This is what I was greeted with this morning.

Any idea what sort of fella this is ?

He had obviously had a busy night

Wow, that's some beast.

Lol

jeeez!

i take it you got in the passenger side?

I never thought of that Steve ! I just kinda batted the web out the way, hopped in & Turbo'd off to work

He's a garden spider! Obviously there's a shortage of shrubs in your garden and he's had to resort to wing mirrors!

Unless he was orphaned and brought us by wing mirror spiders.

Nice,
the aracnids are partial to my car as well.

Must be the Le models.

spiders are obviously very fussy about their wing mirror homes, they wont just settle for any old coupe.....

You always have to go one bigger don't you Mike

Normal spider not enough for you huh...

I try mate, I try

Makes me wonder what you're going to find in your third brake light tomorrow.

Dam mike...

i mean we all have the small spider in the wing mirror but feeding him steriods is not a way of getting rid of one...

wing mirror spiders, especially one this size no doubt slow the car down considerably.

and then the webs must adversely affect the aerodynamics of the car.

and then if you've got flies that are caught in the web, then the car's slowed down even further!

millions of pounds must be wasted in increased fuel costs every year because of spiders.

instead of wasting money on these spiders i'd rather spend it on the 4 wheeled, Alfa badged variety.

least he picked a proper car to make a web on, only another coupe enthusiast

Weird, I found one of these on hovedan's barchetta when I was just starting to detail it. Funny little bugger, I flicked it with a 15ft long branch that I pulled off a tree, it fell to the floor and charged me. I ran up the road screaming like a baby ( like I do when wasps buzz my head )

What was the spider charging for its detailing services?

50p

50p??? are you pulling my legs?

No, but that little blighter was trying to pull a fast one, 50p for clearing the rear of one wing mirror from flies and debris?

i cant stand the bloody thing especially when there that big i would of got in the passenger side and gone for a good drive, gave it some 70mph winds

Jeez, you don't know what a Garden spider is? I'd say about the most common spider we have...

The ones with big black palps are the males, the ones with the fat Abdonems (at this time of year) the females (lots of babies soon)

I found one of those beasts when I was cleaning my windows, first thing I thought........lets poke it with a stick and the dam thing charged at me too then flipped on its back showing its teeth and shaking its legs!

Its now paying me back by living in my wing mirror too no matter how much of a blast I give it with the pressure washer

Imagine living somewhere were the spiders do more then give you a tickle

That's not a common garden spider, that's a multi-legged, multi-coloured giant ninja killer spider from the depths of hell.

Please tell me you are joking Trappy! I may never venture into my garden again

He's not joking and this is why I refuse to have anything above waist height alongside my path.

I walked straight into one of these devils at night once and never quite got over the shock

Geek alert - that is an orb web spider which is found in gardens, not homes. Nice example

Thank god!

I'd smash my coupe up if I saw that demon thing near my car.

What a brilliant thread must be the design of the coupe mirrors or just that spideys like the cars haha

You've read the spider FAQ? http://www.fiatcoupeclub.org/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=463256#Post463256

yeah its fantastic matey

especially the 'lesser spotted chav' part!