Ick!! My car was sprayed by a skunk . . .

[fabumouse]

last night. I woke up about 3am and definitely smelled Eau de Skunk.

This morning I found brown spray marks (ah ha! that's what it looks like) on the side of my car . .. and my car is incredibly, indelibly, skunkilicious.

I have been *very* popular around town today; lots o' attention.

My question: do I participate in the scheme my DD5 has concocted, of a family event where we actually wash the spray off in the driveway with a hose and some rags? Or do I break her little heart and take it to a professional car-wash?

 

[ktglads]

Personally I would not want to smell that while I was washing it. I would go to the professionals with a 5-day garuntee. That way if at first you don't succeed, another trip through would be free. Ours also offers a discount on gas (.03 a gallon) but you can use the discount so it helps offset the cost of the wash

Maybe you can have the family wash your husband's car? This way you would get the best of both worlds without the bad smell

 

[luvdzne]

Another vote for having it professionaly done Don't think I would want the skunk smell running down my drive.

 

[fabumouse]

I'm most concerned about getting it on my hands - I'm afraid it won't come off. But maybe since it's not a direct spray, it will be fine?

I just cannot get over how gross this is.

And no, I haven't washed the car yet, as DD isn't here and I told her we'd "talk about it".

 

[sgtdisney]

Sounds like 'Flower' really made a mess!

 

[Am_I_There_Yet]

Yuck.

Reminds me of the time that I drove behind a truck that collects old grease from grease traps (a nastier than nasty smell - worse than sewage) and it was leaking onto the road.

Of course I didn't know it, and I was following it. When I got home, my whole car was coated with it on both sides, all the way up to the windows and totally coated on the under carriage.

I owned a plumbing company at the time and knew right away where it had come from. It was extremely hard to remove, and stink!? Good God did it stink!

 

[mum4jenn]

Yuck.

Reminds me of the time that I drove behind a truck that collects old grease from grease traps (a nastier than nasty smell - worse than sewage) and it was leaking onto the road.

Of course I didn't know it, and I was following it. When I got home, my whole car was coated with it on both sides, all the way up to the windows and totally coated on the under carriage.

I owned a plumbing company at the time and knew right away where it had come from. It was extremely hard to remove, and stink!? Good God did it stink!

I had something similar to this happen to me a few years back. I was driving to work at around 7:30 am one day and the trash collectors were doing their job and at the very moment I was going around their truck they decided to press the compactor part of the truck and a ton of grease of some kind went all over my windshield and side of my car. It was winter also so it kind of froze on there. I could barely see to drive and when I got to work I poured hot water on it to try to at least get the grease melted off enough for me to be able to see to go home. And in the afternoon and I was in the car pick up line the person who had to open the passenger side door had this horrible look on their face when they looked at their hand!!! I felt bad but I did not know it was that greasy on the side of the door. I had to wash my car about 6 times before I ever got that grease off my car. I am so glad I go in early enough now to be way ahead of the trash people!!

 

[fabumouse]

I was going around their truck they decided to press the compactor part of the truck and a ton of grease of some kind went all over my windshield and side of my car.

OMG. These posts really did make me laugh.

Years ago I worked in a commercial district close to a dog food manufacturing company. Dog food is partially made of animal parts that are not used for human consumption. And they have to truck these animal parts, which essentially become "animal slop" in giant open trucks.

One day one of the trucks had a spill. All these cars drove through the old animal slop (including mine) before they managed to get the road closed off for cleaning.

It was sooooo vile.

 

[Am_I_There_Yet]

OMG. These posts really did make me laugh.

Years ago I worked in a commercial district close to a dog food manufacturing company. Dog food is partially made of animal parts that are not used for human consumption. And they have to truck these animal parts, which essentially become "animal slop" in giant open trucks.

The main reason I don't buy any old dog food. Gross.

One day one of the trucks had a spill. All these cars drove through the old animal slop (including mine) before they managed to get the road closed off for cleaning.

It was sooooo vile.

Aaaahhhhh... I think I would have been heaving on the side of the road!

 

[Cosmic_Charlie]

Sounds like 'Flower' really made a mess!

OMG You killed Flower, You.............

 

[sgtdisney]

OMG You killed Flower, You.............

Hey, if you can't say nothin' nice, don't say nothin' at all.

Flower stunk anyway.