Posted Today, 01:11 PM
Detailing the car is catnip. The fuzzy felines love the mirror smooth warm car and will scratch their way to perch on top. Unfortunately the beautifully smooth mirror finish does not allow them to bound up gracefully. Scratching, sliping, sliding, their way to the top of the car is one of the most depressing sights one can see after hours of washing and polishing.


Ruling out pellet guns, hoses, expensive motion detectors, fox/wolf urine (they are hard to catch and they don't cooporate on demand) I think that I have a solution that does not involve any of these and protects the environment through the reduced consumption of burlap.


A large 2 by 2 feet square of HD aluminum foil held in place by four magnets in the roof does the trick. Cats hate aluminum foil for some reason. The sparkley refection, the strange noise and feel if they step on it does the trick. An optional dusting of chili pepper lets them smell the warning way before they even come close since they hate that even more. In addition you now have additional protection from bird droppings. If any one asks why the foil is there you can always hint that it is a radar corner reflector to foil speed traps. More seriously, your neighbors are going to ask "what is that" and you can politely say that it is there to keep cats off the car without bringing it up yourself.

Let me know if it works for you as well as it has for me.

 

I own all verts. I had to resort to padded car covers, especially inside the garage. The vision of those vermin fluffing up my cloth tops with their claws before laying down and shedding pounds of hair was too much.

Jim

 

You have ruled out pellet guns, but what about larger calibers?

 

 

and lets not forget

 

Hahahhhahhahahaa, make sure you aim right between the head lights. That'll scare the living heck out of the cats! Take that, felines!

 

Thats a bit overkill, Bob

I was thinking more along the lines of:http://video.search.yahoo.com/video/...+Assault+Rifle

 

Or he could switch vehicles:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dzi_8Rscfs

 

 

Great idea, thanks!

So tired of our two cats getting warm on my spoiler/deck area after I come home.. not to mention the footprints on the window - P***y magnet - uh, yeah.

 

Considering my car's engine harness was chewed away from rodents, if I had cats sitting on my ride I don't think these Rodents would come near my baby! Cost $10,000 to fix. If you can figure a way to avoid the scratches then you'll be set. GL

 

I use terror and brutality to keep my wife's cat off of my stuff. They say you cannot train a cat, but my iron fist says otherwise.

 

I am about to poison 2 damn cats that scratching my car

 

try moth ***** around the car. They smell it and run for the hills

 

Just be careful where you walk with your jug of Prestone. If you are not careful you could spill a small puddle around your car. Hey, things happen, it is not a perfect world.