05-29-03, 06:23
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Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 602 | A Bird's Favorite color for BOMBING My Wife has a black Grand Prix, and two guys at work also have black cars. All three have had been attacked by the infamous bird bombs.Today my Wife's car must have had three Teradactals fly over, as the bombs were 5" around!! My truck is silver and has yet to get hit.
I swear Birds like black cars to crap on. 
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05-29-03, 07:32
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Join Date: May 2002 Location: Vancouver, BC, Ca Posts: 5,844 | LOL I think the exact opposite! I say it's definitely 100% absolutely SILVER
Maybe they're attracted to shiny things?
BTW, I say this with no less than THREE silver cars in the family fleet, so I know. 
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05-29-03, 08:51
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Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Toluca Lake, CA Posts: 398 | I agree 100%. I have owned green, blue, maroon, white, red and silver cars. Silver attracts more bird bombs that anything- I think it looks like water to a freakin' bird..... 
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05-29-03, 09:43
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Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 50 | Re: A Bird's Favorite color for BOMBING Quote: Originally posted by jonw440 My Wife has a black Grand Prix, and two guys at work also have black cars. All three have had been attacked by the infamous bird bombs.Today my Wife's car must have had three Teradactals fly over, as the bombs were 5" around!! My truck is silver and has yet to get hit.
I swear Birds like black cars to crap on. | I agree, I use to have a black explorer and it got crapped on regularly.  | |
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05-30-03, 09:41
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Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ft. Walton Beach, Florida Posts: 65 | I'll solve this dispute!!! I have a black van and a silver car. Guess what, they like both colors. A LOT!!!!!!!!  | |
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05-30-03, 09:57
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Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: The Old Dominion Posts: 2,312 | You need a new option: "Whatever color my car is"...  | |
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05-31-03, 08:56
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Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 5,780 | Where's charcoal in that list? I have owned gold, black/silver, burgundy, and charcoal 2x, I can truly say that my charcoal '02 keeps getting nailed by bird bombs.
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05-31-03, 09:01
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Join Date: May 2002 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 163 | I say any color right after its been washed and waxed!! | |
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06-10-03, 04:33
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Join Date: May 2002 Location: Vancouver, BC, Ca Posts: 5,844 | Here's photo evidence. I took this pic last week and forgot about it. I darkened it a bit so you could see them better, but there are lots of little droppings between the big ones and the grille, and one more on the bumper.
By the way, this all happened within a 2 hour window and needless to say I went  when I saw it.
Darn birds! 
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06-10-03, 05:02
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Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 5,780 | My friend's 2k Black Maxima is an instant target after her daughter washes it. Not even 10 min after the car is clean, SPLAT!
Her reaction:  then 
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06-10-03, 06:57
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Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Music City, TN Posts: 650 | I think they like Autopian cars.....seriously. Anything just waxed and really shiny is just like a trailer home in a tornado. | |
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06-16-03, 08:44
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Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 37 | I think the birds like any car that is clean and shiny. Color doesn't matter. It never fails right after my car is washed and shiny it is splattered with bird bombs! My current car is silver but the same happned with my white and red cars. 
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