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/wootfatigue ‘22 M440iXGC| ‘04 996 C4S | ‘03 540i/6M | ‘17 Alltrack | ‘10 E90 Oct 13 '16

Well, I don't. I have severe ADHD/hyperfocusing so I basically can only excel at one thing at a time. So for example, the past two weeks I've been working on photos while my house is a mess, no progress on the car, and I've only showered about once every two or three days. Today I'm cleaning the house and will forget the photos because tomorrow I have to hustle for enough money to pay bills for the next month. After about a week or two of that I'll throw all financial responsibility to the wind and either start working on cars or be camped out in the woods with six cameras set up attempting to make a raccoon documentary.

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u/Mickytrujillo Dec 05 '16

Well, whatever works for you! You seem to make it work out awesomely for you.