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Old 24th June 2021, 14:37   #1
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Well I have a dilemma at the present time. My Father in Law borrowed the car this week while his was in the body shop and he has informed me of a problem.

Apparently there is a spider the size of his fist living somewhere in the interior trim.

I really might scrap the car rather than get in it again 🤣🤣🤣

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Old 24th June 2021, 17:35   #2
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I think that might be a wise decision. Probably the only reason I can think of to ever get rid of a '75 or ZT.

Once the car has been crushed, make sure you set fire to the remains just to be sure .

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Old 24th June 2021, 19:05   #3
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Don't leave the keys in the ignition or the spider might nick it!

We live in what used to be my parent's house. When we moved here I went into the loft to give it a clean prior to storing stuff up there. It was like a Hammer film set, cobwebs everywhere then a I was confronted by a huge spider, I'll swear it was sitting growling at me. Thankfully it moved on somewhere without me having to use a tranquilliser dart
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Old 24th June 2021, 20:54   #4
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I had a P6 once that had a resident spider, it would come out of the gearbox tunnel area at speeds above 60 ish, it was my live speed warning device
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Old 24th June 2021, 21:59   #5
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I have resident spiders living inside the mirror housing on both cars. They seem to favour the V8 for some reason. Wish they would contribute towards the fuel bill.
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Old 25th June 2021, 06:24   #6
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Just make sure when you lock to car, that there is no internet connection available. The spider will leave as it can't get on the web!
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Old 25th June 2021, 09:03   #7
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My sister once jumped out of her car/caravan combo whilst reversing into a park due to a spider. The car was an auto and it continued backwards until my dad managed to jump in and stop it!
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Old 25th June 2021, 18:51   #8
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Don't leave the keys in the ignition or the spider might nick it!

We live in what used to be my parent's house. When we moved here I went into the loft to give it a clean prior to storing stuff up there. It was like a Hammer film set, cobwebs everywhere then a I was confronted by a huge spider, I'll swear it was sitting growling at me. Thankfully it moved on somewhere without me having to use a tranquilliser dart
Don't get rid of them! I ended up with a fly infestation after hoovering the spiders and webs off the beams - it was quite disconcerting to be enveloped by a swarm of blue bottles every time I tried to source a demijohn for my home plonky
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Old 25th June 2021, 19:13   #9
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Don't get rid of them! I ended up with a fly infestation after hoovering the spiders and webs off the beams - it was quite disconcerting to be enveloped by a swarm of blue bottles every time I tried to source a demijohn for my home plonky
Ah, that's because you left the lights on; turn them off, no beams therefore no flies.
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Old 25th June 2021, 19:53   #10
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When I was 11 years old my family moved house, we moved to a place with a garden and a shed, the shed was fairly gloomy inside with a small window to light it up. It was the Summer of 76 and I walked into the shed, I was tall then and I walked right through a spider web that was full of baby spiders, they were in my ears and nose and crawling all over my face. It's left me with a bit of a problem with spiders.
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