# Meow! **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [December 7, 2009, 10:18am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/meow/40443 "2009-12-07T10:18:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kmccune](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/kmccune/32/1237_2.png) [@kmccune](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kmccune)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 10:18am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/meow/40443/1 "2009-12-07T10:18:10Z")
How do you keep cats off your vehicles? ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 11:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/meow/40443/2 "2009-12-07T11:41:39Z")
Keep the car in a cat proof garage. Look at the good side. That cat is likely keeping any rodents away from your car and they tend to like to chew up wires etc. ---
**Author:** ![kmccune](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/kmccune/32/1237_2.png) [@kmccune](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kmccune)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 10:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/meow/40443/3 "2009-12-09T10:56:13Z")
Thanks Joe,our Silver Tabby has a mind of his own and will not stay off our vehicles(glad he doesnt have opposable thumbs)the other two guys learned not to get on the cars-Kevin ---
**Author:** ![lion9car](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@lion9car](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lion9car)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 2:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/meow/40443/4 "2009-12-09T14:10:57Z")
Can you hang something from the garage ceiling that will be just above the hood and roof and get in their way? ---
**Author:** ![jmcarc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/278dde/32.png) [@jmcarc](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jmcarc)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 5:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/meow/40443/5 "2009-12-09T17:20:45Z")
Maybe you could sprinkle a little pepper on your hood, trunk lid or roof. When the cat gets a wiff, he’ll start sneezing and get of the vehicle. Before I had a garage, I used pepper to prevent my neighbor’s dog from urinating on my wheels. Meybe it will work for your situation. ---
**Author:** ![Beadsandbeads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@Beadsandbeads](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Beadsandbeads)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 7:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/meow/40443/6 "2009-12-09T19:17:33Z")
Garden hose or super soaker. You can’t pussy-foot around with cats. ---
**Author:** ![SteveF](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/stevef/32/2_2.png) [@SteveF](https://community.cartalk.com/u/SteveF)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 8:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/meow/40443/7 "2009-12-09T20:16:47Z")
Heed the wisdom of Lazarus Long: “Never try to out-stubborn a cat.” ---
**Author:** ![kmccune](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/kmccune/32/1237_2.png) [@kmccune](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kmccune)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 8:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/meow/40443/8 "2009-12-09T20:32:36Z")
Well thanks thats a good idea,already have a rubber snake coiled around the spreader,that does keep the birds away-Kevin ---
**Author:** ![kmccune](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/kmccune/32/1237_2.png) [@kmccune](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kmccune)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 8:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/meow/40443/9 "2009-12-09T20:35:59Z")
Will try ,thanks-Kevin ---
**Author:** ![keith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/keith/32/5518_2.png) [@keith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/keith)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 12:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/meow/40443/10 "2009-12-10T00:51:13Z")
A really good wax job. ---
**Author:** ![GSN\_fan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@GSN\_fan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GSN_fan)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 1:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/meow/40443/11 "2009-12-10T01:57:50Z")
Why? Do they scratch the paint or something? ---
**Author:** ![kmccune](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/kmccune/32/1237_2.png) [@kmccune](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kmccune)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 10:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/meow/40443/12 "2009-12-10T10:17:01Z")
Believe or not,they leave a greasey film were they lay and the mud and grit,can scratch the windshield-Kevin ---
**Author:** ![bscar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bscar/32/34_2.png) [@bscar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bscar)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 11:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/meow/40443/13 "2009-12-10T23:42:17Z")
When the cat starts to fall off from the wax job, it’ll use it’s claws to try and stay on the car and climb back up.