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Old Aug 27, 2008 | 09:33 PM
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Not very happy morning today. I get my car out of stable and notice some marks on the hood. A damn cat or something has stepped on it!
This must be happened yesterday when I was at work, because I put the car straight in the stable when I came home.
Looks like it didn't get very good grip because long scratches along the paint towards ground! Damn!
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Old Aug 27, 2008 | 11:46 PM
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dam it's probably a cat next time try to put some water bottles around your car. They stay on top of your hood if i'm not wrong to get some heat.
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Old Aug 27, 2008 | 11:54 PM
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i hate it when cats do that, i just turn on the "panic" alarm and they never come back
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Old Aug 27, 2008 | 11:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Anzafin' post='656052
dam it's probably a cat next time try to put some water bottles around your car. They stay on top of your hood if i'm not wrong to get some heat.
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!
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Old Aug 28, 2008 | 12:09 AM
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Originally Posted by ivan545' post='656101
.... cat ..... They stay on top of your hood to get heat....
sounds kinda weird eh lol

P.S srry to hear about the scratches on the car
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Old Aug 28, 2008 | 01:42 AM
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Sorry to hear

Hopefully you can get rid of them with a cleaner.
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Old Aug 28, 2008 | 01:59 AM
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That sucks. I was on the road in southern Germany and stayed the night. When I got in the car the next morning in the hotel garage, I had dirty cat paw prints all over my car. I checked for scratches - I was lucky, there weren't any.

Are they light enough to buff out?
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Old Aug 28, 2008 | 02:49 AM
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Now after investigating the case I concluded that it might have been a magpie on the hood. I still hate cats anyways.
I also noticed there are much more scratches than I saw before.
I can't feel the scratches with my fingernail, so I hope I can buff them out in the next detail.
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Old Aug 28, 2008 | 04:01 AM
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waitaminute, you park your car in a stable?
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Old Aug 28, 2008 | 04:16 AM
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Originally Posted by BigMike' post='656169' date='Aug 28 2008, 03:01 PM
waitaminute, you park your car in a stable?
Yes, in a stable



I meant a garage.
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