Few days ago had a break in the rain... it's back now but the X5 is under her cover again so no matter. So I took the opportunity to wash her as I was (of course) forced to drive it during the rain and it got dirty. The BMW dealer is close to the wand wash I use so I stopped in there to look at the used lot before heading home.



As my luck would have it, during the one night my truck spent without its cover on (was dirty before the wash pictured above the next day) a stray cat took the opportunity to sharpen its claws on the paint. Awesome. Some of this will buff out, but one or two of the long ones are easily too deep and can be felt by fingernail. Anyone know of a savory (or unsavory) way of keeping cats off your vehicles? Please PM unsavory ideas so as to not upset the cat lovers out there. I have looked at some of the sonic motion sensor ones and might try putting a couple of those on our car port poles. Cats are just as much a nuisance as rats and have plagued my cars for years with this kind of damage.

I am really glad this happened before I got the hood painted though. I'd have been really mad. As is the hood has lots of pock marks and character so the scratches look bad, but at least they aren't the only blemishes on the hood. I guess anyway, if I'm looking for a bright side.

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2005 X5 4.4i Build 04/05 Maintenance/Build Log
Nav, Pano, Sport (Purchased 06/14 w/ 109,000 miles) (Sold 8/15 w/121,000 miles)

2006 X5 4.8is Build 11/05 Maintenance/Build Log
Nav, DSP, Pano, Running Boards, OEM Tow Hitch, Cold Weather Pckg (Purchased 08/15 w/ 90,500 miles)

2010 X5 35d Build 02/10
Nav, HiFi, 6 DVD, Sports Pckg, Cold Weather Pckg, HUD, CAS, Running Boards, Leather Dash, PDC, Pano (Purchased 03/17 w/ 136,120 miles)