# I have mysterious scratches on the hood of my car

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-have-mysterious-scratches-on-the-hood-of-my-car/152012>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** ford\
**Created:** [November 2, 2019, 11:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-have-mysterious-scratches-on-the-hood-of-my-car/152012 "2019-11-02T23:47:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 9:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-have-mysterious-scratches-on-the-hood-of-my-car/152012/21 "2019-11-04T21:36:34Z")

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> [@Whitey](#):
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> kind of like when a child uses a magnifying glass to burn ants

It’s not just children, some of us grandpas do it.

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**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 9:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-have-mysterious-scratches-on-the-hood-of-my-car/152012/22 "2019-11-04T21:52:36Z")

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> [@It\_s\_Me](#):
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> It’s not just children, some of us grandpas do it.

I could never do something like that to ants, but I have no mercy on those Asian Beetles, but a magnifying glass is too slow.

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**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 11:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-have-mysterious-scratches-on-the-hood-of-my-car/152012/23 "2019-11-04T23:48:05Z")

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> [@bing](#):
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> magnifying glass is too slow.

Flame thrower?

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**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 3:10am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-have-mysterious-scratches-on-the-hood-of-my-car/152012/24 "2019-11-05T03:10:12Z")

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> [@bing](#):
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> I could never do something like that to ants,

Ants help keep the San Jose area’s 2 x 4 eating termites under control, so I go out of my way to protect them. Last month I harvested a bucket of cactus tuna’s (fruit) for making jam, and in the process inadvertently brought a dozen ants into the kitchen along w/the fruit. I surrounded & captured them, sort of like I was herding cattle … lol … then put them back outside.

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**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 3:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-have-mysterious-scratches-on-the-hood-of-my-car/152012/25 "2019-11-05T03:15:35Z")

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At summer school one year I lived in a mobile home so parked outside. I must have parked on an anthill or something 'cause one morning I got in my car and I had ants crawling all over the driver’s floor and up my leg. I don’t like ants but still I wouldn’t torture them. I’d step on them for a quick death. I tried eating one once and they are terrible. Maybe it should have been cooked. Good luck with your jam.

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