AARRRRGGGGGG - Cats...

[HomicidalSloth]

I just finished my winter detail, polished my car (black SVT Focus) to perfection, sealed with SG. All was well until a little later, when I noticed cat paw prints in my car from my girlfriend`s house, and marring in the paint from their claws. I busted out the PC, polished it out, and brought it back to perfection. Well, I drove there again the next night, and more paw prints - and marring again. Thankfully not as bad this time.



But I can`t be polishing my paint every single day, so I`ve got to come up with a solution for this... I thought about a car cover, but the car has to be totally clean to put that on without marring, right? So I`d have to QEW or quick detail my car every time I went to her house before putting the cover on, and that`s not practical at all... I don`t suppose there`s any kind of cat repellent spray or anything?



The problem is only on the hood / roof of car (hatch-back), so maybe I could come up with a way to cover that.... Any ideas?

[Mr.Concours]

lie in wait with a super soaker,I`m serious! If the cat thinks its going to get drenched every time it jumps on your car it will learn to avoid your wheels.Might even learn to avoid cars with a certain polished smell. :lol



My guess is it learnt it can warm its feet on a hood from a car thats just been parked up,you just need to re-educate it not to sit on YOUR car.

[Super]

There’s a 12v motion detector set it on hood or under the car plug it in to a water solenoid value and when cat comes by wham-o.



Small tiny copper wires hooked up to a cattle fence charger.



An expensive car alarm and set it to extra sensitive but instead of blowing horn it shakes the cat off with your low rider hydro-lifts.



Rent-a dog :sosad



You know how animals can hear better then us humans set up tape recorded msg from a dog that plays every 15 seconds.



Place Fly paper round hood or rent-a wreck car from junk yard and paint it with contact cement and when you wake up and go to the rent-a wreck you will see 20 cats stuck on the car and drive it back to the junk yard with the 20 cats stuck on top of car.



Serve papers to owner for damages from scratches for a new paint job :angry

[imported_Totoland Mach]

.....Place Fly paper round hood or rent-a wreck car from junk yard and paint it with contact cement and when you wake up and go to the rent-a wreck you will see 20 cats stuck on the car and drive it back to the junk yard with the 20 cats stuck on top of car.



Serve papers to owner for damages from scratches for a new paint job :angry

That`s one of the best methods I ever heard LOL...I can picture that.



Totoland Mach

[3Dog]

Moth Balls

[BigO]

Well, I guess you`ll have to ask yourself... "Self, is she really worth it?" :p

[TGates]

lol, funny you posted this. I refuse to leave my car at my girlfriend`s house for the very reason. She either has to come to my house, or come pick me up and take me to hers, cuz I damn sure ain`t leavin` my car sittin` out front with the neighbor`s three cats.

[White95Max]

I must say I like the Super Soaker method. I think it would eventually pay off.



Or maybe go to the store and buy a bunch of stuffed bulldogs and line them around your car? Then play that recorded barking on repeat.

[mpmiller37]

I have similar problems with cats destroying property in my neighborhood. About a month ago, a cat walked into my garage (the door was open). So I shut the garage door (surprised he didn`t run out) and put the cat in a crate I had in the garage. It did not go willingly and I have a scratch and bite to prove it. I took that cat to the local animal shelter. Bye-Bye cat. Turns out that most animal shelters will lend you a cat trap that you can bait with food. The cat walks in and the cage closes behind it. Then you take the cat to the shelter. Doesn`t cost you a dime, except some time.

[CoryB]

Cover the hood with a heavy blanket to prevent scratches. Then put a bunch of mousetraps on the blanket and cover them with paper.



Cat jumps on car, mousetraps snap and scare cat away with no harm to cat (my wife is a cat lover - so am I, depending on how they`re cooked...)

[kustomsol]

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[Scottwax]

I had a neighbor whose cat kept jumping on my car. Marred it every single time. The complex manager gave her two choices, keep the cats indoors or move. She moved. Problem solved. For now.

[qwik5o]

She moved for a cat!?



Strange people. Maybe just try parking in a different spot? Or throw tuna away from the car? :nervous:

[aaron33]

2 words. Tiger Urine.

[HomicidalSloth]

Well, keep in mind guys, I do like my girlfriend - more than my car. Yes, I know, it`s hard for an autopian (myself included) to imagine... But I do. :p



And she isn`t going to take too well to shooting / traping the cats / modding a bug zapper into my hood / anything like that - and, honestly, neither would I, I`m a cat person myself. I just want them off of my paint.

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