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| MINI2 Regular Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Germany Local Time: 01:09 AM
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Offline | Ohh.........bugs! Is it just me or does the MINI act like a magnet to insects. My windshied and bonnet are covered with the sad remains of our little bug friends. You can see them coming down the autobahn, flapping away. Get out of the way, I said. Then SPLAT Seriously, I've never had so many bugs plastered upon a car. No mercy the MINI says. Are the aerodynamics on the MINI that bad? |
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| Whatev. | I live in a really buggy area and my theory is the only reason I notice them more now is because instead of washing my car once a year as I did with my previous car, I wash the MINI once a week. I am always being dive bombed by birds though - dunno if it is the "oohhh, shiny object" effect or something else. ![]() |
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| MINI2 Regular Join Date: May 2004 Local Time: 09:09 PM
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Offline | scooterboy, you don't find the film left behing with Rain-X to be annoying, especially at night? I use their windshield wiper fluid (orange in the winter, pink rest of the year), works great. |
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| feisty footie Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Gilroy, CA Local Time: 06:09 PM
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Offline | I use a product called GLASS REPELLENT KIT Part # 221-528. I got it from Moss Mini. It really works well and makes bug, tree sap, road grime, and bird dookie come off really easily. |
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| motorist Join Date: Sep 2003 Local Time: 09:09 PM
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Offline | RainX only leaves a film behind if you do not buff it enough. In my experience, "enough" means a total of about 15 minutes of buffing spread out over three different days. It seems you have to look at the glass from just the right angle in just the right light to get it all. Once you accomplish that, it works quite well for a pretty good length of time. Until you accomplish that, the film can be annoying as all get out. 04 BRG/W MCS |
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| MINI2 Master Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: NH Local Time: 09:09 PM
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Offline | Not at all. I keep buffing it until I can't see any sign of a film (I've never buffed more than 5 minutes though). Never noticed the film at night either (and I'm often driving home from work at night). I also use their windshield wiper fluid and the combination of the two is great. |
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| MINI2 Regular Join Date: May 2004 Local Time: 09:09 PM
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Offline | so buffing is key. I do have to say that by just cleaning my windshield with invisible glass (by stoner's) and b&w newspapers, i can go several storms where the water just runs right off without the use of windshield wipers. With minimum effort too. |
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| MINI2 Newbie Join Date: May 2004 Location: Canadian in Kentucky Local Time: 09:09 PM
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Offline | ..."Stoner" is the best window cleaner that I've ever used. I find it even more effective than "Rain X at repelling rain drops, and the bugs/bird droppings just do not stick to my windshield. And I use Zaino products as well. The Zaino "Gloss Enhancer" is especially good at keeping bugs and dirt from sticking to the front of my car. Happy detailing! ![]() HUMMER SLAYER |
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| MINI2 Regular Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: sheffield Local Time: 02:09 AM
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Offline | Slaughter on the motorway The drive home today was like a turkey shoot, could'nt miss the little B%£^&*ds. must have got at least 600 of them, just kept on thwacking into the windscreen, going to try and get some more tomorrow. pubert ![]() |
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| MINI2 Master Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Philadelphia, PA, US Local Time: 01:09 AM
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Offline | Just wait until the cicada bugs come out in the next few weeks. Those suckers might come right through the windshield! Jason Livingood | personal web site 2002 DS/W MINI Cooper S Thank you for signing my rear fog light petition. Now we have rear fogs! :-) |
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| MINI2 Regular Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Germany Local Time: 01:09 AM
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Offline | I drove across France shortly before I started this tread and it's wasn't a pretty sight. I even had a bee shoved inside the plastic frame around the window. Its little head was still sticking out. The rest of the windshield looked like it was pelted with slimy green paint balls. Those were some big sucka's. I think I drained my entire washer jets at one time. Went to the store the other day and I noticed Prestone has windshield fluid specifically designed for the horror's I witnessed that week. I might give it a try. It's going to be a long summer. |
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| MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: London Local Time: 02:09 AM
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Offline | Have not tried Rain X, but recently started using a product by Mer which is the same (from Halfords for those of you in blightly!)... Anway works a treat with no smearing. Just apply one coat, allow to dry, then a second, allow to dry and buff up. No problems with a film being left behine, minimal buffing and lasts for ages! |
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| MINI2 Regular Join Date: Mar 2004 Local Time: 01:09 AM
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Offline | Completely covered! Splat! I have also noticed the bird thing......low flying birds are not pleasant! Oh and does anyone else have birds who like a freshly cleaned car to ![]() ![]() ![]() over?? 3 times this week and it is only Wednesday!! |
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