Alabaster Silver and bird dookie

Sli(ks · 10-18-2006, 03:19 AM

I was wondering if any of you are having this problem, that I've had since day one with my asm lx coupe. Laugh all you want, but I'm constantly wiping off birdshit from my ride. Tonight, for example, I spent like 10 minutes at a gas station with one of those squeegee things wiping off like 5/6decenly sized splotches that all appeared overnight.

I wipe it off, next thing I know my ride is covered in it, wipe it off again and in not too long of a time it's covered in bird shit again. It's not even where I park, because as I got those 5/6 splotches none of the cars around me in the parking lot had ANY birdshit. And that was just tonight, this sort of thing happens all the time.

I'm convinced there's something about ASM that drives birds absolutely out of their minds - because I've NEVER had or seen this problem on any other car. Can any other asm owners verify this, do you find yourself wiping birdshit off your ride more than you think you should be? Or am I just crazy?

JeShUa · 10-18-2006, 03:24 AM

I have 2 right now.. and I always see flies on my car

Conspiracy Theory?

**ethlar** · 10-18-2006, 08:32 AM

do you park near a tree at any time? I have an ASM Lx sedan and i get hit every now and then but nothing major.

rdss · 10-18-2006, 09:18 AM

My ASM Si spends most of its time (about 95%) in the garage so I usually just have to wash it due to bug guts on the bumper.

spideryk · 10-18-2006, 11:59 AM

hahahah i have an asm si and i usually get hit few times a week when its under a tree but its fine when its not under a tree

AlexHawke · 10-18-2006, 12:12 PM

At least you don't get bombed by Canadian Geese! Now that is some BIG BIRD TURD! I guess my driveway must be along their migratory path or something. Or I was a Goose Hunter in a previous life and this is revenge.

Don't scrub bird poop. Stubborn poop will scratch the paint. Hot water cuts through like a laser!

Bryman1111 · 10-18-2006, 01:50 PM

One day as I was drying off my car after washing it, right in front of me a big pile of bird shit hit my back window. I was like ' What the hell was that?' I guess it could of been worst--- it could hit me in the face that how close it was. I believe it has something to do with the light color cars. When they are clean they shine really bright and I think it grabs the birds' attention. If you keep on having this problem buy a rubber snake and put it on or in the window of the car. Birds are scared of them and it won't fly around your car. Sounds funny I know but it works.

ex rsx · 10-18-2006, 04:43 PM

My ASM gets hit hard in my driveway constantly,but so does my navy blue trans am when it's parked there. The birds love the dogwood tree next to the drive. The most important thing is to clean it off because it can eat into your paint.

myhondacivic · 10-18-2006, 04:48 PM

i once had a silver Element and yes i get a lot of bird poop. also i once own a black honda accord and man every spring and summer robin type bird with brown feather chest would always scratch their butt on it and would leave stains and the only way i can get it off was thru the car was. also a lot of micro scratch!

Tom1222 · 10-18-2006, 04:51 PM

I have a ASM and I always have one or two cats on my hood. I shush them off and 2 minutes later they are laying all over the damn hood again.

Kakashi · 10-18-2006, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom1222

I have a ASM and I always have one or two cats on my hood. I shush them off and 2 minutes later they are laying all over the damn hood again.

NickC89 · 10-18-2006, 06:34 PM

I remember readin something about this in a state test a couple years ago. it was saying that the colors white and silver get crapped on the most by birds, because the birds feel like its a big bird, so they are threatened by it, and so they crap on it.

Sli(ks · 10-19-2006, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by NickC89

I remember readin something about this in a state test a couple years ago. it was saying that the colors white and silver get crapped on the most by birds, because the birds feel like its a big bird, so they are threatened by it, and so they crap on it.

Haha, I knew it!

Also, I don't usually park near trees. More often than not I have to park in a really big gravel lot with no trees anywhere near it - just a bunch of cars all over.

Bryman1111, I like your idea with the rubber snake. I was starting to think the only way to stop it would be hiding alka seltzer tablets in bits of bread and spreading them around the lot -I heard those things make birds explode because they can't burp or fart or what have you, heh. The snake might actually be legal.....

