Cats on my Roadster!

[benji4]

I'm currently parking my Roadster in a carport with no door (although I'm thinking about installing one), and recently with the rain we've been having I'm getting a lot of cats coming and sleeping, cleaning themselves, etc. on top of my Roadster! The main thing I'd like to avoid is having them scratch it up, but I guess that is what is going to happen, or is happening. Fortunately I just had a glass-based coating put on the car which I guess would help, but I'm sure it's not as strong as cats' claws.

Does anyone else have this problem, and what is a good way to get rid of them? (get a garage door, chain dogs to roof of the car, etc. would work I guess....)

[widodh]

Throw some water at the cat, it will never come back afterwards. Hopefully it will tell his/her friends to stay away, otherwise: Repeat

[mpt]

Buy an ICE car, run that instead, it's warmer from all the waste heat so they'll congregate on that instead - sorted.

[Dragon]

You should leave the top off, so they don't scratch the top and they can sleep inside.
Seriously, only a garage door will work. Cats are stubborn fellows, they will come again and again.

[bonnie1194]

I inherited two cats when I bought my house that had been living/surviving outside. Of course I felt sorry for them and gave them garage access (pre-Roadster). And now I have to live with that decision. I have an ICE car parked in my garage, alongside my Roadster. Predictably, they prefer the Roadster.

It's a battle I'm not going to win. So I deal. I always put the soft cloth cover on when I get home - no exceptions. This prevents them from using the soft top to sharpen their claws and also the little paw prints they leave as they walk around. If I had to park outside, I'd probably just put something over the soft top to prevent the claw sharpening & wipe off the paw prints as needed. The car is so low to the ground that I don't worry about them scratching it, only chewing up the fabric of the top.

Cats get even - I'd hate to think what they'd do to my car if I threw water on them . I'd likely be doing more than wiping off paw prints.

[Doug_G]

Get the Tesla car cover. It has vents so you can safely charge the car, and it will keep the cats off the paint.

[dwegmull]

Get the Tesla car cover. It has vents so you can safely charge the car, and it will keep the cats off the paint.

I was not aware that there is an official car cover. Is this new?

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[Doug_G]

I was not aware that there is an official car cover. Is this new?

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[jaanton]

I kept my old ICE convertable parked outside. (Pontiac Solstice) It's become the cat hammock. (Actually it was the first and cats are creatures of habit.) The Tesla isn't as attractive to them. The ICE is black and warmer than the Roadster. So maybe a prefered structure for the cats...