Protecting a street parked car.

[Garch]

Well any ideas on removing bird poop from 2 day old paint? I didn't shuffle cars so it got parked farther back and as expected it got covered. Almost the entire car with a couple dozen spots. I'm guessing brand new paint and a pressure washer is a bad idea, and since it's still soft wiping it off will scratch it so how do I remove it?

Warm water, very soft cloth, very little rubbing. Let lots of water soak the poop to soften it up.

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[sk47]

It my parents house since I'm near the city everyone wants 3-4x rent as monthly income. Which means I'd have to make around 6-10k a month. I don't make anywhere near that which I think is stupid that they need you to make that much to cover a 1500-2k rent

Hello; Sounds like you are living at home so the parental units will take care of things like a roof over your head, paying for mass consumables (food) and other such mundane things such as water, electricity, property taxes, home insurance, garbage pickup and the like.

You then can afford a car which many of the rest of us who run out of money before we run out of month. You do have a very nice car to be sure. So very true that rents have gone crazy lately. I guess "stupid' is a fair term. It was stupid back in 1966 when I went out at 19 years old.

Turned out I had to give up the dream of having a Mustang or Camero or Firebird. Had to allow for all those mundane things mentioned above. I do have sympathy for damage to the nice car. harder to drum up sympathy for your parking/housing situation. But interesting thread.

 

[horsepower addiction]

I have a dvr system that can record 8 cameras at once. When parked the system takes a picture every second on each camera. If it detects movement it will start recording and save the file. The whole system was around $200-$250 of course it won’t stop anything but hopefully hold people accountable

 

[Outlaw]

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Hello; Sounds like you are living at home so the parental units will take care of things like a roof over your head, paying for mass consumables (food) and other such mundane things such as water, electricity, property taxes, home insurance, garbage pickup and the like.

You then can afford a car which many of the rest of us who run out of money before we run out of month. You do have a very nice car to be sure. So very true that rents have gone crazy lately. I guess "stupid' is a fair term. It was stupid back in 1966 when I went out at 19 years old.

Turned out I had to give up the dream of having a Mustang or Camero or Firebird. Had to allow for all those mundane things mentioned above. I do have sympathy for damage to the nice car. harder to drum up sympathy for your parking/housing situation. But interesting thread.

I'm not looking for sympathy I'm looking for suggestions. And I don't know anyone except people with alot of experience making 5-6k+ a month. Rent is only 1.5-2k which is fine I can make that work but everyone wants 3-4x monthly rent as MIN income. And I just don't make that. And I think it's incredibly stupid if a logic because I make enough to cover the monthly rent so WHY do I have to make 3-4x the monthly rent? I see no point behind having those requirements. And the places that don't do that are apartments with street parking or public lot parking which then leads to the same issues. I am constantly looking for options. Hell I even look for plots of land where I can build my own small structure/garage purely for vehicles and working on my vehicle. It's not for lack of trying that I'm still where I am

 

[T Fades]

Cheapest, easiest way that MIGHT prevent more cars hitting your car, as mentioned, could be some cones. The impact probably comes from behind your car, so put 2 cones behind, with one of them just past the car in the street. Maybe even find cones that have a flashing light at the top.

 

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[sk47]

And I don't know anyone except people with alot of experience making 5-6k+ a month. Rent is only 1.5-2k which is fine I can make that work but everyone wants 3-4x monthly rent as MIN income. And I just don't make that. And I think it's incredibly stupid if a logic because I make enough to cover the monthly rent so WHY do I have to make 3-4x the monthly rent? I see no point behind having those requirements

Hello; I rented until I was 62 years old. I ran into many requirements over those years but not the one you cite. However, i do see the logic of such a requirement. At least from the landlords point of view.
If a renters income is not multiple of the rent the odds of them falling behind increases. Then they have someone in a unit needing to be evicted. Add to that the climate in some places I read about. Such as in NYC where the rents seem to have been frozen. I do not know the details.

There were horror stories (for landlords) back during the pandemic. I get people need a place to stay but the person (landlord) who risked their own money to finance a house or building still had to pay a mortgage, insurance, maybe utilities. When a landlord (owner) buys a place part of the calculations include rent payment covering those expenses.
Then there are the squatters.

A bottom line is there must be enough people able to meet the requirements you mention. Otherwise, those demands would not fly. Supply and demand. You and someone else demand a place. The other guy has the wherewithal to make the cut. It sucks being on the low end of the scale and having to live in a crummy place to make ends meet.

 

[Outlaw]

Hello; I rented until I was 62 years old. I ran into many requirements over those years but not the one you cite. However, i do see the logic of such a requirement. At least from the landlords point of view.
If a renters income is not multiple of the rent the odds of them falling behind increases. Then they have someone in a unit needing to be evicted. Add to that the climate in some places I read about. Such as in NYC where the rents seem to have been frozen. I do not know the details.

