We have a crabapple tree next to our driveway. It leaves crap all over vehicles parked in the driveway. We usually park in the garage for the most part unless I'm doing something in there. I'm probably gonna cut the tree down this summer. Less crap to clean up and more parking, win win..
That wiper cowl isn't really hard to remove. Undo nuts holding wiper arms, with hood closed fold arms up and rock them side to side gently til they pop off the shaft. I haven't had any wiper arms seize to the wiper transmission yet(on the Mirage's).
When buddy replaced the windshield in the black car I pulled out a few hand fulls of spruce needles before they made their way into the heater box. Might be worth doing if you park under crap trees.
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View my fuel log 2014 Mirage SE wussie cvt edition. 1.2 automatic: 37.7 mpg (US) ... 16.0 km/L ... 6.2 L/100 km ... 45.3 mpg (Imp)