I hate birds!!!!

[Buckethead]

Well, I washed my car yesterday. Left, came back, and it was crapped on by birds.
I do have a car cover, but the cover is all dusty, and covered in bird crap too!

What should I do. I can't keep washing it everyday, and I don't have access to an indoor garage/spot...


I hate you birds!

:mad:

[rstb88]

Gun Control

[fnkngrv]

I hear ya...I have a similar situation in that when ever I wash my car by hand within the next 12 hours it rains! I mean come on! My house is surrounded by 6 Maple Trees so I also get a little debris that sticks so I have to get it off. I can't use my garage right now because we are remodeling the house, garage, and storage shed which means that the garage is full of stuff for that.

[Ran Kizama]

If you have a driveway, why not maybe invest in an easy-up canopy?

[fnkngrv]

If you have a driveway, why not maybe invest in an easy-up canopy?


I have attempted to come to an agreement with my wife on picking one of those up for 2 of my other vehicles and she won't agree to flip for the cash for one or two of them....plus she figures if she does then that will allow me to build our yard into a car lot...lol

[Buckethead]

Can't do it. It's almost a public lot for the complex that we live in.

Luckily for me, it's the nicest of them all.

The problem is that right above my space and the spaces next to me, there's this huge eucalyptus tree. Not only do I have to worry about birds, but tree sap. The sap will no doubt eat through paint if left unchecked.

Looks like I'll be doing touch ups, and my own washes for a long time. Small price for having a cool car like a Yaris.

:drinking:

[oktaren]

well, they are getting even with us for using every bit of land up on earth as we can...

[ECHOKnight2000]

I would put security camera's and a then a laser system, or you can electrify your car and when you go to drive it deactivate it with a remote...? No doesn't sound like a plausible option?:laugh:

I hear your pain, sometimes even at work if I park my car in the middle of the lot and no trees near my car the $#&$(#* birds crap on it!:mad: :mad: And yes even not long after I washed my baby! I think there is so much you can do if you can't park inside...I guess your car is so attractive that even Bird crap wants in the action:bellyroll: :bellyroll:

[Chris07LB]

Put a bird feeder up in a tree across the street... let them shat on a neighbors car instead. :laugh:

[Buckethead]

:laugh: I actually thought of that, but its not just regular pigeons. Parrots, crows. It would be a fiasco. Then if management finds out I sabatoged them I'm out.
That was funny, though!
:laugh:

[swng]

You may not like to, but you really have to clean the bird mess up as soon as possible. The reason is if you leave them on the car for too long, they will dry up and become difficult to wash away. Also, I have heard that some bird mess can, depending on what the birds eat, leave permanent marks on the clear coat, because of the acidity, I guess. I also fear that there can be traces of digestive juice or enzymes in the bird mess which can attack the paint. Paranoid, hehe.
Waxing the car may help a bit.

[Chris07LB]

:laugh: I actually thought of that, but its not just regular pigeons. Parrots, crows. It would be a fiasco. Then if management finds out I sabatoged them I'm out.
That was funny, though!
:laugh:

Are you not allowed a cover in your apartment lot?

California Car Covers makes some of THE best NOAH covers around!

[rstb88]

well if its a eucalyptus tree. buy a koala. birds don't like 'em. Bird can't eat the tree. The koala will take care of the sap for the most part. and you'll have a little present next to your car instead. but ya I agree about the cleaning up as soon as possible, because sometimes I can't get the clay to get some poop stains out.

[Buckethead]

Oh, I'm allowed a "car cover", not a canopy or other modified contraption.
The thing with the car cover is that it gets dirty, and dusty, and also has bird crap on it. So if the car's clean, and I put the cover over it, back to the begining....I'm damned if I do, damned if I don't.


Those covers from California Car Company are expensive. The one I've got was 30$ at Pep Boys. Those dudes have them at almost 500$ for custom, and like 149$ for basic.

[TrancosRt]

I'm gonna buy a car cover soon because the hurricane season is in and I won't be able to park the car indoors. However, I'm afraid the cover won't be able to withstand the hurricane's winds. I dunno, I'll have to figure it out... Soon!

[Chris07LB]

Oh, I'm allowed a "car cover", not a canopy or other modified contraption.
The thing with the car cover is that it gets dirty, and dusty, and also has bird crap on it. So if the car's clean, and I put the cover over it, back to the begining....I'm damned if I do, damned if I don't.


Those covers from California Car Company are expensive. The one I've got was 30$ at Pep Boys. Those dudes have them at almost 500$ for custom, and like 149$ for basic.

I've had a Cali Cover for every one of my vehicals.. now we built a huge garage, so I have no worries.. but keep in mind, if it gets dusty, dirty, bird poopy, the NOAH covers can go in the washing machine (directions @ Cali Cover site). I never cared what the outside of my covers looked like, its the inside that you have to be careful of.. afterall, thats the side that touches your car.

[nookandcrannycar]

When my Yaris was 'young', I drove my little cousin to the Safeway in Strawberry Village in Mill Valley (right next to US 101) to go grocery shopping. Many birds (Seagulls I think) alight in this parking lot. We got out of my Yaris, walked a few feet, and then a bird crapped on my head! This was the only time in my life that this has ever happened. Thank god someone was with me so that they could guide me visually to remove it without rubbing it in! Here in Houston, but only in certain areas, birds flock together and bombard cars. I am sometimes a victim of such 'bombings', but I tend to not get upset...always recalling that at least the 'personal bombing' I experienced in Mill Valley had not occurred.

[JumpmanYaris]

When my Yaris was 'young', I drove my little cousin to the Safeway in Strawberry Village in Mill Valley (right next to US 101) to go grocery shopping. Many birds (Seagulls I think) alight in this parking lot. We got out of my Yaris, walked a few feet, and then a bird crapped on my head! This was the only time in my life that this has ever happened. Thank god someone was with me so that they could guide me visually to remove it without rubbing it in! Here in Houston, but only in certain areas, birds flock together and bombard cars. I am sometimes a victim of such 'bombings', but I tend to not get upset...always recalling that at least the 'personal bombing' I experienced in Mill Valley had not occurred.

HOLY THREAD REVIVAL FROM 2006 to 2012 THAT IS THE BEST I SEEN THUS FAR LMFAO

[12 yaris]

Get yourself a dart blow gun,and make your property a no fly zone.

[TLyttle]

Wow, you guys sure worry a lot... A good wax job is as good a cover as any.

Are you allowed awnings in your Stalag? If so, get a rollup at an RV shop, and hang it over your parking spot. Come home, roll it out, roll it back in when you leave.