There were horror stories (for landlords) back during the pandemic. I get people need a place to stay but the person (landlord) who risked their own money to finance a house or building still had to pay a mortgage, insurance, maybe utilities. When a landlord (owner) buys a place part of the calculations include rent payment covering those expenses.
Then there are the squatters.

A bottom line is there must be enough people able to meet the requirements you mention. Otherwise, those demands would not fly. Supply and demand. You and someone else demand a place. The other guy has the wherewithal to make the cut. It sucks being on the low end of the scale and having to live in a crummy place to make ends meet.

Yeah, the issue too is I'm outside the city so the cheaper places are in the city but in the city means no garage, and a 99% chance of getting a parked car damaged outside. The more expensive places are wildly expensive.

And don't even get me started on the 1-2k a month "association" fees that people want for their areas. It makes buying a home these days damn near impossible and renting even harder.

 

[NightmareMoon]

Sell the car, buy a beater.
Move to a cheaper city/area
Get a roommate or four. work an additional job or two to afford a place
Pay dad to store the junk in the garage somewhere else so the family can use the garage
Park a block or more away, whatever it takes to get away from the higher traffic narrow roads.

Priority should really be moving into your own (cheap, small) place before worrying about keeping a nice car. I know that’s absolutely zero fun, but you gotta leave the nest at some point.

 

[Outlaw]

Sell the car, buy a beater.
Move to a cheaper city/area
Get a roommate or four. work an additional job or two to afford a place
Pay dad to store the junk in the garage somewhere else so the family can use the garage
Park a block or more away, whatever it takes to get away from the higher traffic narrow roads.

Priority should really be moving into your own (cheap, small) place before worrying about keeping a nice car. I know that’s absolutely zero fun, but you gotta leave the nest at some point.

Not sure if you saw my other comments, Ive been looking for years. There's either worse parking, requirements I just can't meet and/or 1-2k monthly association bs fees. I'm on a low traffic street, this really shouldn't be an issue. I've had 2 prior mustangs over the last 7 years. Current one being owned for maybe the last 2. Never in 5 years were the other 2 hit on the street. Never have our other cars been hit on the street for the last 30 years. YET MINE GET HIT LIKE THEY ARE A DAMN MAGNET FOR IDIOTS this year/last year. I'm not sure what the hell changed from never having aa single issue to having all these issues back to back to back

 

[NightmareMoon]

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Not sure if you saw my other comments, Ive been looking for years. There's either worse parking, requirements I just can't meet and/or 1-2k monthly association bs fees. I'm on a low traffic street, this really shouldn't be an issue. I've had 2 prior mustangs over the last 7 years. Current one being owned for maybe the last 2. Never in 5 years were the other 2 hit on the street. Never have our other cars been hit on the street for the last 30 years. YET MINE GET HIT LIKE THEY ARE A DAMN MAGNET FOR IDIOTS this year/last year. I'm not sure what the hell changed from never having aa single issue to having all these issues back to back to back

At some point you’lre gonna have to move out. Cant live with the folks forever, so yes there ways to make that work. You havent checked ALL the options.

But I’ll keep playing. Its black. Thats the issue. I had a black miata and thought everyone on the road hated or disrespected me. Traded it in for a yellow car and it was night and day, people let me in to merge all the time, no problem.

Sell the midnight shadow and get a red or yellow car. Nobody is not gonna see a red car. Problem solved.

 

[Outlaw]

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At some point you’lre gonna have to move out. Cant live with the folks forever, so yes there ways to make that work. You havent checked ALL the options.

But I’ll keep playing. Its black. Thats the issue. I had a black miata and thought everyone on the road hated or disrespected me. Traded it in for a yellow car and it was night and day, people let me in to merge all the time, no problem.

Sell the midnight shadow and get a red or yellow car. Nobody is not gonna see a red car. Problem solved.

My family and red cars are cursed. Maybe a blue or something which is what I wanted. But given the current market I'd probably lose 20k+ selling the car. Paid about 29.5k iirc 2 years ago at 52k miles it's at about 64k now with a few more accidents (had some before I got it but I didn't check the Carfax, should've because the paintwork is compelled crap). But the market now it would sell for maybe 16-18k. 20k on the higher end for the miles. If the record was cleaner maybe 22k and even then I'm losing so much considering it's modified

 

[Skye]

And I think it's incredibly stupid if a logic because I make enough to cover the monthly rent so WHY do I have to make 3-4x the monthly rent?

For mortgage financing and now most rentals, roughly 30% income on housing is all they want to see. Paying any more as a % of income, the risk of default increases. You're not just paying rent, right? But food, insurance, transportation, etc. Dealing with defaults, foreclosures and evictions is expensive, for both sides of the transaction.

Rent in my area for a 1 bedroom averages $1,500 a month. Something a bit better than average can cost $2,000 a month.

