I hate 'em & been having a bumper crop of them this year along the Gulf coast.





What's the last thing to go thru a bug's mind when it hits your windshield?

 

I don't know???! How about "arrrrrrgggghhh" or "splat"?
I CAN tell you what I'm thinking when a bug hits my windshield

 

Oh man, I hate love bugs. I used to live in central Florida... now I live in the washington DC area. Thank god, no more love bugs.

I remember days where there would be a bug density of about 10 bugs per cubic foot of air. And then when I parked my white volvo at a gas station, it would be 50% black spots because of all the love bugs that decided to land on it.

Arghhhh. I'm going to buy a car bra before I ever drive down to Florida in the stang.

 

His ****

 

I drove from So. FL to/from Tallahasse 3 weeks ago taking my son to FSU and there were no love bugs along FL's Turnpike, I-75 and I-10 stretches of road. Have they returned just recently?? I have to make that drive again this coming weekend and would like to be prepared. I know for a fact that they adore the Torch Red color of my wife's stang.

 

Sorry can't give you a Florida update (The Weather Channel really should have a Love Bug Outlook at the top of the hour) but here in TX with all the rain we've had they're about the worst i've seen for the late summer crop. Love bugs have no natural predators and their only function seems to be hanging out on the highways clogging radiators, obscuring windshields and smashing their bodies into our cars, unleashing Ridley Scott Alien-type acidic juices as a last act of defiance.

Now back to Car Care - a tip: using moistend dryer sheets i.e. Bounce will wipe the suckers right off. This will, like all remedies, however remove all polish/wax as well. I even keep a box in my mobile detail kit.

 

I don't have love bugs, but when I took my car out of the garage this morning, it was covered in a bunch of bugs from the night before!

 

Love bugs aren't a problem this time of year in Florida. They'll be back sometime though.

 

Thanks Kyle for the Florida Love Bug Update! Those things are nasty.

 

That was EXACTLY what I was thinking!

No offense meant to my Florida Mustangers - but I just could not live there. Acid bugs, prehistoric carnosaurs eating your pets, cockroaches big enough to strap on as rollerskates (yes, I know you call them "palmetto bugs" but we all know what they REALLY are).

Just too "Jurassic Park" for me!

 

This is what I use during the love bug season. Paint it on, dries in one hour, then peel it off along with the bugs and grime. I was selling this on the Internet and at Car Shows, but it didn't seem to sell very well except when I demonstrate it at Car Shows. Oh well, I have been using it for 4 years and it works great!

 

That's cool. I had a polybra put on just for this time of year but it won't keep 'em out of the radiator and off the windshield

 

That was a good one....I needed a good laugh today!

I couldn't appreciate the mess these bugs cause (since I live in NJ and no nothing about them) so I looked them up on the net. WOW, sounds like a lot of fun cleaning those off the car

 

Well I don't know what love bugs are and we sure don't have them in Phoenix. But my neighbor said he saw a coyote walking down our street one morning when he was getting his morning paper. Good thing my stang is always in the garage at night!

 

Coyotes typically do not get all over your front bumper and decide to leave their remains there. I think I would rather deal with the Coyotes.

I still love Florida though.

 

I tried a light coat of Pam veggie oil on my 05 GT ll effects when I got to where I was going washed off so easy ed it a lot on my Cougars crome bumper and trucks I drive.

 

yea i hate plowing threw all those VW"s too.

 

Coyotes, love bugs ,VW "bugs" are nothin'
This is what we have to watch out for:
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/96745/moose_vs_car/
http://www.boston.com/news/local/new...sh_with_moose/
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/st...09095&ac=PHnws