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Sam Schreck
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ACT
vvt-i JZZ31

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Wednesday, November 02, 2005 - 03:16 pm, by: Sam Schreck (Schreck300)

Is it just me, or do other people here get the odd insect in their trick display? I'm on my 3rd in 7 months and it's been there for about 4 days now. The others were in and out in about 2 days but this one's got determination.

Samantha Hornby
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WA
Manual TT

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Wednesday, November 02, 2005 - 04:02 pm, by: Samantha Hornby (Soarer_chick_1jz)

Hehe...never had that. Although ants seem to love my paint job. I'm forever flicking them off the roof and bonnet.

Thomas Mulraney
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South Australia
JZZ30 TT

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Wednesday, November 02, 2005 - 05:52 pm, by: Thomas Mulraney (Mxt_imports)

I'm with you Sam, I swear bugs and the like think my car is some kind of really short, really wide tree! Everytime I wash it its like they're drawn to my bonnet! So annoying!

Mike Triggs
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Norfolk Island
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Wednesday, November 02, 2005 - 06:04 pm, by: Mike Triggs (Mikeandimah)

Sam, what's a "trick tray"?

My Subaru somehow got an earwig caught under the bottom edge of the instrument display, about 5 years ago, and last time I looked (it's local, still) it's still there.

Mike Triggs
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Wednesday, November 02, 2005 - 06:05 pm, by: Mike Triggs (Mikeandimah)

Sorry, what's a "trick display"

Dan McColl
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Victoria
UZZ32 V8 Soarer #183

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Wednesday, November 02, 2005 - 06:09 pm, by: Dan McColl (Hoon)

I'm guessing the dash. Cause it looks trick.

Mike Triggs
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Wednesday, November 02, 2005 - 08:01 pm, by: Mike Triggs (Mikeandimah)

I suspect that insect egss get in there somehow and they hatch. My earwig was on his way out

Callum Finch
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WA
Soarer TT

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Wednesday, November 02, 2005 - 08:02 pm, by: Callum Finch (Sigeneat)

I have a hard time with bugs diving face first into my intercooler =\

Also when i park it in my garage overnight, everymorning i get a small amount of cob webs on my driver side mirror, in the corner (i give the bastards a weekly wash when i clean my car on Fridays though ;D )

Mike Triggs
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Wednesday, November 02, 2005 - 08:06 pm, by: Mike Triggs (Mikeandimah)

Ha ha, we get cobwebs all over the grille, mirrors, everywhere there's a gap, here. You should see some cars which are infrequently washed...

Sam Schreck
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ACT
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Wednesday, November 02, 2005 - 08:14 pm, by: Sam Schreck (Schreck300)

Dan, exactly right young man.
I'm starting to think that 'blinky dash' is really just a whole heap of insects inside the display all jumping around. It looks like it's blinking, but in actual fact, it's fine.

Daniel Czechowski
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Western Australia
Soarer GT-T

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Wednesday, November 02, 2005 - 10:29 pm, by: Daniel Czechowski (Dan)

I always get craploads of mozzies coming out of my ventilation vents...

Freeman Tang
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Vic
JZZ30 GT-TL

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Wednesday, November 02, 2005 - 11:29 pm, by: Freeman Tang (Cobra_man)

I have a moth sitting on my rev bar in my dash on the 2500rpm mark. very annoying!! so inconvenient! have to clean it up soon!!

Charlie Hooper
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Queensland
V8 Limited Soarer

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Reg: 10-2005

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Thursday, November 03, 2005 - 09:58 am, by: Charlie Hooper (Charlie)

Mike Triggs wrote on Wednesday, November 02, 2005 - 08:01 pm:
I suspect that insect egss get in there somehow and they hatch. My earwig was on his way out:-)

Woah, so what your saying is there could be some sort of mutant Jap insect egg in there just waiting to hatch and destroy the city?

heh

Don Bagnall
Moderator
New Zealand
UZZ30 GT4.0 V8

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Thursday, November 03, 2005 - 10:18 am, by: Don Bagnall (Baggs)

I found this beautiful Emerald Green insect in one of our import cars, it was under the rear seat, and about 2" long and deceased..........it tasted kinda CRUNCHY

Brad Elphinstone
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NSW
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Thursday, November 03, 2005 - 10:33 am, by: Brad Elphinstone (Belphins)

No insects in my current car, but my last car had a huntsman nest in it. Not cool. For a couple of months I had little baby spiders everywhere.

Averil Romari
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Victoria
JZZ30 TT

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Thursday, November 03, 2005 - 10:44 am, by: Averil Romari (Averil)

That's what a clublock is for, knock the huntsman down on the mats & squash him.

I had the unpleasant experience of being a passenger in my father's when a huntsman dropped down from the sun visor onto the steering wheel and proceeded to run around the wheel when he was steering...

He had to turn a corner and the huntsman just kept on running like a mouse in a wheel

Ended up pulling over and jumping out of the car like 2 girls..

I think even my dad squealed.

Brad Elphinstone
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NSW
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Thursday, November 03, 2005 - 10:51 am, by: Brad Elphinstone (Belphins)

Heh... thats terrible!

There were several occasions where I'd spot one on the windscreen, mostly at night time for some reason. You'd then test to see if it was on the inside or outside with the windscreen wiper test.

I'm not really a fan of squashing them though. The ones I did find were caught and released, far away from the car.

Samantha Hornby
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WA
Manual TT

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Thursday, November 03, 2005 - 10:54 am, by: Samantha Hornby (Soarer_chick_1jz)

Averil Romari wrote on Thursday, November 03, 2005 - 10:44 am:
Ended up pulling over and jumping out of the car like 2 girls..

I think even my dad squealed

Bahahaha

Mike Triggs
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Norfolk Island
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Thursday, November 03, 2005 - 11:11 am, by: Mike Triggs (Mikeandimah)

Brad Elphinstone wrote on Thursday, November 03, 2005 - 10:51 am:
I'm not really a fan of squashing them though. The ones I did find were caught and released, far away from the car.

Catch and release, that's what I like to hear

Troy Tappenden
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WA
JZZ30 (TT)

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Thursday, November 03, 2005 - 11:12 am, by: Troy Tappenden (Moredhel)

Brad Elphinstone wrote on Thursday, November 03, 2005 - 10:51 am:
There were several occasions where I'd spot one on the windscreen, mostly at night time for some reason. You'd then test to see if it was on the inside or outside with the windscreen wiper test.

Lol, exactly the same thing happened to me, but only once, I also did the wiper test after winding up the windows and closing the sunroof. I figured it would suck to do the wiper test and have it on the outside and get moved by the wiper, only to have him fly in to the car through the sunroof!!

After that I felt like I had spiders all over me on the trip home, I hate spiders...

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