ummm where did those come from?? (pics)

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ummm where did those come from?? (pics)

Postby Alex » Fri Oct 26, 2007 11:51 am

:cry: :cry:
I left my 5 at a public carpark for 30 mins and came back to find these on the boot
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looks as though someone dragged something across my boot :cry:
I've parked it in the same place before for hours and nothing has happened

most seem shallow except for the ones in the last 2 pics
so what's the best method for getting them out??
What other products should I use for a big clean, polish, wax?
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Postby Garry » Fri Oct 26, 2007 12:45 pm

Some people are c^nts. :x
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Postby Steampunk » Fri Oct 26, 2007 12:55 pm

cents? you mean they have no sense? :P
The sratches have stumped me. I was gonna say a bird's talons, but it would have been a flock of birds, and BIG birds at that.
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Postby jules » Fri Oct 26, 2007 1:08 pm

That is truly fu****
I hate shopping centres and try to never go near them.

Perhaps some Meguires Scratch X may help. Depends if the scratches are deep enough to hit the undercoat or not.

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Postby bigdog » Fri Oct 26, 2007 1:15 pm

looks like cats, possums or dogs to me. I have had a similar problem in my own carport from a possum who loved my VX Commodore for some reason - have never had a problem with any other car there :roll:
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Postby ducktape69 » Fri Oct 26, 2007 1:22 pm

cats!
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Re: ummm where did those come from?? (pics)

Postby JBT » Fri Oct 26, 2007 2:51 pm

SM wrote:so what's the best method for getting them out??
What other products should I use for a big clean, polish, wax?

http://www.aus-cartalk.com/viewtopic.php?t=27835
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Postby Hot Rodders » Fri Oct 26, 2007 3:09 pm

That really sucks and looking at the number of scratches, no accident, just mindless vandalism. Some one needs to be keel hauled, then drawn and quartered. Then they would also feel your pain. I hope it ends up being easy and inexpensive to repair.
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Postby NMX516 » Fri Oct 26, 2007 7:19 pm

I've seen damage like that before - it was from scrub turkeys...

It could have been a bird argueing with its reflection in the back window, trying to show it's authority to the 'other bird' in the reflection!
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Postby Okibi » Fri Oct 26, 2007 7:27 pm

Someone could have slid across your car ? :?
If you had access to a car like this, would you take it back right away? Neither would I.

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Postby Captain Spank » Fri Oct 26, 2007 9:10 pm

Someone could have slid across your car ?


Yep I thought the same too.

My guess, Emo's.

They have heaps of metal bits on them right? Studded belts, chains, etc... :wink:
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Postby Alf » Fri Oct 26, 2007 11:32 pm

Okibi wrote:Someone could have slid across your car ? :?


Hard to say without seeing the scratches in context, but I'd probably guess Emos, too. If so, take comfort that it's an evolutionary dead end, in its own unique way.

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Postby Alex » Sat Oct 27, 2007 7:37 am

I'm going to try some ScratchX and see how it goes, since the scratches don't go down to the undercoat
if that doesn't work then I'll just polish it up as best I can, use some wax and hopefully just get over it :roll:

I'll post up some pics when it's all done
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Postby bruce » Mon Oct 29, 2007 5:47 pm

What's an Emo? Ain't he a Sesame Street character?

(please don't show me pix of some idiot teenager)

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Postby bigdog » Mon Oct 29, 2007 7:16 pm

bruce wrote:What's an Emo? Ain't he a Sesame Street character?

(please don't show me pix of some idiot teenager)


Nah Bevan's no teenager :P

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