Deer collision
Discussion
broadwood said:
Just clipped a deer last night! So close I saw the whites of its eyes. I stopped the car but naturally it had gone. Anyone else had a close encounter recently?
Yes, last month I had a deer jump out in front of me - at about 3pm on a clear afternoon - and I swerved to avoid it. Didn't hit it though, but I did hit a nice solid oak tree and cause enough damage to write off my car. Shakermaker said:
Yes, last month I had a deer jump out in front of me - at about 3pm on a clear afternoon - and I swerved to avoid it. Didn't hit it though, but I did hit a nice solid oak tree and cause enough damage to write off my car.
Go for the deer rather than a tree every time. Apologies to the animal lovers, but trees are VERY unforgiving if you hit them.CanAm said:
Shakermaker said:
Yes, last month I had a deer jump out in front of me - at about 3pm on a clear afternoon - and I swerved to avoid it. Didn't hit it though, but I did hit a nice solid oak tree and cause enough damage to write off my car.
Go for the deer rather than a tree every time. Apologies to the animal lovers, but trees are VERY unforgiving if you hit them.
Edited by Krikkit on Wednesday 20th November 11:05
CanAm said:
Shakermaker said:
Yes, last month I had a deer jump out in front of me - at about 3pm on a clear afternoon - and I swerved to avoid it. Didn't hit it though, but I did hit a nice solid oak tree and cause enough damage to write off my car.
Go for the deer rather than a tree every time. Apologies to the animal lovers, but trees are VERY unforgiving if you hit them.CanAm said:
Shakermaker said:
Yes, last month I had a deer jump out in front of me - at about 3pm on a clear afternoon - and I swerved to avoid it. Didn't hit it though, but I did hit a nice solid oak tree and cause enough damage to write off my car.
Go for the deer rather than a tree every time. Apologies to the animal lovers, but trees are VERY unforgiving if you hit them.broadwood said:
Jeez Shakermaker – is that your Audi (or Audis)? You were lucky to escape unscathed.
No, that's an unrelated photo by someone elseI was, at least, in a Volvo, so I came out practically unscathed, just a little bruise where the seatbelt caught my belt buckle. I was probably doing about 40mph before I swerved, who knows what I was doing when I hit the tree but the engineers report found enough structural damage to make it a Category B write off
The wider circumstances were of course that I wasn't aiming for the tree either, but, such is the way of the world that the wheel caught the rut where the edge of the road dropped away and that was it really.
Friend gave a deer a good hiding in his Monaro, attempted to brake and move as far to the side of the road as possible without going off but the passenger side caught it.
The Aussie won but needed a new bumper, fortunately as Walkinshaw own HSV in Aus they stock new bumpers, but still £1,000 unpainted
Mine has been split for years where someone drove into it whilst it was parked, damage is minor enough not to warrant the cost to fix it yet.
The Aussie won but needed a new bumper, fortunately as Walkinshaw own HSV in Aus they stock new bumpers, but still £1,000 unpainted
Mine has been split for years where someone drove into it whilst it was parked, damage is minor enough not to warrant the cost to fix it yet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPjL88-1COw
Need bull bars really but the health and safety woke millennials became involved...
Need bull bars really but the health and safety woke millennials became involved...
CanAm said:
Shakermaker said:
Yes, last month I had a deer jump out in front of me - at about 3pm on a clear afternoon - and I swerved to avoid it. Didn't hit it though, but I did hit a nice solid oak tree and cause enough damage to write off my car.
Go for the deer rather than a tree every time. Apologies to the animal lovers, but trees are VERY unforgiving if you hit them.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff