You won't believe what I found in my Vibe!

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cvd6262
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You won't believe what I found in my Vibe!

Post by cvd6262 »

DO you see anyting interesting about thing photo? (Your looking at the rear passenger's door hinge.)
cvd6262
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A closer look

Post by cvd6262 »

Here's a close-up.
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Re: You won't believe what I found in my Vibe! (desert_dweller)

Post by Mavrik »

hey if they all start buzzing around would it make the car go faster?You must leave your car sitting for a few days at a time to give them the time to make that.
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Post by sloth »

And flip-side said the vibe was wasp proof.
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Post by neptunev »

Found a bee in mine yesterday. . .now I've got to look for the hive!
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>aaahh! kill them kill them!!!!
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Re: You won't believe what I found in my Vibe! (cvd6262)

Post by scherry2 »

so are you gonna keep them as pets? let there home get a little bigger? man, bees and wasps give me the willies.
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Post by cvd6262 »

I have no idea how this thing got in there. My wife takes the car out at least once a day, but usually parks it in the same outdoor location. We recently took the vibe on a 2000-mile road trip (33.9 MPG on the base auto), but I think the nest is older than that.As far as I can tell, there are no eggs in the nest, but I will be removing it shortly anyway.
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Post by Jahntassa »

Quote, originally posted by sloth »And flip-side said the vibe was wasp proof.Well..the nest -is- outside the door seal..so.. in an emergency, I think we can still count on that.
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Post by ragingfish »

Quote, originally posted by cvd6262 »As far as I can tell, there are no eggs in the nest, but I will be removing it shortly anyway.Be sure to spray it first just in case!!!!
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Post by scherry2 »

Quote, originally posted by ragingfish »Be sure to spray it first just in case!!!! and wait untill dusk so you know the owner is at home.
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Post by drunkenmaxx »

Quote, originally posted by scherry2 »and wait untill dusk so you know the owner is at home. yeah, and during the day, check and see if he has any good electronics or other valuables.
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Post by Psychobroker »

Ahhh! This reminds me of an orb-spinner spider that lived/hid in my old Corrado for sometime. I could never find the (removed), but almost every night he'd spin a stupid web in my car, sometimes inside and out Man, I must have killed one of his relatives or something...he just didn't like me .
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Post by satur9 »

everyday i get in my car theres new spider webs all over the place.i knock them down but the next day theres new ones.i cant find the spider.can i set off a bug bomb in my vibe. will it hurt the fabric or anything?
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Post by redlava »

Quote, originally posted by drunkenvibe »yeah, and during the day, check and see if he has any good electronics or other valuables.ROFLMFAO!!!If that was me I would spray like 3 cans of Raid on it.
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Post by MrDoopey »

I don't know if its the honeycomb grill or what, but i guess insects seem to like the vibe as much as we do.Since day 1, i periodically find some sort of what i guess is a larvae. I find it in the door hinge too, but also in all the door cracks/hinges. The best way to describe them is that they look like grains of rice, stuck to the car. ( real ricer car, for sure! hehehe....sorry, bad joke)I dunno, they could be spider turds for all I know! Any one else have these?
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Quote, originally posted by satur9 »everyday i get in my car theres new spider webs all over the place.i knock them down but the next day theres new ones.i cant find the spider.can i set off a bug bomb in my vibe. will it hurt the fabric or anything?Mine eventually died, I guess, because I just waited it out. How long has it been spinning webs in yours? I don't think a bug bomb would be wise, since it would get all over and into everything, including the electronics, fabric, etc.Maybe you can bait it by stringing one of cvd6262's bees from your dome light
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Re: You won't believe what I found in my Vibe! (scherry2)

Post by esjones »

Quote, originally posted by scherry2 »man, bees and wasps give me the willies. Old Jeeps give me the Willys.
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Post by Flip-Side »

Quote, originally posted by sloth »And flip-side said the vibe was wasp proof.Just mine is wasp proof. It helps when you scream like a little girl, they don't like that. So there smarty pants.
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Re: You won't believe what I found in my Vibe! (esjones)

Post by kostby »

Quote, originally posted by esjones » Old Jeeps give me the Willys. (I'm probably one of the few genvibers old enough to get the joke)Or as Paul Revere, colonial 4x4 specialist said,"1 if by Overland, 2 if by Jeep."
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Re: You won't believe what I found in my Vibe! (cvd6262)

Post by MJN2 »

Get rid of it!All that buzzing will make your Vibe sound like a Honda with a fart-can muffler!
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Re: You won't believe what I found in my Vibe! (esjones)

Post by Mr. Poopypants »

Quote, originally posted by esjones »Old Jeeps give me the Willys.Oh man, that was a BAD pun. LOL
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Post by cdFxer »

Err, years ago I cleaned out my car and found a dead bat under the front seat. We always had bats at home and I often left my windows down all the time (rural )....
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Re: You won't believe what I found in my Vibe! (cvd6262)

Post by Bryan »

I would totally spaz out if that was in my car. Iwww. Makes my skin crawl just lookin at it.
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Post by cibomatto »

Seeing that pic gave me the chills...
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