Oh B******s

[Leadfoot]

The fox lost......
I am not a happy bunny at the mo'.

[Driller]

Sh*t, bad one, my sympathies Leadfoot. Hopefully though it's just cosmetic and you'll be back on the road in no time? What a way to go for the fox though. Better than being taken out by a Eurobox...

[CleG]

I imagine you are gutted and feel for you mate.
The norty fox should be ferriting around town dutbins not jumping out in the path of a TVR, I blame its parents for giving it an interest in great cars instead of trash.

Hopefully you will be able to get it sorted soon without any probs.

[JMorgan]

Hit a pheasant in the festa at 60, front metal valance/spoiler thingy was well bent so not surprising really. Hope alls well soon.

[DIGGA]

Oh dear. Comiserations.

My car still bears the faint scars from a very close shave with a pheasant - I think it's claws must have glanced accross the o/s wing.

It's amazing how much damage these beasts inflict on cars. I commute between Stafford & Cannock each day, through some picturesque scenery on the edge of Cannock Chase, and the number of near misses I've had with deer is frightening. I've seen a couple of cars that have hit deer, early in the morning, and the damage is collosal.

'Spose we should all be grateful we're not in Roo or Moose territory!

[davidd]

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Hit a pheasant in the festa at 60, front metal valance/spoiler thingy was well bent so not surprising really. Hope alls well soon.

I hit a policemans brand new escort in my aunties old ford fiasco once. That took some talking to get out of :-)

[fish]

Hit a rabbit at 95mph in a 306 once. That was interesting

[nubbin]

quote:
Hit a rabbit at 95mph in a 306 once. That was interesting

That's one fast rabbit!!

[Don]

Sorry, leadfoot. Hope its fixed soon.

My brother ran into a Moose last year in Sweden. Luckily he was driving a *motorhome* so he and all his passengers survived unscathed. Do that in a car and you're dead.

[bennno]

my friend hit a deer with his ferrari, resultant dent was incredible and took 'just' 5 months to fix!

I think to prevent this sort of thing happening either all animals should have to be insured to use the road, or exterminated - dont mind which...

Bennno

[JMorgan]

Saw the aftermath of one of them in Sweeden. Volvo had hit big deer type thing, draw a line from the bumper to the headrests and that was the new shape. Peeps inside were OK I think but blood and guts and deer (mostly in one bit) everywhere. On a dual carrage way/motorway.

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[d_drinks]

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Volvo had hit big deer type thing,

err............ being in Sweden would that be a moose per chance? or have we got a new species

[Neil Menzies]

Hit a deer at about 50 in a Ford Orion years ago.

Had to walk 4 miles home... Deer wasn't walking anywhere.

Had a bit of fun drawing the paths and speeds of the parties involved on the insurance form.

[coala]

d drinks! What brought you from Watford to Sweden, and where in Sweden are you? Is the Tiv with you?

And a tip from a guy brought up in moose country. If possible, aim for the hind legs. Less weight there and less risk of having the whole stew in the front seat.

[d_drinks]

coala - 'being in Sweden' i meant the event being described being in Sweden, anything described as a big deer type thing in Sweden might jsut be a moose. Haven't ever been to Sweden but wouldn't say no to a trip to the land of the plentiful blonde, if fact were is my passport??...................

[Don]

Actually I've just remembered. I think it was an "Elk" not a "Moose".

Whacking great beast, anyway.

[coala]

Aahh, i misinterpreted that. You need to be very far up north in Sweden to see a deer and on those roads you would not like to drive your Tiv anyway. But mooses are always a threat. We actually have miles and miles of fence along major roads to protect us.

The blonds however are always around, best season right now actually...

[Fatboy]

My brother hit a pigeon @ 80mph in his mini a few years back - it exploded in an enourmous puff of feathers blood and guts, and they found an eybal with trailing bit stuck on the ariel Put a big F*cking dent in the grill too

[craigw]

I once hit a fox at about 80mph in the X19 I used to have, ripped the front spoiler off, weird thing was, the car looked and handled better afterwards

[TivHead]

My condolences on your recent rif with that silly fox. He obviously never learnt his green cross code. That or it was sleepwalking. Or deaf! How can you NOT hear a Griff approaching?

You must be gutted. But not as gutted as the furry mess left in the road.
Hope it gets fixed up and looking like new very soon.