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Author Bird magnet (pointless post but annoying nevertheless)
Mark1984_SRI
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   2nd Mar 06 at 13:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Argh... had a nice day yesterday, so i thought i would make the most of it and got the Autoglym out. Washed and waxed the corsa, very happy. come out today and there's a pigeons dinner over the roof, window and bonnet. Just wondered how long on average peoples' cars stay clean until the same happens? (mine lasted about 12hrs)
Rob B
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2nd Mar 06 at 13:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
polished mine yesterday, for the first time in ages really shiney not a scratch on it and now it has snow and water all over it and the boot is filthy and ive only drove ten miles
Dean_W
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2nd Mar 06 at 13:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
One word.....Black.

Nice colour but a pain to keep clean

Gets washed twice a week.

[Edited on 02-03-2006 by Dean_W]
Mark1984_SRI
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2nd Mar 06 at 13:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
My sri's black, first black car i've owned and i've never had to clean a car as much seems to attract every bit of dust etc. is it true that bicarb soda in bread can play nasty tricks with birds stomachs ??? (payback)
mwg
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2nd Mar 06 at 13:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
In winter it only needs to be driven 2 miles up the road and its dirty.


Was even worse than that on a couple of occasions, couldn't read the rear numberplate, took ages to get clean

In summer it hardly gets a spot of dirt on it but still gets washed every weekend and polished

[Edited on 02-03-2006 by Matty G]
Rileysport
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2nd Mar 06 at 13:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Mine looks like a works rally car... on the lift in the garage with no wheels on, no box in and driveshafts everywhere. its covered in mud too
Mark1984_SRI
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2nd Mar 06 at 13:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
[img]http://photobucket.com/albums/e113/markussri/?action=view&current=Topphotospangly.jpg[img]

Photo was taken on phone so quality isn't great but it doesn't look as clean today. forgot to mention it rained so watermarks etc. and the rain didn't even wash the bird's doings off
Mark1984_SRI
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2nd Mar 06 at 13:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
oops, how'd you post photo's lol. what have i done wrong (first try so forgive me)
mwg
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2nd Mar 06 at 13:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
[/img] at the end and it'll work
Mark1984_SRI
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2nd Mar 06 at 13:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i understand bodykits etc aren't to everyone's taste but hey, each to their own lol.
mwg
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2nd Mar 06 at 13:35   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Mark1984_SRI
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2nd Mar 06 at 13:36   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
cheers mate, photobuckets image resizing is either Huge or tiny. nevermind.
RickSRi
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2nd Mar 06 at 13:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
mine stays clean or about 2 hours.. still cleaning it is fun anyway
Mark1984_SRI
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2nd Mar 06 at 14:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i'd say driving when your car's clean is nice but cleaning always feels a bit of a chore. Still it could be worse i could have THAT car that you see on the motorway... CLEAN ME... (ORIGINAL
James_DT
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2nd Mar 06 at 14:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
My car spends most of every Winter like this. No point cleaning it, it gets dirty within a day.
RKS
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2nd Mar 06 at 14:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Mark1984_SRI
My sri's black, first black car i've owned and i've never had to clean a car as much seems to attract every bit of dust etc. is it true that bicarb soda in bread can play nasty tricks with birds stomachs ??? (payback)


yes but if they have dodgy stomachs there will be even more things coming straight out of them, so more chance of them doing the business on ya car again,

its a Vicious Circle lmao
Mark1984_SRI
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2nd Mar 06 at 14:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Lol, yeah never thought about that one, not to mention how funny i'd look throwing bits of poisoned bread out of my car on a mcDonalds drive thru suppose this round goes to the winged ones
mark_gsi
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2nd Mar 06 at 14:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
mines black sick of cleanin it it just gets mingin so easy but once polished up looks nice n shiney
Andy GSi
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2nd Mar 06 at 15:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Black is a NIGHTMARE to keep clean.

Every time i polish my car, i can guarantee within 12 hours i will have bird sh*t on it.
Mark1984_SRI
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2nd Mar 06 at 15:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
good to know i'm not alone shame really cus i've always thought black cars look fanstastic when theyre polished up right.
mwg
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2nd Mar 06 at 15:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I very rarely get bird shit on my car thank god!

Always wash it off as soon as I notice it before it starts fucking the paint!
Mark1984_SRI
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2nd Mar 06 at 15:35   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
What???? no seagulls in Grange Matty??? you must stay out of their way Thats why i was partly annoyed about that bird shoot, because i had to clean the car for the second time in two days, to get it off
mwg
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2nd Mar 06 at 15:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Think there must be a few cats in the area round my house or something but then again I dont get cat paw marks on my car either!

Best of both worlds
Mark1984_SRI
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2nd Mar 06 at 15:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i'm jealous, we've got cats round here and there no stranger to mucking bonnets up, seems like a lost cause, this cleaning business, think i'll get a tractor
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2nd Mar 06 at 16:18   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i find my (black) car gets dirty just sat there, after washing it and polishing it it can be sat ther for a few hours, i goto look at it and its randomly covered in dust, or little pea sized specks of dirt

[Edited on 02-03-2006 by Corsa_Sam]

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