How do I get a Huntsman out of the car

[Tonz]

true story,

pulled up at traffic lights, middle lane, right turn had just turned red and car stops beside me, 2 young floosies jiving away to some crap music with windows down, I flip my visor down and WOW large huntsman greets me, one mighty flick and he goes out my window as my light turns green, apparently, from the screams I heard he must have landed in floosies lap..... oh the joys of driving..

[parso_rex]

I had a monster living in one of my cars for over three months,It was as big as they get - you know how they sort of fatten up once they reach maximum diameter. I saw it the first time on my leg at about 11pm when I pulled up and the lights came on when I opened the door . This sort of went on for weeks, I'd come out and the thing had left a nice web across the seat or roof, dash or whatever and then I'd have to check the car every single time I got in because I knew he was out to get me. Sometimes on the way to or from work I'd pull over because I was just convinced he was creeping up the back of my seat ready to sink his lethal razor sharp fangs deep into my neck.
After taking many years off my life expectancy I finally cornered the beast in the drivers side door hinge and managed to take out some of his legs(and paint) with a bastard file that was nearby but it was still days before I managed to take him out once and for all.
It was him or me and yes he lost on that terrible day but its something that will haunt me for the rest of my life.

Now I'm a bit older I tend to just take them outside but if they want to start something again I say bring it .............

[rayb3na_]

Hahah Mark you crack me up

[ryana89]

Huntsmans can be surprisingly friendly.

[dylan8]

We have a garden spray that can get rid of others from around the eaves of the house, but in a light dose it seems to just drug the bigger Huntsmans.
Had a similar situation in our focus where it would only appear when mum was in the car.
A quixk spray and wound the Windows up, sure enough it appeared on the dash not looking so crash hot.
Quick flick out of the car and it continued to live on under the verandah.

[Mk3 AAA]

No need to panic, calmly walk away from the car and....

[Tuan]

ahahh there are some hilarious posts here !

I've seen one whilst driving .. it was on the windscreen OUTSIDE and then I stopped to flick it off .. bugger got through the open door and came inside the car !! Can't really remember what I did after that. I think I fainted and woke up in hospital

Seriously though, I had to give mine a good flick with the uni note pad and once it was outside the car, I was out of there ! I think it made me 15 minutes late to class.

Sports racer ... just spray the car with RAID and hopefully you find the body of the huntsman curled up somewhere. Once that's done, I'd spray the car with Glen 20 (into the vents that suck air to get rid of the fumes).

Good luck !

[gldgti]

If its a big one, just offer up your hand and let it crawl on, then take it outside and put him/her on a tree trunk or some such.. The little ones seem to be a lot more skittish and will run away, so those are better got with a broom.

Nobody ever died from a huntsman bite.

[sports racer]

It's out!

The kids spotted it crawling across the rear window so a well placed flick and it went merrily on it's way.

It's funny how I'm not scared of spiders but every time there was a movement at the edge of my vision, no matter what it was, I'd be a bit skittish. Now I can drive without imagining it crawling across the back of my neck.

Cheers

Paul

[Jozzy]

Driving back from Bairnsdale once as a passenger and notice huntsman on inside drivers door window. Doing 110 down the freeway the driver calmly lowers the window to let her out but the huntsman hits the door and falls inside the car. We carried on and 20s later the driver told me not to move as Mrs Huntsman had crawled up the B pillar onto the roof above my head.
Just as I look up she has fallen and out of nowhere I karate chopped her onto the ground followed by a very ensuring stomp from my right foot.
Why do they have to be so big!