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    Convertibles and bugs

    Just wondering how convertible owners deal with the problem of bugs and mozzies and the like... because just tonight I was at Seven Hills Mobil filling up with my windows down, and in the time it took me to walk to the attendant and come back, my car was full of mozzies and bugs both inside and on the outside. And they wouldn't go away
    I drive a twin turbo... diesel.

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    I don't have this issue in my MR2. Do you happen to have mcdonalds in the backseat or maybe it was just a bad night for that servo perhaps.

    But if you just drive off, I'd assume they'd be out of the car soon enough with it being a convertible.

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    i don't have a problem :S although maybe i have an exhaust leak into the cabin, and the fumes kill them off
    "you're like some retarded porsche whisperer"-wb

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    No McDonalds, no food, etc... no idea why they came into my car but they were swarming the servo. I guess I should've listened to my gf who said they'll go inside my car (but I presumed no food meant no bugs would want to come in)... grr...
    I drive a twin turbo... diesel.

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    With a drop top the vaccum effect of driving along usually gets rid of them.....
    Never really been a problem

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    i was at a servo in green valley the shell on cowpasture road with the hungry jacks

    omfg they have the most massive mozzies / bugs there they are infested with em cos they are attracted to the high bay lighting in the servo. rolled in with the car and the car had the biggest bugs i was too scared to fill up the car lol

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    Haha ... damn I wa shoping to get some kind of advice out of this thread for how to ensure I have no bugs left in my car >< Maybe a trip to North Rocks carwash will do.
    I drive a twin turbo... diesel.

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    Bugs have never been an issue in the MX5.

    yeah, they fly into the car, but they fly out within a second.

    once you start driving they all get sucked out anyway.

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    What ^^he^^ said
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    What Hks Kansei said!

    Never been an issue for me!

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    Dude, its the white car. Mozzies and bugs are attracted to white. I suffer the same problem.

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    top down + speed = bugs out
    But it was horrible driving through dural yesterday, so many damn bugs buzzing around you when you're at the lights

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    stopped at round about under a tree and a huntsman dropped on my mates lap. fark he went mental lol.

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    never had issues

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