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Stop leaves getting into the scuttle.

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#1 ·
Temu, under £5, black face and silver face. "Car Windshield Leaf Guard, Rain Gutter Bird Dropping and Tree Foliage Net Tool with Wiper Cover, Leaf Deflector "

I've just ordered one, as the street trees are about to bomb my car with leaves and try to block the scuttle.

The dealer said I would soon get bored of digging leaves out, and he was right!

I'll let you know how it does its job.

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#3 ·
Our drive is overshadowed by a council street tree, a Hornbeam, that is host to bl**dy billions of aphids for the majority of the year unless weather kills them off. Their honeydew coats any car that is close to the tree. Even the leaves on my plants get drenched.

So I tend to use a cheap car cover during the worst periods.

But autumn sees tons (and I mean TONS), of leaves dropping into our garden, just as the council used to stop collecting garden waste. I was warned not to make leaf mould with any of it as the leaves will be coated in "toxic residue from car exhausts". What the council collects all goes to landfill.

And Dacia owners will know that if loads of leaves collect in the car's scuttle, it can get blocked, and then all manner of faults can occur.