What could have caused this scratch?

[Progressive]

This scratch has just appeared on my car. I don't recall hitting anything noticing it before today.

Answers on a postcard...

[8400rpm]

A zip.

[zollburgers]

It's a small but relatively blunt object that has connected multiple times with the paintwork to produce those marks. The deviation (or slight curve) of the trajectory is also very typical for a relatively high speed impact of this type. There have been several documented cases and this signature damage has even been recreated faithfully in a laboratory. Not many people realise the cause but it is faily obvious once it's been pointed out. It was Paul Daniels.

[Mr Gear]

A drill that has "run away". Or something else that rotates fast like a workshop air tool. Taken the car for some service work recently?

[Progressive]

Just general driving. Not parked anywhere unusual. Was in the airport car park last night but the car infront was there when I dropped it and picked it up.

[sidgolf]

8400rpm said:

A zip.

maybe someones item of luggage that's got a zip round it?

[Mr Gear]

Sounds crazy, but maybe a woodpecker? They will drum on stuff that makes a nice noise at this time of year... satellite dishes, lamp-posts... maybe a car bonnet?

Lots of birds also eat dead bugs off the front of cars, and maybe the woodpecker was trying extract some more food? They drum to eat and they drum to communicate too.

Edited by Mr Gear on Friday 18th June 16:58

[sday12]

millipede?

[edo]

very sharp stick or bit of metal sticking out when you parked nose up to a hedge or similar?

[cat220]

A pedal from a bike!

[bdr529]

Mr Gear said:

Sounds crazy, but maybe a woodpecker? They will drum on stuff that makes a nice noise at this time of year... satellite dishes, lamp-posts... maybe a car bonnet?

Sorry, I just got a mental image of someone driving along only to be attacked by a horde of 30 vicious woodpeckers.




Any chance it could have been from a worn away handle bar from a kids bike?

Edited by bdr529 on Friday 18th June 17:02

[Hammerhead]

High speed road chipping.

[edo]

Hammerhead said:

High speed road chipping.

?

[Hammerhead]

Wot no ketchup/mayo? Cuh.

[edo]

Hammerhead said:

Wot no ketchup/mayo? Cuh.

[Scott330ci]

bmw e46?

[GPT]

My money is on the metal brake lever of a kids bike.

[Wattsie]

Scott330ci said:

BMW e46?

I thought so too...

Confirmation or disassociation of awesome car guessing skills, please?

ETA: With pro skills in the field of looking at his previous threads, it would appear that we're right

Edited by Wattsie on Friday 18th June 17:20

[Rich_W]

Progressive said:

Just general driving. Not parked anywhere unusual. Was in the airport car park last night but the car infront was there when I dropped it and picked it up.

Someone has squeezed between the 2 cars then.

[4Lmike]

a kid wearing one of these...


You havent run over any kids recently have you?

Edited by 4Lmike on Friday 18th June 17:57