I have to park outside. The only spot available to me in the driveway is under the power lines where the birds often stop on the way to my feeders and thank me for the seed by pooping on my car.
The only other option would be to park on the street and people do park on my street and I haven't seen any damaged vehicles - it's a short dead end street with very low traffic, but some people do use it as a turn around (wide cul de sac) from businesses up the street, which is the only concern I have. But, it's a Corolla hatch is it really going to get stolen? I have wheel locks and the car gets locked these days because it sends me text messages if I forget lol.
At work, I have to park under a tree on really hot days because I don't want my car to become an oven inside especially with off gassing from all the 'new car' plastics etc. So my new car is getting bird pooped on just about daily.
And I keep reading online that it is really bad for the paint.
I took the car to the touchless carwash on the way home Friday and it's mostly shiny clean, but some of the bird poop didn't blast off in the wash.
So I am thinking weekly car washes (prior to this I had only been rinsing it off in the self wash bay), but I have to get something to dissolve/remove bird poops on the daily and need recommendations from folks who know a lot more about cars than me.
There are many products on the market and I'm sure not all of them are really good or even safe for the clearcoat.
I have also seen advice to just mix baking soda and tap water in a spray bottle for daily bird poop removal.
(This is where I really miss having a decades-old beater whose paint is shot and thus, no worries!)
Anyway all mansplaining about bird poop, tar, tree sap removal etc. welcomed and fully consented to.
