Pork Vs Tree Vs Bird - who wins?
Discussion
I am fortunate to own a GT4, and face a tough decision in keeping it nice.
I have a garage, although rarely I leave it in an outside spot where I live that is under a tree because the garage has a slope just before it which means I scrape the spoiler. Problem is the tree has a spot where birds like to poo. When I say bird, it may be a cat, the size of the poo is enormous and plentiful.
After one morning (car is one day old), the front bonnet and wing got hit and it has already affected the lacquer and is going to get repaired soon.
I have another car I use more (an Audi) and left it in that spot again for one morning and it was worse. It is not unusual to come back after one day and the whole windscreen and bonnet is covered in very large chucks of bird droppings. Once i had half the car covered in bird droppings like it was a fashion statement. The drive to a jet wash was hilarious - never got so many looks and "your car is literally sh!t". The Audi is getting repaired soon too, but most likely will get a respray. I can go back to a Landie and an Aston for the damage this spot has caused. I often don't have a choice but to park there.
I clean it as soon as I see it but it's impossible to prevent damage as the volume of droppings is huge. Is it ok to cut the tree down? Its a small tree according to tree surgeons.
I can never see the birds, so they will at least find another tree. Any other options?
I have a garage, although rarely I leave it in an outside spot where I live that is under a tree because the garage has a slope just before it which means I scrape the spoiler. Problem is the tree has a spot where birds like to poo. When I say bird, it may be a cat, the size of the poo is enormous and plentiful.
After one morning (car is one day old), the front bonnet and wing got hit and it has already affected the lacquer and is going to get repaired soon.
I have another car I use more (an Audi) and left it in that spot again for one morning and it was worse. It is not unusual to come back after one day and the whole windscreen and bonnet is covered in very large chucks of bird droppings. Once i had half the car covered in bird droppings like it was a fashion statement. The drive to a jet wash was hilarious - never got so many looks and "your car is literally sh!t". The Audi is getting repaired soon too, but most likely will get a respray. I can go back to a Landie and an Aston for the damage this spot has caused. I often don't have a choice but to park there.
I clean it as soon as I see it but it's impossible to prevent damage as the volume of droppings is huge. Is it ok to cut the tree down? Its a small tree according to tree surgeons.
I can never see the birds, so they will at least find another tree. Any other options?
If the tree is yours and there is no preservation order on it then I would probably remove it. Otherwise, I would look at seriously trimming it back so that the bird mess would miss the cars.
Obviously if the mess is that bad in one day, a car cover would be useless as it would be completely obliterated after a few days and cover you in excrement when you try to get the cover off the car :-(
Obviously if the mess is that bad in one day, a car cover would be useless as it would be completely obliterated after a few days and cover you in excrement when you try to get the cover off the car :-(
woollyjoe said:
40mm - as in 4cm? Thats very small. There's no issues with cutting tree down and not a conservation area. The tree surgeon done checks and fine.
For a tree with a preservation order you can't prune any branch more than 40mm diameter for clarification. As no order in place, do what you like.I'm not a tree hunger, but value nature so wouldn't recommend removing it just for this; I'd just recommend you avoid occasions of leaving the car outside if you can. You could have PPF applied, but I suspect droppings will damage the PPF quite quickly too. Maybe put a mock bird of prey in your tree 
Car covers posses two risks; moisture trapped underneath affetcs paint and if there is any dirt on the car, it acts as sandpaper.
Besides, what do you do with a car cover ruined by the bird droppings and the acidic nature would eventually affect the cover too. It's not a small amount of bird droppings. Its also been 7 years non stop and i've avoided using the space almost entirely but even guests that visit come back to a ruined car. The bill on fixing an aston was over 16 grand from memory.
Besides, what do you do with a car cover ruined by the bird droppings and the acidic nature would eventually affect the cover too. It's not a small amount of bird droppings. Its also been 7 years non stop and i've avoided using the space almost entirely but even guests that visit come back to a ruined car. The bill on fixing an aston was over 16 grand from memory.
Dried Peas and a catapult with a latchet (a sort of cup that you squeeze closed) attached to the rubber bands.
The scatter-gun approach upsets pigeons. You can also download the hunting call of a Red Kite and play it so it doesn't annoy you or your neighbours at night and the flying-rats won't roost at all and will keep away for months with just a dozen nights of fear.
The scatter-gun approach upsets pigeons. You can also download the hunting call of a Red Kite and play it so it doesn't annoy you or your neighbours at night and the flying-rats won't roost at all and will keep away for months with just a dozen nights of fear.
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