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Post by johnc on Sept 2, 2019 10:21:23 GMT
How do snails get on to a car?
I have found 3 snails on my car over the past month or so with the last one found this morning as it slid out under the passenger mirror.
The only way I can see is they crawl up the tyre onto the wheel, then the suspension, across the wheel liner and then out from under the wheel arch onto the paintwork. The paintwork does have a very slippy ceramic coating - perhaps the snails like this for their night time races. I have never had a car that attracted snails before. Anyone else had any experience?
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Post by racingteatray on Sept 2, 2019 10:26:32 GMT
Welcome to the mysteries of nature! I assume you don't keep it under a cover?
In addition to the foxes, I have a problem with spiders in my car which appears to be a result of keeping it outside under a cover, under which spiders love to crawl and lurk. If I leave it for a while, not only do I find cobwebs on the outside but also inside, which is not overly delightful. There is even the corpse of one really quite large spider inside the third brake light at the top of the rear hatch, which presumably crawled in there and then couldn't get out again.
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Post by michael on Sept 2, 2019 10:30:10 GMT
I have seen a snail on a car and did wonder if it'd had gone over the suspension as you suggest, it seems like the only option unless they could be falling from somewhere onto the car?
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Post by Ben on Sept 2, 2019 10:50:33 GMT
Are there trees around? Falling seems plausible.
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Post by johnc on Sept 2, 2019 11:53:51 GMT
No real way for the snails to parachute in. The car sits on a drive and the nearest tree is about 20ft away. There is a hedge 4 or 5 feet away but jumping snails aren't a known species as far as I am aware! Maybe they are like illegal immigrants and want a trip to somewhere they perceive to be better (if only they knew)
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Post by michael on Sept 2, 2019 12:13:02 GMT
Does it ever park against plants that might allow the snails to crawl up a shrub and directly onto the bodywork? I suppose even if a car was parked against relatively lengthy grass they could crawl from one to the other. Although the whole crawling around the suspension is entirely feasible I can't imagine they're conditions a snail would want to find themselves in with all that corrosive brake dust and so on.
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Post by johnc on Sept 2, 2019 12:31:34 GMT
Does it ever park against plants that might allow the snails to crawl up a shrub and directly onto the bodywork? I suppose even if a car was parked against relatively lengthy grass they could crawl from one to the other. Although the whole crawling around the suspension is entirely feasible I can't imagine they're conditions a snail would want to find themselves in with all that corrosive brake dust and so on. No never and certainly not in recent months. |
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Post by ChrisM on Sept 2, 2019 12:39:25 GMT
Dropped by birds that have inadvertently picked them up, maybe with greenery being used for nest-building (even if, at this time of year nest-building seems unlikely) |
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Post by LandieMark on Sept 2, 2019 13:29:05 GMT
My Land Rovers attract spiders inside and out like nobody's business, but I have never had a snail!
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Post by Martin on Sept 2, 2019 13:34:43 GMT
There are loads of snails living in the meter boxes, but not seen any in or around the car. No spiders inside or out either, my car doesn't stay in one place long enough!
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Post by Tim on Sept 2, 2019 14:03:52 GMT
Fiat Coupes are notorious for door mirror spiders but I see the wind deflectors on the Toyota are their preferred haven, much to Mrs Tims disgust.
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Post by johnc on Sept 3, 2019 8:08:02 GMT
Well, somewhere on the car there is another snail. The snail trail goes across the roof down the passenger window along the wing and then appears to disappear somewhere down the front of the bumper. I'll get it one day when it's out sliming:  |
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Post by racingteatray on Sept 3, 2019 9:17:56 GMT
That is odd. Perhaps they like eating the ceramic coating?
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Post by johnc on Sept 3, 2019 9:28:54 GMT
That is odd. Perhaps they like eating the ceramic coating? I hope not - that took me a long time to apply and wasn't exactly cheap! |
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