The car is barely 3 years old! But yes this side does face the sun

It’s possible, but it’s been extremely cold and overcast where I live for the past month. If anything, the rain froze and popped it off?

The couple of reasons I jumped straight to it being a person are the streaks that really look like nail marks and the area I live in. People around here (without giving away EXACTLY where I live, of course) are either young and reckless or on some sort of drug (be it meth, opiates, etc). I can absolutely see someone walking up to it in a parking lot, seeing the already cracking clearcoat, and chipping away at it!

I was hoping to get some comments asking for more information so I could give more relevant answers, but everyone seems to be assuming I live in suntown USA!

Luckily no neighborhood beef, my closest neighbors live over a half mile away!

Oh yeah, for sure! I was hoping I could hold off a little bit to save up for a fancy cover but this might have tipped the scales a little faster than I wanted

Just curious, did it also have those streaks? Obviously my first thought was fingernails (could be because I have the urge to peel cracking clear coat and I’m projecting lol). It’s just bizarre happening when it did, and where I live since it’s essentially been cloudy and overcast just about every day this month! I needed to get it fixed regardless, so no harm no foul I guess?

Thanks for the tips, and here’s to perfect clear coat and smooth paint to you!

I’ll catch you someday. I know it!

No, I’m just assuming based on the streaks left by what I assumed to be nails

I didn’t know that sub existed, thanks! I’ll wait on posting there until I’ve confirmed it was actually fingernails, since the other comments said it may be something else 😉

Not necessarily a stone chip, but likely a tree branch chip that started it! This is the rear wing on my car so I feel like a stone hitting it is a little unlikely, but ultimately not impossible I suppose. The spot wasn’t growing at all when I originally noticed it, then one day it was massive. I always took care around it because I obviously didn’t want to make it worse by washing it.

I suppose it’s possible that the horrendous rain around here did it though!

The sun started it (combined with tree branch scratches), for sure! But those streaks scream nail marks to me, since the spot wasn’t getting any bigger until one day it was massive