Hi. Also a cat lover, but I agree with the super soaker. We had a tomcat coming in through the cat flap and spraying the house and eating our cat's food. My wife set the flap on in only, and when the tom came in, it was stuck. Helen gave it a good soaking with tap water from one of those soaker things, then let it out. We haven't seen it since! White pepper is also a good deterrant, but not on the roof of your Q. And yes, our cat used to sleep on the 2+ hamock. I cured that by putting a hard top on it...
"Andy Haworth" <[email protected]> Sent by: [email protected] 30/01/2009 11:19 Please respond to [email protected] To <[email protected]> cc Subject [Quantum Owners] Re: 2 + 2 hood fitting As a cat owner I wouldn’t suggest any kind of violence towards them; they're just cats looking for somewhere warm to sleep and don’t know any different Water pistols aren’t going to hurt them, so they're OK. Pets at Home sell a spray called Get Off, smells of citrus and works fairly well (better inside than outside) There's also an ultrasonic setup you can buy What you want to be more careful of is cats digging their claws into the soft top material, think about a heavy'ish cover to go over the car if you're bothered about it but watch out for moisture being trapped between the cover and the car and if it starts getting mouldy you might have to find another way around it Andy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of stewart Sent: 29 January 2009 10:43 To: Quantum Owners Group Subject: [Quantum Owners] Re: 2 + 2 hood fitting Actually one thing I did not mention about my hood is that I keep the car under a carport open at one end and a very fat cat ( no not a banker ) has taken to sleeping on the hood like a hammock. Now I have never seen this cat so it must be nocturnal but in the morning there is often hair on the roof and muddy footsteps leading over the boot so I am making assumptions. The creature must be quite a size as there is a large depression in the hood which is definately not improving the fit. I have been thinking of various solutions to this which do not involve me going outside just in case it is a tiger ie , a ply wood board on the roof with tin tacks through, bed of nails style, a pir detector linked to a water pump and spray or just mains electricity through the hood frame. In the mean time I have rigged an electronic vibration alarm onto the material of the hood. It has quite a loud alarm and I hope it may frighten the monster away for good. Unfortunately it is quite sensitive and had me out of bed a few times last night until I realised it was being triggered by condensation dripping onto the hood. Obviously mine cannot be an isolated occurrence so I look forward to hearing how others deal with the problem of big cats on the roof !! Stewart On Jan 28, 9:48 pm, "Matthew" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Anyway I was prompted to write as I think I saw Mathew say he > > was thinking of refitting his new hood. > > I wondered if > > you had had a similar problem Mathew. > > I refitted mine as my usual pedantic streak about these things didn't like > the fitting exactly. When tensioned up with the rear hood frame moved up it > made the sides puff out a bit. > > I only fitted the new hood after returning from the Ireland trip and I don't > think it has ever been in the rain (hose yes). In fact I think I've only > driven it with the hood up once to make sure it fitted ok. Every other time > it's been down. Yes the car has been in the rain a few times, but as I > started with the hood down, I've not bothered to put it back up, as no water > gets in if you keep the speed above 30mph. > > Since we finished the zetec turbo conversion the car has been mostly a fair > weather dweller, it's just too lairey in the damp/ice. Great fun, none the > less, but with serious torque steer and the desire to keep it all in one > piece after several years of changing engines (Steve K joked that I don't > bother with oil changes, I change the engine instead!) and completely > rebuilding it from the ground up I'm not in a hurry to do it again (well not > this one anyway). > > Back to the hood. Jim gave a tip to me - he said when he had his fitted > that Quantum waved a kettle around inside - no this is not some weird > voodoo, but a steaming kettle is meant to shrink the material, it might have > made a minor difference to mine before the refit but I cannot be sure. My > old hood certainly would shrink when it was drying out from the last lot of > dampness - so it seems to make some kind of sense. > > I don't know if weathering will change the un-stickiness of the header rail > part, however I found it actually very easy to remove it compared to how I > expected it to be. I had used an industrial evo-stick that I've used to > retrim motorcycle seats in the past (lots of nasty warnings on the tin so it > must be good!) it's the strongest contact adhesive I've found so far. I > brought the whole thing inside and used an iron to heat the outside of the > material (number 1), and a hair dryer to help heat the glue as I carefully > pulled the material from the GRP. Took about an hour at a guess, and some > very warm hands!. Before starting mark a reference line where the present > one fits in pencil plus 1 or 2cm so you can work to the same line as it will > have stretched depending on how it was glued before. > > I've not moved any of the poppers. > > If you decide to give it a go, would be really interested to hear your > results. By the way did you keep any offcuts? Useful if you ever need a > patch later :-) > > Matthew --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Quantum Owners Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/quantumowners?hl=en IMPORTANT NOTE: All information presented herewith is provided on an "As Is" basis, without warranty or the implication thereof. 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