion, to give us an update
As I said, I see no problem with that
Like I said before, I do have a problem with people reviving long dead and buried discussions started by somebody else
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Well, if i’m not too late with this comment, you can buy an enzyme product made especially for pet “accidents” at pet stores and even Walmart. It really works.
In fact, you are too late
Rick said he turned the car in, when the lease was up
Yeah, but keep it in mind for future reference if others have the same problem.
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Rick’s ultimate solution was to get rid of the car
I can’t afford to fix problems that way
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Neither can I.
My nose is falling off my face and I have a nasty headache from the ‘reek of skunk’ I acquired tonight. Coming home, I saw a huge skunk waddling down the road just in front of me so I straddled it so I wouldn’t hurt it and at the last minute, it committed suicide by running under the tires on the left side of my truck, opposite of the direction it was going! OH…MY…FREAKING…HECK.
I was upset that I killed a skunk, I love animals and it was really making me feel regretful and sad, however, when I pulled in the driveway, I stopped upset because that is when I got a whiff of the most pungent disgusting smell known to man!!! I realized that the skunk left me a gift before it departed from this world, and it just keeps on giving…
I backed the truck out of my driveway and into the field away from the house, then came into the home office to google “How to get rid of skunk odor”.
I found this line of posts and died laughing. Nope, I am not alone in this world. Nope, the smell is not magically going to go away so when I get up in the morning my truck will not reek so bad the neighbors are going to go on vaca to get away from it.
The best thing I have read so far is to make a solution of vinegar and dish detergent, then spray it on the undercarriage, which I will do tomorrow. However, I have a worse problem tonight. I am one of those people whose mind loves to play tricks on them. My kids know it and use it to get their own way or just have a laugh from time to time driving mom nuts. If you talk about a smell for very long, I can smell it and it doesn’t go away. Dirty diapers and skunks are on the top of the “I hate that smell” list. Now that I have been reading all the posts and dealing with getting my truck FAR away from the house, I think I smell skunk and its very real to me.
I am off to the essential oil cupboard to combat the reek and pray that the truck will be easy to deal with tomorrow. If not…well let’s not go there yet.
Anyway, thanks for the laughs from all the posts. Laughter is the best medicine (now to just get rid of the reek!)
Sorry for your loss. I’m not going to bother re-reading the posts from seven years but I think I’d at least run it through the car wash a couple times. The kind that has the under-carriage wash and go through slowly. Once you pull in, there won’t be anyone else left in line.
It’s always amazing that every species has been given a means of self-defense. Some better than others. Some can fly, others blend in, others can run fast. But the poor skunk has no other means of defense except that foul smell, and it has been super-charged because it can neither run fast or blend in.
Good luck. Do you need a new truck anyway?
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Go to a self service car wash, use the pressure washer wand to clean the wheel wells, preferably before the mess dries.
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I wish I was close to a car wash but, unfortunately, we are many miles away in the country. I think we are going to take our sprayer and fill it with vinegar and dish soap to see what we can do with it. That solution was mentioned above in some of the remarks. I was hoping this would be the last SUV I would need and have been babying along as I also use it for the truck we make our donations for our charity in. Alas, no donations will be made it in until the overpowering reek has been dealt with. Thank goodness, I made the food and clothing donations today before the incident occurred on the way back home. Thank goodness for small miracles!
You wouldn’t have this problem if you had simply stopped and let the creature go on his way. I’m being polite and not telling you what I really think of you, since to do so would violate forum rules.
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I do truly understand how you feel. I love animals and am the person who catches the wasps, spiders, and mice in my house so I can release them outside without hurting them. There was no way I could have avoided the poor wee skunk, and believe me, I tried my best not to hurt it. It’s nice to know there are others in the world who love God’s creatures as much as we do. I am more upset at the skunk’s demise than I am at the horrific smell that still remains this morning. We live in a farm and we are going to try using our sprayer filled with vinegar and surfactant to clean the SUV with today. My husband and I are aged and our daughter is going to help us deal with it, I am glad this forum was here to help us know what to do. Thank you for caring. Folks like you make the world a better place.
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Ok. Things happen, good luck and all the best to you.
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Don’t worry about it. I hit a flying turkey once and no way to avoid it. Reminded me of some of the posters.
Stopping for an animal in the road is not always safely possible, depending on the traffic and road circumstances. The OP stated she tried to miss the animal. There may not have safely been the option to stop in time to miss it. None of the rest of us were there to actually know.
As much as I always try to yield to animals, I’ve run over a squirrel on the interstate and a raccoon on a busy two lane highway. It’s sad and disturbing but drivers cannot always avoid running over various critters of God’s precious creatures.
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Yes, those of us who live or drive in relatively rural areas realize animals are unpredictable and come out of nowhere sometimes. It’s not like people try to run them over and 5 seconds of warning at 70 mph is often not enough to stop or take evasive action. That’s why insurance companies label them “acts of God”.
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