*******! Hit a kamikaze pheasant last night...

[onesickpuppy]

...and here is the damage:



I was overtaking on a long straight on a B road so nowhere to go to avoid it. It didn't sound bad, I thought it had just gone under the car but saw the above damage when I got home

Couldn't find the grille this morning on the way in to work.

[redgriff500]

Is there a mangled pheasant in there ?

When I hit one in my Starion I had a look afterwards and found that the lower steel spoiler had neatly chopped it's head off and it was wedged between the car and where the spoiler screwed on.

I had to remove it using pliers which wasn't a pleasant job.

[onesickpuppy]

I don't think so, better have a closer inspection!

[Rude-boy]

As said have a really good look to check that it hasn't left any bits of itself about the place.

[SpecB]

Bad luck! I hit a suicidal blackbird the other day. No damage luckily (well not to the car anyway)!

[ArosaMike]

What an un-pheasant thing to happen....

[onesickpuppy]

ArosaMike said:

What an un-pheasant thing to happen....

[Blue62]

They're very odd creatures, when I moved out to the sticks some years ago I was struck by how confused they get when you're approaching, they will run away and then dart back, sorry to say that I've killed quite a few over the years. They have to be treated with caution, had a mate killed by one when it hit him as he was hurtling along on his motorbike.

[thinfourth2]

Blue62 said:

They're very odd creatures, when I moved out to the sticks some years ago I was struck by how confused they get when you're approaching, they will run away and then dart back, sorry to say that I've killed quite a few over the years. They have to be treated with caution, had a mate killed by one when it hit him as he was hurtling along on his motorbike.

But they do taste good

[Cupramax]

Just a replacement fog light grill required by the looks of it then

[onesickpuppy]

Blue62 said:

They're very odd creatures, when I moved out to the sticks some years ago I was struck by how confused they get when you're approaching, they will run away and then dart back, sorry to say that I've killed quite a few over the years. They have to be treated with caution, had a mate killed by one when it hit him as he was hurtling along on his motorbike.

Yes, I know exactly what they are like. He ran across in front of me, and I was hoping and praying that he kept his feet on the ground - it's when they take off just before you hit them that you normally have to worry.

[onesickpuppy]

Cupramax said:

Just a replacement fog light grill required by the looks of it then

Hopefully, yes.

[rolando]

onesickpuppy said:

Couldn't find the grill...

I find that it is better to roast them

[Wigeon Incognito]

I live out in the sticks and thought I'd had the majority of pheasant hitting experiences imaginable with varying degrees of damage until one day I was out cycling and an overtaking car hit a pheasant whose mangled bloody corpse then flicked back and hit me square in the chops. I had little chunks of pheasant meat stuck to my face and a bloody nose!

[Classic Grad 98]

redgriff500 said:

I had to remove it using pliers which wasn't a pleasant job.

It wasn't a pleasant, It was a Pheasant!

[CurvaParabolica]

Cupramax said:

Just a replacement fog light grill required by the looks of it then

At Audi prices?

You got lucky OP; I hit one before Chrismas and not only did it destroy the lower half of the bumper and fog light, it also took all the piping for my screenwash with it. As luck would have it, turns out B&Q Greenhouse hoses/piping is the same size as what Saab use - job done!

[rhinochopig]

[typical audi driver]Perhaps it was drawn to fog lights like a moth to a flame[/typical audi driver]

[y2blade]

Bloody townies

I'm Joking btw.


PS
If you'd have had your fogs on you'd have spotted it

Edited by y2blade on Friday 13th January 10:28

[rolando]

Shame it didn't take out the fking fairy lights too.

[y2blade]

rolando said:

Shame it didn't take out the fking anal-bead lights too.

EFA