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Old 01-28-2009, 09:39 AM
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HAHAHA this thread is quite funny.

As far as getting rid of the spiders... well I'm not too sure.
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Chalk up another FL space coast 8 owner who has noticed spiders in the car. It's always the same type too. Whitish/skin colored all over and about the size of a nickel. Been noticing them ever since I've owned the 8. Never once with my previous car and it was parked in the exact same spots.
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This thread was awesome, pretty damn funny and I can only say it happens to my dad's green alero. He's the only one who gets those bigass spiders in the side view mirror.
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it must be a florida thing, cuz i had a spider in my 8 before too..i never killed it tho....i was lookin for something to smash it wit and by the time i looked back up wit was gone. i have no clue where it went!!
(if you guys see someone on the news jumpin and swinging around like siderman then u kno what happen to me)
Old 03-25-2009, 04:55 AM
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I live in socal. And I just found a black widow in my S13 with a thumb size EGG. God it was disgusting.

I haven't drove it in a month tho..
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Great thread
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The Spiders strike again. I swear those little bastards are playing practical jokes on people. Its their way of tp'ing lol. No damage done, just pisses you off
Old 03-31-2009, 04:02 PM
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RX8Legs strikes again
Old 04-19-2009, 11:35 PM
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I'm surprised that frog even survived under the hood ... I mean my 8 generates a lot of heat .. Imagine if the little guy had to jump a bit forward
Old 04-20-2009, 01:35 AM
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definitely one of the great things about colorado is virtually no insects (compared to florida)
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sorry I cant offer any help, but...

I got a good laugh out of the frog chillin in your 8
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Wait, what, does Mazda have a convertible RX8 Spyder version now? Oh you got spiders not Spyders.

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Still seeing them in my car. Almost every day.
Old 04-20-2009, 08:41 PM
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I live in Tamarac fl and I get yellow **** spots all over my car and I seen a woodpecker going at it on my left side merrier trying to peck at my car alot. gnats all around my driver side door everyday. and the worst is the Mexicans cutting the lawns everywhere I drive and old peaple parking next to me drives me crazy or anything really!, just stay away from my 8 lol

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Originally Posted by ferg
and the worst is the Mexicans cutting the lawns everywhere I drive
I'm pretty sure a lawn service hit my car while mowing the lawn in my friend's apartment complex. I was on an end parking spot which has no sidewalks, apartments, or roads around it. Nothing on that side but a ditch. The side facing the ditch (driver's side) is the one that got hit. I obviously noticed it instantly when getting into my car. I certainly wouldn't have missed it from some other time. Lawn was freshly mowed.... so I put two and two together.
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When I had my Miata, I had a huge (1/2" diameter including legs) wolf spider that was living in my dash. It scared the crap out of me.

I spent many days trying to get it out in a humane way. Eventually I took an index card in the crevice between the windshield and the dash and I was about to scoop him out and put him outside the car in the parking lot. That was my victory day!!

Seriously, though, that spider almost got me into a few car accidents.
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For the spiders inside the RX8, get some home bug spray at Lowes or Home Depot for $6.97/gallon.

It's odorless and shouldn't hurt the carpet (but test it first for fading).

Spray it around the car once a month until you see no spiders.

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Old 04-22-2011, 01:18 AM
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so it's been 2 years.... anyone found a solution to this yet? this is pissing me off clearing spiderwebs between the mirror and the door every morning = =
Old 04-22-2011, 05:43 AM
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My solution was moving away.

I had forgot all about this. Now that I remember this, I dont think the mazda 6 recall for spiders is ridiculous anymore.
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get a car cover
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Mine at work have abated to some degree, but I think that's just the time of year! They will be back!

The guy with the 6 and my 8 did in fact have some about a week ago, but not to the extreme to which we have seen it before.


Don.................while covers are nice, I used to have to go out everyday around 2ish and make sure the cover was off before the 4:00pm Monsoon set in.
Then if you are stuck in a meeting and can't get to it, you have to take a cover off in a gully washer + lightning storm? Then what do you do with the water soaked cover for the trip home.

What part of Florida you in? That will tell me what tiem of day you get your afternoon thunder boomers......when Summer gets here.

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