You never know what you are going to meet on the roads ...

[Jasey_]

Top left corner - See his head !


half a second later


Still suprised how little damage there was


Deer disappeared somewhere but suspect he's having a worse day than me .

[meatballs]

<ph>You should have been anticipating random events from wildlife and moderating your speed appropriately </ph>

[Pica-Pica]

A muntjac? Pretty common. Lucky it was not an Elk. In North Sweden, you would have the elk-spotter in the passenger seat. With long legs and a heavy torso, they could take the A-pillars and your head out. Volvos have a thermal imaging option to detect them early, also available for kangaroos and wallabies.

[SOL111]

Loads round my way. You really need to keep an eye out but they can jump out of nowhere if you're unlucky.

Hope the repair isn't too expensive.

I guess the deer was a goner?

[2gins]

SOL111 said:

Loads round my way. You really need to keep an eye out but they can jump out of nowhere if you're unlucky.

Hope the repair isn't too expensive.

I guess the deer was a goner?

I wouldn't bother with the repair, I think it's actually improved it.

[Jasey_]

SOL111 said:

Loads round my way. You really need to keep an eye out but they can jump out of nowhere if you're unlucky.

Hope the repair isn't too expensive.

I guess the deer was a goner?

Deer disappeared into the field it was heading for.

Must have been hurt though !

Masking tape over the hole and take the fuse out for the washer - Jobs a goodun for now .

Gives the car a bit of character.

Might take it down the BMW repair shop for a "laugh".

[SOL111]

Jasey_ said:

SOL111 said:

Loads round my way. You really need to keep an eye out but they can jump out of nowhere if you're unlucky.

Hope the repair isn't too expensive.

I guess the deer was a goner?

Deer disappeared into the field it was heading for.

Must have been hurt though !

Masking tape over the hole and take the fuse out for the washer - Jobs a goodun for now .

Gives the car a bit of character.

Might take it down the BMW repair shop for a "laugh".

I've seen it a fair amount and it's interesting how deer have a tendency to head for the side of the road and then keel over. Sad but is better than seeing something so big being squished on the road. Worse still are full sized deer!

[Jasey_]

SOL111 said:

Jasey_ said:

SOL111 said:

Loads round my way. You really need to keep an eye out but they can jump out of nowhere if you're unlucky.

Hope the repair isn't too expensive.

I guess the deer was a goner?

Deer disappeared into the field it was heading for.

Must have been hurt though !

Masking tape over the hole and take the fuse out for the washer - Jobs a goodun for now .

Gives the car a bit of character.

Might take it down the BMW repair shop for a "laugh".

I've seen it a fair amount and it's interesting how deer have a tendency to head for the side of the road and then keel over. Sad but is better than seeing something so big being squished on the road. Worse still are full sized deer!

Wouldn't have been pretty if something had been coming the other way too !!

Once came across a transit that had hit a cow that was loose.

Cow & van both very deceased !!!!

[SOL111]

Blimey. Bet that was messy!

Fortunately a rare sight.

[waremark]

Where there's one look out for two

[r129sl]

You had a narrow escape!

[Jasey_]

ooft - What did you hit an Elephant ???

The final bill for my coming together was over £2,900

[courty]

Deer in the Western Highlands are lethal...dusk and after dark..40mph max and keep your eyes peeled.

We had quite a few near misses, and also one hit in early October around Ullapool area.

I was following a MK2 MR-2 (red devil on here) and saw the stag spring out. Just caught the off-side, stuffed the pop-up headlight and other minor damage...very good brakes and a lot of luck as the stag leaped over the bonnet.

Those creatures are the antithesis of Tufty.

[Blakewater]

Jasey_ said:

ooft - What did you hit an Elephant ???

The final bill for my coming together was over £2,900

So there was a lot of damage behind the body panels that wasn't immediately visible? What got bent?

[Jasey_]

By far the biggest part of the bill was for the light which was damaged. Pretty sure it was £1,800!. There was very little other damage.

[Teddy Lop]

Jasey_ said:

ooft - What did you hit an Elephant ???

you got off lightly (in terms of damage) - I hit an 8 year old stag 20 odd years ago in a passat, swerved and it clipped the front corner which spun it round and did nearside doors too, in addition to a new front/nearside. Better than through the windshield I guess...