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Old Jul 9, 2006 | 03:07 PM
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Ok, so yesterday I noticed a few ants on the hood of my car. Thought nothing of it...but then I walked around the car and found a swarm of them about 4" diameter all swarmed around a dead mosquito on my front bumper. Car was dirty anyway so I washed it and washed them all off. Figured it was an isolated event. Well, a few minutes ago I noticed them again...going after a few more bugs on my front bumper. It's impossible to not get bugs on your car around here in rainy season as mosquitos are EVERYWHERE.
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Old Jul 9, 2006 | 03:21 PM
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your car is cursed,hey at least they are not army or fire ants.they would bite the **** outta you.
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Old Jul 9, 2006 | 03:21 PM
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hahahahahaha.... oh sorry to hear that man... try getting some ant repellant and hosing the drive way or the area they are in.
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Old Jul 9, 2006 | 03:22 PM
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At least they didn't get inside. When I had an Accord, I left a peppermint in the ashtray and ended up with a row of ants in my car.
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Old Jul 9, 2006 | 03:46 PM
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HAHAHA....that's some funny **** you got there

I hate bugs that kill themselves on my front bumper. PPW is bad in this case.
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Old Jul 9, 2006 | 06:04 PM
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I whipe down my front bumper every night. Takes me all of 1 min. to whipe down and dry, and is a great way to keep those bugs off the paint and in this case off the ants.
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Old Jul 9, 2006 | 07:23 PM
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How long has this problem been bugging you?
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Old Jul 9, 2006 | 07:40 PM
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I just noticed it yesterday and today. I mean, when you think of the path an ant would have to take to get to your bumper. Up the tire, along the axle, along the underbody, over to the body, and up the bumper. That's a long *****ng way for an ant to find it's way.
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Old Jul 10, 2006 | 03:56 AM
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I would flush the hell out of the bottom of your car. You could have run over a small animal and there could be some guts trapped under there.
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Old Jul 11, 2006 | 11:44 AM
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I have the same prob with my 06 DB exept its a fu#$in cat. I've never seen it, but in the mornings all I see are white sandy paw prints. He better hope I never find him.
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Old Jul 11, 2006 | 11:59 AM
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Originally Posted by davidv
How long has this problem been bugging you?
no Pun intended, but in your case... im sure there was a pun intended.. haha
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Old Jul 11, 2006 | 02:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Netko350Z
I would flush the hell out of the bottom of your car. You could have run over a small animal and there could be some guts trapped under there.
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Old Jul 11, 2006 | 02:48 PM
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Nothing under my car...don't seem to have the problem anymore...but it's been raining so no bugs have been able to hit my car. haha
Hopefully this was an isolated event!
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Old Jul 11, 2006 | 08:45 PM
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You may wanna follow the ants and see if they have a nest somewhere in the car.
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