JeShUa · 10-19-2006, 11:55 AM

i dont park by trees.. because they get my car all dirty real quick.. but i still get poopied on

10-18-2006, 03:19 AM	#1 (permalink)
Sli(ks Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: BG, Ohio Age: 22 Posts: 510 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Alabaster Silver and bird dookie I was wondering if any of you are having this problem, that I've had since day one with my asm lx coupe. Laugh all you want, but I'm constantly wiping off birdshit from my ride. Tonight, for example, I spent like 10 minutes at a gas station with one of those squeegee things wiping off like 5/6decenly sized splotches that all appeared overnight. I wipe it off, next thing I know my ride is covered in it, wipe it off again and in not too long of a time it's covered in bird shit again. It's not even where I park, because as I got those 5/6 splotches none of the cars around me in the parking lot had ANY birdshit. And that was just tonight, this sort of thing happens all the time. I'm convinced there's something about ASM that drives birds absolutely out of their minds - because I've NEVER had or seen this problem on any other car. Can any other asm owners verify this, do you find yourself wiping birdshit off your ride more than you think you should be? Or am I just crazy?

10-18-2006, 08:32 AM	#3 (permalink)
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myhondacivic Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Woodstock GA Posts: 93 iTrader: 0 / 0%	. i once had a silver Element and yes i get a lot of bird poop. also i once own a black honda accord and man every spring and summer robin type bird with brown feather chest would always scratch their butt on it and would leave stains and the only way i can get it off was thru the car was. also a lot of micro scratch!

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10-18-2006, 03:24 AM	#2 (permalink)
JeShUa Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 12,588 add camber and stir iTrader: 12 / 100%	I have 2 right now.. and I always see flies on my car Conspiracy Theory?

10-18-2006, 09:18 AM	#4 (permalink)
rdss Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Brunswick, Me Posts: 148 C.K. iTrader: 1 / 100%	My ASM Si spends most of its time (about 95%) in the garage so I usually just have to wash it due to bug guts on the bumper.

10-18-2006, 11:59 AM	#5 (permalink)
spideryk Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Blacksburg, VA Posts: 135 iTrader: 0 / 0%	hahahah i have an asm si and i usually get hit few times a week when its under a tree but its fine when its not under a tree

10-18-2006, 12:12 PM	#6 (permalink)
AlexHawke Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Toronto, Ontario Age: 29 Posts: 7 iTrader: 0 / 0%	At least you don't get bombed by Canadian Geese! Now that is some BIG BIRD TURD! I guess my driveway must be along their migratory path or something. Or I was a Goose Hunter in a previous life and this is revenge. Don't scrub bird poop. Stubborn poop will scratch the paint. Hot water cuts through like a laser!

10-18-2006, 01:50 PM	#7 (permalink)
Bryman1111 Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Long Island Posts: 28 iTrader: 0 / 0%	One day as I was drying off my car after washing it, right in front of me a big pile of bird shit hit my back window. I was like ' What the hell was that?' I guess it could of been worst--- it could hit me in the face that how close it was. I believe it has something to do with the light color cars. When they are clean they shine really bright and I think it grabs the birds' attention. If you keep on having this problem buy a rubber snake and put it on or in the window of the car. Birds are scared of them and it won't fly around your car. Sounds funny I know but it works.

10-18-2006, 04:43 PM	#8 (permalink)
ex rsx Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 2 iTrader: 0 / 0%	My ASM gets hit hard in my driveway constantly,but so does my navy blue trans am when it's parked there. The birds love the dogwood tree next to the drive. The most important thing is to clean it off because it can eat into your paint.

10-18-2006, 04:51 PM	#10 (permalink)
Tom1222 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana USA Posts: 3,100 Tom Smith iTrader: 6 / 100%	I have a ASM and I always have one or two cats on my hood. I shush them off and 2 minutes later they are laying all over the damn hood again.

10-18-2006, 06:34 PM	#12 (permalink)
NickC89 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: USF / Ft.Myers, FL Age: 19 Posts: 3,542 iTrader: 5 / 100%	I remember readin something about this in a state test a couple years ago. it was saying that the colors white and silver get crapped on the most by birds, because the birds feel like its a big bird, so they are threatened by it, and so they crap on it.

10-19-2006, 11:55 AM	#14 (permalink)
JeShUa Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 12,588 add camber and stir iTrader: 12 / 100%	i dont park by trees.. because they get my car all dirty real quick.. but i still get poopied on