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Limitless 04-27-2017 12:17 PM

How to prevent birds from ALWAYS shitting on your car?
 
So it's happened a couple times in the past where my car got shat on, but never too frequently that it really pissed me off. Recently it's been every single fucking day without fail, exact same spot where I park my car in my driveway. Looked online and asked around, ended up buying 2 owls to place beside my car to scare off the birds lol. Didn't work, still got shat on the next morning.

Always the 2 spots closest to my garage get shit on, when I swapped spots with my gf, her car got shat on too. My mom's car parks beside mine, and her mirror is just forever covered in shit. There are no trees near the driveway at all, nothing directly on top of my car. No power lines or anything, just clear sky. The bird shit is always on the one spot, they like to sit on the mirror and shit on the mirror/door. I wash it off every day, and every morning before I go to work they will have already shit on it.

My mom doesn't care about her car, so she leaves it and I don't think it has actually gotten new bird shit on it now. I clean my car every time I see bird shit on it, especially since I just recently reinsured it, so it's always shiny.

Does anyone know how I can prevent bird shit on my car LOL... I'm tired of having to wash it off everyday and I hate what it's doing to my paint. Exact same spot every time. I've folded my mirror in, and now I'm thinking of trying to place a microfiber on top of the mirror so it's less shiny where they usually sit on (don't know if that will help).

Open to alllll suggestions, I have no where else to really park because my driveway is full, and the street parking near my house always gets covered in tree sap which I also want to avoid. Fuck.

6o4__boi 04-27-2017 12:24 PM

cut a piece of cardboard and just cover the spot that always gets shit on

twitchyzero 04-27-2017 01:19 PM

you might have some space if you don't own like 4 cars :troll:

coneZONE 04-27-2017 01:35 PM

If there's a place for them to perch above your car, maybe you can try these:
https://www.google.ca/search?q=anti+...&bih=492#spf=1

But if it's a city hydro pole or lamp standard then you probably can't use those lol

thumper 04-27-2017 01:56 PM

i say you wait for the birds to come and...

https://www.picclickimg.com/d/l400/p...-KIt-BREAK.jpg


problem solved :thumbsup:

heleu 04-27-2017 02:26 PM

Propane Cannon starting at 6am!

I used to work on a blueberry farm and they used a variety of noise makers from electronic predatory bird calls to propane cannons to scare the birds away.

Fake owls don't do anything unless they move.

trollguy 04-27-2017 02:52 PM

they probably mad because you made them a shoddy birds nest

AzNightmare 04-27-2017 03:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Limitless (Post 8838370)
There are no trees near the driveway at all, nothing directly on top of my car. No power lines or anything, just clear sky. The bird shit is always on the one spot, they like to sit on the mirror and shit on the mirror/door. I wash it off every day, and every morning before I go to work they will have already shit on it.

The birds land on the side mirror?
As suggested, if it's really only in one spot, I would just make a cardboard cover and put it on top of the mirror. Or even better, attach bird spikes on the cardboard cover.

Or cover your entire car.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/...40_634x424.jpg

Doesn't have to be a Ferrari. Be creative and do whatever car you want. Same idea.

vantrip 04-27-2017 06:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by heleu (Post 8838404)
Propane Cannon starting at 6am!

I used to work on a blueberry farm and they used a variety of noise makers from electronic predatory bird calls to propane cannons to scare the birds away.

Fake owls don't do anything unless they move.

Yes I'm sure the city inspector would not mind you blasting a 150db cannon in residential neighbourhood. :suspicious:

punkwax 04-27-2017 06:20 PM

Pop up car cover/shelter.

cho 04-27-2017 06:31 PM

I guess you could say you have a shitty situation on your hands

Timpo 04-27-2017 07:46 PM

Go see your local farmers and see if you could get one of these.

http://www.grownorthwest.com/wp-cont...recrow-web.jpg

tegra7 04-27-2017 08:21 PM

http://i68.tinypic.com/2gy101d.jpg

MrPhreak 04-27-2017 08:57 PM

Get a Ford Sport-Ka

It has a built in bird deterrent


Limitless 04-27-2017 09:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 6o4__boi (Post 8838372)
cut a piece of cardboard and just cover the spot that always gets shit on

I'll try that with a microfiber tonight (black cars scratch hella easily), hopefully it'll help :/ Thanks!

Quote:

Originally Posted by twitchyzero (Post 8838385)
you might have some space if you don't own like 4 cars :troll:

I guess at least they only shit on one spot and not all of them lmao

Quote:

Originally Posted by cone275 (Post 8838388)
If there's a place for them to perch above your car, maybe you can try these:
https://www.google.ca/search?q=anti+...&bih=492#spf=1

But if it's a city hydro pole or lamp standard then you probably can't use those lol

Nothing's directly above my car other than a power line :/ haven't seen many birds on that line though

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrPhreak (Post 8838478)
Get a Ford Sport-Ka

It has a built in bird deterrent

https://youtu.be/gLdcGSRHaaY

LOL I laughed harder than I should have. I need that

danned 04-27-2017 09:44 PM

https://www.easytek.co.nz/images/pro...bs90_small.gif

snake 04-27-2017 10:22 PM

Don't worry about it, it's good luck.

Limitless 05-03-2017 12:00 AM

Update: Microfiber on the mirror actually works! No more bird shit since I left the microfiber on my side mirror. But today I went outside to find out that the wind blew off both microfibers, and was once again covered in bird shit lol. Maybe I'll get a microfiber glove or something to put on the mirror.

Mr.Money 05-03-2017 03:03 AM

wait a minute do those little bastards sit on you're mirror all day till they shit.

time to buy a cat.
http://abcbirds.org/wp-content/uploa...stockphoto.jpg

thumper 05-03-2017 04:42 AM

cats also love climbing on top of cars, especially the dirty filthy ones that don't have trimmed claws...

http://www.myturbodiesel.com/images/...catscratch.jpg

Badhobz 05-03-2017 04:58 AM

Yes they do. Stupid neighbors cat scratched my rat Rolla that I keep parked on the driveway occasionally. Big ass scratch marks all on the hood and one side where the damn thing climbed up.

I think the cat doesn't like my dogs so it purposely comes to fuck with our shit.

FerrariEnzo 05-03-2017 06:07 AM

see if you can setup one of those tarp garage.. summer is coming, it should also help with the heat from the sun a bit also...

thumper 05-03-2017 06:46 AM

do you think you can put up with the hassle of using a car cover every day? it's a pain in the ass but it is pretty much the 100% solution at this point....


hud 91gt 05-03-2017 06:52 AM

https://www.google.ca/amp/www.autobl...ost-bird-poop/

thumper 05-03-2017 07:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrPhreak (Post 8838478)
Get a Ford Sport-Ka

It has a built in bird deterrent

https://youtu.be/gLdcGSRHaaY

this one dosen't seem to have it (maybe not a sport ka?)...

http://cdn.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFile...3/80491002.jpg


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