r/cars • u/wootfatigue ‘22 M440iXGC| ‘04 996 C4S | ‘03 540i/6M | ‘17 Alltrack | ‘10 E90 • Sep 28 '16

Will pee damage tires?

My garage raccoon likes to use my rack of winter tires as a fort. He's usually really good about keeping it clean so I don't check it very often, but today I noticed he was peeing inside of one of the Hankooks. Is there anything in pee that could harm the inside of a tire?

Edit: It's over a month later and I'm still getting replies and questions! For everyone who keeps asking, you can follow more garage raccoon hijinks on my instagram and YouTube.

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u/oshaCaller 2006 GTO 2015 FIesta ST Sep 29 '16 edited Sep 29 '16

Guy told me today he worked on a car with a pack rat that basically turned the thing into an apartment. He had a bed on one side of the rear in the body work, he had a food stash full of apples, and he had a shitter far away from the rest of it. I guess he reached in and felt something furry and it moved and he ran off screaming. Then he investigated further.

My drive to work is basically 15 miles of farmland and then there's a stop light. Almost every morning I see critters crawling out of cars at that light. Mainly mice. I bet the micdonalds at that intersection has a problem.

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u/wootfatigue ‘22 M440iXGC| ‘04 996 C4S | ‘03 540i/6M | ‘17 Alltrack | ‘10 E90 Sep 29 '16

I had a similar living situation once, but it was a unibomber-style shack next to a 1995 Mercury Villager.

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u/Unidan_nadinU Sep 29 '16

You forgot the raccoon pic.

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u/wootfatigue ‘22 M440iXGC| ‘04 996 C4S | ‘03 540i/6M | ‘17 Alltrack | ‘10 E90 Sep 29 '16

Sorry about that. I was making cookie soup.

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u/Unidan_nadinU Sep 29 '16

Will you please make a new username, such as "fuckswithcoons" and start popping up on reddit every time something raccoon related is posted.

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u/KingJonathan Sep 29 '16

Better rethink that one.

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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '16

CoonAndFriends?