Found a pet in my 240!

[KoopaTroopa]

So since it seems like a lot of our cars are sitting w/o a driver for a while (repairs, upgrades, whatnot) they're bound to attract living things i'm sure. Was home on spring break last week and instantly went to give my 240 some much missed attention. While cleaning it bumper to bumper I ended up finding this huge guy! He stayed on the car through the entirety of my cleaning and I named him Chuki.

Haha, sorry its kinda an excuse to show off a cool but creepy photo but I'm sure some of you guys have similar stories about living creatures being found in the car?

[Conquerer]

Nice, how big was it and where did you find it?

[zeause]

Holy f***nutz! i caught a boxer in mine trying to take my brak upgrade. luckily the silver bullit hit her and she passed out.

[Justin35ll]

omg i hate you

[n00b240]

When I saw this post I thought, someone took a pic of their dog hanging out in the 240. But man, that is one DAMN cool picture, what camera did you use for the shot? That spider is grounds for a GREAT desktop wallpaper

[Dittoz7]

Canon Digital Rebel XT35-80mm F/4-5.61/100 sec, f/7.1, ISO 400

How Did You Get A Small DOF With Such A High F-Stop?

[KoopaTroopa]

Took it using a reversed lens adapter and haha yup,it is a rebel xt, was about a half inch from the spider itself when i took it. He was on my passenger side mirror and about 2 to 2.5 inch diameter.

n00b240 - i've got it as a 3456x2304 if you want it as a background (you can almost see the camera in the reflection in its eyes)

[Amtk240]

It looks like what they call a Nursery Spider, but I can't be for certain. Nice photo! I had a mouse visiting my Kouki about two years ago. I had a yellow raincoat in the floorboard in the back and when I needed it one day it had small parts chewed off! I went out and bought glue traps for the garage and got all those punks.

[tramp_drift240]

dude i wanna see the full size picture. srsly.

[dy3versity]

[motoman399]

i had a big a$$ black widow right by my back passenger wheel. drove this car daily. have no idea how it stuck around.

[positron1]

F that I said!!!! No spiders!

[zeause]

haha i f***ing hate spiders. Have my gf kill em!

[BIGTIMER_240]

^^^^^ yup me too but she hates them as much as me so we cry about them together lol

i end up killing them all the tim

[breadbox]

When I pulled the 240sx inside in feb. I opened up where the windshield wiper motor is and found I had a family of ants there.

[KoopaTroopa]

I would definitely have 1 big spider than a family of ants. I would always be paranoid no matter how long i shot it with a hose

Oh hai!

cropped but as big as i can upload pretty much w/o hosting the file somewhere

[breadbox]

The picture is really sick lookin. ^^

[simmode1]

I would definitely have 1 big spider than a family of ants. I would always be paranoid no matter how long i shot it with a hose

Oh hai!

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Oh hell naw. F spiders.

OP, I'm sorry but it would have been hilarious if that spider jumped on you while you were snapping the pic...

[positron1]

LOL as he passes slap out!

[Arashi]

Holy s***

Dat's one creepy mother f***er!

I hate spiders too, but I'm always killing them, I've seen some FAT suckers.

Up here in the great white north, only the truly tough ones survive! So we get nasty spiders that aren't affraid and will even pose aggressively if you get close!

[nevertheless]

spiders hairy a** thing.

[3rd_240]

i dunno how many spiders were in my 240 when i got it lol

[S13Joe]

I would definitely have 1 big spider than a family of ants. I would always be paranoid no matter how long i shot it with a hose

Oh hai!

cropped but as big as i can upload pretty much w/o hosting the file somewhere

Dual projector silvia conversion i see...

[SirSilvia]

I would definitely have 1 big spider than a family of ants. I would always be paranoid no matter how long i shot it with a hose

Oh hai!

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OH sweet jeesus, I about felt back in my chair. Just woke up so I'm all hunched over with my face close to the screen. Thanks for waking my a** up

[Amtk240]

Back in the 90's when I still had my Z31 (1988 300zx), I had a small hole in one of the fog lights so I decided to repair it one day. I climbed under the car and put my bare fingers into the fog light trying to get it loose and I could feel a spider web so I immediately took my finger out. I crawled under the car some more so I could actually see where I had put my finger and a Black Widow Spider had made a home in my fog light and she was still at home! It totally freaked me out and I have no idea how I managed not to get bit.

A lesson..... Always wear a glove when you put your hand in a part of your car that you can't see!

I was so lucky and the fog light never got fixed. I traded that Z31 for the 97' Kouki I have now.

[brandonlgilbert]

That is probably a mature brown widow. If you look at the legs in the second pic you will still see some dark brown areas. My car had a freakin colony of brown widows last year living under the body, in the wheel wells, and in the engine bay. I only drive it maybe once a week, so they feel at home. Apparently the brown widow has a fondness for 240's and cars in general because the more I read about them in my research revealed that they will set up shop under a car.

Fortunately, they are not agressive like their black widow relative. The brown widow will leave its nest (web) and its egg sacks if it is threatened. The black widow will defend its self, home and eggs until death and are very aggressive.

The only good ways to tell the difference between the two are:

juvenile brown widows are brown and grow darker with age until they are almost totally black. the black widow is completely black.

The best way is to find the egg sacks. A black widow egg sack is smooth all the way around. The brown widow egg sack has little spindles coming off of it kinda like a sea mine.

end biology lesson.

[freakyjason]

I can literally feel that thing crawling all over me now. Please dont ever post something like that ever again! Why did you feel the need to post it in the first place? I'm still cringing!

haha i f***ing hate spiders. Have my gf kill em!

I do the exact same thing! One time, there was one on my shoulder and my gf pointed it out to me so I calmly asked her to get it off but she refused (just to see my reaction). At that point I began screaming like a little girl and ripped my shirt off and threw it. True story. Well, maybe I didn't rip the shirt but you know what I'm saying.

[Johara2320]

lol i found a bee hive on my radiator. i dont know how it had the time to make a hive or how they lasted in there.

[SirSilvia]

lol i found a bee hive on my radiator. i dont know how it had the time to make a hive or how they lasted in there.

mmm cooked bees

[Ilvemynissan]

I wish I had a good camera....