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I just had a really horrible experience.
Driving home from work tonight(in the dark) doing about 60MPH (Nat.speed limits apply zone) and I saw a black cat in the gutter turn and look at me. and within a split seccond he had run out in front of me and I felt him go under the front wheel.
I didn't see him until I was about a metre away from him , so braking and swerving made no difference.
Another experience I remember was when I was a paessenger in my mates F-reg Suzuki Swift GTI (not the most robust of cars) . Driving to Uni, we passed a national park. it was a 60 zone and we were probably doing about 65, when a huge Stag jumped out of the 6ft high hedge on the left and ran straight across the road and into the field on the other side. The thing was about 5 metres from us and it all happened within a split seccond. If we had hit it we (and the stag) would have been seriously injured if not killed.
>>> Edited by nmlowe on Tuesday 7th May 01:18
Driving home from work tonight(in the dark) doing about 60MPH (Nat.speed limits apply zone) and I saw a black cat in the gutter turn and look at me. and within a split seccond he had run out in front of me and I felt him go under the front wheel.
I didn't see him until I was about a metre away from him , so braking and swerving made no difference.
Another experience I remember was when I was a paessenger in my mates F-reg Suzuki Swift GTI (not the most robust of cars) . Driving to Uni, we passed a national park. it was a 60 zone and we were probably doing about 65, when a huge Stag jumped out of the 6ft high hedge on the left and ran straight across the road and into the field on the other side. The thing was about 5 metres from us and it all happened within a split seccond. If we had hit it we (and the stag) would have been seriously injured if not killed.
>>> Edited by nmlowe on Tuesday 7th May 01:18
I was once riding behind my mate on a genesis yam, on our way to Brighton for a run out. As we headed through a tree-d section a flock of pigeons erupted from nowhere and we blitzed straight through them probably leaving two cartoon-style motorbike shaped holes.
On arrival in Brighton we noticed that his bike was stinking really bad, so on further inspection we discovered that a pigeon had managed to attempt to fly up one of his fairing air inlets, failed dramatically to fit, and in the process had disintegrated all over his engine.
MMmm, fried pigeon!
The chunks of burnt-on flesh were still visible a year later...
On arrival in Brighton we noticed that his bike was stinking really bad, so on further inspection we discovered that a pigeon had managed to attempt to fly up one of his fairing air inlets, failed dramatically to fit, and in the process had disintegrated all over his engine
. MMmm, fried pigeon!
The chunks of burnt-on flesh were still visible a year later...Years ago a mate of mine was driving down the AVUS in Berlin (when Berlin was still a civilised 4 power state!) in his NSU 1200 TT. A wild pig (a big sow weighing in at around 200kg) decided to cross the Autobahn and hit his rear wheel smack in the middle. He managed somehow to keep it straight and stopped. The pig shook its head and wandered dazedly off!
He realised summat was bent but couldn't figure it out until he had it on the measuring bench. The swine had knocked the chassis a clear inch out of true so that he was driving effectively with two wheellines. His TT had to be scrapped! Pity as they're collectors items now!
He realised summat was bent but couldn't figure it out until he had it on the measuring bench. The swine had knocked the chassis a clear inch out of true so that he was driving effectively with two wheellines. His TT had to be scrapped! Pity as they're collectors items now!
I have hitten a wild pig, too!
On the Autobahn between Nürnberg and Würzburg @120kph.
The pig appeared, while I was changing lanes and looking in the mirror; and it was a very big one, so 200kg were distributed on 200m tarmac.
740i became discarded metal, but saved my passenger's and my life, without injuries!
On the Autobahn between Nürnberg and Würzburg @120kph.
The pig appeared, while I was changing lanes and looking in the mirror; and it was a very big one, so 200kg were distributed on 200m tarmac.
740i became discarded metal, but saved my passenger's and my life, without injuries!
I hit a cat at about 80Mph wile in the middle of nowhere in france, it just walked out in front of me and it was too late to do anything but squish it. Neither me nor my vegetarian passenger wanted to get out in case ther was a cat head with fixed manic grin wedged in the grille.
Bloody moggie had the last laugh though - caused 1500 quids worth of damage to the front of the Griff...
Also know of somebody on here who drove their porsche 996 into a fast moving turnip rtecently dropped off a turnip truck. It made a neat turnip shaped hole in the front and proceeded through the car causing several grands woth of damage -
Bloody moggie had the last laugh though - caused 1500 quids worth of damage to the front of the Griff...
Also know of somebody on here who drove their porsche 996 into a fast moving turnip rtecently dropped off a turnip truck. It made a neat turnip shaped hole in the front and proceeded through the car causing several grands woth of damage -
You guys ain't seen roadkill until you've been to New Zealand. You wouldn't believe there were enough cars to kill all those possums.
They even "Possum Roadkill" souvenir paperweights. Grinning Possum. Tyre marks through flat central section done in pottery. Nice.
I kid you not. Blech.
They even "Possum Roadkill" souvenir paperweights. Grinning Possum. Tyre marks through flat central section done in pottery. Nice.
I kid you not. Blech.
Knew someone who hit a pheasant with a 2CV in the dark going over the hills. Did not stop, but continued onto the pub. After parking up and walking around the front of the car proceeded to scream as the claw of the (very dead) bird grabbed their leg!
The only good thing about the 2CV body work is that the panel beating could be done by hand, literally! Only a slight dent afterwards.
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The only good thing about the 2CV body work is that the panel beating could be done by hand, literally! Only a slight dent afterwards.
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Apparently a guy was driving through a town when he saw a cat run out in front of him. He felt the car hit it so he stopped and got out to see what had happened. He found the cat lying in the gutter behind him. It wasn't moving so he decided to put it out of its misery. So he took his tyre lever out and proceeded to beat it to death.
At which point a woman came out the house he was in front of and yelled, what have you done to my cat, he was enjoying a snooze in the gutter as usual ...
And a policeman came and said, you have a dead cat impaled on your radiator grille ...
I'm told this is true.
At which point a woman came out the house he was in front of and yelled, what have you done to my cat, he was enjoying a snooze in the gutter as usual ...
And a policeman came and said, you have a dead cat impaled on your radiator grille ...
I'm told this is true.
Some friends of mine were driving their MG Midget along a dark country lane in Yorkshire a few years ago. They rounded a corner to encounter a black cow, visible only just before they hit it. The midget bonnet went straight under the cow, the cow rolled up the bonnet, was stopped (just) by the windscreen, rolled back down, stood up, mooed and wandered off. Lovely engine shaped print in the bonnet afterwards.
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They even "Possum Roadkill" souvenir paperweights. Grinning Possum. Tyre marks through flat central section done in pottery.
hope, this is not tasteless...
certainly not tasteless as possums are responsible for ruining over 200 acres a DAY of NZ forest. Possums are not native (from OZ) and cause real havoc. There used to be a bounty of NZ$1 on each but for some numpty green they stopped it....
wits >> Edited by JMGS4 on Tuesday 7th May 16:03
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