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Old 12-13-2008, 09:25 AM
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Every week I see a scratch done to my car. First it was my passenger side door, then my tailgate on my hatch, then my passenger side quarter panel, then my driver side quarter panel. I park my car in the back of my house, in front of my garage in my long driveway.

I threw out the fact that it was delibrate due to the fact the way the car was scratched. The scratch doesnt look like it was done by a key or that it was a straight line or anything.

The scratch looks like a pattern. Have you guys every used a spiral spined notebook and used the spine to scratch a surface? it looks like that.

I have a list of possible suspects.
-The neighbor hood cats????
-The mentally challenged son of the owner in the back- he takes the trash out every week for us with those big garbage cans, even though my girls integra doenst get scratched
-The little kids who play near my car everyday at my girl's parents house

What or Who could be causing this????? What should I do??? I dont have the money for expensive video cameras either.
Old 12-13-2008, 09:28 AM
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my guess would be cats I hate them they climb over every thing + they are nocturnal so they do there paint scratching at night lol
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Cats FTW!!
Old 12-13-2008, 10:09 AM
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its cats.
my cat does it all the time
i think cause its the engine is warm and its cold out side
but shes never scratched it, atleast i cant find any.
Old 12-13-2008, 10:36 AM
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well cameras cant be expensive.
i was going to get one of these but i forgot
http://www.buy.com/prod/clover-cm-90.../90139587.html

now my hood has paid for my lazyness
but yea. there are alot of good cameras. you just gotta search
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time to put lay down some anti free for the cats lol jp... get a car cover
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Why don't you park in the garage?
Old 12-13-2008, 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by miguel329
time to put lay down some anti free for the cats lol jp... get a car cover
x2 if you don't want to buy a camera get a car cover, it'll save your car from many more scratches
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i dont think its cats, these scratches were horizontal, not vertical, plus its on the quarter panel which would be hard for a cat to stay on. Yeah, I'm thinking of getting a car cover, i work for autozone so i get a discount but i think i might be lazy to do this everytime i park. hahhahha. I think i will just put my girls camera on the dash and have it aim towards the rear of the car. thanks guys
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someone maybe screwing with you? anyway this topic should be put in appearance and body section
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car cover.
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Originally Posted by doubleoazn03
i dont think its cats, these scratches were horizontal, not vertical, plus its on the quarter panel which would be hard for a cat to stay on. Yeah, I'm thinking of getting a car cover, i work for autozone so i get a discount but i think i might be lazy to do this everytime i park. hahhahha. I think i will just put my girls camera on the dash and have it aim towards the rear of the car. thanks guys
you mean vertical not horizontal? are you sure they are not happening somewhere besides your house
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i think its at my house, although i park my car at my girl's parents house too. Theres no cats there although their are kids that play outside sometimes. but it doesnt explain the random areas that are scratched or the pattern of scratches on the car which is the same style pattern on each scratch area. i dont know, ima figure it out
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So what's in the garage?
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could be the kids. where else do you park? maybe at work or school.
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