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Originally Posted by 5thGenCamaroChick
Here's a still pic of my next door neighbor's cat on my car. I'd say that's pretty damning evidence. BTW, as you can see this was before I got the vinyl stripe in in June, so this has been going on for a looong time. $500 vinyl stripes and cat claws do not mix.
Curious, if your neighbor was mowing his lawn and you saw a rock fly out from under his mower and bust your windshield would you hold him responsible for the repairs or would that just be "life"? Or how about if he had his roof reshingled and a roofing nail made it into your tire? As far as a bird pooping on my car... the bird doesn't have an owner, same with a rock. The cat belongs to my neighbor. If it wasn't for my neighbor the cat wouldn't be there, therefore the neighbor is responsible.
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The lawnmower example fits into the acts of god people mow grass rocks are on the ground at some point some poor person is gonna be in a Rock + Mower + Car incident. No ones fault.
As far as the neighbor shingling the roof. People can take reasonable car not to scatter nails on the ground not doing so is negligent. Roofers fault.
Cats owned or feral are usually found around where people live at some point one will jump on a car. Goes with the lawnmower example.
You also said the cat has been sitting on your car for a long time and this is the first time you have seen a scratch. From my own experience and from several other posts cats don't seem to scratch cars. There is just no reason for them to put there claws out on a smooth metal surface they would not be able to move and cats tend to know when to and not to use the claws. It maybe that the scratch and the paw print were coincidental. I'm not saying just let the cats crawl over your car, paw prints are annoying in themselves just the problem may not be as bad as you think.