Originally Posted by KimPossible
I have great news. I know that we have all talked about the forever back order on tops from Chrysler, but through my car biz connections I found a guy who has 15 of them available. They are new in the box and you will pay XF money for them (translation:not cheap) but if you need one then I've got a guy!!!
I recently started my top search because an "incident" happened to the top on my car. I recently bought a new house for my XF - that is where the problem started. For almost 2 years my car sat at under cover at my apartment complex - neighbors & their guests didn't park near it, kids avoided it, cats stayed off it, even the birds had a no fly zone over it. No problems at all. Had it at the new house for a few days & a huge fat stray cat took a flying leap onto my top & his giant cat butt went through the rear window. Would have been very funny except it was my XF. In short the cat freaked out & trashed the top. Oh & he had slept on my perfect top the night before. Geico is kindly going to take care of this problem for me, but I had to find a top. So started my search.
While I am pretty sure that I am the first XF owner to have Cat Scratch Fever happen to my car (I was asking for it with the last name Nugent) I know that I am not the only one to need a top. I don't want to over run my new friend Dave with phone calls, but if you need a top he will ship it. Please PM with a request & I will send you his info. He seems to have a ton of XF stuff actually. I hit him up with a few other "impossible" items to find & he had them all.
I'm sure you guys got a good giggle out of the cat story - you won't be laughing half as hard as my Geico adjuster was, I promise. I also hope that fuzzy little menace helped find a top source that can help out other owners in need. I know I thought the XF gods were shining on me the other day when I found one......
Funny story, but, I would've been sick had it been my XF as I'm sure you were...good that you can joke about it.
I thought I was the only unlucky person to be having a cat problem. About two weeks ago, I went out to get into mine and noticed a big blob of white hair on my top. No scratches, fortunately.
After the second time, I purchased a cover. Haven't noticed any hair since but I'm still worried because I would imagine the cover is not going to protect from the claws if the scoundrel decides to claw his way to the top...I would imagine a cloth cover would be just as inviting....