Twice I’ve found the half smoked variety in rental cars. Now I usually do a little vehicle search when I do rent one.

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
park your car in the hot sun with the windows rolled up.

My wife did that to me today at a shopping center. It didn't work.

Tarantulas like to eat roaches and they are easier to find once it kills the roach.

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Originally posted by 220-9er:
This is what I thought of too. I've heard of that happening more than once after a car was left for service.

As a child of the 70s, that is where my mind went as well.


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Originally posted by Nismo:
Tarantulas like to eat roaches and they are easier to find once it kills the roach.

Or you can just put a Gila monster in there to find the tarantula.


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I’m afraid the nuclear option isn’t guaranteed to kill a roach.

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Originally posted by 6guns:

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
park your car in the hot sun with the windows rolled up.

I think this will work.

It'll work. High heat is the surest way to kill insects, since they are unable to perspire to regulate body temperature. If the inside of your car gets over 120 deg, it'll kill the roach.

This is also why if you have clothing or linens that you think might harbor fleas, ticks, bed bugs, etc, you throw them in the dryer for 20 min.

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Originally posted by iron chef:

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Originally posted by 6guns:

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
park your car in the hot sun with the windows rolled up.

I think this will work.

It'll work. High heat is the surest way to kill insects, since they are unable to perspire to regulate body temperature. If the inside of your car gets over 120 deg, it'll kill the roach.

This is also why if you have clothing or linens that you think might harbor fleas, ticks, bed bugs, etc, you throw them in the dryer for 20 min.

Another solution when you soak a T shirt with perspiration is to hang it in your car on a hot day.

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Originally posted by V-Tail:

Yep. It's the only way to be sure.

Just from the title I thought you got pulled over and po-po found something. LOL I am glad I was wrong. Nuke it from orbit, its the only way to be sure. God Bless

Several years ago I caught a glimpse of a spider in the back seat floor in my old truck and couldn’t find it, so I set off a bug bomb. I never saw the spider again but I had to drive with my windows down for quite a while after that! I wouldn’t recommend setting off a bug bomb in a vehicle.

Also, back in 1979 my Dad bought a 1978 Toyota pickup from this guy (who was actually a Toyota salesman - it was his personal vehicle lol) and I later found a very tiny roach in the ashtray. My Dad gave me that truck when I was old enough to drive a couple years later.

Growing up in Daytona Beach, I’m way too familiar with big ass palmetto bugs, and I don’t like them. And I really don’t like spiders. Here in Arizona all I have to worry about are scorpions and tarantula hawks. Hahaha

Couldn't help thinking of this scene in The Big Lebowski:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo11SqLmuGc

Eat a lot of beans. And let her rip.

Dang, hope this doesn't happen to my wife. She would either sell the car immediately or abandon it forever. In SW Colorado, at 7,500 feet elevation, we don't see any roaches. In East Texas we financially support the exterminator.

Found the bastard. He checked into the Roach Hotel I put under the passenger seat, and like the Hotel California, he could never leave.

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Originally posted by nosticks:
How can I get find and kill the bastard. Not using any sprays due to leather and lingering smells. Any ideas besides 24 hr. guard with an old shoe.

Put a chunk of dry ice in the car and leave it closed up overnight. Just remember to let it air out when you drive it the next day. Publix sells dry ice in most stores.