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Parked the cj under some trees once wind came up pretty good, i jump in wearing shorts right on to mr scorpion got me good but got him too.?look before you sit.
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Well, I was only worried about a rogue spider here and there. Now I have bees, homeless people, cats, raccoons, mosquitoes scorpions, and probably the occasional jealous jeep guy.
Thanks for all that Forum! HAHA
A few takeaways...
-ALWAYS CLOSE YOUR AIR VENTS! I am terrified of spiders flying at me when I turn on my car now.
-Hit your seats to check for mosquitos.
-Absolutely getting wash out floors now to hose out whatever gets in there.
-A cat is going to give me a heart attack one day.
Thanks for all that Forum! HAHA
A few takeaways...
-ALWAYS CLOSE YOUR AIR VENTS! I am terrified of spiders flying at me when I turn on my car now.
-Hit your seats to check for mosquitos.
-Absolutely getting wash out floors now to hose out whatever gets in there.
-A cat is going to give me a heart attack one day.
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Hi Rich, I'll add one more for consideration - probably telling you something you already know, but pretty healthy Black Widow, and now Brown Widow spider population in SoCal. if you're going to leave top/doors off, spray some Raid or other aerosol insecticide up under the dash and seats now and again. If you find a web in the car that's messy and super tough - ripping sound when you pull on it - it's a widow in there. Not such a big deal when you have freedom of movement, but driving a car . . .?
". . . a Brown Widow under every piece of lawn furniture in LA county. . .".
Wow. Living in Indiana suddenly seems more appealing. “Spider season” HELLLLL NOOOOOO
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You might get bugs and stuff ,i will say it again everyone should own a convertible once in their life. Keeping the top off all summe is awesome jump in and go ,my buddy used to come home put it all back on what a hassle. Although that back piece on the 2dr looks pretty light.
We forgot snakes. The cottonmouths fall out of trees in eastern NC ...
We might have a gator on our farm. I plan on not letting him in my vehicle, though.
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When I lived in FL, I would have birds drop loads over my open topped jeep, had a squirrel set off my proximity sensor one time when I had the doors and top off. The best was when I went out to get into my jeep and as I was about to step into my jeep, I hear hissing and back away. 7.5' alligator under my jeep taking in the shade.
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Did you at least offer it a ride?
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and the prius, thank goodness
welcome to the forum!
would you go into details for your fellow bronco friends?
lol. this one was trying to get in.
https://backfires.caranddriver.com/videos/2030624
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Living in Fl not one critter has entered my Jepp with the top and/or doors off.....but somehow rats/squirrels chewed up the knock sensor on my tundra (sat for a few days...I rotate my H3 and tundra to keep mileage low on both)....seems to be a common issue...heard rodents like Toyota wiring (read from another forum)
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Friend had mice chew some fiber optic harness on his mega dollar porsche had to be towed to dealer,klaus had to be flown in from germany,never really got fixed traded for lesser model.
200,000 + sports car taken out by 5 cent mouse.
200,000 + sports car taken out by 5 cent mouse.
Would a cover solve the spider ? issue? Think Ford will offer a factory cover for the Bronco?
Most Of my run-ins with Little critters - spiders the size of ants an occasional bee/wasp has flown in and stung me. Caught a few times with heavy thunderstorm downpours and random hail.
I live up in Idaho and it was late summer I spotted a hobo spider up on the dashboard ... until All the sudden it wasn’t. I tried to swat at it and it disappeared towards my legs... I will not mess around with Those ones. I had to pull over and find / kill it.
top off is the best - I’ve been missing it for 6 years. I recommend strongly skipping the soft top just go with the hardtop for winter and a spidershade type top (no pun) for summer driving.
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