No - not your husband, wife, or "significant other" - the kind that fly through the air and leave their remains all over your car. Florida drivers know for sure what I mean as do, to a lesser extent - Texas and deep South drivers. These bugs "fly united" tail to 'er tail reproducing as they go. They give real meaning to the expression "splat" as they leave their gish all over. It is quite acidic and will damage paint if left unattended.

I just returned from a trip through the "hills" of rural Florida and the front of my SSB Crossfire was black and yellow from the critters, hundreds of them in loves last embrace covered the entire front of my car. A quick washdown and repolish took care of the remains but I'm retiring my Crossfire for at least three weeks until the little lovemakers satisfy natures reproductive call.

BTW after a spirited trip with the Crossfire I have developed the habit of popping the hood and letting the heat from the engine out as the hood is so well insulated it tends to keep the heat in. Found hundreds of lovebugs in there too. This time a vacuum and paper towels did the job. Nasty creatures.

 

Just wait till the cicada's come in out another week or two... talk about nasty :twisted:

 

Don't open your window either or you might have a story like mine in my earlier post from today about my disgusting story with animals and crossfires.

 

try 'em on a bike. it's like going thru a hail-storm as the little corpses pile-up on your glasses, face etc.

might reinforce the part about cleaning 'em off immediately. had a long and stern talk(stern-him, sheepish-me) with my detail guy about my failure to jump out and wash off the bugutz immediately. the caustic oooze really does leave permanent pits in the paint.

dan

 

Come to think about it, we didn't see a bike rider today :? . I remember when I used to ride, I had one of those European brain buckets that had a complete plexiglas shield that you could clip on to it. Would come in real handy in bug season here.
And greg - never have had a bird pee in my car before, but a friend discovered a rattlesnake in the passengers side foot well while he was driving his Corvette, pulled over real quick he did :lol:

 

To protect your car from Love Bugs in Florida, just spray the fron end and mirrors with WD-40, love bigs will not sitck and WD-40 will not hurt the finish.

Try it, you will like it!! :P

 

i know what you guys are tlaking about. in the past week, ive put almost 1,000 highway miles on my car. my front bumper and windshield is just covered in these bugs. may and september are the months of the love bugs. stupid bugs...

 

What, do you just spray it on and wipe off? I have used it for removing tar on cars and it does seem to make the paint seem slicker and almost waxed feeling. Have you used it on your Crossfire?

 

:P Yes just sray a fine coat and leave it on. We also use it on the front of Charter Motor Caoches and it really helps. try it.

 

I have heard that vegetable oil (like Wessons) works fine also.