I know this sounds weird, but I have never had problems with aphids before living in my apartment at school. I went home for a week, and parking under a tree, my car was victim to tree sap and aphids. I was able to wash it all away, and thought I would be in the clear since I'm back at school now. But now I see my car still has a sap/aphid problem. Could it be possible they are living in my car? None of my neighbors cars have sap or anything. Even after washing my car multiple times they just keep coming back..

 

where in the car??

 

i have no idea haha. they leave a hard, sap like residue all over the outside of my car (windows, paint, top).

 

easy solution= park somewhere else and walk!!

y0u are lucky that the sap can be washed off... good job- if it hardens its a real pia -

i would buy a car cover and first choice would be to rent a garage... if you cant to that, then park as far away from the sappy trees as possible.

 

i am away from the sappy trees the sappy trees were from my home in the bay area. now that i'm back in school i'm sure these trees are fine because i have never had a problem before and my neighbors cars are all sap free.

 

I was convinced that i had a spider living in my car about a week ago. I just went with the method out of site out of mind and it went away.

 

While I've never had this problem, I am aware of it as I've got many plants in the house. For the plants, you usually dispose of them :-)

I'm guessing you still need to do a thorough washing.

Remove all the seats (if you have interior issues), and use a vacuum with carpet cleaner for the carpets.

Scrub scrub and scrub the top.

Park somewhere else.

 

What's an aphid?

 

It's slang for Miata owner. I found one lurking around my car last month.

OR

It's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphid

 

A friend of mine has a spider that shows up every now and again in his M3. So we've dubbed him ///M Spider. I've convinced his webbing adds structural support.