Kids keep writing in the frost that appears over-night on the car :thumbdwn:. I haven't seen who did it but I'm 99.999999% certain it's the kids next door.

Unfortunately don't seem to be on good terms with the neighbours, and they're the sort of people to have police doing a thorough search of their house at night 2 nights in a row. Unfortunately they don't have a car that I could return the favour to, and when they do things like throwing their dog's faeces over a wall behind the house with a pavement on it and a main road (i.e. could hit unseen people or a car), place black bags full of rubbish in our garden (I can only assume because they don't want their dog, which they don't take for walks but let run around, to tear it up in their own garden), put sandwiches through our cat flap and then when challenged claim it was party food and then speak to other people as if *us challenging* what they did was wrong - probably a good thing they *don't* have a car. Seriously hate the place I live (apologies for long rant).

Thought I'd post here as I hope most people can appreciate the harm scraping muck across the surface of the paint can cause, and also surely those greasy marks that change the beading pattern of the water can't be good too? (Unfortunately I doubt my thick neighbours would see the importance or annoyance). Would love to wire it up to electricity and give them a nice zap but that probably isn't practical. If the car had a cheapie alarm that would make a loud annoying noise that went off when kids did that it'd probably keep them away (but I don't know if alarms react to that low level sort of movement).

Anyone have any ideas what the best plan of action to stop it is as it's really annoying me. I'd put a cover on the car, but in this area it would be nicked.

any chance you can set a web cam up to watch over the car for the night?

Dog cr-ap in a brown bag, on door step soaked in petrol and alight is often a good one to do. personally knocking on their door whilst holding a can of petrol, some rope and a box of matches might work

any chance you can set a web cam up to watch over the car for the night?

Dog cr-ap in a brown bag, on door step soaked in petrol and alight is often a good one to do. personally knocking on their door whilst holding a can of petrol, some rope and a box of matches might work

I can imagine that would get me heard. Should probably try asking politely first and if it carries on or they don't respond politely (which I am pretty confident they would) try the petrol and matches trick, lol. Unfortunately computer is wrong side of house.

I could leave it and keep washing the bonnet every-so-often, it's more annoying than anything.

get a cheap bonnet, and cover it in glue

Unfortunately super glue dries out too quickly :( I wonder if a nice trap could be set. A thick plastic sheet, dog faeces and some sort of snow spray to cover up the dog doo dah.

Put a few coats of a good hard wax on the car.

Hopefully that will reduce the freezing as there will be less water stuck, but at the same time should hopefully minimise any damage to the paint to.

Put a few coats of a good hard wax on the car.

Hopefully that will reduce the freezing as there will be less water stuck, but at the same time should hopefully minimise any damage to the paint to.

Thanks very much, a good practical suggestion

I'd still go for putting a small charge through the bonnet....

I've been wanting to do this to my door knocker on Halloween...

I'd still go for putting a small charge through the bonnet....

I've been wanting to do this to my door knocker on Halloween...

Is there something your not telling us babs..............:rofl:

door knocker :P

I'd still go for putting a small charge through the bonnet....

I've been wanting to do this to my door knocker on Halloween...

small charge, would that be 240v

If the car had a cheapie alarm that would make a loud annoying noise that went off when kids did that it'd probably keep them away (but I don't know if alarms react to that low level sort of movement).

Yes, you can get alarms which emit a sound when someone is in proximity to a car - so if someone walks past the car too close or touches it then it'll sound (and then stops once they move outside the zone, so it won't be sounding all night!).

I don't think they'd necessarily fall into the "cheapie" category though...

Rob.

Kids - at what age?

Even if their parents seem to be far from the ideal neighbours their kids might be thoughtless rather than malicious. I distinctly remember leaving messages on frosty or dirty car windows 40+ years ago.

If they're not beyond salvation already, ask them to help you clean the car. At best they will have a bit of fun, feel themselves important/useful, and afterwards feel a degree of responsibility for the car.

OK, the odds might be poor, but if it should work your future neighbour relations might be a lot easier.

get hold of a smith&wesson!!

Well you are allowed to reasonably defend your home now, all since that farmer shot a guy a while back.

Now i'd say thats going a bit far, even for some morons.

But griperrod (as in the carpet edging) mounted points down attached to top edge just INSIDE fence / wall and then covered in the very slow setting mastick is handy. Then they only get it if they are trying to unlawfully enter your property.

Or if you think that is a bit risky try the same thing with the knobbly plastic strips and a warning sign they sell for on the tops of walls (apparently it's the 'safe' option as they don't rust, but then, i'm thinking security not safety!)

perhaps less costly in either case than other suggestions of "get hold of a smith&wesson!!" (though it does sound pretty effective!)

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/off-topic-chit-chat/ways-tell-your-mate-clean-his-car/96568/

Lots of kids around, apparently

get hold of a smith&wesson!!

Don't suppose you know where you can buy one cheaply?

Nah you want a Glock 17 or a Remington 870, the latter recommended by the Special Air Service

Failing that, a taser would be a good start. Tape the prongs to the car and lie in wait....................

no need for anything hi-tech - drill through a wooden clothes-peg (from above the teeth all the way through) and solder two ends of wire passed above and below each separate part. this makes a spring-contact. Tie your clothespeg to a solid object.

Tie nylon fishing line to a lolipop stick & insert into your modded clothes-peg to keep the wires separate.

Use nylon fishing line as a trip-wire. The two ends of the wire coming off the peg can be used to trigger anything you fancy - a water sprinkler pump attached to a non-freezing solution of antifreeze and urine plus some dye may be a good one. pi55 on them, lol

HTH

Bas

you're mad lol!

A good few coats of Collinite 476 should do it. About 5 should do nicely

More water runoff, less moisture retained on the bodywork, your car won't get as dirty as quickly and will look better. A win-win in my mind

What are they writing anyway?

Steve

I think it was their names the first time, then the word "idiot" the second time. Haven't noticed it happen again but I don't think there's been any frost. I've now parked the other way around so the bonnet will get the sunlight as the sun rises.

I loathe doing more than 1 coat of wax, lol. But I am looking at spending a whole day or three cleaning up. I have autoglym shampoo and super resin polish. I know there are probably better things but I have a litre bottle of each now I was thinking of getting a 1 litre bottle of Autoglym liquid hard wax (as it's cheaper than the retail version Extra Gloss Protection) and maybe giving it 2 or 3 coats of that and some sort of other wax on top maybe.

Come on - 1 coat? Put some effort in :P

I just recommend Collinite, especially their 476, because it's very good and fairly cheap for the product it is. Each coat lasts ages, you don't need to apply very much and at circa £15 I reckon that makes very good VFM.

Just my tuppence worth. But that would then see you right for another 6 months, easily.

Steve

eBay Motors: *Collinite #476S Detergent Proof Auto Wax FACTORY FRESH (item 190183506530 end time Dec-23-07 10:50:05 PST)

I make that about £19 for two tins including delivery from the US. Seems tempting, hopefully no tax or fees would be applied in the UK.

VAT should technically be applied, not sure about import duty on waxes. So £19, or around £22 with VAT.

Alternatively,

Collinite Super Doublecoat No. 476S

I doubt you'll need the second tub anyway

Steve