Bird proof the c8
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i had a c5 i just stopped at a light after driving VERY fast and the car was vibrating like crazy ....damn i thought i dropped a cylinder, going home slower i was shutting things off but not feeling an engine miss . It stopped when i finally shut the a/c fan off ,at home i pulled the heater motor down and found i killed a mouse in the wheel of death blower motor cage
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You have to admit that's pretty funny. I had a couple bird experiences in my garage, both with my '11 Challenger. First was within a day or 2 of getting it home from the dealer. A large bird, not sure what it was but it had crashed thru one of the window panes in the garage door and I had broken glass all over the back, the roof, even the hood, of my new car. Not to mention a few feathers. That and the fact that the bird was still in the garage clued me into this wasn't a vandalism type of thing, which was my first reaction when I saw the broken window. Not sure what it was, but it was large, kind of a gray/blue in color. Pheasant maybe? I don't know. Fast forward about 10 years, I had a bird find his way in thru the gaps on one side of the garage between the roof and wall. It decided on top of the garage door opener would be a great place to build a nest. This was directly above the roof of the SRT resulting in bird crap on the roof and elsewhere. Before I started seriously trying to buy a C8, I got on a step ladder in the garage with some screen, some scissors and a staple gun to keep any birds out. So far so good.
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Probably was under the car looking for bugs and climbed into the engine compartment.
I had to put some black plastic mesh behind the grill of my Silverado because little birds kept making nests in there.
I had to put some black plastic mesh behind the grill of my Silverado because little birds kept making nests in there.
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Per Open AI 32000 robins equates to one horsepower rounding the Base C8 to 500 HP, -- thats 500 times 32000 = 16million A base C8 has 16,000,000 Bird Power. Size and Weight Comparison
- Horse: Average weight ranges from 900 to 2,200 pounds, depending on the breed.
- Robin: Average weight is about 0.5 to 1.5 ounces.
- To estimate how many robins would equal the weight of one horse:
- A horse weighing 1,000 pounds is approximately 32,000 ounces.
- Dividing 32,000 ounces by an average robin weight of 1 ounce gives about 32,000 robins.
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