Huge spider on hood / driving fast to blow it off!

tekdeus

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Driving my '84 after a coffee this evening, I noticed what looked like a big ugly ass spider clinging to my hood, about a foot away from the windshield on the driver's side. Of course, instinct kicked in and the logical thing to do was to drive fast enough to blast it off. That little bastard must have sensed danger because you could see it clinging real tight and hunkering down real low. After exceeding the speed limits of the streets to no avail, I felt confident I could break him loose on the freeway. I was stunned as it held on for a good 5-10 minutes at speeds up to 70mph. Finally, a gap in the moronic traffic appeared and I gunned it to about 84. I knew I was close to winning when it started to flutter and flail, barely hangin' on with a couple of legs. I was pissed by now and when it finally flew off in the blink of an eye, I blurted out a loud ha-HA! with such ferocity that I surprised myself.

I thought this worth sharing. :biglaugh:
 

faithless88

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I don't know how many times I have done that but always brings a smile to my face. I had one hang on till 110 pretty dam impressive.
 

JASONA70

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*POLICE POLICE*

Police: good evening sir, do you know why i am giving you this ticket to you?
supra guy: ya there was a spider on my hood, i had to drive really fast to get it off.
 

Figit090

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lol.... so that really happened to you huh? i'm sorry :(

man that sucks. did you laugh at the almost ironic happening? or did it feel bad. I'm wondering how i'd feel if i got rod knock. if i ever do i hope i'm having fun. if i were ever going to do an engine swap i'd go drag race and auto-x the old motor until it croaked. oh and i'd keep a good extinguisher handy.
 

Poodles

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how about racing a tiburon, get to about 120 and it starts to slow down, let off the gas and the rod knock is bad enough to shake the entire car it tries to die...

tiburon flies past

fucking tiburons
 

BlackMKIII

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Poodles said:
how about racing a tiburon, get to about 120 and it starts to slow down, let off the gas and the rod knock is bad enough to shake the entire car it tries to die...

tiburon flies past

fucking tiburons

FUCKING A! You too? What is it with those piles of shit they think they can handle a Supra? WTF?!?!
 

BlackMKIII

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Figit090 said:
lol.... so that really happened to you huh? i'm sorry :(

man that sucks. did you laugh at the almost ironic happening? or did it feel bad. I'm wondering how i'd feel if i got rod knock. if i ever do i hope i'm having fun. if i were ever going to do an engine swap i'd go drag race and auto-x the old motor until it croaked. oh and i'd keep a good extinguisher handy.

I just saw it as the excuse I needed to justify (to my soon to be wife) that $6,000 should be spent installing a 1JZ (through Driftmotion).

So I was actually happy getting a RK.
 

Poodles

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newish 7M and many parts later, she's quite a bit faster...

it's one of those "oops I broke it taking it off, UPGRADE or OEM" things...

broke my DP, got a DDP, wiring harness was toast, got a new one, ect...

now I have a boost leak that I just can't seem to fix, and a clutch that went out, so it's upgrade time...
 

RazoE

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what sucks more is when a bee lands on your windshield, so you swat it off with the wipers, only to have it fly into the cabin cause your targa's off @ 80mph...


trust me, it sucks...
 

IJ.

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It's worse when you're on a road bike and hit one and it blows up into the helmet and you can feel it under your nose and smell the pollen..... ;)

And you don't know if it's dead or stunned!
 

Ckanderson

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tekdeus said:
Bahaha. I don't know how those bikers cruise the highways with an open face helmet. Some bugs must put huge welts on your face!

yea i love driving with things on the windshield. And yea i got whacked with a pretty big bug on my helmet facesheild when I had my r6. scared the SHIT out of me, and i deffenetly felt the impact.

WHACK!!!!!!!!!!