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What is causing these scratches?

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  • Lorian
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    Jeans rivets maybe if someone has been leaning against it
  • born_again
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    Sea_Shell said:
    That looks like something repetitive to me, rather than an incident, which might just leave a scratch.  Especially as some are going in different directions.

    Do you routinely park in the same spot, next to the same people every day?
    You say you park close to the wall on that side. Do you walk passed the front after getting out?
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  • housebuyer143
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    edited 12 October 2024 at 7:01PM
    Sea_Shell said:
    That looks like something repetitive to me, rather than an incident, which might just leave a scratch.  Especially as some are going in different directions.

    Do you routinely park in the same spot, next to the same people every day?
    You say you park close to the wall on that side. Do you walk passed the front after getting out?
    No, the rear only. It's definitely nothing I'm doing 100%. I've not driven next to brambles or anything either. It's so strange isn't it! I would like to know but I guess I probably never will.
  • Lorian said:
    Jeans rivets maybe if someone has been leaning against it

    Leave poor Jean alone. It's not her fault.
  • Alanp
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    Lorian said:
    Jeans rivets maybe if someone has been leaning against it

    Leave poor Jean alone. It's not her fault.
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  • Goudy
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    Did you have the car from new or second hand? Could it have been there the whole time but detailed out?
    No definitely not there.. I've had it 3 years now and I polish every few months so I would have noticed. It's happened in the last 2 months I would say. 
    Do you clay bar it?
    By the pattern is looks like it's been rubbed back and forth repeatedly.
    If it's been clay barred without any lubrication, it'll scrap the paintwork like that.
  • Grey_Critic
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    Came across similar years ago [ Turned out the cae was parked near a school during the day and pupils with rucksacks and such on their shoulder were dragging it along the car,
  • Came across similar years ago [ Turned out the cae was parked near a school during the day and pupils with rucksacks and such on their shoulder were dragging it along the car,
    Thanks. I showed the picture to people at work and they instantly said "it's the multi storey". Apparently these things happen frequently in there. Careless people in tight spaces or kids 😕 
    Going to park on another floor or find a different place to park in think. 
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