I'm not familiar with the Saab, but my guess would be the angle of the
windshield. My '74 Toyota Landcruiser has a flat, perpendicular windshield
that will catch everything. During some snow storms, I'm sometimes the only
one on the road that has to use windshield wipers. And it attracts more
bugs likewise, much more than my Bs. At least as I recall - last time I saw
bugs was last September. But I imagine we will be into bug season again
sometime in the next month here in Montana.
David Councill
67 BGT
72 B
At 09:32 PM 4/28/2003 -0400, Tab Julius wrote:
>I do not understand this. I own three vehicles. One is a piece-of-junk
>'83 Ford Ranger for getting stuff to the dump, running errands to Home
>Depot, etc.
>
>The other two are convertibles.
>
>My "real" car is a Saab 900 convertible.
>
>My "surreal" car is my '78 MGB
>
>The Saab's windshield is probably 6-12 inches higher than the MG's, though
>I haven't measured it.
>
>Driving both in my local area, at all hours (meaning both are roughly
>equally exposed to the same environment), my MG's windshield will
>invariably be covered in dead bug smegma. Whereas the Saab's windshield is
>barely covered at all - I have to reach high speeds on the highway in the
>evening to reach the same bug:glass ratio.
>
>I doubt that the Saab has a built-in bug-repellent windshield. They're
>nice cars, but not that nice.
>
>Likewise, it's not like the MGB should be a bug-repellent. If I owned an
>Austin-Healey bugeyed Sprite I might be able to contemplate that, but as it
>is, the only real difference is windshield height.
>
>Is it just me, or does anyone else see exceptional bug splatter/smegma on
>their MG not replicated on other vehicles. If so, any musings as to
>WHY? Do an extra six to twelve inches (of windshields!) really make a
>difference? In short, does size matter?
>
>Scraping as we speak...
>
>- Tab
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