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Car bra? I think that's what they're actually for.
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Do you have kids?
If you do, then trust me, the shame you will bring on them by wrapping your car in cling film and the consequent mithering you will get during your holiday should be weighed up.
I think your last comment in your posting suggests you know the answer to your question!
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Bobby probably has a good point. When I last drove from London to Warsaw the front of the car was a total mess, completely splattered with bugs and they were a pig to remove, I resorted to using a brillo pad and still haven't shifted them all. Dunno what the answer is but cling film won't stay on at high speed.
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Hi Bobby - When I'm doing long runs in warm countries I keep a "bug shifter" sponge in the car. You have probably seen them in car accessory shops. They are basically a sponge wrapped in a nylon mesh. Five minutes with one of these and a bottle of clean water and you are sorted. A lot less hassle than applying film or other protective devices. Enjoy your hols. Which way are you going?
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When I'm doing long runs in warm countries I keep a "bug shifter" sponge in the car.
I've got one of those, and also you can buy 'bug shifting spray' in an aerosol can. It comes out as a foam which you leave on the car for five minutes and it softens dried-on deposits, it does seem easier to shift dead flies. Last summer I was using it every evening after driving home from work as there seemed to be a plague of flies hovering over the motorway for a week or two.
You might get the same result with other forms of detergent frothed up to make a foam?
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My other lazy mans trick is to keep a very high level of screenwash concentrate in the washer bottle. Give the windscreen a squirt while cleaning it with the "bug shifter" and the detergent which will get on to the sponge will also help to move the bugs from the paintwork. Rinse off with a bottle of water. Nae bother !
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Cheers for those comments!
Shoespy, I have a small sponge similar to what you describe that I normally use for my windscreen, might try that with the front as well. In my vast array of chemicals for the car I also have insect remover or something similar. Maybe I just need to squeeze them into one of the "hidey holes" in the car!
Re route, Glasgow to Tunnel, staying overnight in Guines near Calais, then down through Paris to Chambord, staying overnight again and then down to the South over the Millau Bridge!
However coming back, will probably do as I have done before and come back up the East side, via Lyons as I find the motorways there quicker.
Can't wait!
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Done a similar run a few times over the years. Nice drive. I remember the first time I saw the Millau from a distance, I thought it was large sailing boats from a few miles away but couldn't understand what they would be doing so far inland. Stunning sight when close up and when actually crossing it isn't it? The Top Gear guys did a feature on it one time. Can't remember the cars but I think they were something quite impressive too.
Back to insects. Ten years ago we took our Westfield on our honeymoon on a sort of latterday Grand Tour. We had booked several hotels in advance and one or two of them were quite posh. One night in the south of France we arrived at a particularly upmarket establishment rather later than planned and had to go straight into the restaurant before it closed. We must have looked eccentric at best as we sat in this rather fine restaurant picking dead creatures out of our hair and off our clothes !
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