Bizarre. Spiders cause recall of Mazdas in US
 

Apologies if this has been posted before; but I came acros this article this morning.

How very bizarre!

Spiders cause recall of Mazda's in US for living in fuel tank

"Japanese brand caught in web after spiders prompt 50,000 car recall.

Spiders have forced Mazda US to recall more than 50,000 Mazda6 mid-sized sedans.

The yellow sac spider reportedly spins its webs inside part of the car's fuel system, which in turn causes increased pressure in the fuel system, causing the car's petrol tank to crack."

More in the article.

I wonder how many customers cars actually had spinders in the fuel vents? Very interesting.

A while ago I heard a car importer staged there cars in a lot that was infested with ants... you guessed it.

So do you smell like gasoline now?

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Ian

Those are only five-legged spiders. Not to worry.

(for lisa- this was an internet joke that circulated a while back Next time, I'll spend the money on drugs instead. )

Thankyou for looking after me John ;)...:)

That's cause his other legs are hidden behind the red plastic thing. ;) Here's the image I used. I wanted a yellow sac on a black background to cut from.

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Ian

That's funny!!

Quiet a while back, I was complaining to my boss that one of the burners on my gas grill was not working. Straight away, he said, "There's a spiders web blocking the burner". 100% correct! I could see it. I think it was actually an egg sack of some sort, but point was, he was correct. Cleaned it out, and burner worked fine.

Follow up story is even more weird
 

Just stumbled across this...too far with the animal rights thing :rolleyes:

Bizarre follow-up to Mazda's spider recall