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Offline jmsheahan

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Ants
« on: 31 March 2011, 14:43 »
So picked up my girlfriends new Lupo and it appears to have a few extra passengers  :laugh: :rolleyes:

Basically I keep spotting bloody ants crawling on the dashboard but can't pinpoint where they are coming from. Don't really want to sprinkle the car with ant powder but how do I get rid of the feckers?

Cheers  :rolleyes:
« Last Edit: 31 March 2011, 14:47 by jmsheahan »

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Re: Ants
« Reply #1 on: 31 March 2011, 14:56 »
thats a new one.. they usually require soil don't they so look for an ant hill?

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Re: Ants
« Reply #2 on: 31 March 2011, 14:58 »
Telling them to get out and walk hasn't worked  :grin:

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Re: Ants
« Reply #3 on: 31 March 2011, 16:20 »
ive never heard of this before lol, if its brand new id take the car back and get them to sort it just incase you got the whole family in the dashboard.
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Re: Ants
« Reply #4 on: 31 March 2011, 16:36 »
Secondhand car but only 28k on the clock. Sod driving back to the dealership, it's 2 hours away. The car had been standing a while so could explain it!

Might just have to throw some ant powder over the dash!

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Re: Ants
« Reply #5 on: 31 March 2011, 16:37 »
bug bomb, pull the pin and close the doors, smoke the fckers out  :evil:

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Re: Ants
« Reply #6 on: 31 March 2011, 16:38 »
lol^
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Offline simonpolly

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Re: Ants
« Reply #7 on: 31 March 2011, 19:28 »
You can buy ant traps(no really),its a little round plastic trap that they walk into and never come out of  :grin: ,they are only a few pounds.you have probably left something sweet in the car somewhere
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Re: Ants
« Reply #8 on: 31 March 2011, 20:04 »
You can buy ant traps(no really),its a little round plastic trap that they walk into and never come out of  :grin: ,they are only a few pounds.you have probably left something sweet in the car somewhere

i'd second this.. have seen these ant traps don't know if they work but its the best solution, much better than ant powder... I don't know if they take the poison back to the nest or not but its better than having a few friends coming along for the journey

http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?q=ant+traps&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=3795152654083213625&sa=X&ei=tM-UTb6nE4SHhQew9dT6CA&ved=0CC4Q8wIwAQ#

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Re: Ants
« Reply #9 on: 31 March 2011, 20:47 »
what about the heater system or pollen filter? theyve gota be coming in from somewhere  :huh:
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