It's more and more common in my city for multiple people to rent one house. A three-bedroom unit will be leased and then sub-letted. Typically one person per room. Now, rent is $500 a month. The pitfall is your sharing a house with several people, some of which you've never met before. And they might bring more people in as something of a perverted "surprise" moment. The parking situation isn't any better than the shuffling concept or leaving in the street discussed earlier. It could actually be worse.

Most people moving to the area don't look at existing residential homes for sale. The price is too high, the financing to expensive. New homes are an easier sale for two reasons: 1) smaller homes, cheaper materials, less desirable floor plans, and 2) the companies building the homes can offer lowball financing, often in the form of an Adjustable Rate Mortgage. . See 2008.

The average age of the first time home buyer is now approaching 40 in the US.

^ That's one reason more people are living at home, even after college graduation.

Another is elder care. 30M Baby Boomers now need or will need care as they get older. Many are moving in or taking parents in for end-of-life care.

The dynamics the OP has been discussing haven't changed in years. While saving your money OP, look at a map of the US and start planning your exit. Maybe there's a city or town further out where you can establish yourself. Maybe you'll end up taking a job on the other side of the country, IDK. But start plotting for something. The current situation is not working. Renting, owning or parking.

Good Luck.

Edit,

You like and appreciate your car. I get it.

Let's say you cut all, move to another part of the country, land in an apartment, find a job, etc. The dynamics of keeping the Mustang aren't going to change much. People opening their doors on your car, keying the side, theft and hail damage are all possibilities.

Owning the Mustang at this point in your life seems like a PITA. Given the current market, it might be worthwhile to sell and buy something like a small truck or SUV. If you bank the difference, this could accelerate you leaving the area for something more promising. Owning something less flashy will help.

 

[Outlaw]

For mortgage financing and now most rentals, roughly 30% income on housing is all they want to see. Paying any more as a % of income, the risk of default increases. You're not just paying rent, right? But food, insurance, transportation, etc. Dealing with defaults, foreclosures and evictions is expensive, for both sides of the transaction.

Rent in my area for a 1 bedroom averages $1,500 a month. Something a bit better than average can cost $2,000 a month.

It's more and more common in my city for multiple people to rent one house. A three-bedroom unit will be leased and then sub-letted. Typically one person per room. Now, rent is $500 a month. The pitfall is your sharing a house with several people, some of which you've never met before. And they might bring more people in as something of a perverted "surprise" moment. The parking situation isn't any better than the shuffling concept or leaving in the street discussed earlier. It could actually be worse.

Most people moving to the area don't look at existing residential homes for sale. The price is too high, the financing to expensive. New homes are an easier sale for two reasons: 1) smaller homes, cheaper materials, less desirable floor plans, and 2) the companies building the homes can offer lowball financing, often in the form of an Adjustable Rate Mortgage. . See 2008.

The average age of the first time home buyer is now approaching 40 in the US.

^ That's one reason more people are living at home, even after college graduation.

Another is elder care. 30M Baby Boomers now need or will need care as they get older. Many are moving in or taking parents in for end-of-life care.

The dynamics the OP has been discussing haven't changed in years. While saving your money OP, look at a map of the US and start planning your exit. Maybe there's a city or town further out where you can establish yourself. Maybe you'll end up taking a job on the other side of the country, IDK. But start plotting for something. The current situation is not working. Renting, owning or parking.

Good Luck.

Edit,

You like and appreciate your car. I get it.

Let's say you cut all, move to another part of the country, land in an apartment, find a job, etc. The dynamics of keeping the Mustang aren't going to change much. People opening their doors on your car, keying the side, theft and hail damage are all possibilities.

Owning the Mustang at this point in your life seems like a PITA. Given the current market, it might be worthwhile to sell and buy something like a small truck or SUV. If you bank the difference, this could accelerate you leaving the area for something more promising. Owning something less flashy will help.

Read up, given the market I'd lose 20k+. Gen 2s value have done nothing but plummet. 52k miles 2 years ago was 30k. It's at 64k now and it's worth maybe 15-16 ish. Maybe 17-18 if I return to stock

 

[sk47]

Read up, given the market I'd lose 20k+. Gen 2s value have done nothing but plummet. 52k miles 2 years ago was 30k. It's at 64k now and it's worth maybe 15-16 ish. Maybe 17-18 if I return to stock

Hello; what you describe sounds normal for the majority of cars. Even Mustangs. There was an anomaly during the pandemic when things reversed.
Owning a vehicle is an overall expense. The moment you drive off a car lot the value takes a hit for say 99% of vehicles. Even if you happen to buy one which does not depreciate there still are ongoing fees, maintenance & taxes.
The market for GT350's has remained strong may be an exception.

I can only guess at what you have spent on body work. Based on your posts must be quite a lot. A generally true thing is a street parked car cannot be kept pristine.

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