Ok, so I waxed my Octy last night. I've just got back from a little trek across manchester and on leaving the car, i noticed this sort of thread-like stuff in a little zig-zag thread on the rear 3/4 panel. It's hard, though repeated rubbing does sort of smudge it a teeny bit. There's more of it on the opposite front wing too........

I don't know what this stuff it, but it's a real swine to get off and it's doubly annoying as it wasn't there yesterday after waxing.

AND something has hit the roof at speed and left a deep scratch a few mm in length right through the paint to the white primer underneath.....DOUBLE I've already got a touch up paint pot ready.

was gonna say was it tar, but that normally just hangs on it tiny little spots, not long threads, unless it was really really fresh. :confused:

Was it bird poop from a bird that had been drinking guiness the previous night?

From a chat this morning (about 3am - an ungodly hour to be talking car detailing) the feeling is that it was (as i've since removed it using some dilute MC2 and not-so diluted elbow grease, and yes, i rewashed and waxed after!!)

burn off from road markings. When they blast that stuff, it heats up, melts and flies off in little globby bits everywhere.

I did drive through an area where that was going on, so, will assume thats what it was..........

Love the toilet humour btw...........