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1. Tao of Bugs (score: 1): Author: Tab Julius <tab@penworks.com>; Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 21:32:00 -0400; 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; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00800.html (8,520 bytes)
2. RE: Tao of Bugs (score: 1): Author: "Gordie's Garage" <mg_garage@ameritech.net>; Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 21:56:36 -0400; Geez, I really haven't noticed if there are more or not, but I have noticed that the ones on the MG windshield have larger splatters! Maybe it is the rake of the windshield? as I sit here and look at; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00801.html (8,408 bytes)
3. Re: Tao of Bugs (score: 1): Author: "Rick Fisk" <refisk@chartermi.net>; Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 22:09:27 -0400; My guess is aerodynamics. Airflow over the front end of the Saab is such that the bugs are carried up and over the windshield. is /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00804.html (8,012 bytes)
4. RE: Tao of Bugs (score: 1): Author: Tab Julius <tab@penworks.com>; Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 22:08:56 -0400; Well, I can attest to the huge splatters. It seems out of proportion to the car. Maybe it is the angle - I have no idea. Presumably there are those on the list who are further down the bug philosophy; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00805.html (8,033 bytes)
5. Re: Tao of Bugs (score: 1): Author: Kevin Smith <ksmith40@earthlink.net>; Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 21:20:27 -0500; [snips] I would think what matters most is the angle of wind deflection. In other words, an old Willys Jeep will be covered with bug juice where a Lamborghini Countach would have much less. On the ot; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00806.html (8,327 bytes)
6. Re: Tao of Bugs (score: 1): Author: Tab Julius <tab@penworks.com>; Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 22:29:04 -0400; Interesting point - the Saab happens to be coated with Rain-X. I can't recall if I did the same with the MG, but let's presume not. So, one mention of Rain-X, two mentions of deflection. Maybe a comb; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00807.html (7,988 bytes)
7. Re: Tao of Bugs (score: 1): Author: David Councill <dcouncil@imt.net>; Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 21:17:15 -0600; 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,; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00810.html (10,123 bytes)
8. Re: Tao of Bugs (score: 1): Author: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@MGAguru.com>; Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 00:22:21 -0500; Shucks. I thought this was a well understood law of old British cars, where they collect bugs as surely as they drip oil, and nobody has to ask. Check this picture: http://chicagolandmgclub.com/photo; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00821.html (9,862 bytes)
9. Re: Tao of Bugs (score: 1): Author: Paul Root <proot@iaces.com>; Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 08:29:07 -0500; I was at Menards yesterday (day off home repairs), and it appears that Rain-X is expanding its product line. They now have car wash detergent, with wax globules in suspended. I thought about getting; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00824.html (9,871 bytes)
10. Re: Tao of Bugs (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>; Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 20:00:19 -0700; It's not size, it's the angle. And the wraparound. You see, your SAAB is actually designed in a wind tunnel for low coefficient of drag. The body is shaped so that air goes around it, maintaining smo; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00825.html (10,276 bytes)
11. RE: Tao of Bugs (score: 1): Author: "Marc Siegel" <smarc@abs.net>; Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 12:41:51 -0400; My apologies in advance, but I can't help laughing about this whole thread - it reminds me of that old joke: Q: What's the last thing to go through a bug's mind when it hits your windshield? A: It's; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00829.html (8,570 bytes)
12. Re: Tao of Bugs (score: 1): Author: "David Breneman" <idcb@airborne.com>; Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 09:45:32 -0700 (PDT); Barney Gaylord SEZ - Bugs aren't the only thing they don't deflect. Once driving my former MGB on a highway, a rock about the size of a macadamia nut fell out of a dump truck ahead of me, bounced off; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00831.html (8,999 bytes)
13. Re: Tao of Bugs (score: 1): Author: pokrefke1@attbi.com; Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 17:04:00 +0000; Where do you live? I'm not going anywhere close if the smegma of any creature is a problem! For the humour challenged http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=smegma Thomas Pokrefke /// or try http:; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00835.html (8,532 bytes)
14. Re: Tao of Bugs (score: 1): Author: "Harold Pulcher" <pulcher@killercomputing.com>; Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 12:05:00 -0500; I started using the the Rain-X brand wiper fluid in my truck. So everytime I clean my windshield I am applying a little Rain-X as well. Don't know if it will eventally gum something up, but hasn't be; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00837.html (9,293 bytes)
15. Re: Tao of Bugs (score: 1): Author: Rocky Frisco <rock@rocky-frisco.com>; Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 12:11:42 -0500; I'm guessing it's at least partly the angle and shape of the bonnet, since I don't have this problem and I'm also driving an MGB, but one with a TF body. Now, of course I also have the TF windscreen,; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00838.html (9,292 bytes)
16. Re: Tao of Bugs (score: 1): Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com; Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 13:20:45 EDT; << > Shucks. I thought this was a well understood law of old British cars, Bugs aren't the only thing they don't deflect. Once driving my former MGB on a highway, a rock about the size of a macadamia; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00840.html (9,415 bytes)
17. Re: Tao of Bugs (score: 1): Author: "Dave Wood" <dwood143@attbi.com>; Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 10:28:30 -0700; Then if becomes the Tao of Pooh. Dave 72 B My apologies in advance, but I can't help laughing about this whole thread - it reminds me of that old joke: Q: What's the last thing to go through a bug's; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00841.html (8,528 bytes)
18. Re: Tao of Bugs (score: 1): Author: "David Breneman" <idcb@airborne.com>; Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 10:27:20 -0700 (PDT); pokrefke1@attbi.com SEZ - Circumcised bugs have less of a problem with that. -- David Breneman | "Just because something doesn't Distributed Systems S/W Analyst | do what you planned it to do Airborn; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00842.html (8,681 bytes)
19. Re: Tao of Bugs (score: 1): Author: Rocky Frisco <rock@rocky-frisco.com>; Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 12:40:42 -0500; Comedian Joe Frisco (not related) was the famous stuttering comic of the 1920's and 30's. George Burns' favorite Joe Frisco story was thus: Joe and George and a group of other comedians were standing; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00846.html (9,704 bytes)
20. RE: Tao of Bugs (score: 1): Author: "Gordie's Garage" <mg_garage@ameritech.net>; Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 06:47:37 -0400; I always have plenty of Rain-X on the A, seldom and on the Audi's. /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive; /html/mgs/2003-04/msg00847.html (8,466 bytes)

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