Problem with cat sleeping on roof
 

A cat has taken to using the soft-top as a sun lounger, covering the roof in hard-to-remove hairs. If I see any scratches from its way up or way down, I'll be bloody mad.

Anyone have any ideas to deter the pest?

get a dog :D

Is it outside? and is it your cat? If its not your cat you could always relocate it after a long country drive.

Yeah the car's outside and its not my cat, but "relocation" sounds like an option.

I do mean humane relocation, not slow down to 60 and toss hime out the window :D There might be a spray that you can put on the top to repel cats. I had this stuff to keep my puppies from chewing up my stuff. "Bitter ???"

I feel your pain as when i visit my mother her garage cat loves to spread hair on my top. I did find a "non" sticky lint roller workes pretty well.

From experience I suggest you simply put a blanket on the top at night. The cat is NOT going to change but he/she expects you to.

That is the joy of owning a cat! :D

Mptoledo,
Agree totally - slowing down to 50 should be OK though! ;)

I could use cat repellent spray (sold to gardeners) on the roof - not really a longterm solution or will the cat remember that it doesn't smell good up their and stay away in future...?

I'm more worried about the thing scratching the bodywork.

Have you sprayed the top with an approved sealant to keep the hair from getting tangled with the fabricate?

The manual says that the fibers on the top are sensitive to chemicals, for example RainX wax sealant, which weakens the fibers and leads to premature wear and tear on the top.

I bring this up as it seems the fabricate is sensitive to certain chemicals.

Actually its due a resealing - so good tip but doesn't get rid of the pest!

Hit it with the garden hose and a stream nozzle a few nights in a row. It sounds inhumane, but that cat needs some negative reinforcement.

Thanks but it's happening where I park up for work - not somewhere that can be monitored.

Thinking of getting a piece of carpet, doused with repellent sprays & pepper, carry it in the trunk & throw it on top after my commute. That way I'm keeping dodgy chemicals off the roof.

You might also try one of those metallic emergency blankets - they're crinkly and loud and might be off-putting for a cat, and thin enough that you could just pinch it between the window and the weather stripping to hold it in place...

you can take 2 pieces of chicken wire one on top of the other, Seperate them by a couple pieces of 1x1x1" foam. attach one to the the black terminal, attach the other to red terminal. when the cat jumps on the chicken wire and they make contact, well you get the picture.

Now to all you cat lovers, this will not hurt the cat, just scare the hell out of him. ;) It sure beats the heck out of what my daddy would have done :eek:

Car cover. Takes only a couple minutes to put on and preserves the paint from sun fading. That's what I did to keep my cats from damaging the top/paint while my Boxster played second fiddle to my daughter's car who got to park her princessmobile (Lexus IS 250) in the garage. Now that she's gone to college, the Boxster gets the garage.

I'll second the car-cover, and the "Space-blanket" advice.

I don't need such things as these guys take care of wandering stray cats:

http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/p...T/IMG_2177.jpg

I hear your pain brother. My neighbor (nice people) have about 10 outdoor cats. I often have cats sitting on my cars. When I am not using the Boxster on a daily basis I do keep a cover on it. However, in Florida the cover is wet early in the morning when I go to work, so not an option.

I have no words of wisdom about how to kill, I mean get rid of the cat. But, I have found the sticky lint roller (the kind that you peel off layer by layer) to be excellent at removing all traces of hair within a minute.

Good luck killing, I mean getting rid of the cat!

I'm going to give you an idea after reading through the whole thread.

Spray cat repellent on a beach towel, put the beach towel on the top, and see if the cat goes up there.

It's certainly worth a try.

Try this: http://www.hk-usa.com/civilian_products/usp_elite_general.asp

haha... this will definitely fix the problem....

Dang, this is a good idea!

We've got squirrels in our tomato bed - I'm gonna try this (but with a 13,000 volt transformer instead of a car battery).

If it works, I'll have squirrel jerky to go with the tomatoes...

Dude come on now. Close but no cigar. This is what i would use

http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/photos/uncategorized/2007/11/26/50caliber.jpg

OR

http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=11101&storeId=10001&produ ctId=14777&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=15707&isFirearm=Y

NO evidence :cheers:

Don't forget they've got guns too.

http://z.about.com/d/paranormal/1/0/T/T/sniper_cat.jpg

http://icanhascheezburger.files.word...es-osmosis.jpg

Well I have to step in here.

You leave your car outside and there are all manor of issues that can happen to it, cosmetic and othewise.

Dude, get a cover and be done with this issue, as well as bird poop, eggs, and the rest. You are STILL at risk for the human issues but that is the nature of the society we live in today.

Now, as for the threats to kill the cats, lets lay off this topic. You guys already have seen my cat, so you have to know this might be incendary.

Lets respect our little fuzzy friends.

Thanks

:)

Nice... but I'll end up prison and I don't fancy being some neanderthal’s ********************.

I've come up with a short-term solution: piece of cardboard on the roof with double-sided tape: cat will not like that.

Long-term solution is to get a spikey mat that I can just throw onto the soft-top. I believe there is such a thing as a plastic carpet protector (used on highly walked areas) that is covered in spikes to grip to the carpet.

Hilarious.

:D

You guys have probably seen the YouTube clip of a car with a sunroof defending itself from cat on roof syndrome:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ-QYLuA50I&feature=PlayList&p=EA444FCC97C911C2&index =0

maybe you could spring load your top, wire it to your key faub and invent the boxster "cat a pult"

Hi,
We have a few neighbourhood cats and as my car sleeps outside I've experienced this problem. Both my BMW convertible and Volvo have scratch marks on them where cats have slid on the polished surface.

When I bopught the Boxter I was determined that this would not happen so I bought a car cover. I just throw this over the car at night and it doesn't matter if the cats sleep on it. I expect potentially this could be worse with the Boxter as the front and back are very curved offering little purchase for the cat.

I've heard of cat repellant and chilli pepper on the roof but fear that this might damage the top. Bonkers Bob set explosives in his car and detonated when the cat jumped on board, it worked but at a price :D

Buy a cover. This thread has served its purpose.

:)

We used to have a cat at home. For a while the cat wanted to sleep on my pillow during the day while I was at work. I brought a few goodies home from work, Photoelectric eye, an air valve, and a CO2 tank from the garage. I hooked up the photoeye to a battery pack and the photoeye waited patiently all day while I was at work just looking for any intruder on my pillow. When the family cat arrived the photoeye gave a signal to the air valve and blast went the air from the CO2 tank for just 2 seconds. After a few days, it was never a problem again. :dance:
Ken

I recently purchased one of these for the Boxster and Z4. It only takes a little time to put it on and remove it. It's also nice because you can put it on with the top down which saves wear and tear . . .

http://www.roadstersolutions.com/page19.html

OK, got some spikey rubber door mats. Quick & easy to throw on and heavy enough not to be blown off. We'll see next week how moggy takes to these...

actually if you put a small mouse trap, the smallest and not enought to even hurt it. The sound of it snapping should keep the little bugger off the hood. it worked for my dad to keep the cat off the counter. He set like 4 or 5 of them on the counter. They were so small they couldn't possible do any damage. Needless to say I have never seen moms cat on the counter. :D